《Edge of Glory | Supergirl 1》Chapter 30
Advertisement
Leah sat next to Winn on the couch, her head on his shoulder, "I didn't realize how much I missed my parents until now."
Winn kissed her forehead, "It's understandable." He sighs, allowing her to shimmy closer to him, "I don't want you thinking about it too much." Both of them jumped when the window opened.
"It would be so easy to kill you."
Leah stood up at the sound of her father's voice, "Get out."
"I need you to come with me."
"She's not going anywhere with you." Winn put a hand up as if he was protecting Leah.
"You have no part of this, human. I come for Astra. Not myself." Leah walked forward, realizing what he meant.
"Leah, no."
"I'll be alright."
Leah flew behind Non, up into the air, her eyes caught sight of Kara, but she was silent as she stared. Leah flew up, parallel to Non, as she looked down at Astra's coffin. "She would have wanted you here. It is our custom for a surviving female to lead the rites. Do you remember the Prayer for the Dead?"
Leah again looked back at the coffin, she waved her hand over it, revealing Astra's face, she inhaled deeply, "You have been the sun of our lives. Our prayers will be the sun that lights your way on the journey home." Leah looks up from her sniffling, "We will remember you in every dawn." Leah's voice breaks, "And await the night we join you in the sky. Rao's will be done."
Non looked at his daughter, almost proud that she remembered the Prayer for the Dead that he had taught her. He put his hand on the coffin, pushing it. He turned to her, speaking softly, "I shall observe the period of mourning. And then, Kara Zor-El, Ka-El the next coffin shall be yours."
Leah shot her hand out, grabbing Non's suit before he flew out, "Even though you wish to kill us soon." A tear fell down her cheeks, "I have one wish."
Non stopped his movement, "What is your request?"
Leah looked at her father, "Forget for a moment that we are enemies, forget that we have fought battles against each other and treat me as if we were back on Krypton before its demise. Just for this moment, Father, would you please give your daughter a hug," Non almost hesitated, but slowly pulled Leah in for a hug, which she returned. Her arms wrapped tightly around his waist. She felt as if she were young again, a small girl, clinging to her father after a nightmare.
Advertisement
Non pulled away, his eyes almost soft as he looked at Leah, "In this moment, I shall treat you as my daughter." He took her hand, "I want you to remember that I love you, almost as much as your mother."
"Then why do you-"
"And that moment is gone." Non moved away from her before she could make him shed tears, "Our moment of peace will soon end. Wait for that day to come, my dear daughter."
🎆~🎆~🎆~🎆~🎆
"How long before Non returns?"
"Two weeks." Kara answers, her arms crossed, "We give up daily toil and lend our hearts to the loved ones making the journey home to Rao, the sun god. We light their way."
"And you think he can be trusted to observe this mourning period?"
Leah held a glare, "Do you think he's going to let his wife walk alone in the dark?"
"I simply-"
"Thank you." Alex spoke, "For coming in."
Kara had the same angered expression as she looked at Hank, "We're at war. We're going to have to do a lot of things we don't want to do."
"Ma'am. Sorry to interrupt. Prisoner 5090 is demanding to see you."
Leah put her hand on the table, looking at Kara, "The days just keeps getting better." Kara and Leah walk into the holding cell.
"Back to your old self, I see."
Leah crossed her arms, "I suppose we owe you a thank you."
Max scoffs, "You owe me more than a thank you. I assumed my heroic save would earn me early parole."
"So you can tell the world who I am? Put my family in danger? Try to kill me again?"
"I'm just trying to protect the planet."
Leah rolled her eyes, "From what? From us?"
"When the gods walk the Earth, it's us tiny mortals who end up suffering." Kara rolled her eyes, both heroes turning to leave, "So nothing for my largesse then?"
"I was told you asked and received Netflix."
"You thought I was dangerous before. You have no idea how dangerous I get when I'm bored."
"I recommend Call the Midwife."
Max slammed his palm against the glass wall of his cell, "Without me, you'd be dead!"
"Without you, the world is a better place."
