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- New Jersey
I know that one of the things your talking about is the anti life equation and yes it exists.
National City’s Angel (Supergirl SI)
- Thread starter Abensur
- Start date
- Location
- Puerto Rico
What about the Life Equation?
If you could somehow implement that formula in someway, your SI and others could be protected from mind control (if Darkseid could use the Anti to take control of people, then using Life could restore their free will)
Heck, use this formula to counter Myriad.
- Location
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Don't worry I have a good plan for Myriad. Also anything dealing with Darkseid or any of the New Gods will not be coming for a while, there won't be any world changing major canon divergence until halfway through season one at the very least.
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MBsymphony
Just an awkward person here
- Location
- Asia
Speed force formula is also a good choice
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- New Jersey
Why make the formula when you can meet the actual thing? :3
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But the question is, does your SI know the formulas?
And whose to say that Barry might arrive in your universe?
Your actions could literally butterfly him in the wrong road.
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Winn does know the formula but he's not focusing on it at the moment,also I didn't say he was gonna meet Barry or any other speedster.
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williams1996
Alba gu bràth
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Gotta learn to fly with that airbending although only 2 people have ever done it so it cold take him a while even with super intelligence.
Wait would the formula 3x2(9yz)4a work to draw on the speed force since this is DC?
All I Wanted Was Some Chinese Food
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- New Jersey
Hoped you guys liked that last chapter just as much as I enjoyed writing it, anyway quick recap.
Winn found a base.
He confessed to Kara.
Now he has a gun to his face, typical Saturday right.
Now back to the story folks.
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Chapter 6: All I Wanted Was Some Chinese Food.
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'Oh shit!'
"Heeeeeey Alex." He groaned out as her boot pushed deeper into his chest, his body might be enhanced but Alex was a DEO agent of two years and he was pretty sure she was wearing steel toed boots right now.
Craning his head to look directly at her past the gun in her hand he could tell that she was not happy to see him in the slightest.
"Alex what the hell are you doing!?"
Thankfully, his girlfriend is Supergirl.
Taking her by the hand Kara basically ripped her off of Winn who sighed in relief from the release of the weight on his chest. Suddenly he found a hand reached out in assistance which he took to pull himself up.
"You alright man?" Good old James Olsen aka Superman's butt buddy, he tried not to bitterly smile as he was forced to look up in order to speak equally with the man. If there was one thing he was kinda mad about it was that he was so short now, the irritation was mitigated by the fact that he was much stronger than the other man.
"Jimmy Olsen, your working at Catco now, I've heard a lot about you."
"I hope they've been all good things." He chuckled.
"You bet." And then stood in silence for a moment before James spoke. "So Kara invited you over to talk too huh."
Invited him over? No. He was cuddling with her less than five minutes ago, that's what he wanted to say but he didn't know if Kara wanted to let anyone know about them yet.
"Yeah I guess so." Another silence fell before they both turned towards the whispering sisters. They had been harshly whispering about something after had managed to drag Alex off, he probably could've tried to listen in but he respected their privacy.
James turned to Kara and smiled. "So Kara what was it that you wanted to get us all together for?"
The two women paused and Alex gave Kara the 'This conversation isn't over stare.' Then walked over to join Winn and James by the counter.
Taking a breath Kara pushed up her glasses and turned towards them. "Ok, I gathered you here because I have a secret that concerns all of you."
"Oh my god, your pregnant!?" Winn says pointing at her in mock surprise.
"What! No,Winn!" She glared at the grin that rested on his face as she blushed in embarrassment.
It seemed to cut the tension in the room as James and Alex found themselves chuckling at Kara, or smirking in the latter's case.
"Anyway, the reason that I have you all here is because in some way or another you're all connected to me in some way."
"Alex (Secret Badass DEO Agent.) is my sister so she already knows." At this the women smirked.
"James (Superman's errand boy.) is friends with my cousin, who I share this secret with." The photographer smiled brightly at her causing Winn to frown slightly.
"And Winn (Genius Sexy Metahuman) is my bo-best friend! So I don't wanna keep it from him." Luckily the other two didn't notice the slip up, when Winn raised an eyebrow at her she simply glanced towards her sister.
'Ahh she doesn't want Alex to give me the shovel talk.' He nodded his head to let her know it was ok.
"Anyway, what I have to tell you all is" she took a pause to take off her glasses and undo her ponytail. She then began to float a few feet off of the ground.
"I'm Supergirl."
Winn tried to fake surprise but all that came to his face was a proud grin.
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"Yeah I promise we'll talk later Alex." Kara said as she walked her sister out the door, after 'revealing' her secret to them. It had been a short discussion, it's not like it changed anything she just wanted to let them know in case she needed to come to them for anything.
"You know I'm flattered that you put this whole thing on just so I wouldn't feel like the last to know." As she turned to face Winn she looked like a kid with their hand in a cookie jar as she was found out.
"Was it really that obvious?" Walking up to him and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Yeah kinda, I already assumed it, I'd been looking at articles of Supergirl for the last couple of days and you had too much in common to not be the same woman."
At his words she simply gained a teasing frown, "So what your telling me is that you spent the last three days looking at another girl, she must be special."
Smiling at her he nodded "Oh yeah definitely, she is really is one of a kind, just the total package" he sighed gazing off into the distance, before putting his arms around Kara to pull her closer."She's sweet." He placed a kiss to her forehead. "And courageous." A peck to her lips. "And just so unbelievably sexy!" He whispered placing a final tender kiss to her neck.
She purred as he removed his lips and looked up at her with a smirk on his face."You must care a whole lot about Supergirl."
"You're damn right I do."
The two then walked back over to the couch to continue resting in each other's presence. 'Better enjoy this while it lasts.' He thought knowing that it was only the beginning of what's to come.
"Hey Kara?"
"Yeah."
"Why have you been saving lives in nothing but a skirt and a Superman shirt?"
Her loud groan seemed to make him chuckle even deeper.
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Downtown NC
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From inside Winn's Warehouse the ongoing sound of impacts on steel could be heard each with an accompanying grunt of exertion. On the ground floor was Winn, shirtless standing across from a car hood hanging from a chain.
He was sweating profusely and the hood had countless dents in it, letting out a breath he reared back a fist and punched forward, the air warped around the punch and went forward denting the hood one last time.
"50." He huffed, walking over to the table and picking up a towel he dried his face off. It had been a couple days since Kara let him know about her secret and he decided that he needs to get his shit together and start on his training more seriously.
Namely his Aerokinesis, he had only been working on controlling the flow of the wind and how to shape it to use it actively. Now he was finally focusing on making the techniques themselves, the one he just used was an air punch, the attack was in the name. A compressed blast of air shot out from his fist.
Throwing the towel on the table he dropped to the floor and began doing push-ups, he had the same routine as before just with a lot more physical and ability training. As he continued his exercise a whirlwind began swirling around him counter clockwise, every ten pushups it would change direction, this took a good deal of concentration and would improve his control.
'75,76,77' He needed to get stronger as fast as possible to fight Non and Astra, he was already pissed off that he couldn't help Kara against that axe guy. If he wanted to be able to change anything the first step was to make sure his enemies couldn't just crush him into paste. Looking at his clock he saw that he only had a few hours before he had to head out.
He had a date today.
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"Crap Crap Crap." Dammit it was the weekend and yet Kara was still going to be late to something, she'd just finished her daily rounds and had on her way home to change when a stupid cat got stuck in a stupid tree. Ok not something she'd normally think but this was important.
Winn and her were having their first date, well their first official date, potstickers brought to her door after work and cuddling while watching the sunset weren't really dates.
Even if they were really sweet.
She was currently jogging down the street to meet with Winn, he told her that he'd wait as long as needed but she still felt bad about being late.
She came to a stop in front of the Chinese restaurant they'd decided on, Mr.Roshi's if she recalled right and spotted Winn in workout clothes, slightly flushed yet his hair was still immaculate.
Walking up to his table she caught his gaze and leaned over to peck him in the lips before sitting down.
"So how was 'work' today." She knew by his tone that he didn't mean her job, well not the boring one at least. She took his hand and squeezed it lightly, "It was fine Winn, you don't have to worry about me all that much."
He smiled and the concerned look left his face but she knew that he was still worried. She wished that he had a bit more confidence in her ability as a hero, Kara wasn't one to brag but there was not much that could really stop her.
However she also knew it was only because of how much he cared for her, she could be the most powerful person in the universe and he'd still worry. A warm feeling sprouted from her chest as she thought about it, he would always be caring that's one of the things she likes about him.
Their date went on as normal as can be, they sat and talked about anything interesting that they were doing that day. Kara told him about all of the Superhero duties she had committed, and pouted when he laughed at her story about taking ten minutes to get a cat out of a tree.
Winn told her about all the new activities he had picked up on, she seemed adamant on taking a tai chi class with him when they next got a chance, he questioned her about it and she just said "it's what normal couples do." with what looked like a melancholic smile.
Winn grabbed her hand and entwined their fingers "Kara, I don't want a 'normal' relationship with you, I've never been interested in normal things, that's why I want our relationship to be as crazy and outlandish as possible so that we can make every moment we have together as something to remember." He then leaned over and placed a kiss to her lips that left her dazed.
The smile that had appeared on her face afterwards made the sun look bleak in comparison, it then became teasing as soon as Winn told her about learning how to breakdance.
"You are so dancing for me!"
"No I am not."
"Yup, I'm going to get a video camera and some music and I'm going to record you dancing for me."
"I'm not even that good at it, it'll be like watching a penguin do the electric slide." That was a lie, Winn had gotten tired of just watching the dance class and had enrolled, like with his work it seemed as though learning new skills came easy to him. In a few days he knew more than a person a month into the class did. Practical application came in slower but he'd get there soon.
"A. That sounds absolutely adorable and B. You don't get a decision I'm Supergirl." She said with grin spread across her face.
Sighing Winn simply relented to her will.
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Winn was thankful the weekend had just started, it meant that he didn't have to worry about Cat calling Kara for something crazy. The only thing he had that would probably occupy his night was either Kara or a nightly patrol.
They'd already finished their food and were just waiting for the check, when Winn saw a trio of motorcycles and a black sedan drive up to the front through the glass, he became even more alarmed when the men on the motorcycles pulled out sub machine guns.
Next thing he knew he had flipped over their table up to guard them and tackled Kara to the ground, she was bulletproof but it wouldn't do for that to show in public. And then all he could hear was the sound of gunfire as it ravaged the entirety of the shop,ornaments were shattered and the tables and chairs were reduced to sawdust.
He saw a couple shots pierce the table that was being used as a shield and judging from the burning sensation coming from his shoulder a bullet seemed to have grazed him. Audible clicks came from the shooters direction as he raised his head slightly to look through one of the holes in his table.
The shooters had helmets on that hid their identities, the Sedans backseat door opened up and out stepped a young man-maybe a couple years older than Winn- of asian ethnicity, he had distinct all white hair. When he stepped past the other men they all stood at attention, he wore an all black suit as well as a black overcoat and gloves.
Winn's gaze followed him all the way until the man was right beside him and Kara, the man turned his head to look at them, his eyes seemed empty as he stared at Winn as if he was waiting for him to flinch. Winn only glared resolutely back at the man while keeping Kara's face hidden under him. The man slowly reached a hand into his suit and pulled out a black revolver, Winn tensed up but didn't break eye contact, if the man had any intention of shooting him he needed to be ready to counter at a moments notice, hiding his powers be damned.
He was getting more durable by the day and his healing was decent but he couldn't survive a bullet to the head.Yet.
