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"We can't do this alone," Supergirl stands arms folded across her chest feet shoulder length apart. Her stance is meant to empower her, yet she feels anything but powerful.

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MonEl's eyes snap to hers just as Imra's kind voice speaks from her place in MonEl's arms. Kara has to stop herself from tearing her eyes away. Focusing on the girl she trys to block out the beautiful man, the one who has filled her every thought for several years, who now has another women, his wife, in his strong arms. "We can help." Irma's eyes go up to her hus-MonEl's.

Kara feels torn. Irma has been nothing but kind. Irma idolizes her, yet because of her title Kara can't be close to her. "Who are you thinking?" Winn speaks up sensing Kara's unease. A small smile forms on Supergirls lips for the first time since MonEl left Earth. "The Flash."

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"Barry!" Cisco's voice bounces in my ear. Red streaks surround me as I slide to a stop. Cisco's long hair flys in the air as he holds the iPad in his hand. His mouth slightly open as he watches the chart spike.

"I'm fast right!" My voice sounds-like Kara's- full of life. Cisco looks up at me with happiness in his eyes. "Man I'm glad your back," he laughs. Turning around I look to Joe. "Hey!" Wally pokes fun. Slapping a hand on his shoulder, "still the fastest man alive Wally." "The speedforce must have changed your cells..." Caitlin, like Cisco, has her head buried in the charts on the new iPads.

"Speaking of being back," I take the tablet from her hands, "It's good to see you," and engulf her in my arms. She stands there for a second before wrapping her arms around my waist. "Thank you Barry," she whispers in my ear.

Releasing my hold on her I give her a lighthearted smile. "It's good to have both of you back," Joe tells us both with a pointed look at Caitlin.

We all sit in a comfortable silence. Each of us thinking about the time apart. "How do you feel?" Caitlin asks. Looking down at my suit; I answer honestly, "Great. Better than ever. I finally feel right with my speed again. And Iris and I are good," I look at Joe, "we are friends. How it should have been." I know my friends are watching me jump slightly as the energy from the speed force corses through my body and a loopy smile on my face.

"Good Good, now-" Cisco after my departure took over the team, per my request, but he is ready to hand back the stress, "team captain," he claps a hand on my shoulder, "now that your back you can-" he is cut off as a portal is opened right in between us.

Cisco huffs as he pushed off balance and connects with the floor. My mind immediately flashes to the last time that portal opened. Kara laying in MonEl's arms, unresponsive, limp as if all the beautiful light had been drained from her. "Supergirl?" Caitlin asks as she bends down to help Cisco up.

Kara steps out in her daring Supergirl ensemble. I reach out to grab her hand ensuring her always safe landing. Her blue eyes connect with mine and I stop breathing. Her eyes are filled with so much pain and suffering. She falls, the girl of steel falls, into my arms. She controls her force telling me she needs the contact. Pulling her into my chest I can hear the nonexistent sobs.

Pulling back, "Sorry Barry," her normal peppy tone is masked by a dark blanket. Joe catching on interjects, "Looks like you'll be captain a little longer Cisco." Kara's eyes stay on mine, my hand stays on her. "I need your help Barry." I nod. I don't need to ask. She is my friend. She risked her life last year for a world that is not her own.

Turning around to Cisco I see him trying to hold onto mock anger but upon seeing Kara he lets it slip away, "Okay, okay." Turning to leave the cortex he turns to Kara. "You owe me Kara Zor El." With a pointed finger. His statement gains a small smile from the Girl of Steel.

"Joe?" I ask. I just got back. I just got back to the right mental state and now I'm running off again. He places a hand on my shoulder as I let my hand severe from Kara's body. "You're a hero," he rolls his eyes, "and Barry Allen, but most importantly your my son. My son," he gives me a pointed look, "always does the right thing. Go. Help Supergirl. An alien. An alien from another earth."

With a small smile flashed at Caitlin, neither of us accepting another goodbye, Kara and I step through the portal.

•••••••

"Be Captain a little longer?" Is the first thing that comes from Kara's mouth as both superheros land in her apartment. Barry looks at her with a million questions in his eyes. "I was in the Speed Force, well no I was trapped- voluntarily," he trails off.