🎆~🎆~🎆~🎆~🎆
Katie looked at the desk in front of her, "Winn, what are we going to tell Kara?"
"Uh..." Winn scratched the back of his head, "Good questions. I pass."
Advertisement
"We're not playing a game." Katie smacked his arm, "And is Leah going to show up today?"
"Currently no..." Winn fumbled with his hands, "She's kind of flying around the city, searching for people and things to save."
"Oh God..." Katie put her hand on her head, she groaned, feeling another headache coming on.
"What have you learned about Daxamites?"
"Slavery is legal on Daxam. Daxamites engage in public shaming after a person is found guilty. Daxamites don't consider homosexuality an issue. Daxamites new relationships with big parties."
"And what do you say when you meet the Prince."
"None of that."
"Hey, Katie." Winn put his hand on Katie's shoulder, "You okay? You kind of zoned out there."
"Yeah." Katie blinked, "Yeah, I'm fine... I just... I was thinking of something."
"Arrogant, self-righteous daxamite."
"Their race are selfish-bullies, who care more about their own profit than the welfare of others."
Katie turned when she noticed that Winn had walked off, waiting for Kara to exit the employee elevator. She quickly walked over to him, for some reason she suddenly really despised something called a Daxamite.
"Hey, we have a problem."
Kara looked at Winn and Katie nodding her head, "Yeah, I know. I have two weeks before my uncle launches an actual blood feud on this planet."
Winn followed behind Kara, stammering, "Yes, that is very bad, granted, but this is up there-"
"Oh, Winn, I will deal with Miss Grant. I know she's upset with me, but her and I have been through a lot and what..." Kara paused, "Why is there a desk here? And, uh, how do you pronounce that name?" She jumped, turning, "Uh, good morning, Miss Grant."
"Ker-rah. Hmm, I see you've met Siobhan."
"I'm sorry, who?"
A brunette extended her hand, "Good morning. Siobhan Smythe."
Katie tilted her head, mumbling, "I knew a Sebastian Smythe in high school."
Kara slowly released Siobhan's hand, "You pronounced that name... correctly."
"Well, I could see that your job was beginning to strain your abilities, so I took it upon myself to hire another assistant to help you. Assistant number one, meet assistant number two."
Kara reeled in, "I'm two?"
"Your coffee, Miss Grant. I hand-pressed it myself using beans grown in the shade of guava trees on the slope of Mount Baru in Panama."
"Uh, your latte, Miss Grant. From Noonan's. Your favorite." Winn and Katie glanced over at each other, then looked back at their computers.
"Get Olsen and Lane into my office. I need someone to take notes."
"Uh, I got it!"
"Assistant number one, come with me."
Winn got up from his seat, "Oh, uh... How long do you think Cat's new Mini-Me will last?"
"Not long. No, Cat is mad at me so she hired someone else to teach me a lesson. I mean, the poor girl is a pawn, really. I kinda feel sorry for her, actually."
Katie nodded, "Sure, yeah..."
"I do." Kara tries, but she wasn't being very convincing, "So, I'm going to give her a chance."
"That's Supergirl's line. It's okay for Kara Danvers to be upset."
Kara chuckles, "I'm not upset."
Katie pointed down, "I see that. You just broke your phone." She turned around, looking at Winn as they both sat back down. "She's upset."
"Oh, yeah." Winn nodded, sitting back in his seat.
James walked out of Cat's office, over to Kara, "We need to talk."
Siobhan stood up, "I can help you, Mr. Olsen. Miss Grant said I was to handle all matters with department heads. And on a personal note, it would be an honor to assist an artist of your caliber."
James chuckles, "Maybe some other time." He turned back, "Kara?"
"Sure."
Katie typed at her computer, holding her head again.
"I hate them!"
"We understand that honey, we do, but we must hold our end of the contract. Once you are of right age you-"
"No! They are selfish, self-absorbed, I want nothing to do with them!"
"Stupid Daxamites!"
Winn jumped at Katie's sudden exclamation, "What?"