He was only a little bit relieved when the man stopped staring at him and walked over towards another man, he was wearing a business suit and had already been hit with stray gunfire-along with a few others- Winn grimly noted. The white haired man walked up to him, stopping only a few feet away from him and murmurs something in a low voice so no one could hear.
No one but the man he was talking to, Kara and Winn.
"••• ••••• ••• •••••••." He said in what he Winn recognized as Japanese.
The bleeding man's eyes widened before he was shot in the chest, the shooter didn't stop, he simply cocked the gun and pulled the trigger again.
And again.
And again.
And kept on going until the gun clicked letting him know that it was empty, during the entire ordeal he was stone faced, his expression showing no discomfort nor pleasure to the murder he was committing.
He stowed his gun back in his suit and turned around, walking back to his men he didn't even take a glance towards Winn or any of the others injured in his wake as he stepped back into the car and they all rode off.
Even before he got in the car Winn was rushing over to the man who'd been shot, holding out a small amount of hope that he was alive. Checking his pulse he found that he was very much dead.
Glancing back he saw Kara standing up and removing her glasses, he jogged in front of her and grabbed her shoulders keeping he from giving chase. She simply glared at him, he knew she could have thrown him off of her so he needed to use his time wisely.
"Winn let me go I can catch them!" She whispered harshly, she was clearly angry, he was too but they couldn't give chase, not now.
"I know you can, but right now is not the time" he gestured to the other people that had been eating who were all either cowering or groaning in pain. "There are ways to be a superhero without Supergirl. I need you to call 911 while I get started on helping these people, after you call them come and help me ok?" It took a moment but she nodded before pulling out her phone and calling the authorities.
He spared a quick glance to the direction of the criminals before moving to help the inflictedcustomers.
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Winn's Apartement
Winn sighed as he plopped down onto his couch,luckily there had been some first aid equipment in the back, Winn had been able to keep the ones with the worst injuries safe until the paramedics arrived. He and Kara gave the police a briefing on what happened but as Winn was the only one to see the assailants face he made sure they didn't get a description.
He didn't need that, whoever this guy was, he obviously wasn't worried about the cops.
Taking out his laptop he quickly hacked into the restaurant's security system, it was a simple one but one of their cameras had still caught the assailants face. Winn zoomed in on the mans face and cleared up the imaging, getting an almost perfect rendition of the man's face.
"Looks like I've found my first job." He muttered staring at the image.
Winn found a base.
He confessed to Kara.
Now he has a gun to his face, typical Saturday right.
Now back to the story folks.
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Chapter 6: All I Wanted Was Some Chinese Food.
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'Oh shit!'
"Heeeeeey Alex." He groaned out as her boot pushed deeper into his chest, his body might be enhanced but Alex was a DEO agent of two years and he was pretty sure she was wearing steel toed boots right now.
Craning his head to look directly at her past the gun in her hand he could tell that she was not happy to see him in the slightest.
"Alex what the hell are you doing!?"
Thankfully, his girlfriend is Supergirl.
Taking her by the hand Kara basically ripped her off of Winn who sighed in relief from the release of the weight on his chest. Suddenly he found a hand reached out in assistance which he took to pull himself up.
"You alright man?" Good old James Olsen aka Superman's butt buddy, he tried not to bitterly smile as he was forced to look up in order to speak equally with the man. If there was one thing he was kinda mad about it was that he was so short now, the irritation was mitigated by the fact that he was much stronger than the other man.
"Jimmy Olsen, your working at Catco now, I've heard a lot about you."
"I hope they've been all good things." He chuckled.
"You bet." And then stood in silence for a moment before James spoke. "So Kara invited you over to talk too huh."
Invited him over? No. He was cuddling with her less than five minutes ago, that's what he wanted to say but he didn't know if Kara wanted to let anyone know about them yet.
"Yeah I guess so." Another silence fell before they both turned towards the whispering sisters. They had been harshly whispering about something after had managed to drag Alex off, he probably could've tried to listen in but he respected their privacy.
James turned to Kara and smiled. "So Kara what was it that you wanted to get us all together for?"
The two women paused and Alex gave Kara the 'This conversation isn't over stare.' Then walked over to join Winn and James by the counter.
Taking a breath Kara pushed up her glasses and turned towards them. "Ok, I gathered you here because I have a secret that concerns all of you."
"Oh my god, your pregnant!?" Winn says pointing at her in mock surprise.
"What! No,Winn!" She glared at the grin that rested on his face as she blushed in embarrassment.
It seemed to cut the tension in the room as James and Alex found themselves chuckling at Kara, or smirking in the latter's case.
"Anyway, the reason that I have you all here is because in some way or another you're all connected to me in some way."
"Alex (Secret Badass DEO Agent.) is my sister so she already knows." At this the women smirked.
"James (Superman's errand boy.) is friends with my cousin, who I share this secret with." The photographer smiled brightly at her causing Winn to frown slightly.
"And Winn (Genius Sexy Metahuman) is my bo-best friend! So I don't wanna keep it from him." Luckily the other two didn't notice the slip up, when Winn raised an eyebrow at her she simply glanced towards her sister.
'Ahh she doesn't want Alex to give me the shovel talk.' He nodded his head to let her know it was ok.
"Anyway, what I have to tell you all is" she took a pause to take off her glasses and undo her ponytail. She then began to float a few feet off of the ground.
"I'm Supergirl."
Winn tried to fake surprise but all that came to his face was a proud grin.
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"Yeah I promise we'll talk later Alex." Kara said as she walked her sister out the door, after 'revealing' her secret to them. It had been a short discussion, it's not like it changed anything she just wanted to let them know in case she needed to come to them for anything.
"You know I'm flattered that you put this whole thing on just so I wouldn't feel like the last to know." As she turned to face Winn she looked like a kid with their hand in a cookie jar as she was found out.
"Was it really that obvious?" Walking up to him and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Yeah kinda, I already assumed it, I'd been looking at articles of Supergirl for the last couple of days and you had too much in common to not be the same woman."
At his words she simply gained a teasing frown, "So what your telling me is that you spent the last three days looking at another girl, she must be special."
Smiling at her he nodded "Oh yeah definitely, she is really is one of a kind, just the total package" he sighed gazing off into the distance, before putting his arms around Kara to pull her closer."She's sweet." He placed a kiss to her forehead. "And courageous." A peck to her lips. "And just so unbelievably sexy!" He whispered placing a final tender kiss to her neck.
She purred as he removed his lips and looked up at her with a smirk on his face."You must care a whole lot about Supergirl."
"You're damn right I do."
The two then walked back over to the couch to continue resting in each other's presence. 'Better enjoy this while it lasts.' He thought knowing that it was only the beginning of what's to come.
"Hey Kara?"
"Yeah."
"Why have you been saving lives in nothing but a skirt and a Superman shirt?"
Her loud groan seemed to make him chuckle even deeper.
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Downtown NC
*thud*
*thud*
*thud*
From inside Winn's Warehouse the ongoing sound of impacts on steel could be heard each with an accompanying grunt of exertion. On the ground floor was Winn, shirtless standing across from a car hood hanging from a chain.
He was sweating profusely and the hood had countless dents in it, letting out a breath he reared back a fist and punched forward, the air warped around the punch and went forward denting the hood one last time.
"50." He huffed, walking over to the table and picking up a towel he dried his face off. It had been a couple days since Kara let him know about her secret and he decided that he needs to get his shit together and start on his training more seriously.
Namely his Aerokinesis, he had only been working on controlling the flow of the wind and how to shape it to use it actively. Now he was finally focusing on making the techniques themselves, the one he just used was an air punch, the attack was in the name. A compressed blast of air shot out from his fist.
Throwing the towel on the table he dropped to the floor and began doing push-ups, he had the same routine as before just with a lot more physical and ability training. As he continued his exercise a whirlwind began swirling around him counter clockwise, every ten pushups it would change direction, this took a good deal of concentration and would improve his control.
'75,76,77' He needed to get stronger as fast as possible to fight Non and Astra, he was already pissed off that he couldn't help Kara against that axe guy. If he wanted to be able to change anything the first step was to make sure his enemies couldn't just crush him into paste. Looking at his clock he saw that he only had a few hours before he had to head out.
He had a date today.
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NC Chinatown
"Crap Crap Crap." Dammit it was the weekend and yet Kara was still going to be late to something, she'd just finished her daily rounds and had on her way home to change when a stupid cat got stuck in a stupid tree. Ok not something she'd normally think but this was important.
Winn and her were having their first date, well their first official date, potstickers brought to her door after work and cuddling while watching the sunset weren't really dates.
Even if they were really sweet.
She was currently jogging down the street to meet with Winn, he told her that he'd wait as long as needed but she still felt bad about being late.
She came to a stop in front of the Chinese restaurant they'd decided on, Mr.Roshi's if she recalled right and spotted Winn in workout clothes, slightly flushed yet his hair was still immaculate.
Walking up to his table she caught his gaze and leaned over to peck him in the lips before sitting down.
"So how was 'work' today." She knew by his tone that he didn't mean her job, well not the boring one at least. She took his hand and squeezed it lightly, "It was fine Winn, you don't have to worry about me all that much."
He smiled and the concerned look left his face but she knew that he was still worried. She wished that he had a bit more confidence in her ability as a hero, Kara wasn't one to brag but there was not much that could really stop her.
However she also knew it was only because of how much he cared for her, she could be the most powerful person in the universe and he'd still worry. A warm feeling sprouted from her chest as she thought about it, he would always be caring that's one of the things she likes about him.
Their date went on as normal as can be, they sat and talked about anything interesting that they were doing that day. Kara told him about all of the Superhero duties she had committed, and pouted when he laughed at her story about taking ten minutes to get a cat out of a tree.
Winn told her about all the new activities he had picked up on, she seemed adamant on taking a tai chi class with him when they next got a chance, he questioned her about it and she just said "it's what normal couples do." with what looked like a melancholic smile.
Winn grabbed her hand and entwined their fingers "Kara, I don't want a 'normal' relationship with you, I've never been interested in normal things, that's why I want our relationship to be as crazy and outlandish as possible so that we can make every moment we have together as something to remember." He then leaned over and placed a kiss to her lips that left her dazed.
The smile that had appeared on her face afterwards made the sun look bleak in comparison, it then became teasing as soon as Winn told her about learning how to breakdance.
"You are so dancing for me!"
"No I am not."
"Yup, I'm going to get a video camera and some music and I'm going to record you dancing for me."
"I'm not even that good at it, it'll be like watching a penguin do the electric slide." That was a lie, Winn had gotten tired of just watching the dance class and had enrolled, like with his work it seemed as though learning new skills came easy to him. In a few days he knew more than a person a month into the class did. Practical application came in slower but he'd get there soon.
"A. That sounds absolutely adorable and B. You don't get a decision I'm Supergirl." She said with grin spread across her face.
Sighing Winn simply relented to her will.
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Winn was thankful the weekend had just started, it meant that he didn't have to worry about Cat calling Kara for something crazy. The only thing he had that would probably occupy his night was either Kara or a nightly patrol.
They'd already finished their food and were just waiting for the check, when Winn saw a trio of motorcycles and a black sedan drive up to the front through the glass, he became even more alarmed when the men on the motorcycles pulled out sub machine guns.
Next thing he knew he had flipped over their table up to guard them and tackled Kara to the ground, she was bulletproof but it wouldn't do for that to show in public. And then all he could hear was the sound of gunfire as it ravaged the entirety of the shop,ornaments were shattered and the tables and chairs were reduced to sawdust.
