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"This is getting out of hand…" Alex sighed. "Now there's two of them!"
"Yeah, well, I'm still the best one," Supergirl smirked, flexing.
"And which one are you?" Alex deadpanned, raising an eyebrow.
"Alex!" Supergirl's smirk became exasperated. You literally WATCHED the other Supergirl come out—ha ha—of the portal just now!
"Hiya!" The other Supergirl—SG-83—waved. Where she was from, her Supergirl identity was the cover for her much more powerful Kara Danvers identity, who took over CatCo after Cat retired, leading the company in a new direction of investigative journalism that often made her a target and enemy of the criminal underground, human and alien alike. But as far as the public knew, Ms. Kara Danvers seldom left CatCo. "Supergirl" was her emissary, of sorts.
"Woah…!" While Alex was exasperated, and Supergirl smug, Lena Luthor was awestruck. She looked Supergirl-83 up and down appreciatively. She was Supergirl-38's exact copy, except her bangs arched over her right eye rather than her left.
"Lena!" Supergirl-38 sighed, crossing her arms and pouting.
"S-sorry!" Lena flinched embarrassedly. "I- I just think it's impressive the portal worked as smoothly as it did."
Suuuuure… For the first time that day, Alex cracked a smile, smirking. Being older sister to a clueless bisexual alien and her useless lesbian girlfriend could be… something else, to put it mildly. But every once in a while, even Alex got the chance to laugh at someone else's expense.
But there was no cause for worry, for it seemed that SuperCorp was destined to get together in every universe. "See? I already got one!" Supergirl-83 was half-joking and half-serious as she shoved her arm back into the portal and fished around for a moment. Then she tugged her arm back out, and a copy of Lena stumbled after her.
"N'awwww!" Supergirl-38 squealed. "Lena! You're just as smol 'n cute in that universe!" While both Lenas' eyes widened—one going red while the other looked like she was choking—Alex gave a snort-laugh, torn between amusement and secondhand embarrassment.
"Isn't she?!" Supergirl-83 agreed, throwing a proud arm around Lena-83's waist and grinning from ear to ear.
"Hang on, you didn't build this machine just to go collecting SuperCorps, did you?" Alex interrupted, frowning at Lena and crossing her arms. She was only there because some of the tech Lena used in the portal was from the DEO, so Alex was acting as something of an overseer. I'm not going to be the one to take the fall if anything funny happens!
"W-well, technically, no," Lena-38 smiled awkwardly. Technically yes… But of course, she couldn't just say that. "Uhh, she—Supergirl—and I were talking about all the evil variants of herself that she's battled. We wondered if there was a way we could monitor any potential other evil Supergirls that may threaten the multiverse. It would be nice not to be caught off guard by them anymore." That much was not a lie.
Alex narrowed her eyes suspiciously, but before she could say more, the portal began to glow and swirl again.
"Oooh, I think someone else is coming through!" One of the Supergirls said excitedly.
"You don't say?" Alex deadpanned.
"Well hopefully it's another Supergirl and Lena, not another Alex," the other Supergirl teased. Alex rolled her eyes, but said nothing. When the light faded, sure enough, standing before the ever-growing group of Supercorp was… another Supercorp.
"Yo." The newest Supergirl wore sunglasses and a smirk. The "S" on her chest was rainbow rather than red and yellow or blue. And most strikingly of all, she was already carrying her Lena Luthor in her arms, bridal style. "What's up?"
"Woah, what universe are you from?" the other two Supergirls looked the third one up and down, dumbfounded.
"69, nice!" The third Supergirl replied, pulling her Lena closer to her chest. Lena-69 looked utterly lovestruck, her eyes practically hearts.
"I'm going to vomit…"
"Well, watch the cape, butthead," Supergirl-69 teased Alex-38.
"Hey!" While Alex protested indignantly, the other two Supergirls couldn't help but snicker. Impatient, Alex turned to Lena-38. "Shouldn't we turn this thing off? This wasn't supposed to be some kind of Super-signal!" Please, let's NOT turn Earth-38 into a giant Super Center!
"All right, all right," Lena-38 held up her hands. "Now that we have proof it works, I just need to refine our control over which universe we reach." She walked toward the control panel just off to the side of the portal.
"Wait a sec, what if we want to keep using it for a little while longer?" Supergirl-69 reached out to stop Lena-38. Supergirl-38 said nothing, but narrowed her eyes. All of the Kryptonian copies could hear the humans' heartbeats suddenly speed up. "I mean, dimension-hopping is actually pretty common where I'm from. We already managed to salvage enough Kryptonian knowledge that on my Earth, we built the device you're trying to build, like… a few years ago, now. I'm actually on a quest, to collect a SuperCorp harem across the multiverse!"