Katie looked over at Winn, covering her mouth, "Something's wrong..."
"I'll cover your work, go to the DE-Doctor and get that checked out." Winn had noticed Siobhan come walking back and quickly corrected himself.
Katie smiled, "Thank you, Winn."
🎆~🎆~🎆~🎆~🎆
Agent Vasquez looked at Katie's brain activity, "Everything seems normal." Her eyes moved back to Katie, "What did you say was going on?"
"I'm getting like memory flashes." Katie explains, "It's been happening since I merged consciousness with Leah."
Hank sighs, "You didn't just merge consciousness, you merged feelings and memories with her."
"What?"
"What is most dominant about your memory flashes?"
"Something to do with Daxam and Daxamites." Katie pushes her hair from her face, "I have this hate for them like I really don't like them."
"You must have gotten Leah's feelings on this. Has anything else been bothering you?"
"No." Katie states, "It's just the Daxam thing, that's all."
"If anything changes, inform us."
"I will."
Advertisement
- In Serial7 Chapters
Mortis Operandi 1- New Hire
Thank you for reading, I have to start with that. The feedback and encouragement from RoyalRoad users helped me finish my book. I left the unedited version up as I worked on editing and making it a little more polished. However the time has come for me to put it on Amazon and hopefully let other people read the story. If you have Kindle unlimited you should be able to read the story there. If you just want to order an ebook version you can do that as well. I should have a paperback version coming up. https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B07T46B4NM Again thank you for reading and helping me on this journey. It hasn't ended however, my second book which I'm hoping to do well enough that reading the first isn't completely necessary, is still being worked on here, https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/24562/mortis-operandi-2--terms-and-conditions . Any feedback, comments, even critism is welcome as I work on giving you the best version of my story. I'll leave the first two chapters up here, unless Amazon says otherwise. There should be enough differences to avoid issues though. THANK YOU! Thank you! thank you! __________________________________ Adventurers enter dungeons every day. Battling evil monsters, defying dangerous terrain, triumphing over devious traps... ... but none of them ever ask why? That arrow trap, who reloads it? The pitfall trap, who cleans out the bodies and sharpens the spikes? What if the grates get clogged, where will the blood and gore drain? When you are trying to study ancient lore or plan on conquering a kingdom, you don't want to worry about all that. You just want peace. Mortis Operandi is a different kind of company. One that celebrates diversity. One that celebrates value in individuals. With flexible pay and plenty of advancement opportunities, it is a company that knows its workers are it's most valuable asset. As they design, build, and install traps, rooms, obstacles, and repair they are a one stop shop. When a possible recall sets events into motion, the company must pivot in a new paradigm of full circle Dungeon service. The Goblin Eft No-toes has a solution that entwines ex-adventurer Elric into the business of death. *Note the above statements are forward looking statements. In no way do they promote or suggest that Mortis Operandi will project greater sales or revenue. Understand that investing in a company does involve some risks, and possibly much rewards.
8 62 - In Serial69 Chapters
End Boss
I am Varon of the Ravan family. The successor to one of the 5 great families that support the empire. I am a duke. And I am this story’s end boss. But I am also Ragnarok the great evil dragon, the Serpent king. I held power, title, glory and wealth and a easy life but I have given it up to be with her. My beloved. The red witch. The one who’s hated by all but me. She’s whose condemned by god. But today I will free her from her cage. I have prepared for every possible hindrance. I can’t afford to lose. My crimes are long. I will break her lock. I’ve lead and started wars from the shadows. I have imprisoned the souls of many and now my legions burn this empire. I have thrown this world into chaos. I am ready today the hero dies. So to break her free I shall slay the god that holds her. Even if the world dies in the process. I will get here back. For I am the evil dragon and she my evil goddess. And I will have her back. I hear her call. I miss her voice that just yesterday I could hear. The one called hero will not slay me for I know. I know I am this story’s end boss. How do I know this I am this story’s end. Because I am also a man from earth. And the ending to this story. I shall change it. See long dead is the man from earth. Long dead is the argonaut noble human. Long dead is the powerful dragon. Now there's only me Varon. A lonely man named Varon. But today I will be with her again. I am the end boss. But this time I shall slay the hero. I am Varon. At first I was simply Varon then Ragnarok memory’s came. Then the whispers that haunted me became her voice. Then the memory’s from earth came and with them so did a chance. A chance to be with her. A chance for victory. A chance for the end boss to win. It is time. Let’s begin the story. Can I best the other bosses?Can I defeat the coming hero? Am I allowed a happy ending after all that I have done? (Don’t remember where the cover photo came from but I think its from a manga.)