He saw a couple shots pierce the table that was being used as a shield and judging from the burning sensation coming from his shoulder a bullet seemed to have grazed him. Audible clicks came from the shooters direction as he raised his head slightly to look through one of the holes in his table.
The shooters had helmets on that hid their identities, the Sedans backseat door opened up and out stepped a young man-maybe a couple years older than Winn- of asian ethnicity, he had distinct all white hair. When he stepped past the other men they all stood at attention, he wore an all black suit as well as a black overcoat and gloves.
Winn's gaze followed him all the way until the man was right beside him and Kara, the man turned his head to look at them, his eyes seemed empty as he stared at Winn as if he was waiting for him to flinch. Winn only glared resolutely back at the man while keeping Kara's face hidden under him. The man slowly reached a hand into his suit and pulled out a black revolver, Winn tensed up but didn't break eye contact, if the man had any intention of shooting him he needed to be ready to counter at a moments notice, hiding his powers be damned.
He was getting more durable by the day and his healing was decent but he couldn't survive a bullet to the head.Yet.
He was only a little bit relieved when the man stopped staring at him and walked over towards another man, he was wearing a business suit and had already been hit with stray gunfire-along with a few others- Winn grimly noted. The white haired man walked up to him, stopping only a few feet away from him and murmurs something in a low voice so no one could hear.
No one but the man he was talking to, Kara and Winn.
"••• ••••• ••• •••••••." He said in what he Winn recognized as Japanese.
The bleeding man's eyes widened before he was shot in the chest, the shooter didn't stop, he simply cocked the gun and pulled the trigger again.
And again.
And again.
And kept on going until the gun clicked letting him know that it was empty, during the entire ordeal he was stone faced, his expression showing no discomfort nor pleasure to the murder he was committing.
He stowed his gun back in his suit and turned around, walking back to his men he didn't even take a glance towards Winn or any of the others injured in his wake as he stepped back into the car and they all rode off.
Even before he got in the car Winn was rushing over to the man who'd been shot, holding out a small amount of hope that he was alive. Checking his pulse he found that he was very much dead.
Glancing back he saw Kara standing up and removing her glasses, he jogged in front of her and grabbed her shoulders keeping he from giving chase. She simply glared at him, he knew she could have thrown him off of her so he needed to use his time wisely.
"Winn let me go I can catch them!" She whispered harshly, she was clearly angry, he was too but they couldn't give chase, not now.
"I know you can, but right now is not the time" he gestured to the other people that had been eating who were all either cowering or groaning in pain. "There are ways to be a superhero without Supergirl. I need you to call 911 while I get started on helping these people, after you call them come and help me ok?" It took a moment but she nodded before pulling out her phone and calling the authorities.
He spared a quick glance to the direction of the criminals before moving to help the inflictedcustomers.
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Winn's Apartement
Winn sighed as he plopped down onto his couch,luckily there had been some first aid equipment in the back, Winn had been able to keep the ones with the worst injuries safe until the paramedics arrived. He and Kara gave the police a briefing on what happened but as Winn was the only one to see the assailants face he made sure they didn't get a description.
He didn't need that, whoever this guy was, he obviously wasn't worried about the cops.
Taking out his laptop he quickly hacked into the restaurant's security system, it was a simple one but one of their cameras had still caught the assailants face. Winn zoomed in on the mans face and cleared up the imaging, getting an almost perfect rendition of the man's face.
"Looks like I've found my first job." He muttered staring at the image.
- Location
- New Jersey
Remember how Kara reacted when Guardian first came on the scene? Now imagine that she found out that her squishy care bear of a boyfriend went out there to fight criminals, doesn't paint a pretty picture does it?
- Location
- New Jersey
You would be correct good sir or madam.
- Location
- Massachusetts, U.S
I'm wondering why the SI admitting that he knew Kara was Supergirl before she revealed it didn't cause any tension between the two. After all, he didn't ask her out until after she started going out so even though they are close friends you'd think there'd at least be some whispering in the back of her mind that Winn asked her out because she was Supergirl.
Another thing, since the SI apparently said that "his healing was decent but he couldn't survive a bullet to the head.Yet." that implies that sometime in the future he will be bulletproof. Is there going to be some sort of cap on his strength and durability or are they going to just keep growing and growing?
Another thing, since the SI apparently said that "his healing was decent but he couldn't survive a bullet to the head.Yet." that implies that sometime in the future he will be bulletproof. Is there going to be some sort of cap on his strength and durability or are they going to just keep growing and growing?
Stronger Together
- Location
- New Jersey
He's Back~~
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Chapter 7: Stronger Together.
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With Winn
A grunt comes from Winn as he spartan kicked a nearby assailant away, another one following up to swing at him.
Forearm block followed by a jab to the throat and palm strike to the solar plexus then transition into an over the shoulder throw, he's incapacitated. There are only three enemies left, two in the front armed, one behind unarmed.
'Let's do this.'
"AAAA-" the charging attacker from behind was him by Winn's reverse roundhouse sending him sprawling to the ground. The two knife wielding men charge at him cutting and stabbing at him from both sides, forcing to duck and weave around them.
Winn maneuvered around their knives and was able to breeze through their movements using his fighting style. The man to his right over swung and was caught as Winn grabbed his forearm and elbowed him in the nose causing him to shout in pain.
His partner stabbed forward and Winn used him as a human shield causing the knife to sink into his shoulder, eliciting an even louder shout. Winn took advantage of the man in shock to throw his partner at him roughly sending them both to the ground in a daze.
Seeing that he had successfully dispatched all the assailants he walked over to least injured one-the one that had stabbed his buddy- and crouched down near his head.
"Now I'm going to ask you one more time and I sincerely hope that it doesn't end with me having to kick your asses again." He reaches his hand into his jacket pocket and pulls out a familiar black and white photograph showing the hitman that Winn had been tracking for the last three days. "Do you know who this man is?" He said slowly, enunciating each word.
"He is..." He groaned out in Japanese "not one of us."
"What!? Then why'd you try to kill me when I asked you the first time."
The downed man turned his head towards Winn and spoke again."You came...in a mask worn by the Russians… we thought you were trying to intimidate us." He managed croak this out before he fell unconscious.
"Huh, maybe I should switch out the face mask for a helmet." Winn said before he heard a beeping coming from his ear-comm, bringing a hand up he pressed a finger to it through his mask.
"Yello?" From the other side he heard a crackle of static before a regal male voice came through.
"Greetings Sire, I believed it pertinent to alert you that a large fire has erupted down at the NCP, if the situation continues to deteriorate the oil reserves on the nearby ship could combust and destroy the port." Winn realized that if he was going to be out at night fighting criminals he'd need someone technically inclined at the base. So he worked for twelve hours straight making an AI sophisticated enough to alert him of what was going on around the city until he had an effective alternative.
"Ooh that sounds bad." He was already on his way to his bike as he was talking.
"That would be an understatement Sire." The Sire thing wasn't even a part of his coding, neither was his medieval like accent, but it wasn't too big of a hindrance -and it was admittedly kinda cool- so Winn didn't try to fix it.
"Alright Maguel call Supergirl and see if she can make it there before me, be sure to modulate your voice to sound like mine." Arriving by his jet black Honda CBR250rr he jumped up on to the seat and quickly revved it up before taking off down the road towards the port.
'What an exciting Saturday morning this has turned out to be.' Winn thought as he zoomed down the road.
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With Supergirl
The sun was high and bright as Kara rocketed through the air over a deserted wasteland.
'When people see that red cape they expect to see that red cape they expect to see a certain someone. Someone they know. But this isn't his story.
It's mine. It's been a week since I revealed myself to National City, so far things are going pretty well. I think I might actually have a handle on this.'
Suddenly a surprised look appeared on her face as she quickly dived through the air to avoid a missile that exploded behind her.
She had to weave out of the way of the next two that followed.
"Is that the fastest you can go?" She heard a rough voice through her comm speak.
"Are these tests for everyone or is it because I'm a-"
"It's not because you're a woman Ms.Danvers. The DEO requires rigorous physical and psychological evaluation for all its prospective field operatives." Hank lowered his binoculars to walk back to the encampment set up with a rocket launcher nearby.
"I was gonna say alien." She lied.
"A novice superhero could be a liability in the field Miss Danvers, it's nothing personal. We have to know that you're in complete control of all of your powers." He was right, an untrained person with powers was like a gun with no safety held by a shooter with no aim.
"Strength, Stamina, Speed." Alex walked up to stand next to him as overhead a sonic boom erupted breaking the glass board next to them, Kara whizzing through the air.
An excited grin grew upon Alex's face as she turned towards Henshaw. "My sister just broke the sound barrier Sir."
Hank sent a glance her way. "Fire again."
Two more missiles fired up at Kara, following her through the air, taking a look at both missiles she rose up above them causing them to collide.
Through the smoke of the explosion Kara dropped down onto the field with a smile."So, did I pass?"
"It seems that you share your cousins appetite for wanton destruction, Miss Danvers." He said walking away from Kara and typing in results on his tablet.
"You know, I am starting to go by Supergirl." Her positive demeanor and smile were met by the man's blank stare.
"It's cool, we'll...We'll find our thing." He was already walking away before she could finish talking.
"Alex is all of this really necessary? I'm ready for all of this, I can feel it in my bones."
"Believe it or not he's just looking out for you, the both of us are. I had a full year of training before he even let me in the field." She neglected to tell Kara that more than half of her training had been in the field.
She gave a happy sigh "Though to be honest it's really nice have you here. I really hated having to keep this part of my life from you." She said causing them both to chuckle.
"And when we were younger I always thought you were a horrible liar." Alex smirked.
"That's what a good liar makes you think." They shared another laugh before Supergirl heard a beeping coming from her ear.
"Yes."
"My La-,I mean Supergirl there is trouble, there is a ship carrying a significant amount of gasoline in danger of combusting." The AI with the voice of Winn fumbled a bit before relaying the message.
"Ok thanks Winn I'll on my way." Luckily she was so focused on the disaster she didn't notice the slip up. Next to her Alex frowned in concern.
"Kara what happened."
"There's a huge fire down by the docks I gotta take care of it." She said as she walked forward to take off.
"Are you sure that's the best idea, I mean you've been dodging rockets and pushing your endurance for the last two hours." At Alex's concern Kara simply waved her off with a smile.
"Alex I'll be fine, I've been hiding who I am for twelve years, I'm done hiding." With that she flew off towards the scene of the disaster. Kara was met with the sight of raging flames and scrambling workers as she landed on the docks. "Hey Chief where do you need me." The mans face showed great relief as he turned to her.
"Supergirl thank god, there's a million barrels of oil on that ship , if the fire reaches it it'll go off like a two ton bomb." He yelled slightly over the raging flames.
Kara looked around and was stunned by the sight around her, the aerial view was much different then what she was currently looking at and feeling. The sight of the dock workers screaming and running around dazed her for a moment before the Dock Chiefs yell snapped her out of it.
"What are you doing, Superman would've blown it out by now!"
"Right!" Leaning forward Kara let out a blast of her super breath towards the fire hoping to snuff it out before it could spread any farther. Her attempt had the opposite effect, fanning the flames and making them grow larger from the excess oxygen.
All the workers covered their eyes and backed away as the blaze flared up even bigger than before, Kara simply stood there frozen not knowing what to do.
As she watched the dock workers brush past her scrambling to get away, she turned her head towards the ship and almost took off into the air before a large gust of wind came in from behind her causing her cape to come over her head and cover her face.