Kara's eyes go wide, "Your okay though?" Her eyes roam his body, causing the scarlet speedster to earn his name, when she accesses that he is she places her hands on her hips. Barry takes a gulp as Supergirl is no longer on his side. "Why would you 'voluntarily' go into the speed force! And not contact me! There is always another choice-" Her rant cuts off as she remembers something and she shuts her witty words back into the safe that she showed on his Earth.

Using his speed Barry analyzes her apartment. No sign or evidence of an over night stayer. Her eyes squeezed shut, her head tucked into her chest, while her fist are balled dangerously tight. "Kara," Barry's voice is softer than it has ever been.

Taking a cautious step forward he engulfs the beautiful blond superhero in his arms. Her muted sobs are no longer muted. Her Kryptonian tears fall on his red suit. Neither of them of talk. They both just are there. There for each other.

Minutes pass as Barry rubs comforting circles in her lower back. He immediately noticed at STAR Labs that she is sleep deprived. Using his speed he picks her up in his arms. Escaping rebuttals by hushed whispers. Taking her to her room he lays her on her bed. Suit and all.

"I-" her comments are cut off as her head hits the pillow. "Sleep," Barry pulls at one of her red boots. "I'm here to help save your world. That includes making sure Earths reigning champion is healthy." Placing her boots beside her bed he bends down in a natural reaction and places his lips to her forehead.

Her eyelashes fluter as she feels electricity shoot through her, but she is too exhausted to open her eyes.

He can't help but feel deja vu., but this time it's different. Something is different. Something big.

•••••••

"Kara!" Alex's booming voice comes through the door as she repeats calling her sisters name and adding a thunderous knock in between.

Looking at the time Barry realizes it's been an hour. Sitting down the magazine published by Cat Grant. He shushes the door as he rushes to it. Opening the door the Scarlet Speedster is met with a disheveled Alex Danvers.

"Barry," she breathes in relief, but her eyes soon narrow. "Where's Kara?" Pushing past Barry she charges in looking for her sister.

"She's asleep." He grabs her wrist and pulls her in the hall. Her eyes meet the green eyed man's. "How long?" "An hour..." he looks at his watch. What she does next surprises Barry.

She jumps into his arms squeezes him tight. "Thank you. I've tried but... Thank you." She pulls back, looks at her disheveled jacket, pulls it down and puts her agent face back up. "She- both of you are needed at the DEO." She begins to walk away leaving Barry to his thoughts.

"Barry," her hand is on the wall and her face hidden in the shadows, "no rush."

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Kara awoke as soon as the door fell shut behind Barry. Rubbing her eyes she pushes the back of her head further into the pillow. Her eyes absentmindedly scan the ceiling. "What's the point?" She whispers.

Swinging her legs over the bed she wills her self up. "Hey," Barry stops his eyes glued to her waist. Her skirt had ridden up in her sleep. "Oh!" He turns around at almost human speed. Kara flushes a scarlet red as she lets her karmel hair fall in her face. Quickly pulling down her skirt she rushes to grab her boots.

"I'm so sorry," they both begin as Kara comes into the living room. Barry and Kara's face match the suns shade to a tee. Shaking her head Kara moves on. "We have to get to the DEO," her hands reach for a coat.

"Kara," she stops realizing she is in her Supergirl attire. Barry's worried hand is on her wrist. "Where's Mon El?" Shaking her head she thinks back to what she told Barry, "I was wrong you don't always have a choice." Her blue eyes meet his.

"Umm-" her breaking heart is heard through her words, "there was a problem." She focuses her eyes on Barry's new emblem. "It was a choice between the world or MonEl." She stops there, but Barry picks up.

"You can't blame yourself for not choosing him," He removes his hand from her wrist and wraps his fingers with hers. "He doesn't." Barry trys to catch her gaze but she is fighting another truth. "What is it?"

A sob racks her chest pushing her into his strong arms, "he's back. Back from the future. He has been gone for seven months, but to him it's been seven years. And he has a beautiful wife. And a team. From the future. A team he created because of me. I-. I feel terrible because apart of me hates it. Hates them. And they she's perfect." Barry squeezes the beautiful blond. At this moment he wished for the power of an empth instead of a speedster. He wills his love for his friend and his warmth to her.

Neither of them have an answer. Neither of them expect an answer. Neither of them talk with words. Both of them hug the life out of the one person closes to them at that moment.