8 368 - In Serial31 Chapters
Day of Wrath [Doom 2016/Eternal rewrite]
A hundred years ago, the mysterious Phobos Event occurred. Classified by the UAC as a "mining accident," Phobos is now permanently quarantined while Deimos is just gone. No bodies or survivors were ever found.The year is 2149, and the UAC holds dominion as the undisputed superpower in the Solar System, leader in the fields of energy, aerospace, and defense. Their crowning achievement, Argent Power, has revolutionized physics and brought clean renewable energy to a world in crisis.But that is about to change. Deep in the heart of the UAC Mars Base, recovered directly from a prison tomb in Hell itself, is a lone stone sarcophagus. Containing not artifacts, not demon, but a man. A living human being in perfect hibernation. The man has been identified as a long-lost Space Marine, the only known survivor of the Phobos Event. "Day of Wrath" is primarily located on SpaceBattles. Don't forget to check out our Discord, and I (regrettably) have a Twitter which I use EXCLUSIVELY to post story updates!
8 130 - In Serial11 Chapters
BASE Status: Update (BASE Status 2)
Augmented reality like you’ve never experienced before!No more need for headsets or other devices to dive into a virtual world, everything comes right from your BASE unit!Try out this brand new experience with Shades of the Spirit World! After saving Helheim Fallen Online from certain company destruction and a lot of people from harm, Willow’s life seems to be going in the right direction. She has a job, her best friends in the guild she plays in and plans for the future. A future that she never thought she’d be able to get not even six months ago, a future that was kept from her because she’s autistic. Now an update to the BASE (Bioelectrical Augmented Synapse Enhancement) unit and platform open up a world of opportunities for her. It promises a full virtual reality experience but as an augmented reality instead, something she’s been wishing for for years. The new game that’s going to be released at the same time as the update, Shades of the Spirit World, at first just seems like a fun way to spend the time. It’s not the most complicated or involved of games, but it looks beautiful. That is, until some strange things start to happen in the AR world. Some AI are showing very human traits, more so than anything she’s seen before.And when there are reports of AI going rogue and killing other AI, something the game hadn’t been programmed to do, things start to get really interesting.
8 194 - In Serial15 Chapters
Path of the Outsider
Path of the Outsider is the story of Roland, a university student...who's also gained the ability to travel to and from Hristomver, a world filled with magic and barely stepping into its own age of enlightenment. As the Outsider, he acts as adjutant and advisor to Madeline, a Magister in service to the court of the Kingdom of Straskey, where, in that capacity, he is able to bring the wonders of the modern world to Hristomver. But the times are changing. The Kingdom of Straskey is but a fragment of a greater whole, one of the five splinter kingdoms that were born in the catastrophic fall of their parent state of the Strovian Realm. And from these Kingdoms, men and women, both opportunistic and dutiful seek to reunite the Realm - by the pen, or by the sword. The wheel of fate turns, and no Outsider is exempt from being caught in its wake. And as the tides shift, Roland must grapple with his unique position, and find his trail to blaze, across Earth and Hristomver... Updates every two Mondays, Also posted on SufficientVelocity/Fictionpress
8 116 - In Serial13 Chapters
Tanjirou x Reader One-Shots (commissions open)
You read the title. Commissions or suggestions in comments. Anything will do. Have fun!If you want more just check out the full story on my main page.(Sanmiittai_Katudo #Reminders)~Slow updates~author-chan out~!
8 189