She fumbled with it for a minute before she was able to remove it from her face, the wind that had rushed past her kept flowing down the docks before it reached the large fire and began circling around it. The mini cyclone began to rise up to the top of the fire before closing around it, suffocating the fire in a vacuum.
It took about ten minutes before it was completely snuffed out, the winds collapsed and Kara watched as they came back towards her and kept going behind her. Turning around her eyes followed the visible winds further down the docks and was met with the sight of a man in all black.
Leather laceless combat boots and pants with knee guards, on his waist was a black utility belt with what looked like two white wings on the buckle. He wore a sleeveless black compression shirt under a leather jacket along with biker gloves, finally covering his face he wore a balaclava showing only his eyes.
The man flicked his hand and the air calmed down before he wordlessly gave Kara a two finger salute and turned to walk away, Kara noted that just like on his utility belt there were two majestic white wings on the back of his jacket. Kara immediately tried to use her x ray vision on the man but found that she couldn't see through his mask. She was ready to follow him as he climbed onto his motorcycle when a sudden explosion of smoke hid him from view.
She quickly used her super breath to blow the smoke away but the man had already made his way off the docks and the large crowd of people that had gathered covered his escape.
As she saw the approaching news crews Kara decided to let it be for now and took off into the air.
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With Winn
"For the record Sire I do not believe that this was the correct time or place to reveal yourself to the public." A small part of Winn agreed with Mag about that, he'd been reckless and stupid and had only gotten away from Kara on nothing but dumb luck and a well timed smoke bomb.
But as he sped away from the crowds of people with looks of pure relief on their faces and the dock workers that would be able to go back to their families tonight, all of his regrets washed away. He needed to get out of here and do it fast, there was no telling who or what would be keeping an eye on him now.
"Alright Mag I'm on my way back to base." Within twenty minutes he made his way back to his home base, he pressed a button on his bike causing a part of the warehouse wall that was indiscernible to the rest of the building to lift up allowing him entrance. As he rode in and parked his bike, the ground floor of the building lit up as the wall closed and the flat screen he had set up turned on
He was getting changed out of his suit when his phone buzzed on the table, after getting back into civilian clothes he checked to see a text from Kara.
'Hey, come meet me at the Starbucks by your house,we need to talk.'
"Well shit." There was definitely something wrong today.
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'Why didn't I expect this sooner.' As soon as he'd walked in he spotted her bright red hair, if he wasn't so annoyed he would take a minute to admire it.
"Any reason that you decided to text me pretending to be Kara, Alex?" As he moved to sit across from her he noted a slightly surprised expression on her face before it was gone in an instant as if it was never there.
Huh, she was wearing civilian clothes, she looked good.
"So how'd you know I wasn't who I said I was?"
Winn smirked "Kara is supposed to be at work right now."
"And you're supposed to be at home, yet it took you almost three times as fast as it should've to get here."
"I was out shopping."
"What'd you buy?"
"Protein powder."
"What have you been working out?"
"Upper body."
"Workout?"
"Salmon ladder pull-ups." Alex heard a shift in his voice for the first time in their exchange, he said that with such pride that she couldn't help the chuckle that left her mouth. The way the guy had spoken like he'd made a huge achievement was kinda cute.
She stopped laughing and spoke "Impressive, and not gonna lie a little douchey."
Winn chuckled himself as he now had a smile on his face. "Agreed," he nodded to himself before he leaned forward slightly.
"So what was it that you wanted to talk about Alex." He wasn't in any sort of rush but it had to be important for Alex to approach him this directly under the guise of Kara.
Alex suddenly froze as she realized that she'd completely forgotten what she called him for. She'd gotten too caught up in the conversation and got too comfortable with her sisters friend.
A reluctant frown came onto her face as she also leaned forward "The night that Kara revealed herself you said that you weren't an alien."
Winn nodded affirmatively "I was telling the truth."
"I know, after Kara told you and James her identity I did a background check on both of you…" she trailed off awkwardly.
Winn sighed before looking her straight in the eyes, he wasn't gonna lie to her because he had no reason to, he didn't want to be like his past self and be weighed down by his past even if his version of the Toy Maker was far worse in comparison.
"Look Alex you don't have to tiptoe around it, my dad is the Toy Maker and a monster and he hurt a lot of people, but I don't want you to think that I'm anything like him." He pleaded, it was something that he had always dealt with ever since the day his father had committed his first murder, whenever someone heard his name or found out who his dad was they'd just turn him away like garbage.
Hell, no one at his job even knew his real name since Cat had personally hired him and always said his name wrong, the only person that knew about his lineage and stayed with him was Kara, but that girl could love anyone.
Seeing the visible turmoil on Winn's face Alex reached over with her hand before hesitantly putting it on top of his. This caused Winn to bring his head back up and look at her.
"Look, I'm not gonna try to understand what it's like to have someone like that as a parent, but I do understand what it's like to lose one." She sent a slight accusatory glare at him causing to wince slightly.
"I am so sorry for what I said Alex, it's just that I kinda didn't feel like getting shot in the head after you hit me with a car." He said seriously at first before his voice changed to a teasing tone as he spoke slowly to emphasize his point.
Alex gasped loudly as if she was insulted, though Winn could see the mirth in her eyes as she pointed at him to make as if to make a point while trying to keep a smile off her face.
"Hey...technically it wasn't me who hit you, I was in an Uber."
"Oh yeah that makes everything better." They stared at each other for a second before they began laughing, it continued for a minute before it died down to just giggles.
"I'm pretty sure this is a conversation to be had in private." Winn said before he pulled a metallic black disk out of his pocket and placed it in the middle of the table before he pressed the silver ring in the middle, this caused the device to warble for three seconds before it cut off.
"What the hell was that." Alex said staring warily at the device.
"It's a sound nullification device I created, the human brain subconsciously filters out certain sounds. Some are at too high a frequency to hear while others would have an adverse effect on the human body if heard, after studying this phenomenon for a while I was able to isolate one of the sounds that I found useful. This will allow us to speak freely without having anyone listen in by creating a shield of sound that people will hear but not be able to understand therefore blocking them out. The sound you heard was it emitting the field, we have ten minutes before it needs to be reapplied, we can still be seen though so nothing too outrageous." He finished with a wink.
Alex just stared at his invention for a minute and it was amazing, sure there was technology similar to it-the DEO was always looking into new technology- but all of it was too inefficient to be put into practice effectively.
"Anyway" Winn continued unaware of Alex's shocked state. "I am and always have been human, however there are different species in the human race, first are the regular humans like you and about 99 percent of the human race. The second species are the metahumans, though drastically minor in comparison of numbers they make up for it by having special abilities." by this point he had her full and undivided attention as she leaned forward, "Now identifying someone as a meta human gets kinda iffy, for instance it could be someone who gained powers through a freak accident or an individual who simply gained skill in a subject that surpasses that of average humans." He thought of bringing up Lex Luthor as an example, the guy was monstrously intelligent after all, but he didn't want to put Lex as the poster child for metahumans in Alex's mind.
"And last but definitely not least are Neohumans, well more like neohuman cause there's only one of them and it's me."
"Wait what's a neohuman and how are you the only one alive?" Winn smirked, he'd been working on the explanation he was gonna give.
"A Neohuman is a human who has had the potential locked away in their DNA fully unleashed. The person who helped me become one told me that I was the only Neohuman alive." While Winn had no reason to lie about being a Neohuman he didn't think that revealing the exact nature of his origin would be the best idea.
The planet was still getting used to the idea of aliens, they didn't need to worry about the existence of gods.
"Wow that's amazing, what can you do?" Though she would make a mental note to discuss this information with Director Henshaw she was also genuinely curious, she spent all day every day for the last two years learning how special the various alien races are so it was nice hearing about her own.
Winn thought of how to explain what being Neohuman was when he realized he hadn't had breakfast.
"You wanna order something?" He asked Alex suddenly catching her off guard, before she nodded.
Five minutes later they were eating food as Winn explained his abilities. He didn't mention anything about his Aerokinesis but he told her about all the advantages he'd discovered about his new genealogy. He didn't need more than two hours of sleep a day, he had increased regeneration, strength and speed as well as enhanced senses and a greater understanding of his body than any other human. If he concentrated very hard he could feel the individual parts of his body, his bones, organs and even his nerves were all within his circle of awareness.
It was honestly kinda creepy if he was being honest about.
"And the last thing that I've discovered is that I, for the sake of a better term, adapt at an accelerated rate." He said shrugging as he took another bite of his sandwich. That was the only what he'd discovered so far, he was sure that once he'd had more time to test himself he could discover even more amazing things about himself.
Alex raised an eyebrow as she sipped a little of her tea before speaking, "What do you mean by 'adapt'?"
Winn thought for a minute before he answered "Think of whenever you've had to learn something new that you knew absolutely nothing about beforehand, once you spend the time to learn it it becomes easy, almost like an instinct or second nature right?"
She nodded fully understanding, when she first started her training at the DEO she'd almost blown her ears out and got knocked on her ass by recoil every time she shot a gun even with earplugs in, now she could shoot a target upside down while holding a conversation with someone.
"Well even then there are still some things that no matter how hard you try to accomplish them you won't be able to do it proficiently. That is caused by the enzymes and hormones in human DNA that only allow for certain level of development to prevent overwork or self harm, as a Neohuman I've found that no matter what I try to learn I don't hit a wall in progression." He finished to a completely stunned Alex.
"Why are you telling me this." She didn't know if she should be flattered or scared that he decided to tell her such personal information.
He shrugged.
"Because you asked." And because he didn't tell her anything too sensitive.
Like the fact that he could turn humans and metahumans into Neohumans.
"You either have a lot of faith in me or you're extremely stupid, there is no in between." She said shaking her head in exhaustion.
"Why can't it just be both?" He asked with a wink before he turned towards the TV on the news that was showing video from dock fire. The screen then switched to a man with brown haired and a casual business suit talking to the reporters, Maxwell Lord.
"Forget about this mystery man and Supergirls lack of experience, I'm talking about what trouble they'll bring to National City. Take Metropolis for example, since Superman became active a veritable bad guy war has been waged on that city. Their maintenance budgets have quadrupled," He turned to point directly straight into camera. "National City does not need Metropolis' problems." He said before walking off, the reporters clamoring after him with questions.
"What a dick." Winn said before turning back to Alex. The two would proceed to talk lightheartedly for a while before splitting off.
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Catco. Worldwide Media
All of the leading reporters that answered directly to Catco CEO Cat Grant were now standing in her office.
Plus Kara.
"Now I'm sure I don't need to inform any of you about Supergirls close call this morning, do I?" She asked video of the fire playing on the multiple screens behind her.
"She almost made sure that no one would surf National City for the next 10,000 years. Some hero." One of the nondescript male reporters said.
It brought a frown to Kara's face.
"It was the lead story on the Daily Planet homepage, their fifth in as many days along with the question 'Who is the Man in Black?'. This annoys me because they already have a go-to superhero, and now they're trying to steal not one but two of mine." She said causing Kara to furrow her brow.
She still remembered the man who had come in and had to clean up her mess and then left without a word. Not being able to catch him or see through his mask had left her with a lot of questions.
Who was that guy?
Was he an Alien?
Why was he wearing a mask?
"I want an interview with SuperGirl." Cat spoke breaking Kara out of her daze.
"What!"
And suddenly all the eyes in the room were on her.
"Yes, Kara?"
W-what" for a moment she thought of making up some lie about a cat video, but that probably wouldn't have applied in this context.