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"Barry!" Winn about flips his chair as he jumps up to greet his other world friend. The almost dopplanger of Cisco Ramon freezes when he sees his best friend's hand intertwined with his boy crush.

A smile erupts on his face as he notices the light house in Kara's eyes flicker once again. "Winn," Barry nods with a tight smile as he spots MonEl.

"Barry," MonEl, dressed in a new skin tight uniform, nods to Barry from his spot in between The Martian and a beautiful dark haired women. Barry bites his tongue as he feels Kara's hand slacken in his.

Pulling her up to the table he noticeably ignores MonEl. "Barry Allen?" The women's delicate voice, unnatural in its youth, startles him. "The Flash." His eyes go down to the computer screen searching for something to occupy his mind.

"It's so nice to meet you," Her tone takes that of which Kara mentioned. Still holding the Kryptonians hand Barry squeezes. "Thank you." Catching J'onn's gaze, "Have you identified the speedster?" "How did you know?" Kara asks surprised. Smiling Barry shrugs, "the magazine. Ms Grant sure does love the supernatural." Kara smiles into the air around her causing Winn to whisper, "her sister, her best friend, Ms. Grant, oh no Barry Allen."

"No he or she is still unidentified." Narrowing his eyes on Barry J'onn studies the man who seems to have awoken the old Supergirl from her slumber. "Well," Barry's other hand that is not currently occupied touches his chin, "I still have no current dopplanger here... STAR Labs doesn't exist.." The team listens to the speedsters brain spin.

"But you do have a dopplanger," Imra's intoxicating British accent slips through Barry's thoughts. All eyes go up, once again, to the new comer. She glances at MonEl looking for confirmation. He nods pushing her to continue, "Your dopplanger is not yet born," Her tone then turns almost to that of Iris's when mentioning Oliver Queen, "you-he is," scrunching her eyes, "will be a very talented audience entertainer."

"Audience Entertainer?" Winn asks from his rolling chair. "Futures equivalent of a television or movie actor." MonEl fills in. "Television? Movies?" Imra questions. A loud smack is heard as Winn's hand connects with his forehead, "What will the world be!"

"Barry Allen is a Glee singer and a superhero. He inspired me as a child and many others." Her gaze stays on Barry causing Kara to shift away from him slightly.

His eyes wide under her strong gaze, "so I'm not a speedster....Do we have a location?" Winn shakes his head, "sadly no. I hate to say it, but we have to wait until he runs or strikes again."

"Okay," turning away from everyone else Barry leans his side on the counter as he stands close to Supergirl. "As it seems we are currently at a standstill," J'onn begins to offer up an alternative task.

"Barry and I can-" Kara starts to offer up their services, but a hand pulls her from the table. "Yes we can. Later," walking backwards Barry's eyes light up in a way that Irma had only seen when his dopplanger sang on the show Glee. "Right now we are going to race!" He then disappears. Only a fizz of red gave away his path.

"Barry!" Kara's forced laugh appears on the speedsters tail. The girl of steel stumbled slightly as Barry suddenly stoped. "I won," he pushes one of his eyebrows up causing Kara to mentally grin.

Rolling her eyes Kara try's to put back up her steel front, but she finds she doesn't want to with Barry. Hands on her waist she stands in the iconic Supergirl pose. Barry takes a long look at her. Boots to her blue eyes. She fidgets uneasy. "Have you let of the steam?" His question seems so misplaced. But it wakes her from her daze.

"No..." she shakes her head. "I would never-" scrunching her eyes, "I'm Supergirl. I don't lose my temper." Kara breathes a sigh as the brown haired man dressed in red laughs. "Kara hit me." "What?" Her volume drops. Taking a step closer to her, "you need to let go of your anger. You are holding it in. Hit me." His breath lands on her face, "Besides you can't catch me."

Realizing what he is doing Kara goes for a stomach hit but like he said she missed. The swing wasn't perfectly aimed. Barry is her friend. She doesn't want to hurt him, but there is a feeling that comes with the rush of the wind. Closing her eyes she hears

Barry egg her on. Not using her speed she reaches out to kick his legs. He easily jumps over her attempt, but he fails to see her super speed punch until it connects with his jaw.

