Jason I am going to kill you after I bleach my brain!

Breakfast had been normal, Kara had met Barbara after class and looked into the progress on the data she had taken from the Falcone front firm. She stopped in the cave to see what Bruce was up to when she got home. Jason joined her on the elevator down.

“How were classes,” Bruce said as the elevator doors opened.

“Mind numbing,” Kara said, “I knew about as much as NASA did about the trigonometry of Rocket flight when I was eleven. Now I have to sit and listen to some guy explain basic algebra.”

“Kara,” Bruce said, “You went to a very advanced school. Many of your class mates went to public school where the kids either didn’t want to learn, had classmates that interrupted classes because they didn’t want to learn or the teachers just didn’t want to teach. That is a sadly common problem. I could throw all the money I have at the public school system and that won’t get rid of those factors.”

“Yeah, I know…” Kara said as she came around to stand next to Bruce and see what he was looking at, “Oh shit.”

“What the fuck?” Jason blurted as he saw the picture and burst out laughing, “When was that from?”

The picture was of Kara a few years ago with a high disturbed look on her face, and clearly disgusted by what had just been said to her. Around her face were the word’s ‘Adopted daughter suffers Bruce Wayne Dad Joke.’

“I hate that picture,” Kara said.

“There is a story, and we are not talking about anything else till I hear it,” Jason said while whipping a tear from his eye.

“When I was getting close to sixteen,” Kara sighed knowing Jason would be true to his word, “Bruce took me to some charity events to get me ready for Debutant Season which I would have to endure at the private school. One event, as seen here I came across some weird things and Bruce caught me off guard.”

“Full story? Or nothing else,” Jason crossed his arms.

“Ok, fine. So Luthor and his ice bitch Mercy were there. I had gone to get a drink and as I went back to rejoin Bruce and talk to more wholesome charity reps, I walked past Mercy. And I felt a familiar tingle…” Kara said.

“Go on,” Jason said.

“The power dampening field in the Earrings,” Bruce muttered while still looking at the monitor.

“Yeah, It was the tingle of when I start up and turn off the power dampeners. Right as I walked past Mercy,” Kara said, “So I naturally beat feat away from the creeps and back to Papa Bat and Lucias and his daughter on the other side of the room.”

“Naturally she told me about Mercy wearing power dampening equipment in her evening wear,” Bruce said.

“And what did Detective Holmes come up with?” Jason said knowing Bruce.

“After looking at her for a second he leans over and tells me Superman isn’t the father of her kid,” Kara said, “And TMZ snapped that picture of my reaction…”

“Of course the incident got filed away,” Jason smirked, “Couldn’t resist putting that as the picture Bruce?”

“Wasn’t me,” Bruce said before changing files.

“Then?” Jason asked.

“Dick,” Kara said, “Now that I have been humiliated all over again… Why did you bring up that file?”

“Did Mercy have an abortion?” Jason asked, “I mean…”

“Unknown,” Bruce said, “But I am wondering about that. And the Void Site.”

“Void Site?” Jason asked racking his brain, “You mean that hole in the Catskill mountains the Justice League has been trying to find out what Lex has been hiding in for years now?”

“Correct,” Bruce said, “I am wondering… Jo’ahn contacted me a while ago. Seems he tried to call to Clark using his psychic link… but dialed a wrong number. Got a kid…”

“What?” Kara asked.

“What if Clark was the father without knowing he was the father?” Bruce asked.

“Ugh,” Kara made another disgusted face.

“She did it again,” Jason chuckled.

“I can put you in orbit,” Kara reminded Jason.

“I am sure you know all about artificial insemination,” Bruce said, “What if that is what Lex is hiding? A human Kryptonian hybrid child of Clark?”

“Another baby Kal?” Kara asked somewhat amused, “Wait, Lex is involved so it would be an evil baby Kal…”

“That would explain why Mercy isn’t strutting around with her kid,” Jason said, “Alien Demon babies can gather a lot off attention.”

“The Kents raised Clark without a problem for nearly two decades,” Bruce pointed out.

“Yeah but that’s in Kansas, so it doesn’t count. Aliens grab cows and stuff all the time out there…” Jason said looking at Kara, “Say, speaking of rednecks… why bother with a human hybridization? Lex could have used Kryptonain and Kryptonain DNA.”

“What other Kryptonain?” Kara asked.

“You are in the missing persons database,” Jason pointed out, “If Lex could get the Boy Scout’s DNA, don’t you think he would be able to ID an fellow alien’s DNA from the Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s database and get the original samples Thompkins filed with them years ago?”

Another wave of revolution rolled across Kara’s face at the idea.

“He’s my cousin! Our dad’s are brothers!” Kara moaned.