"um what about the other guy that was there, you know, the Man in Black?" She said after she had quit stammering.
Kay looked thoughtful for a minute before she answered, "You'll take care of it."
"Huh." She intelligently uttered as her boss ignored her to talk to James about the possibility of him making contact with Superman.
"Now I want an interview by the end of the week, you can all go, except for you Kara." She said turning to he assistant as she dropped out of daze of confusion.
Man she had to stop doing that.
"Uh Ms.Grant, when you said take care of it what did you mean?" Kara questioned extremely perturbed, she wasn't a reporter, Hell she wasn't even a reporters assistant and now she was supposed to take on a story for a superhero.
"Contrary to public belief this is not the first time our little vigilante friend has been out and about. My contacts on the edges of town have been telling me about someone who's taken to helping citizens in the more...out of the way parts of the city. He's become something of a local legend in over just a week, the world already knows about the flying man with the S on his chest, Supergirl will be recognizable no matter how you spin it, but this guy is new and fresh." She explained thoroughly both dodging and explaining Kara's question at the same.
"You've put in two years behind my desk as my assistant, it's about time you made a splash out in the field." She said in the most serious of tones looking Kara straight in the eye.
"For now I just want you to keep an eye and ear out for any news regarding him, like I said he may be new but Supergirl will be at the forefront of media for a very long time if I have anything to say about it." Cat finished before she dismissed Kara and got back to work.
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While Kara was lamenting her mistakes and trying to come to terms with her interim reportership, Winn had done his morning routine and returned to his apartment to meditate. He had found that by keeping a calm and clear mind free of distractions and negative emotions his Aerokinesis abilities would increase.
He knew why, wind was freedom it was held down by nothing and circulated everywhere, suddenly a chair behind him slid forward behind Winn who didn't even open his eyes as he was sent into a backflip while cross legged landing in the chair with not even the slightest disturbance.
The feat of gymnastic prowess had more to do with his own physical skill then his powers, he released a pocket of air from underneath his legs sending him straight up, then using his abdominal muscles he shifted himself into a backflip.
He'd like to say it was easier then it sounded but it took a couple of tries falling on his head and over shooting into his ceiling before he'd finally created the technique he dubbed Air Boost.
It was devised as a way for him to cover long distances or reach greater heights if needed, he wouldn't be able to devise flight for awhile but this would be a good alternative.
Standing up he walked over to his laptop that sat on his kitchen island and opened it up to see the blueprints for a few projects he was working on. The Silence Disk was a good start but he needed new and more high end tech if he wanted to both fight and help people.
Speaking of, he may need to start selling his inventions soon, his Catco salary would only last so long with all the supplies he was buying and would have to buy in the future. So right now he was checking over his more peaceful pieces of work.
He only had a few but he was leaning towards the sensory prosthetics.
*RING*
He didn't even think that whoever was at his door could be a friendly before he triple locked his blueprints away and walked towards the door. He opened it to see Kara and James standing there talking before they turned their attention to him and Kara developed a deep blush on her face as she took a look at his bare chest.
"Winn why are you naked?!" She said turning head up.
He shrugged "I'm not, I'm wearing pants." He was sculpted like a goddamn statue, he was never wearing a shirt in his house again!
He was also pretty low on shirts at the moment seeing as how he had basically tripled in muscle from a week ago.
"So what's up guys what do you need of little old me today."
"It's been brought to my attention that I might've been taking on more work than I should've too fast, I need help from both of you." Kara said resolutely looking at both men.
Winn's only response was to grin and nod. The next couple of hours consisted of them setting up shop in Kara's apartment before James and Winn began advising Supergirl to any and all scenes where she was needed, from stopping a couple of store robberies to carrying an ambulance out of traffic saving the life of the man inside. He also still sent her to get the snake caught up in a tree, no he didn't tell her it wasn't a cat it wouldn't have been half as funny.
Damn there was more problems in this city than he thought, there were reasons he wasn't out there right now helping out, his little escapade this morning was a special circumstance to prevent an environmental crisis.
He wasn't ready to go out into the public eye, Hell he didn't even know what type of hero he wanted to be all, he knew was that he wanted to be on the frontlines helping fight the good fight, but that could wait for later.
The three of them were laughing and smiling about the news story on her recent heroic deeds before they heard a knock on the door. "Is that more pizza thank god I am starving." Yeah Winn had joined the superhuman club of gluttons, not really because he had to recover a whole lot of energy but because he could afford to eat a lot and not worry about getting fat.
Kara walked over to the door despite James' protest and opened it to the sight of a beautiful redhead, oh wait that's Alex.
Eh, he stood by his statement.
"Hey Kara."
"Hi Alex."
The moment of awkwardness continued for a little while before Winn spoke. "Welp that seems like our cue to leave, I will see you all later, let's go Jimmy." He said patting James on the back before they left the apartment so that the two sisters could continue their awkward discussion.
"Wanna go for a drink?" He wasn't ready to go in for the night just yet, and James was the only guy he knew non professionally, he really didn't want to have his life just be about helping Kara or being a vigilante so he might as well get some friends.
James had a surprised look on his face before he grinned and nodded, thus began what would become an amazing friendship.
As Winn and Jimmy were broing it up at the bar; Alex and Kara were apologizing to each other. Alex had given Kara a lesson in being too cocky about her powers and humiliated her in the ring, while Kara had gotten angry at her for not understanding the responsibility on her shoulders and how she should just go it alone like her cousin.
Now that they had become at least slightly amicable towards one another they were just talking about how the others day went.
"Oh my god, you went on a date this morning, exactly who are you and what did you do with my sister?" Kara teased.
"Shut up! It wasn't a date anyway, we were meeting up to discuss some things then we had some breakfast and we just talked for about an hour before we split off." She said trying to keep a smile off her face as she thought of the short time she spent with Winn. She didn't want to admit it, especially to Kara, but talking to him and actually having someone outside of work or family to be around was...nice.
"So who is this mystery man?" She was curious, Alex had never had been this eager to talk about a guy, there was no change in her facial expression but Kara had known her for over twelve years, the excitement in her eyes said more than her face ever could.
"Don't worry about it...you don't know him." She said quickly not wanting to tell her sister that she had spent the morning grilling her best friend for information and then having a date with him.
Was it a date? No, Maybe, she didn't know! But she did want to find out what it was she was feeling.
She glanced at Kara.
Just had to make sure that Kara didn't find out.
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"Deep, calming breaths Winn no need to feel nervous, all you're going to do is ride your motorcycle onto the bridge and interrupt a DEO sting operation. Then you're going to capture the alien that they're trying to capture when he tries to surprise attack them and capture Alex." He spoke into the empty air as he shook his arms and body to psych himself out.
Not that he needed to, he had meditated for a full hour before he'd suited up to prepare himself for this, but there was no possible way that he was ready to do this. Yet he had to be, for the sake of the DEO agents that would die if he didn't.
He caught the sight of the trucks carrying the DDT driving over the bridge and gave them a head start before he sped up and followed them, they were focused on their front view so all he had to do was trail behind them at a distance to remain undetected.
This continued for a few minutes before they were attacked, from over the side of the bridge the Hellgramite jumped onto the leading vehicle.
Winn revved his bike to go even faster as Hank and Alex leaned out of the car to shoot at the alien. Sparks flew off of the tanks and the back of the truck as the Hellgramite kept ducking out of the way. He jumped off of the truck towards them before he suddenly twisted around as if hit by an invisible force and fell to the ground, he bounced on the street a few times before rolling and being ran over by the DEO truck.
"On your left."
"What the hell!?" Hank pushed the brakes causing the truck to skid to a stop, before all the agents quickly exited the car, firearms drawn.
If possible the agents became even more alert when the a body was thrown down at their feet face up. It was the Hellgramite and he looked like he'd been put through a cheese grater, his clothes were ripped to shreds, he was covered in bruised and skid marks and at least two of his ribs were broken.
"Director Henshaw, Agent Danvers" All the agents turned their attention and weapons up towards the figure in Black that was standing not even ten feet away. "It's nice to finally make your acquaintances." He addressed as if he hadn't just thrown a corpse in front of them.
"He's still alive, however if you don't get him medical attention pretty soon he'll die." All the agents kept a healthy distance until Hank and Alex stepped forward, Henshaw reached down slowly to check the aliens pulse as Danvers kept her gun trained on him.
He waited for a minute before nodding and motioning for his men to come collect the prisoner, before he holstered his gun and turned towards the man who'd been on his radar since this morning.
"I'd thank you for the assistance but I'm afraid I don't know your name."
"I haven't thought of an alias yet, so forgive me if I'm not forthcoming with my identity." He took in Hanks guarded posture for a moment before his gaze changed over to Alex who looked just as on guard as her director.
He didn't like it, her being wary of him, he'd seen the same thing with Kara yesterday and it made him feel the same way, like he was a bad guy like he couldn't be trusted when they knew nothing about him.
Like he was his father's son.
Shaking his head at the depressing thoughts he turned to the truck that the agents were halling the prisoner into the back of their van, thinking back on it this had been really easy, it was weird that Alex had even been captured. All it took was a single air punch to knock him off course and gravity took care of the rest, it really was too…easy.
Why was there a floating woman with glowing eyes looking down at you guys?
"Get down!" Before he'd even uttered the words Winn sent out a gust of wind to knock down all the DEO agents as he dived down with them. They'd have a few scrapes and bruises but it was better than being cut in half by eye lasers. The DEO truck that was holding the Hellgramite was not as fortunate, the laser wasn't even halfway through before the car exploded in a ball of fire.
As smoke rose from the wreckage the woman dropped down next to Alex before grabbing her by the neck and looking her in the face.
"Danvers, you share my nieces human name, you will make decent bait."
"Let her go!" Winn said rushing at Astra, she glanced at him like a person would a bug before sending a blast of super breath at him, she was more than surprised when he wasn't even fazed by the strong wind. She paid it no mind however as she took off, dodging the air punch Winn had sent towards her.
"Alex!" Henshaw shouted watching as his best agent was taken away, before he turned towards Winn who simply walked past him towards his motorcycle.
"I'd appreciate some help here seeing as how you've already gotten yourself involved." He had to put his hand up as he was thrown a tiny black object by the man in the mask. He opened up his hand to see a tiny earpiece in his hand.
"It's set to a two way channel, I'll let you know if I find anything so I'll ask for the same courtesy. Either way it'd be a safe bet to bring plenty of Kryptonite." He revved his bike a couple times before taking off in the same direction as Astra.
His tracking proved fruitless as he tried to keep up before he lost her, he just couldn't keep up with her maneuverability in the air on his bike alone. He asked Maguel to keep an eye on the police scanners for any mention of a non-Supergirl flying woman but it remained useless.
He was riding down the street when he heard the ringing in his earpiece and answered. "I've got a location, a strike team is being prepared but I have a feeling you'll be faster, corner of 78th & Washington she's being held in a warehouse."
"Much appreciated Director." And with that he was off down the road at full speed, Mag in his ear already giving him directions.
In minutes he'd appeared outside of the warehouse, and jumped off of his bike and ran inside. There was a hole in the wall that led further in where the sound of laser beams and metal being crushed could be heard.
He walked further in to try and find Alex when he heard the sound of struggling coming from ahead of him, he saw another Hellgramite- a female this time it seemed- holding Alex up against a chain link fence, hand pincer poised to stab her.
"I'd say no hard feelings, but you guys killed my boyfriend!" She snarled as she pulled her hand back before it was caught at the rest by Winn, he then slammed his forearm into her elbow causing her to scream as her arm was broken, he then kicked her in the back of the leg bringing her to her knee.