"What?" Alex's face and tone went flat from shock.
"Hey, I was—! I mean, nothing!" Supergirl-38 went from scowling enviously at Supergirl-69 to noticing the way Lena-38's eyes widened.
Wait! Don't tell them that! Alex is still right here! Lena wanted peace with the DEO, not the opposite.
"Or you could visit Earth-69!" Lena-69 offered, arms wrapped around Supergirl-69's shoulders. "It's a paradise over there! I built Supergirl so many statues and everyone loves her!"
"What, did you make her the next Rao, or something?" Supergirl-83 muttered. Lena-69 didn't hear her, but Supergirl-69 did.
"Well, like I said before, I'm a bit of a collector," Supergirl-69 winked. "#StealYoGirl! So hang on one sec—" She began to pull Lena-38 away from the portal, but Supergirl-38 finally intervened.
"No touchy, touchy," she frowned as she zoomed past Supergirl-69, gently taking Lena-38 by the arm and practically teleporting them across the room. At least, that was how it appeared to Alex and the other Lenas.
I swear to God, Rao, whoever—! Alex thought—that if this ends up in some Battle Royale Hunger Games, I'm rage-quitting everything!
Somewhere, a monkey's paw curled, and Alex's wish was granted as the portal began to bubble again like a sideways cauldron. "Oh, great, now wh—?" Once again, blinding light filled the laboratory, but this time, when it died, there were two new Supercorp pairs.
"This is getting out of hand…" Alex sighed. A second later, a deadly laser of red light buzzed through the air directly over her head, striking the opposite wall of the laboratory. Another second later, there was a heavy crashing, crunching sound as a nigh-indestructible body made contact with another laboratory wall.
"Oooh, who's joining the party this time?" Supergirl-69 finally let go of Lena-69, gesturing for her to stand behind the Kryptonian as she cracked her knuckles and grinned. "Let's dance!" she said as Supergirls 38 and 83 flanked her on either side, standing in front of their Lenas as well.
"Wait! Stop them!" One of the Lenas shouted, and all the Supergirls followed the sound of her voice, then turned in the direction she was facing. The Supergirl that was violently flung into one of the laboratory walls clawed her way back to her feet, then into the air.
"Oh, great, another evil me!" Supergirl-38 sighed. I mean look at her! Angry red eyes, black and red suit, seriously!
Welcome to my world, sis, Alex thought grimly beside her, but already, she was drawing some of her weapons and radioing for backup.
Supergirl-83, meanwhile, turned to the Lena that tried to warn them. To the amazement of all, that Lena was soaring through the air, propelled by nothing, not a Lexosuit or jetpack in sight. She landed beside Supergirls 38, 83, and 69. A moment later, a young blonde woman came stumbling up to them, out of breath, busily pushing her bangs out of her eyes.
"Hi guys! Kiera Danvers, here! Reporting for duty!"
Kiera…? Supergirl-38 raised an eyebrow.
"So, who are you guys?" Supergirl-69 asked at the same time, looking back and forth between "Kiera" and her Lena.
"I am Elena Luth-Orr," the newest "Lena" replied. "And that one is Supergirl-4. Her Lena—" before Elena could say more, another beam of light shot from the portal. It wasn't the heat vision of a Kryptonian, but an energy blast from a plasma rifle.
What all the other Lenas saw was something out of their worst nightmare, a version of them that had given in to the monster within. Whether the reasons were justified or not, whether there was a tragic backstory preceding it or not, it only took one look to see Lena-4's sinister and haughty smirk to know that she felt no remorse firing into the laboratory. Supergirl-4 flew towards her before any of the others could react. Only Elena, who knew what they were up against, even attempted to attack, but Supergirl-4 was just a bit too fast.
"Oh great, so now we've got an Evil AU?!" Alex sighed. "This is why I told you to shut off the portal!" she scowled at Supergirl-69.
"Ooops," Supergirl-69 shrugged. "But don't worry! I've tamed a Luthor once! I can do it again!" Without another word, she took off after Supergirl-4 and Lena-4 while Lena-69 blushed behind her.
Supergirls 83 and 38 locked eyes. Well, now what?
We help save the day, I suppose!
The Supergirls took off after their rogue counterparts while Alex united some of the Lenas with the arriving DEO backup. Among their ranks were the two travelers. They, too, locked eyes, one of them looking apologetic for the chaos their request caused. The other, though, only shook her head and gestured toward the portal. It was still open. But a moment later, the two travelers had flung themselves inside, one of them deactivating the switch as they passed through the spiraling threshold and into the multiverse.