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July 2019.
Kara Danvers is Supergirl. The words kept resonating in her head. How didn't she found out sooner? or most importantly, why didn't kara told her? Didn't she trust her enough? Or was it because of in the end, she's just Another Luthor? Yeah, probably that. Kara was supposed to be different, she really thought she was, but apparently everything that they had built was a lie. She couldn't handle it, see her face again, feeling like a fool, feeling used, the mere thought of it was making her nauseous. She stayed up all night planning how to proceed , what she should do next. Leaving the city wasn't going to be enough, kara will just probably find her again asking why she left without saying and, she couldn't face that. While falling on a spiral of anxious thoughts, something hit her like a lightning bolt, she remembered something, there was this hero that appeared once, before she moved to National City...he was from another earth... so that meant that there are actually other earths.
But, she couldn't just leave her company, leave her work, her Life, that was insane. But, she convinced herself that this could be an opportunity to expand L-corp in a new environment, yeah, that will work. She started making the preparations for moving, with the excuse of expanding L-Corp to a whole new level, she planned on leaving Sam in charge while she was gone, while I was gone..but....how long will that be?. Of everything she was going to leave, leaving Jess was probably the most difficult, Jess was the 2nd person she trusted the most; well, she probably might be the only one now. But, her mind was set, everything was done, she needed this, even if it was a little overdramatic. But, there's was still something left to do, Catco. Just thinking about it made her anxious, but it needed to be done. In the end, she only bought Catco for kara, a favor for a friend, but now, there's was nothing else to do with it. By the end of the week, after various calls and closed doors meetings, she sold Catco without telling a soul about it, it was going to hurt kara indeed, but that was nothing compared to what she had done.
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Everything was kinda the same, a lot of states were the same and most importantly, there was no National City. She started from scratch, of course, a new branch based on DC, new investors, new contracts, new staff, a new assistant, a whole new environment. It wasn't long until her new partners started to notice how good she was at her job, it wasn't the same but it was better. Later after properly establish her business, Lena started to notice something quite interesting about this new earth, just as her earth had aliens this one had mythical creatures, werewolves, fairies, the whole package. And just as back home, people weren't very fond of their appearance, but here was worse to say the least.
Everything was running smoothly, But, the shadows of her past kept hunting her and sooner than later all the emotions she had bottled up stared to consume her, she tried to overwork herself to keep her mind busy but, it was no use, kara, lovely literal ray of sunshine kara, that only saw good in her when everyone said the opposite, that always had her back and was there for her, the death of her brother, eve' s betrayal...it was simply too much.
February 2023
In the blink of an eye, four years had passed already and it seemed like she wasn't going to go back, at this point the whole deal was shameful and foolish, she liked her new environment , nobody knew her, the Luthor name meant anything; in a sense, she was free, finally free of any burden she had to carry because of her family, it was a breath of fresh hair, a new opportunity.
However,she started real to endure her pain and shut her thoughts She drowned her sorrows in alcohol so many times, it had become a natural reaction at this point, it wasn't a fix but it made her forget everything at least for a night, and it tastes good, that was a bonus. One dreadful night of heavenly drinking she stated to think, oh...the irony, if she dies in here, who take over her when she died?, things were well taken care back on her earth, but here, she didn't trust anyone enough to handle such things and she didn't know if she ever will trust anyone again. What about a child? A heir. That, only meant problems, God knows she knows anything about raising a child, and had the worse role models for that particular subject and she was all by herself, it was going to be nightmare, but she was drunk and even if she was a genius, this was a battle that alcohol and that little voice in her head won.
Rational as Lena can be, she ignored what had happened that night, but the thought of it still lingered in the back of her mind, and without even knowing she started working on it. Still, there were a few logistics problems like, who will be the other Donor? Was she supposed to get pregnant herself? And so on. But as usual, science was on her side so, she started to design an incubator instead, which was going to be able to realize the process of gestation all by itself. That was one problem less.
Going through some files she had brought with herself, she was Doing some research in the matter when she found her mother files and for some reason her mother kept a sample of supergirl 's Genetical material, she couldn't care less why right now, but after some thinking, she thought that it was an easier path to take, and if we are being honest here, she kind of wanted that.
She had all the equipment and preparations ready but There was always this little string of fear bringing her to reality , her mind running all possible scenarios were the experiment wouldn't be viable, many scenarios were she just fucked things up, all the things that could go wrong, all the things she could do wrong....but, what if it doesn't, what if everything just goes in the end? The possibilities of a happy ending scared her the most.