"To be fair, that was my doing." He then twisted her arm, dislocating her shoulder before he ripped her stinger out of her hand and stabbed her in her back with it. She quickly succumbed to the pain and fell to the floor unconscious.
"Well, that was violent." Alex said as she leaned on the fence bleeding slightly from her side. Winn quickly pushed on a pocket on his utility belt which clicked and opened up to revealed some gauze pads.
Moving towards her he kneeled down at her waist as she reluctantly pull her shirt up so he could see the wound -it wasn't anything serious but it needed to be treated before it got infected- before he applied the gauze and had her pull her shirt down.
He threw the arm on her uninjured side over his shoulder and began walking her outside, much to her protest.
She grimaced "What are you doing, Supergirls still in there fighting!"
Winn paid her no mind "Well when you can walk straight without tearing a hole in your stomach, then you can try and take on the super strong aliens with laser eyes." He said sarcastically.
There were already DEO agents armed to the teeth rushing past him as he brought Alex to what looked like a field medic. He turned back towards the warehouse ready to rush back in when a figure went crashing up through the ceiling into the sky above and flying away.
'Welp I guess that's the end of that.' He then wiped imaginary dirt off his hands and jogged back to his bike before the agents could regroup.
As he ran off Alex kept her eyes on his wing clad back before she let herself fall back and rest as a single word escaped her lips.
"Angel."
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ANNNNND THATS A WRAP!
Yes I know I'm horrible, I've kept you guys waiting for a very long time on both of my story but I have a good explanation.
About two weeks ago I started my sophomore year of college and I have been swamped by that, work and admittedly reading a whole lot of fanfiction.
However now that I have settled in I'm going to be getting back into writing, hope you guys are ready I'm about to get it in.
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Chapter 7: Stronger Together.
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With Winn
A grunt comes from Winn as he spartan kicked a nearby assailant away, another one following up to swing at him.
Forearm block followed by a jab to the throat and palm strike to the solar plexus then transition into an over the shoulder throw, he's incapacitated. There are only three enemies left, two in the front armed, one behind unarmed.
'Let's do this.'
"AAAA-" the charging attacker from behind was him by Winn's reverse roundhouse sending him sprawling to the ground. The two knife wielding men charge at him cutting and stabbing at him from both sides, forcing to duck and weave around them.
Winn maneuvered around their knives and was able to breeze through their movements using his fighting style. The man to his right over swung and was caught as Winn grabbed his forearm and elbowed him in the nose causing him to shout in pain.
His partner stabbed forward and Winn used him as a human shield causing the knife to sink into his shoulder, eliciting an even louder shout. Winn took advantage of the man in shock to throw his partner at him roughly sending them both to the ground in a daze.
Seeing that he had successfully dispatched all the assailants he walked over to least injured one-the one that had stabbed his buddy- and crouched down near his head.
"Now I'm going to ask you one more time and I sincerely hope that it doesn't end with me having to kick your asses again." He reaches his hand into his jacket pocket and pulls out a familiar black and white photograph showing the hitman that Winn had been tracking for the last three days. "Do you know who this man is?" He said slowly, enunciating each word.
"He is..." He groaned out in Japanese "not one of us."
"What!? Then why'd you try to kill me when I asked you the first time."
The downed man turned his head towards Winn and spoke again."You came...in a mask worn by the Russians… we thought you were trying to intimidate us." He managed croak this out before he fell unconscious.
"Huh, maybe I should switch out the face mask for a helmet." Winn said before he heard a beeping coming from his ear-comm, bringing a hand up he pressed a finger to it through his mask.
"Yello?" From the other side he heard a crackle of static before a regal male voice came through.
"Greetings Sire, I believed it pertinent to alert you that a large fire has erupted down at the NCP, if the situation continues to deteriorate the oil reserves on the nearby ship could combust and destroy the port." Winn realized that if he was going to be out at night fighting criminals he'd need someone technically inclined at the base. So he worked for twelve hours straight making an AI sophisticated enough to alert him of what was going on around the city until he had an effective alternative.
"Ooh that sounds bad." He was already on his way to his bike as he was talking.
"That would be an understatement Sire." The Sire thing wasn't even a part of his coding, neither was his medieval like accent, but it wasn't too big of a hindrance -and it was admittedly kinda cool- so Winn didn't try to fix it.
"Alright Maguel call Supergirl and see if she can make it there before me, be sure to modulate your voice to sound like mine." Arriving by his jet black Honda CBR250rr he jumped up on to the seat and quickly revved it up before taking off down the road towards the port.
'What an exciting Saturday morning this has turned out to be.' Winn thought as he zoomed down the road.
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With Supergirl
The sun was high and bright as Kara rocketed through the air over a deserted wasteland.
'When people see that red cape they expect to see that red cape they expect to see a certain someone. Someone they know. But this isn't his story.
It's mine. It's been a week since I revealed myself to National City, so far things are going pretty well. I think I might actually have a handle on this.'
Suddenly a surprised look appeared on her face as she quickly dived through the air to avoid a missile that exploded behind her.
She had to weave out of the way of the next two that followed.
"Is that the fastest you can go?" She heard a rough voice through her comm speak.
"Are these tests for everyone or is it because I'm a-"
"It's not because you're a woman Ms.Danvers. The DEO requires rigorous physical and psychological evaluation for all its prospective field operatives." Hank lowered his binoculars to walk back to the encampment set up with a rocket launcher nearby.
"I was gonna say alien." She lied.
"A novice superhero could be a liability in the field Miss Danvers, it's nothing personal. We have to know that you're in complete control of all of your powers." He was right, an untrained person with powers was like a gun with no safety held by a shooter with no aim.
"Strength, Stamina, Speed." Alex walked up to stand next to him as overhead a sonic boom erupted breaking the glass board next to them, Kara whizzing through the air.
An excited grin grew upon Alex's face as she turned towards Henshaw. "My sister just broke the sound barrier Sir."
Hank sent a glance her way. "Fire again."
Two more missiles fired up at Kara, following her through the air, taking a look at both missiles she rose up above them causing them to collide.
Through the smoke of the explosion Kara dropped down onto the field with a smile."So, did I pass?"
"It seems that you share your cousins appetite for wanton destruction, Miss Danvers." He said walking away from Kara and typing in results on his tablet.
"You know, I am starting to go by Supergirl." Her positive demeanor and smile were met by the man's blank stare.
"It's cool, we'll...We'll find our thing." He was already walking away before she could finish talking.
"Alex is all of this really necessary? I'm ready for all of this, I can feel it in my bones."
"Believe it or not he's just looking out for you, the both of us are. I had a full year of training before he even let me in the field." She neglected to tell Kara that more than half of her training had been in the field.
She gave a happy sigh "Though to be honest it's really nice have you here. I really hated having to keep this part of my life from you." She said causing them both to chuckle.
"And when we were younger I always thought you were a horrible liar." Alex smirked.
"That's what a good liar makes you think." They shared another laugh before Supergirl heard a beeping coming from her ear.
"Yes."
"My La-,I mean Supergirl there is trouble, there is a ship carrying a significant amount of gasoline in danger of combusting." The AI with the voice of Winn fumbled a bit before relaying the message.
"Ok thanks Winn I'll on my way." Luckily she was so focused on the disaster she didn't notice the slip up. Next to her Alex frowned in concern.
"Kara what happened."
"There's a huge fire down by the docks I gotta take care of it." She said as she walked forward to take off.
"Are you sure that's the best idea, I mean you've been dodging rockets and pushing your endurance for the last two hours." At Alex's concern Kara simply waved her off with a smile.
"Alex I'll be fine, I've been hiding who I am for twelve years, I'm done hiding." With that she flew off towards the scene of the disaster. Kara was met with the sight of raging flames and scrambling workers as she landed on the docks. "Hey Chief where do you need me." The mans face showed great relief as he turned to her.
"Supergirl thank god, there's a million barrels of oil on that ship , if the fire reaches it it'll go off like a two ton bomb." He yelled slightly over the raging flames.
Kara looked around and was stunned by the sight around her, the aerial view was much different then what she was currently looking at and feeling. The sight of the dock workers screaming and running around dazed her for a moment before the Dock Chiefs yell snapped her out of it.
"What are you doing, Superman would've blown it out by now!"
"Right!" Leaning forward Kara let out a blast of her super breath towards the fire hoping to snuff it out before it could spread any farther. Her attempt had the opposite effect, fanning the flames and making them grow larger from the excess oxygen.
All the workers covered their eyes and backed away as the blaze flared up even bigger than before, Kara simply stood there frozen not knowing what to do.
As she watched the dock workers brush past her scrambling to get away, she turned her head towards the ship and almost took off into the air before a large gust of wind came in from behind her causing her cape to come over her head and cover her face.
She fumbled with it for a minute before she was able to remove it from her face, the wind that had rushed past her kept flowing down the docks before it reached the large fire and began circling around it. The mini cyclone began to rise up to the top of the fire before closing around it, suffocating the fire in a vacuum.
It took about ten minutes before it was completely snuffed out, the winds collapsed and Kara watched as they came back towards her and kept going behind her. Turning around her eyes followed the visible winds further down the docks and was met with the sight of a man in all black.
Leather laceless combat boots and pants with knee guards, on his waist was a black utility belt with what looked like two white wings on the buckle. He wore a sleeveless black compression shirt under a leather jacket along with biker gloves, finally covering his face he wore a balaclava showing only his eyes.
The man flicked his hand and the air calmed down before he wordlessly gave Kara a two finger salute and turned to walk away, Kara noted that just like on his utility belt there were two majestic white wings on the back of his jacket. Kara immediately tried to use her x ray vision on the man but found that she couldn't see through his mask. She was ready to follow him as he climbed onto his motorcycle when a sudden explosion of smoke hid him from view.
She quickly used her super breath to blow the smoke away but the man had already made his way off the docks and the large crowd of people that had gathered covered his escape.
As she saw the approaching news crews Kara decided to let it be for now and took off into the air.
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With Winn
"For the record Sire I do not believe that this was the correct time or place to reveal yourself to the public." A small part of Winn agreed with Mag about that, he'd been reckless and stupid and had only gotten away from Kara on nothing but dumb luck and a well timed smoke bomb.
But as he sped away from the crowds of people with looks of pure relief on their faces and the dock workers that would be able to go back to their families tonight, all of his regrets washed away. He needed to get out of here and do it fast, there was no telling who or what would be keeping an eye on him now.
"Alright Mag I'm on my way back to base." Within twenty minutes he made his way back to his home base, he pressed a button on his bike causing a part of the warehouse wall that was indiscernible to the rest of the building to lift up allowing him entrance. As he rode in and parked his bike, the ground floor of the building lit up as the wall closed and the flat screen he had set up turned on
He was getting changed out of his suit when his phone buzzed on the table, after getting back into civilian clothes he checked to see a text from Kara.
'Hey, come meet me at the Starbucks by your house,we need to talk.'
"Well shit." There was definitely something wrong today.
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'Why didn't I expect this sooner.' As soon as he'd walked in he spotted her bright red hair, if he wasn't so annoyed he would take a minute to admire it.
"Any reason that you decided to text me pretending to be Kara, Alex?" As he moved to sit across from her he noted a slightly surprised expression on her face before it was gone in an instant as if it was never there.
Huh, she was wearing civilian clothes, she looked good.
"So how'd you know I wasn't who I said I was?"
Winn smirked "Kara is supposed to be at work right now."
