Supergirl wakes at Star Labs

Supergirl’s eyes slowly opened, adjusting to the light. A blurry figure loomed over her.

“She’s awake!” he said. Her vision slowly focussed and she looked around. She was in a laboratory. 2 doctors were stood over her.

“Careful Supergirl. I’m Doctor Carl Jefferies and this is Doctor Rachel Beckett. You are in Star Labs. It seems the explosion you were exposed to contained a significant amount of Kryptonite. You were severely hurt by the blast but we have stabilised you.”

She slowly sat up, feeling weaker than she ever had on earth.

“Why am I so weak? I should have healed by now.” she said.

“It seems a large number of microscopic Kryptonite particles have become embedded in your body. It’s not life threatening but it is draining your strength significantly. Your other powers should still be ok but you will have the strength of a normal, healthy human. We are more concerned about the object embedded in your chest.”

Supergirl looked down and saw a glittering from her cleavage. The Cat’s Eye Diamond was embedded into her flesh between her breasts. The flesh had closed around most of it, leaving a small glittering circle in her chest.

“It seems your body healed itself around the diamond before your powers had fully disappeared and any attempt to remove it would likely be fatal. We can try and remove it but it may be dangerous.” he explained.

“What? I don’t want this thing in my chest!” she poked it with her fingernail and the gem glittered slightly, the light reflecting in her eyes as her attitude shifted. “Soo, pretty... and it’s mine” she mumbled under her breath as she stared into the gem, it’s light flashing in her eyes, penetrating her mind. Thoughts ran through her head. “I’ve always been under my cousins shadow, maybe losing my super strength is a good thing, now I can change my name, become something else, not just a wimpy version of him, maybe even a new costume, something totally opposite to HIM, something darker.”

The area of skin around the gem paled slightly as it glittered, thin black veins spreading out over Kara’s skin.

“Supergirl, we’d like to keep you here for observation if possible. We don’t know much about Kryptionian physiology so we’re unsure what effect this will have on you.”

“No. I’m not a lab cat, er, I mean rat.” hissed the young Kryptionian, standing. The gown she was dressed in fell to the floor but Supergirl wasn’t concerned, her body was perfect and why shouldn’t she show it off? “I might have lost my strength but I’m still Supergirl and nobody tells me what to do” she snapped, the gem glittering again as she spoke. She grabbed her uniform and pulled it on, the feeling of the tight but soft material against her skin making her nipples harden. The damage in the material had been repaired by the Kryptonian technology embedded in her outfit.

“Oh, so much sensation. I never realised my Kryptonian physiology meant my skin was so desensitised before. This is like nothing I have ever felt! I might have to get something that covers my whole body if this is what it feels like!” Kara thought. She rubbed her hand over her chest, feeling the gem through the material.

Supergirl tapped her JLA communicator. “Oracle here, what can I do for you Kara?” cam the voice.

“Oracle, could you beam me up to the Watchtower?” “No point letting anyone know I’m powerless” thought Supergirl, “those goody-goodies would probably kick me out once they had no use for me”.

“Sure thing Kara, one teleport coming right up.” said Oracle.

Supergirl shimmered and then vanished from sight leaving the slightly concerned doctors alone.