Call me Kara

Chapter 60

~Earth-38~

Kara and Caitlin followed Bruce Wayne quickly (slowly to Kara's taste) down a large corridor, surprised to see the place went even deeper than she had imagined. Taking a look with her vision, she could see four stories below and three stories up until the ground which was littered with rubble that must have been a sky scraper. She had no doubt the building stood out in the middle of Kansas but Kara couldn't say anything. Her Justice League wasn't that subtle about using S.T.A.R. Labs as a base of operations either. She knew Barry, her daughter and Charlie were behind her by the sound of their heartbeats. Eliza and Jeremiah were closing in and she heard the rest of the League decide to follow since no one else appeared to take them anywhere.

Batman opened a sealed door and the cold hit Kara immediately. Though it didn't bother her she knew what this was, a morgue, and wondered how many bodies were behind this door.

"Alex?"

"Yeah, I got her. C'mon with me Lexie dear. We got a lot to explore." Lexie hopped from her Daddy's arms into Aunt Alex's and Kara handed Charlie to Winn and walked inside. As she suspected there were multiple bodies and she didn't have the heart to ask who they belonged to.

"Where is he?" She whispered.

"Here." Bruce walked over to a table in the middle of the room. A large table was in the middle, a body on top covered by sheets. Barry pulled the sheet back gently and Kara gasped. She had prepared herself for this, but seeing him not breathing, no heartbeat, she could always hear his heartbeat.

"I... I'm sorry Kara." Bruce whispered. "He saved my life, many times, and he became one of my best friends. He was a good man, one of the greatest I have ever known and he loved you so deeply... he died a hero."

"He's not dead. I can't see through him." She pointed out.

"Let me look." Cait told her, feeling for a pulse and then trying to pinch his arm. The man was naked but at least he had a sheet over much of his body.

"Lois wasn't sure what to do, she wanted you to come... she wasn't sure if he should be sent to space or buried in the ground. We haven't touched his body since he came in, other to undress him, hoping we could find some Kryptonite in him, something we could remove to save his life."

"He was beaten to death?" Barry asked.

"Yes, Doomsday struck him directly in the chest. He had multiple bruising and lacerations before this but I think that was the blow that stopped his heart and caused traumatic brain injuries."

"Yet the lacerations are gone." Kara reminded him. "No bruising. Cait, do you see bruising?"

"No, I don't. He is healing." She whispered. Batman looked surprised. They had laid Kal El in this morgue of fallen heroes and left him undisturbed after Lois had tearfully looked at him one last time.

"I hadn't noticed..." The man admitted.

"What the hell is going on in here?" A new voice asked, walking in. All turned to see a large white man, dark hair and eyes, probably in his mid forties walking in quickly. He seemed to be in decent shape, broad shoulders, large muscular arms and obviously strong.

"Dr. Michaels, this is Kara, Kal's..."

"I know who she is. The whole world does." The doctor admitted, his anger falling away quickly. "I apologize for my rudeness. I wasn't sure who was... there are family members of the support team and staff staying here and I didn't want anyone disturbing your cousin. My condolences... I understand it is Mrs. Allen now?"