"And you're supposed to be at home, yet it took you almost three times as fast as it should've to get here."
"I was out shopping."
"What'd you buy?"
"Protein powder."
"What have you been working out?"
"Upper body."
"Workout?"
"Salmon ladder pull-ups." Alex heard a shift in his voice for the first time in their exchange, he said that with such pride that she couldn't help the chuckle that left her mouth. The way the guy had spoken like he'd made a huge achievement was kinda cute.
She stopped laughing and spoke "Impressive, and not gonna lie a little douchey."
Winn chuckled himself as he now had a smile on his face. "Agreed," he nodded to himself before he leaned forward slightly.
"So what was it that you wanted to talk about Alex." He wasn't in any sort of rush but it had to be important for Alex to approach him this directly under the guise of Kara.
Alex suddenly froze as she realized that she'd completely forgotten what she called him for. She'd gotten too caught up in the conversation and got too comfortable with her sisters friend.
A reluctant frown came onto her face as she also leaned forward "The night that Kara revealed herself you said that you weren't an alien."
Winn nodded affirmatively "I was telling the truth."
"I know, after Kara told you and James her identity I did a background check on both of you…" she trailed off awkwardly.
Winn sighed before looking her straight in the eyes, he wasn't gonna lie to her because he had no reason to, he didn't want to be like his past self and be weighed down by his past even if his version of the Toy Maker was far worse in comparison.
"Look Alex you don't have to tiptoe around it, my dad is the Toy Maker and a monster and he hurt a lot of people, but I don't want you to think that I'm anything like him." He pleaded, it was something that he had always dealt with ever since the day his father had committed his first murder, whenever someone heard his name or found out who his dad was they'd just turn him away like garbage.
Hell, no one at his job even knew his real name since Cat had personally hired him and always said his name wrong, the only person that knew about his lineage and stayed with him was Kara, but that girl could love anyone.
Seeing the visible turmoil on Winn's face Alex reached over with her hand before hesitantly putting it on top of his. This caused Winn to bring his head back up and look at her.
"Look, I'm not gonna try to understand what it's like to have someone like that as a parent, but I do understand what it's like to lose one." She sent a slight accusatory glare at him causing to wince slightly.
"I am so sorry for what I said Alex, it's just that I kinda didn't feel like getting shot in the head after you hit me with a car." He said seriously at first before his voice changed to a teasing tone as he spoke slowly to emphasize his point.
Alex gasped loudly as if she was insulted, though Winn could see the mirth in her eyes as she pointed at him to make as if to make a point while trying to keep a smile off her face.
"Hey...technically it wasn't me who hit you, I was in an Uber."
"Oh yeah that makes everything better." They stared at each other for a second before they began laughing, it continued for a minute before it died down to just giggles.
"I'm pretty sure this is a conversation to be had in private." Winn said before he pulled a metallic black disk out of his pocket and placed it in the middle of the table before he pressed the silver ring in the middle, this caused the device to warble for three seconds before it cut off.
"What the hell was that." Alex said staring warily at the device.
"It's a sound nullification device I created, the human brain subconsciously filters out certain sounds. Some are at too high a frequency to hear while others would have an adverse effect on the human body if heard, after studying this phenomenon for a while I was able to isolate one of the sounds that I found useful. This will allow us to speak freely without having anyone listen in by creating a shield of sound that people will hear but not be able to understand therefore blocking them out. The sound you heard was it emitting the field, we have ten minutes before it needs to be reapplied, we can still be seen though so nothing too outrageous." He finished with a wink.
Alex just stared at his invention for a minute and it was amazing, sure there was technology similar to it-the DEO was always looking into new technology- but all of it was too inefficient to be put into practice effectively.
"Anyway" Winn continued unaware of Alex's shocked state. "I am and always have been human, however there are different species in the human race, first are the regular humans like you and about 99 percent of the human race. The second species are the metahumans, though drastically minor in comparison of numbers they make up for it by having special abilities." by this point he had her full and undivided attention as she leaned forward, "Now identifying someone as a meta human gets kinda iffy, for instance it could be someone who gained powers through a freak accident or an individual who simply gained skill in a subject that surpasses that of average humans." He thought of bringing up Lex Luthor as an example, the guy was monstrously intelligent after all, but he didn't want to put Lex as the poster child for metahumans in Alex's mind.
"And last but definitely not least are Neohumans, well more like neohuman cause there's only one of them and it's me."
"Wait what's a neohuman and how are you the only one alive?" Winn smirked, he'd been working on the explanation he was gonna give.
"A Neohuman is a human who has had the potential locked away in their DNA fully unleashed. The person who helped me become one told me that I was the only Neohuman alive." While Winn had no reason to lie about being a Neohuman he didn't think that revealing the exact nature of his origin would be the best idea.
The planet was still getting used to the idea of aliens, they didn't need to worry about the existence of gods.
"Wow that's amazing, what can you do?" Though she would make a mental note to discuss this information with Director Henshaw she was also genuinely curious, she spent all day every day for the last two years learning how special the various alien races are so it was nice hearing about her own.
Winn thought of how to explain what being Neohuman was when he realized he hadn't had breakfast.
"You wanna order something?" He asked Alex suddenly catching her off guard, before she nodded.
Five minutes later they were eating food as Winn explained his abilities. He didn't mention anything about his Aerokinesis but he told her about all the advantages he'd discovered about his new genealogy. He didn't need more than two hours of sleep a day, he had increased regeneration, strength and speed as well as enhanced senses and a greater understanding of his body than any other human. If he concentrated very hard he could feel the individual parts of his body, his bones, organs and even his nerves were all within his circle of awareness.
It was honestly kinda creepy if he was being honest about.
"And the last thing that I've discovered is that I, for the sake of a better term, adapt at an accelerated rate." He said shrugging as he took another bite of his sandwich. That was the only what he'd discovered so far, he was sure that once he'd had more time to test himself he could discover even more amazing things about himself.
Alex raised an eyebrow as she sipped a little of her tea before speaking, "What do you mean by 'adapt'?"
Winn thought for a minute before he answered "Think of whenever you've had to learn something new that you knew absolutely nothing about beforehand, once you spend the time to learn it it becomes easy, almost like an instinct or second nature right?"
She nodded fully understanding, when she first started her training at the DEO she'd almost blown her ears out and got knocked on her ass by recoil every time she shot a gun even with earplugs in, now she could shoot a target upside down while holding a conversation with someone.
"Well even then there are still some things that no matter how hard you try to accomplish them you won't be able to do it proficiently. That is caused by the enzymes and hormones in human DNA that only allow for certain level of development to prevent overwork or self harm, as a Neohuman I've found that no matter what I try to learn I don't hit a wall in progression." He finished to a completely stunned Alex.
"Why are you telling me this." She didn't know if she should be flattered or scared that he decided to tell her such personal information.
He shrugged.
"Because you asked." And because he didn't tell her anything too sensitive.
Like the fact that he could turn humans and metahumans into Neohumans.
"You either have a lot of faith in me or you're extremely stupid, there is no in between." She said shaking her head in exhaustion.
"Why can't it just be both?" He asked with a wink before he turned towards the TV on the news that was showing video from dock fire. The screen then switched to a man with brown haired and a casual business suit talking to the reporters, Maxwell Lord.
"Forget about this mystery man and Supergirls lack of experience, I'm talking about what trouble they'll bring to National City. Take Metropolis for example, since Superman became active a veritable bad guy war has been waged on that city. Their maintenance budgets have quadrupled," He turned to point directly straight into camera. "National City does not need Metropolis' problems." He said before walking off, the reporters clamoring after him with questions.
"What a dick." Winn said before turning back to Alex. The two would proceed to talk lightheartedly for a while before splitting off.
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Catco. Worldwide Media
All of the leading reporters that answered directly to Catco CEO Cat Grant were now standing in her office.
Plus Kara.
"Now I'm sure I don't need to inform any of you about Supergirls close call this morning, do I?" She asked video of the fire playing on the multiple screens behind her.
"She almost made sure that no one would surf National City for the next 10,000 years. Some hero." One of the nondescript male reporters said.
It brought a frown to Kara's face.
"It was the lead story on the Daily Planet homepage, their fifth in as many days along with the question 'Who is the Man in Black?'. This annoys me because they already have a go-to superhero, and now they're trying to steal not one but two of mine." She said causing Kara to furrow her brow.
She still remembered the man who had come in and had to clean up her mess and then left without a word. Not being able to catch him or see through his mask had left her with a lot of questions.
Who was that guy?
Was he an Alien?
Why was he wearing a mask?
"I want an interview with SuperGirl." Cat spoke breaking Kara out of her daze.
"What!"
And suddenly all the eyes in the room were on her.
"Yes, Kara?"
W-what" for a moment she thought of making up some lie about a cat video, but that probably wouldn't have applied in this context.
"um what about the other guy that was there, you know, the Man in Black?" She said after she had quit stammering.
Kay looked thoughtful for a minute before she answered, "You'll take care of it."
"Huh." She intelligently uttered as her boss ignored her to talk to James about the possibility of him making contact with Superman.
"Now I want an interview by the end of the week, you can all go, except for you Kara." She said turning to he assistant as she dropped out of daze of confusion.
Man she had to stop doing that.
"Uh Ms.Grant, when you said take care of it what did you mean?" Kara questioned extremely perturbed, she wasn't a reporter, Hell she wasn't even a reporters assistant and now she was supposed to take on a story for a superhero.
"Contrary to public belief this is not the first time our little vigilante friend has been out and about. My contacts on the edges of town have been telling me about someone who's taken to helping citizens in the more...out of the way parts of the city. He's become something of a local legend in over just a week, the world already knows about the flying man with the S on his chest, Supergirl will be recognizable no matter how you spin it, but this guy is new and fresh." She explained thoroughly both dodging and explaining Kara's question at the same.
"You've put in two years behind my desk as my assistant, it's about time you made a splash out in the field." She said in the most serious of tones looking Kara straight in the eye.
"For now I just want you to keep an eye and ear out for any news regarding him, like I said he may be new but Supergirl will be at the forefront of media for a very long time if I have anything to say about it." Cat finished before she dismissed Kara and got back to work.
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While Kara was lamenting her mistakes and trying to come to terms with her interim reportership, Winn had done his morning routine and returned to his apartment to meditate. He had found that by keeping a calm and clear mind free of distractions and negative emotions his Aerokinesis abilities would increase.
He knew why, wind was freedom it was held down by nothing and circulated everywhere, suddenly a chair behind him slid forward behind Winn who didn't even open his eyes as he was sent into a backflip while cross legged landing in the chair with not even the slightest disturbance.
The feat of gymnastic prowess had more to do with his own physical skill then his powers, he released a pocket of air from underneath his legs sending him straight up, then using his abdominal muscles he shifted himself into a backflip.
He'd like to say it was easier then it sounded but it took a couple of tries falling on his head and over shooting into his ceiling before he'd finally created the technique he dubbed Air Boost.
It was devised as a way for him to cover long distances or reach greater heights if needed, he wouldn't be able to devise flight for awhile but this would be a good alternative.
Standing up he walked over to his laptop that sat on his kitchen island and opened it up to see the blueprints for a few projects he was working on. The Silence Disk was a good start but he needed new and more high end tech if he wanted to both fight and help people.
Speaking of, he may need to start selling his inventions soon, his Catco salary would only last so long with all the supplies he was buying and would have to buy in the future. So right now he was checking over his more peaceful pieces of work.
He only had a few but he was leaning towards the sensory prosthetics.