“Ba-da-ding-ding-ding,” Jason sang, “or what would Dueling Banjos be on Krypton?”

“Keep it up Jason and I won’t stop her from putting you in orbit,” Bruce interjected.

“Wait… what if Lex cloned Kara?” Jason asked.

“Jason…” Bruce said.

“No, think about it. Lex is one of maybe a few on this planet that could do it especially if he got the original DNA sample from the Exploitation center. Besides, Lex is the kind of paranoid a-hole that would never hedge his bets on one kid,” Jason said.

“That actually makes sense,” Kara said before having another fit of revoltion at having made the statement.

An alert flashed across the screen.

“Oh, shit. Nasty is in town,” Kara moaned.

“Nasty?” Jason asked.

“Nasthalthia Hanover-Luthor,” Bruce said, “One of Lex Luthor’s Nieces.”

“Luthor has nieces?” Jason asked, actually surprised.

“Lex has two sisters, and each one had a daughter. Nat as she is called in public to be polite…” Bruce stared.

“Or Nasty if you have met her!” Kara shouted.

“Nat is the daughter of Lex’s older sister, Leslie and her European Noble husband Victor Hanover,” Bruce said, “When they died under mysterious conditions, Nat went to Lex and he enrolled her…”

“As one of my archvillians in High School! Where is the kryptonite hidden Bruce?” Kara was shouting as she was looking around the cave.

“You are not getting out of dealing with her by swallowing a kryptonite ring!” Bruce countered, “They were class mates along with Lex’s other niece Lori, the daughter of Lex’s younger sister Lena and heir to the Lionel Luthor fortunes.”

“Lex didn’t get his money from his dad?” Jason asked.

“Lionel disowned Leslie, Lex and practically Lena… gave all estate to Lori with Lena as the executor until Lori is twenty-one,” Bruce said.

“That explains a bit,” Jason folded his arms.

“Kara calm down,” Bruce shouted.

“It can’t be that bad,” Jason said.

Kara stormed back over.

“Ok in your comic books,” Kara said.

“I don’t read comic books,” Jason stated.

“Ok,” Kara said, “The illustrated porn magazines you read.”

“Hentai,” Jason said.

“What ever,” Kara said, “The hot evil eastern European bitch stereotype?”

“Yeah,” Jason said.

“That’s her,” Kara said, “And she was intent on making my life a living hell for being the dirty pet peasant Bruce adopted.”

“OK…” Jason said.

“She also serves as Lex’s messenger to his criminal contacts,” Bruce said.

“Ah, got it,” Jason said.

“I am going to get changed and go see if they loaded the new Sabaton album on Beatsaber!”

Kara stormed off.

Bruce glared at Jason.

“You Sherlocked that in five seconds of me bringing them in the house,” Jason said.

“There is a difference between being polite and not talking about things and being a flagrant asshole and demanding repercussions Jason!” Batman growled.

*

Kara had changed into a skin suit and activated her power dampening ear rings. Right now she was playing the track “I miss the Missery” by Halestorm on Beatsaber.

“Hello my Kryptonain sister!” the cheery girl’s voice called to Kara in slightly accented Kryptonain.

“Kori?” Kara shouted, “One second!”

Kara fumbled to pause the game only to miss the last thrity seconds of the song.

“Crap. There goes my score,” Kara muttered as she took off the VR headset and found herself inches from Dick’s smug smiling face, “Ahh… it’s a living Dick Pic!”

“I see you are still up to your dancing games,” Dick smirked, “What has you pissed off… aside from Jay being an ass?”

“Nasty is in town… And Jason,” Kara said, “But enough of that.”

Kara gave Dick a hug before giving Kori a hug and a kiss on the lips. Both giggled.

“You know how many guys would kill their families for a chance to be surrounded all the time by a harem of bisexual chick?” Kara asked Dick.

“I know,” he shrugged, “but you know it has it’s ups and downs.”

Kara looked her friends over. Dick was in jeans and a t-shirt while Kori was in a white peasant blouse and a hippy skirt.

“So please tell me you guys are ready to go clubbing, I can’t wait to see you two in your sexy booty shorts!” Kara teased.

“Ah, yeah, no…” Dick reached up and scratched his head, “That’s not why we are here.”

“Oh?” Kara asked.

“Bruce called and told me to bring my van down,” Dick said, “Even told me to quote, ‘bring the princess,’ unquote.”

“Oh?” Kara was even more interested.

“Oh enough sterness,” Kori said in Kryptonain, “Let us be happy to see one another again!”

“A Star?” Dick said, “I never learned Kryptonain.”

“Oh, right,” Kori kept speaking in Kryptonain.

“And I am supposed to be the blonde bimbo,” Kara smirked.

The sound of a cough got everyone to look over towards the door, where Bruce was standing with Jason.