His eyes shine as his hand goes up to his jaw. "I'm sorry," her apology is cut off by Barry's arms around her waist slamming them both into the underground wall. Kara feels the concrete wall give slightly to her figure. Using her superhuman strength she throws Barry off of her an into the wall on the opposite side of the room.

To her surprise he laughs. And so the fight begins.

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Labored breaths can be heard as the heroes of two Earths lay on the concrete floor of an underground room for the DEO. "Who knew that beating up your friend is an emotional reliever." Kara's words come out strong despite her shortness of breath. Barry rolls over so to face her. "It is. And there you are. You were going stiff on me. When you fell out of that portal all damsel and distressy it killed me."

"I am hurt, but not broken." "You know, it's okay to be broken as long as your okay with being glued back together in a slightly different possibly better way." Closing her eyes she focuses on Barry's breathes, her breaths, and her heart beat.

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The speedster is soon to be identified as Johnny Quick. Mr. Quick just like the scarlet speedster of Earth 1 possesses the power of speed. He uses his speed to do his biddings; everything from robing banks to killing a bunch of citizens without a moment to spare.

Quick is caught by the team utilizing all of their strengths. Irma's telepathic ability's, MonEl's newly acquired side effect that cancels the effect of the red sun, Barry's speed, J'onn and Alex's DEO training, Winn's geek analysis, and finally Supergirls confidence in everyone including herself.

Johnny Quick is locked up in the DEO holding cell; the enlarged team finding their places.

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"We have news," Irma stands arms wrapped around MonEl's right arm, smile lighting up the air around her, and the attention of the whole crew. Barry has decided to stay. He says it's to insure that Quick is safely secured, but he knows as well as I do that Quick is not getting out of the DEO.

"Our ship is fixed." Her eyes go from person to person before settling on me. It's impossible to hate her. She's done nothing wrong. It's getting easier everyday. "We are terribly sorry to go, but our home calls us."

I deep breath escapes my lips as I think of the weight being lifted off of my shoulders. MonEl stares at me; the only feelings that are left are those of the first love. He will always be my first love.

I feel a warm hand on my back. The touch I recognize immediately as Barry. If I'm honest part of the reason I've pushed MonEl to my past is this man. It stared out as friends, but my heart pushed for more. My mind and my words remain shut off scared I will fall.

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The day MonEl departed Barry planned to leave that afternoon.

Turning to the Scarlet Speedster I smile with unrestrained happiness. "Look at that," His tone teasing, "the girl of steel is made out of steal after all." He stands close enough to kiss me, yet he never closes the gap. DEO agents flood around us. Most headed to clean the area where the ship departed. I feel like we are in our own little bubble. I pray for him to lean in, but then curse myself for it.

"Damn!" Winn's voice carry's as he and my sister walk towards us. His voice drops as he accesses the situation. "Sorry!" He throws his hands up in the air and then pushes them together signaling for us to continue. Barry turns a slight shade of pink as my glasses slip down my nose.

Using one finger I push them back into place and let my hair fall covering my pink cheeks. "I better get going. Cisco is probably freaking out." His words are the exact opposite of both of our thoughts. Pulling me into a hug he squeezes me tight.

He says his goodbyes to everyone and once more to me. Turning toward the balcony he opens the portal. His back turned he begins his short journey home; one step away from his Earth he freezes. My breathing stops as I will the power of telekinesis, but his thoughts remain a mystery until he turns around at lightning speed.

In a split second he is pressed against me. I barley remember that I am surrounded by my family and colleagues. His hand is laid on my cheek and his eyes connected with mine. Then his lips are molded with mine.

It's so sudden and the sparks so real. My heart beats so fast that I worry it might phase out of my chest. Before the shock wears off he pulls back with and apology on his lips. "I'm sorry-I just couldn't leave without doing that-" I pull him back to my lips and answer with even more intensity that the previous kiss.

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"So that is the story little darlings of how I met your father," I conclude staring down at two perfect mixtures of Barry and I. Barry's hand catches mine connecting the gap between the twins beds.

"I love that story!" Alex giggles as Barry gives her a kiss. "No I like the other one!" Jeremiah pouts, "The one where the other planet goes boom!" His hand flys around his head. "And my mom comes down in a SPACESHIP!" With the final word he jumps out of his covers and into my arms.