*RING*
He didn't even think that whoever was at his door could be a friendly before he triple locked his blueprints away and walked towards the door. He opened it to see Kara and James standing there talking before they turned their attention to him and Kara developed a deep blush on her face as she took a look at his bare chest.
"Winn why are you naked?!" She said turning head up.
He shrugged "I'm not, I'm wearing pants." He was sculpted like a goddamn statue, he was never wearing a shirt in his house again!
He was also pretty low on shirts at the moment seeing as how he had basically tripled in muscle from a week ago.
"So what's up guys what do you need of little old me today."
"It's been brought to my attention that I might've been taking on more work than I should've too fast, I need help from both of you." Kara said resolutely looking at both men.
Winn's only response was to grin and nod. The next couple of hours consisted of them setting up shop in Kara's apartment before James and Winn began advising Supergirl to any and all scenes where she was needed, from stopping a couple of store robberies to carrying an ambulance out of traffic saving the life of the man inside. He also still sent her to get the snake caught up in a tree, no he didn't tell her it wasn't a cat it wouldn't have been half as funny.
Damn there was more problems in this city than he thought, there were reasons he wasn't out there right now helping out, his little escapade this morning was a special circumstance to prevent an environmental crisis.
He wasn't ready to go out into the public eye, Hell he didn't even know what type of hero he wanted to be all, he knew was that he wanted to be on the frontlines helping fight the good fight, but that could wait for later.
The three of them were laughing and smiling about the news story on her recent heroic deeds before they heard a knock on the door. "Is that more pizza thank god I am starving." Yeah Winn had joined the superhuman club of gluttons, not really because he had to recover a whole lot of energy but because he could afford to eat a lot and not worry about getting fat.
Kara walked over to the door despite James' protest and opened it to the sight of a beautiful redhead, oh wait that's Alex.
Eh, he stood by his statement.
"Hey Kara."
"Hi Alex."
The moment of awkwardness continued for a little while before Winn spoke. "Welp that seems like our cue to leave, I will see you all later, let's go Jimmy." He said patting James on the back before they left the apartment so that the two sisters could continue their awkward discussion.
"Wanna go for a drink?" He wasn't ready to go in for the night just yet, and James was the only guy he knew non professionally, he really didn't want to have his life just be about helping Kara or being a vigilante so he might as well get some friends.
James had a surprised look on his face before he grinned and nodded, thus began what would become an amazing friendship.
As Winn and Jimmy were broing it up at the bar; Alex and Kara were apologizing to each other. Alex had given Kara a lesson in being too cocky about her powers and humiliated her in the ring, while Kara had gotten angry at her for not understanding the responsibility on her shoulders and how she should just go it alone like her cousin.
Now that they had become at least slightly amicable towards one another they were just talking about how the others day went.
"Oh my god, you went on a date this morning, exactly who are you and what did you do with my sister?" Kara teased.
"Shut up! It wasn't a date anyway, we were meeting up to discuss some things then we had some breakfast and we just talked for about an hour before we split off." She said trying to keep a smile off her face as she thought of the short time she spent with Winn. She didn't want to admit it, especially to Kara, but talking to him and actually having someone outside of work or family to be around was...nice.
"So who is this mystery man?" She was curious, Alex had never had been this eager to talk about a guy, there was no change in her facial expression but Kara had known her for over twelve years, the excitement in her eyes said more than her face ever could.
"Don't worry about it...you don't know him." She said quickly not wanting to tell her sister that she had spent the morning grilling her best friend for information and then having a date with him.
Was it a date? No, Maybe, she didn't know! But she did want to find out what it was she was feeling.
She glanced at Kara.
Just had to make sure that Kara didn't find out.
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"Deep, calming breaths Winn no need to feel nervous, all you're going to do is ride your motorcycle onto the bridge and interrupt a DEO sting operation. Then you're going to capture the alien that they're trying to capture when he tries to surprise attack them and capture Alex." He spoke into the empty air as he shook his arms and body to psych himself out.
Not that he needed to, he had meditated for a full hour before he'd suited up to prepare himself for this, but there was no possible way that he was ready to do this. Yet he had to be, for the sake of the DEO agents that would die if he didn't.
He caught the sight of the trucks carrying the DDT driving over the bridge and gave them a head start before he sped up and followed them, they were focused on their front view so all he had to do was trail behind them at a distance to remain undetected.
This continued for a few minutes before they were attacked, from over the side of the bridge the Hellgramite jumped onto the leading vehicle.
Winn revved his bike to go even faster as Hank and Alex leaned out of the car to shoot at the alien. Sparks flew off of the tanks and the back of the truck as the Hellgramite kept ducking out of the way. He jumped off of the truck towards them before he suddenly twisted around as if hit by an invisible force and fell to the ground, he bounced on the street a few times before rolling and being ran over by the DEO truck.
"On your left."
"What the hell!?" Hank pushed the brakes causing the truck to skid to a stop, before all the agents quickly exited the car, firearms drawn.
If possible the agents became even more alert when the a body was thrown down at their feet face up. It was the Hellgramite and he looked like he'd been put through a cheese grater, his clothes were ripped to shreds, he was covered in bruised and skid marks and at least two of his ribs were broken.
"Director Henshaw, Agent Danvers" All the agents turned their attention and weapons up towards the figure in Black that was standing not even ten feet away. "It's nice to finally make your acquaintances." He addressed as if he hadn't just thrown a corpse in front of them.
"He's still alive, however if you don't get him medical attention pretty soon he'll die." All the agents kept a healthy distance until Hank and Alex stepped forward, Henshaw reached down slowly to check the aliens pulse as Danvers kept her gun trained on him.
He waited for a minute before nodding and motioning for his men to come collect the prisoner, before he holstered his gun and turned towards the man who'd been on his radar since this morning.
"I'd thank you for the assistance but I'm afraid I don't know your name."
"I haven't thought of an alias yet, so forgive me if I'm not forthcoming with my identity." He took in Hanks guarded posture for a moment before his gaze changed over to Alex who looked just as on guard as her director.
He didn't like it, her being wary of him, he'd seen the same thing with Kara yesterday and it made him feel the same way, like he was a bad guy like he couldn't be trusted when they knew nothing about him.
Like he was his father's son.
Shaking his head at the depressing thoughts he turned to the truck that the agents were halling the prisoner into the back of their van, thinking back on it this had been really easy, it was weird that Alex had even been captured. All it took was a single air punch to knock him off course and gravity took care of the rest, it really was too…easy.
Why was there a floating woman with glowing eyes looking down at you guys?
"Get down!" Before he'd even uttered the words Winn sent out a gust of wind to knock down all the DEO agents as he dived down with them. They'd have a few scrapes and bruises but it was better than being cut in half by eye lasers. The DEO truck that was holding the Hellgramite was not as fortunate, the laser wasn't even halfway through before the car exploded in a ball of fire.
As smoke rose from the wreckage the woman dropped down next to Alex before grabbing her by the neck and looking her in the face.
"Danvers, you share my nieces human name, you will make decent bait."
"Let her go!" Winn said rushing at Astra, she glanced at him like a person would a bug before sending a blast of super breath at him, she was more than surprised when he wasn't even fazed by the strong wind. She paid it no mind however as she took off, dodging the air punch Winn had sent towards her.
"Alex!" Henshaw shouted watching as his best agent was taken away, before he turned towards Winn who simply walked past him towards his motorcycle.
"I'd appreciate some help here seeing as how you've already gotten yourself involved." He had to put his hand up as he was thrown a tiny black object by the man in the mask. He opened up his hand to see a tiny earpiece in his hand.
"It's set to a two way channel, I'll let you know if I find anything so I'll ask for the same courtesy. Either way it'd be a safe bet to bring plenty of Kryptonite." He revved his bike a couple times before taking off in the same direction as Astra.
His tracking proved fruitless as he tried to keep up before he lost her, he just couldn't keep up with her maneuverability in the air on his bike alone. He asked Maguel to keep an eye on the police scanners for any mention of a non-Supergirl flying woman but it remained useless.
He was riding down the street when he heard the ringing in his earpiece and answered. "I've got a location, a strike team is being prepared but I have a feeling you'll be faster, corner of 78th & Washington she's being held in a warehouse."
"Much appreciated Director." And with that he was off down the road at full speed, Mag in his ear already giving him directions.
In minutes he'd appeared outside of the warehouse, and jumped off of his bike and ran inside. There was a hole in the wall that led further in where the sound of laser beams and metal being crushed could be heard.
He walked further in to try and find Alex when he heard the sound of struggling coming from ahead of him, he saw another Hellgramite- a female this time it seemed- holding Alex up against a chain link fence, hand pincer poised to stab her.
"I'd say no hard feelings, but you guys killed my boyfriend!" She snarled as she pulled her hand back before it was caught at the rest by Winn, he then slammed his forearm into her elbow causing her to scream as her arm was broken, he then kicked her in the back of the leg bringing her to her knee.
"To be fair, that was my doing." He then twisted her arm, dislocating her shoulder before he ripped her stinger out of her hand and stabbed her in her back with it. She quickly succumbed to the pain and fell to the floor unconscious.
"Well, that was violent." Alex said as she leaned on the fence bleeding slightly from her side. Winn quickly pushed on a pocket on his utility belt which clicked and opened up to revealed some gauze pads.
Moving towards her he kneeled down at her waist as she reluctantly pull her shirt up so he could see the wound -it wasn't anything serious but it needed to be treated before it got infected- before he applied the gauze and had her pull her shirt down.
He threw the arm on her uninjured side over his shoulder and began walking her outside, much to her protest.
She grimaced "What are you doing, Supergirls still in there fighting!"
Winn paid her no mind "Well when you can walk straight without tearing a hole in your stomach, then you can try and take on the super strong aliens with laser eyes." He said sarcastically.
There were already DEO agents armed to the teeth rushing past him as he brought Alex to what looked like a field medic. He turned back towards the warehouse ready to rush back in when a figure went crashing up through the ceiling into the sky above and flying away.
'Welp I guess that's the end of that.' He then wiped imaginary dirt off his hands and jogged back to his bike before the agents could regroup.
As he ran off Alex kept her eyes on his wing clad back before she let herself fall back and rest as a single word escaped her lips.
"Angel."
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ANNNNND THATS A WRAP!
Yes I know I'm horrible, I've kept you guys waiting for a very long time on both of my story but I have a good explanation.
About two weeks ago I started my sophomore year of college and I have been swamped by that, work and admittedly reading a whole lot of fanfiction.
However now that I have settled in I'm going to be getting back into writing, hope you guys are ready I'm about to get it in.
- Location
- Puerto Rico
Good chapter.
Happy to see this back.
By the way:
Question regarding the level of tech Winn can build, how long will it take him to build a controlled grey goo that can repair anything?
If you implement this, the public can't blame him for collateral damage that he causes since he just fixes it for free.
Also his A.I., how advanced is he?
Happy to see this back.
By the way:
Question regarding the level of tech Winn can build, how long will it take him to build a controlled grey goo that can repair anything?
If you implement this, the public can't blame him for collateral damage that he causes since he just fixes it for free.
Also his A.I., how advanced is he?
- Location
- New Jersey
His level of tech is about at the level of the stuff Lucius Fox gets Batman, it's just that he doesn't have the necessary resources to make them.
As for grey goo, it might take him a couple months.
Also Maguel is able to hack into the police scanners for information and even into the police records themselves to get information, he will increase on functionality further.
- Location
- New Jersey
No it's not really a suit it's just some regular clothes with padding.