“Dick, thank you for coming. Miss Anders. I am glad you could assist us on such short notice. I am sure Kara can entertain Kori until dinner while Jason and I help Dick load up his things in the van,” Bruce said.

*

Kara and Kori chatted as they watched Jason, Bruce, Alfred and Dick run circuits between the cave downstairs and Dicks van with improved items for Dick’s new persona of “Nightwing.”

“If I had known Dick was getting a full overhaul I would have had some rubber booty shorts made for him too!” Kara shouted over her shoulder as Dick walked by.

“Ha ha ha…” Dick muttered.

“So how is it going with Dick?” Kara asked in Kryptonain.

“It is good, for now,” Kori looked at hallway where the guys were going back and forth, “But I feel that he wants to and will marry the security enforcer’s daughter.”

“Oh?” Kara asked.

“He loves us both, and we both love each other on an emotional level as well as having fun in bed. But on this part of the planet you are only allowed one marriage partner by law. For many reasons he will choose the daughter instead of me. I know I would still be welcome in there home unofficially…” Kori said before looking over her shoulder.

Kara was struggling to figure out what to say back to her friend.

“There is another thing… This is his home and I know this talk might upset you but I need to tell you,” Kori said, “There is word that things on Tamaran are in conflict. I might be invited back, I might be forced to return to join the war. If that were to happen I know I could not ask him to come and it would not be fare to ask him to wait knowing I wouldn’t return.”

“Kori…” Kara was shocked, “He would go with you…”

“And he would die,” Kori cut Kara off, “Especially if I was forced to marry in order to secure a peace.”

“Oh…” Kara said.

“But enough of that,” Kori said transitioning to English, “How is college here in Gotham?”

“Boring,” Kara said, “But I know that there are things I need to learn in order to be able to better help Gotham during the day as well as at night.”

Kori just looked at Kara for a long minute.

“I am having to spend a lot of time reviewing and helping my class mates learn what they should have already have learned in public schools,” Kara rolled her eyes.

“Oh,” Kori said.

There was a knock at the door frame to the living room. Kori and Kara looked over and saw Bruce standing there.

“I just wanted to let you know, break my son’s heart and I will kill you,” Bruce said in perfect Kryptonain before transitioning to English, “Dinner is ready.”

As Bruce turned and walked away, Kori turned to Kara.

“Yes, Bruce speaks Kryptonain,” Kara said, “He actually speaks it better than my cousin.”

“How?” Kori asked.

“He learned it from me and the course work my father had put in my rocket,” Kara said, “He learned to be able to talk to me an understand what I was saying.”

“Ok…” Kori said as she looked between the doorway and Kara, “Is he really planning to kill me?”

“Maybe,” Kara just shrugged.

*

After dinner they all went down stairs and suited up. Kara was surprised to see Helen already down in the cave in her Huntress gear. The blackish dark purple suit was highlighted by the white cross on her chest and the royal purple gauntlets, knee boots, utility belt, holsters, elbow pads, shoulder pads and mask. It was a mix of heroine and dominatrix…

“About time,” Helen noted sharply.

Kara looked at Bruce who closed his eyes. Kara turned off the power dampeners in her ear rings and zipped into changing room and changed into her Batgirl suit at super speed. AS quickly as she had changed she was back standing next to Huntress holding her cowl in her hands.

“Yes,” Huntress noted with a dismissive note, “You are able to move at super speeds.”

Kara glared at Huntress.

“You should know Miss Roth has been rated operations ready,” Helen said, “And since you are one of the few who she trusts and are one of the only ones to have her interests at heart, I want you to take her to get kitted out for operations.”

“Me?” Kara asked.

“Yes,” Helen stated, “Please be the responsible adult and keep her from dressing strictly like a fuck toy. I know others would push for that direction.”

Kara noted Helen was looking at Jason as he was pulling off his T-shirt and stepping into the locker room area of his.

“Ok,” Kara said.

“You know her situation,” Bruce said, “Take a black card and give her a complete overhaul.”

“Her street clothes are getting pretty ratty,” Kara agreed, “She has complete independence?”

“With in reason,” Bruce said.

“Ok,” Kara said, “But complete overhaul for the year?”

Bruce nodded. Helen gave a scowl as Kori came in in her Tamaranian battle suit. Kara thought the padded one piece bathing suit and thigh boots worked for the alien princess.

“OK, So what are we doing in Gotham?” Dick asked as he stepped out from the locker area in a new black suit with a dark blue bird across his chest.

“You are going with Robin and Oracle to patrol the city. Kori, Helen, Kara and I are going to make contact with a possible new student,” Bruce said, “This is Rose Wilson…”

The monitor came up with the girl from the video the other night beating a guy over the head with his own AK.