Talk About Timing...

[cityship]

While chaos was going on in the city, a level below the Living Areas, the rest of the ship was functioning normally. Stacy, apparently oblivious to goings on in the city, likely do to her malfunctioning sensors there, carried on with ship business.

||Pod Release Protocols Initating,|| Stacy's familiar voice sounded out to the upper levels, though no one was there to hear her. They were all downstairs, fighting for their lives against giant cockroaches.

In the Pod Caverns, there were the sounds of: Pop. Pop pop pop. Poppuhpoppoppop. KASCHUNKhiiiiiiiissssss.

The usual condensation and mist sprayed out from cracks in the pods, they ripped open and the people inside slid out onto the floors, covered in slime. One of them, due to his mechanical nature, slid out covered in a sort of oil mixture, in a smaller body than he'd once had.

Pop. Poppop. KASCHUNKhiiiiiissss.

There was no one already freed from the ship to greet them, only Stacy herself, and the empty silence of a ship caught in the middle of a crisis.

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[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

She looks at him darkly. "And yet, while you guys have the old Supergirl in your records, there's nothing about me? Oh, that's really good. Nice to know I'm gonna make a freakin' name for myself." She crosses her arms and looks away from him. "Look. I don't want to discuss my tragic past and my quote unquote secret origin with you. You want answers? Go talk to Power Girl or someone."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"No, she wasn't in our records--or may have been. I have little interest in Earth history. Cosmic Boy is the one fascinated with it, not myself. Superman is the hero predominantly remembered," he clarifies.

"I met the other Supergirl. Personally. When the Legion was trapped in the past, she requested my assistance resolving a phenomenon afflicting the town she protected. Superman had seen my work helping to resolve the situation with the Sun-Eater and referred her to me."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"I know. Leesburg. I've read up on her." She turns to look at Braniac. "She's a hell of a lot to live up to, considering she wasn't even Kryptonian."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"She managed to emotionally manipulate me into helping her despite the fact that I normally refuse to have any dealings with magic."

He doesn't look horribly put-out by that, though.

"She was quite talented."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"..." He liked her too? Grrrrrr.

Wait! Wait wait wait.

And Kara was jealous why?

"Of. Course. She. Was." Her breath came out as icy cold as her words.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

He'd been an IDIOT over her. But then realized he wasn't interested in her for more than a pretty face. There was just something about long, blonde hair...

"Regardless, it's better that I know little about your future. This way, you won't learn anything that could result in a paradox."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"Right," Kara said, completely, inexplicably annoyed by the dreamy look in his eyes. "Because that would be terrible."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"It could cause myself to cease to exist, and whatever influence the Legion had on your past cease to exist, grievously damaging the timeline. Yes. That would be bad."

Hmm.

Wait a moment...

He's frowning at his omnicom, trying to figure something out.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"Oh no. You would...oh...now that would be tragic!" she snapped. "I'd be so very heartbroken." And then noting his expression, slowly, she said, "I don't like that look..."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"There's an unusual signal that might mean--"

He tweaks the sensors on his omnicom a bit, and then the expression changes to a very, VERY happy one. At least happy for him.

"I'm registering an active Legion flight ring several levels above us," he says, looking up from his omnicom with wide eyes.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"Oh yay. There's more of you. I can hardly wait." She folds her arms. "Are they all as prissy as you are, or are some of them actually normal?"

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"They're all quite annoying. I'm sure you'll get along."

Please let it be Lyle, please let it be Lyle...

Er, not because he misses him. It's just he could use his brain.

He starts flying towards the transport tube.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Kara follows him, her cape flapping behind her. "Hold it, spanky. You're not leaving me alone here." She floats up to him. "And when I said annoying, I meant like you. I'm not annoying. All things considered I'd say I'm pretty...spiffy. Yes. Spiffy. I'm spiffy."