a prompt fill red daughter surviving after she sacrifices herself for kara in 4x22 because she has SO MUCH potential left and what the writers did was CRIMINAL. eg, mikhail, the superfam and specifically, alex, finally knowing what happened to kaznian kara: how she came about, what’s she been through. because we as the audience know rdks backstory, but alex, kara and the superfriends literally know nothing about her.
A/N: I’ve also been thinking about what-ifs, so let’s partay.
“She’s not a bad person.”
On the live feed in front of Alex sits someone who looks like her little sister, and yet Kara’s voice comes from behind her.
It’s going to take a little getting used to.
“I know,” Alex replies, turning to face her. “She just landed in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Just like Overgirl and even Bizarro. All these alternate versions of Kara being molded into someone else’s image and desire. It makes Alex a little sad when she looks at Kara, and she hopes that at least they’ve done right by her.
Alex had watched the live feeds of Red Daughter – no, Linda, Kara said she wanted to be called Linda – telling Kara about everything that happened since she first appeared on the Kasnian-Siberian border. Even though Kara read her journal, she had wanted to hear everything again from Linda directly.
Alex had bristled when Linda said that she thought Lex was her Alex. She hates the thought that Lex was able to manipulate Linda so easily because they share a name. It is the most unfortunate of coincidences, and Alex wants to punch Lex in the face for it. He may not be responsible for his own name, but he sure is responsible for everything else.
Alex would never do any of the things that Lex did, especially not kill a child to manipulate someone into doing her bidding. Speaking of…
“What’s wrong?” Kara asks, bringing Alex’s attention back to her.
“Nothing’s wrong,” Alex says, but judging by Kara’s reaction, she’s entirely unconvincing.
“Then why do you have that face?” Kara contorts her face into an overly exaggerated frown.
Alex rolls her eyes. “I do not look like that.” She pulls up a file on her tablet. “Mikhail’s not dead.”
“I assigned a team to corroborate Linda’s story. They tracked down the drone strike, but there was no body matching Mikhail’s description. We found him in a group home, turns out the strike was organized by Lex, and Otis let him go.”
Kara’s eyes widen. “Oh, Rao, that’s huge. You need to tell her.”
“You tell her,” Alex says, turning around to put down her tablet.
But Kara doesn’t leave. “You’re avoiding her.”
“She weirds me out,” Alex admits with a sigh as she faces Kara once again. “She has your face, but she stares at me way too intensely and for way too long. She also has a drawing of my face in her journal. Tell me that’s not weird.”
Kara shrugs. “The Harun-El split us apart, and the only memory she was left with was your name. I think it makes sense that she’s curious about you.”
Alex sighs. Fine. Maybe it does make sense.
“Talk to her? Please?” Kara pouts, which is totally unfair in its effectiveness.
“She can be curious with less staring,” Alex grumbles. “But fine. I’ll go talk to her.”
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