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There was a thing with having an alien sister : whenever Alex thought she could never be surprised anymore, Kara somehow just found a way.
When she got to her sister's appartment for the movie night, she did not expect to be welcomed by a "meow".
She froze in the entrance and scanned the place. It was all clean and cosy as usual, but, as her special agent skills could tell, there was something new.
"Oh no you didn't, she thought hearing another meow.
In answer to that words, another...
"Meooow."
Alex looked at the couch, it was there somewhere... Probably hidden and scared...
"...Kara !"
But her sister wasn't here of course. The window being open, she must have had some supergirl thing to deal with.
"Meeeoooow."
"Oh come on I'm not that scary !"
She took off her jacket and her shoes, opened the fridge and sighed. Naturally there was no beer.
"Meoooooow !"
"Yeah, yeah, wait for my sister to arrive, oh we'll have a talk..."
She closed the fridge and decided to take a look at the source of the noise. Another complaining meow and she knew it was under the sofa. She slowly approached, using her best spying abilities to be quiet, she kneeled...
"Meoooow shhhhhhhhh !"
The kitten ran away as fast as it could before Alex could even catch a glance.
"Oh really !"
"Meow !"
She stood again and turned around. The kitten obviously thought it was very well hidden behind that cactus, except its grey tail was sweeping the floor. All right then, change of strategy.
"Kitty kitty..." she repeated walking very slowly towards the cactus.
The tail stopped moving.
"Kitty kitty come on..." she kept saying using her best smooth voice.
"Meow..."
"Here kitty kitty..."
"Meow..."
"Yay meowww meowww..."
She was feeling rather stupid.
"Kitty... come say hi to Alex..."
"Meow..."
She was almost there. So close. The cactus was just one foot away. She could see its grey ears. So close... Full concentration on now... No sharp move...
"Alex you're he..."
She jumped so hard her head knocked the cactus.
"Arg !"
"Meow !"
"You scared Krypto !"
Alex stood still not even daring to face her sister. Did she just say what she thought she said ?
"Are you ok ? I thought you heard me come in !"
"I... scared... Krypto ?"
She glanced over the cactus. The kitten was gone already, so much for the effort Danvers. Kara flushed a little and disappeared in her bedroom. Like she could avoid Alex. She heard her change her clothes. Finally she reappeared holding her pyjamas in one hand and gesturing in the air with the other. A fair attempt to distract Alex.
"I should take a shower, did you order anything ? -meow- I'm starving ! Some pizza would be nice... -meow- Or potsickers ? Correct that : and potstickers. Can you -meow- check if there's still -meow- ice cream ? 'Cause I believe I finished it..."
"Are we going to ignore the cat ?"
"Shower, right !"
And her sister was gone. She was sure she used superspeed.
That's when she saw it. A tiny grey kitten, with a black mark on its nose, making its way to the bathroom door. She looked at it incredulously and, hand on hips, she frowned as the kitten sat before the door and began meowing. Was she invisible now ? She resisted the urge to throw some peanut to the kitten. She sat on the sofa and ordered their usual, waiting for Kara to finally get out of this long shower.
The first time Kara brought a pet home, she was thirteen. It was a baby squirrel. Because of course it was a baby squirrel. It took some time but she finally understood that she could not bring all the animals from the planet earth back to their home. Kara pouted a lot.
"Meow."
The kitten stiffened, Kara was now probably getting dressed.
When she got out of the bathroom, she could not pretend there was no cat meowing and purring around her. She looked up at Alex, who made her big-sister-I-know-what-you-did look while waiting patiently for Kara to come up with an explanation.
"I couldn't leave him there !"
"Oh yes you could !"
"Come on Alex his family could not keep it after the fire, he was crying and looking at me..."
As she talked she grabbed the kitten who purred even more and knocked his head against Kara's forehead.
"I'm supposed to save people !"
"People, Kara... Besides you could have just dropped him to a shelter..."
"How could I ?!"
She made her pouting face holding the kitten under her chin, the kitten who, Alex noticed, had the same blue eyes. She swore he was pouting too. Ok it was cute but...
"I will not be part of this !"
"I didn't ask you ! I can take care of a cat !"
"You can't take care of your plants. Why do you thing people give you cactuses..."
"It's too late anyway, he loves me already."
"Meow !"
"Did you even go to the vet... ?"
"The vet ?"
Alex held her breath for a second. She would definitively be part of this. Kara sat near her with the kitten on her chest.
"And can we talk about the fact that you called him Krypto ?"
She knew Kara was bad at keeping secrets, but still, she could at least try.
"Don't worry, I call him K too !"
"Oh then nothing to worry about..." Alex said waving her hand around.
"You cannot deny he is cute."
"Meow."
Alex looked into the kitten's deep blue eyes. He was now resting on Kara's legs and throwing Alex a defying look. She knew she would never win this.
"All right. But we will go to the vet tomorrow."
"Meow."
"Yay yay, you won."
Kara beamed at her like she always do.
"So... For Krypto's first movie night, I thought we could watch The Incredible Journey."
"Meow."
She was doomed.