May 2024
After doing some test runs, which very successful, It finally happened, the experiment, the fetus; her baby, was viable. Lena actually couldn't believe the small blob of cells in the incubator was actually, it felt surreal somehow, but it was done. Week after week of constant checking she was expecting for something to go wrong, for something to fail, but nothing happened. In the process she remembered something vital that she had actually forgot, Because of using Supergirl's DNA she needed to have the incubator under red sun lamps, so if the fetus did develop supergirl's powers, it wouldn't be able to cause any damage.
August 2024
Time kept passing, day after day she went down her lab and check it vitals, play some music, read some book, even talk to it, it was foolish; but it felt nice.
"Nimb, please give a briefing of the status of experiment BBLN-01 please." Said Lena while entering the lab. Since the whole experiment was a secret, and she had just acquired a new partnership deal to work with Nanotechnology with another company, her workaholic ass for the first time couldn't handle the pression she was being submitted to, so, she created Nimb, and AI which was supposed to keep an eye on things in her personal lab, and also worked as her personal assistance.
"The fetus is eleven weeks and 5 days old, heart rate is stable, it was higher than usual this morning, but nothing dangerous or to worry about, it's internal organs and bone structure seems to be right on schedule, there's no abnormal growth of any kind for the moment." Said Nimb. Lena stood in front of the incubator, she could see the little red thing, probably the size of a lime at this moment. She put her hands onto it and closed her eyes while listening to the heart rate monitor on the side, and for a moment that all she could feel. She opened her eyes and sat on the table next to it and started working. "Nimb, please start playing my actual heartbeats for it, please."
"Right away Ms. Luthor"
November 2024
Fall came pretty quickly, the cold weather was very welcoming, but with this also came festivities, thanksgiving. Being Years away was making it bearable, but still it wasn't easy. She was overworking herself as usual, by the time Lena decided to leave, the building was already empty.
"Ms. Luthor" said Nimb voice coming from nowhere scaring the heck out of Lena while she was picking up to leave.
"Jesus Christ! Nimb! I know I told you that you could transfer yourself to the building main network, but please, announce yourself first" said Lena, taking deep breaths to calm her heart rate.
"I'm sorry if I startle you but, there has been an update." Said Nimb and though she hasn't said what kind of an update, Lena's heart began to race again, preparing for the worst.
"What happened?" Asked Lena.
"Experiment BBLN-01 started moving today, I ran a full scan of it's vitals, everything seems to be okay" said Nimb and Lena drew a breath that she didn't know she had been holding. She had been worrying sick because the fetus didn't show any kind of movements in the past weeks, it already been more that 25 weeks, she was supposed to see some movement, she thought that something must had been gone wrong, that probably Nimb wasn't running the tests as it should be, as if such thing was possible, so, when Nimb told her that everything was okay, after all, it was like when the sky is suddenly clear after a really bad storm.
February 2025.
A lot had happened, the baby kept getting stronger, started kicking more often and to do a lot baby movements that Lena could spent the whole day watching. After week 35 Lena finally decided to let Nimb told her the babys' sex, she wanted to keep it as a surprise, but the curiosity was too much to bear.
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"You haven't selected a name for the experiment, Ms. Luthor" said Nimb cutting through Lena's thoughts.
"I- Haven't thought about that actually, guess I was waiting until she was born-"
"It's due to be born by next week Ms. Luthor" Nimb voice cut her off.
"What?! That- That can be right" said Lena checking the experiment data and seeing that in fact, the baby was supposed to be born by next week. 38 weeks already, time did passed quickly, finally her baby was ready to be "born". .
She was anxious, as always. Yes, the experiment survived the gestation process, but now it was Lena's full responsibility to take care of her, and yes, she had been preparing herself, reading countless books about babies, about do's and don'ts and the nursery was probably the most secure place on that earth, buy still, she felt highly unprepared. She asked Nimb to run the worst case scenarios of anything that could go wrong and each one has less of 2% of actually happening.
The day came, the machines stared to turn off, she opened the incubator and proceeded with the whole birthing process until she finally heard it. The baby's first cry. She was paralyzed, the only thing her senses seem to perceive was the crying baby in front of her, it was like her just shut down.
"I believe congratulations are in order Ms. Luthor, you're now the proud owner of a brand new child" Nimb voice brought her back to reality. Nimb really need to improve her compliments.
However there was still something to do before she was completely done and off from the red sun lamps, she needed a small surgery, a tiny implant that will prevent her powers from showing on, it was already complicated to raise a child, now imagine a super child.
After everything was done and the implant was placed, Lena just stood there, again, contemplating what she had done, what a drunken her had done all those months ago, she had a baby, she could be thinking again of all the things that could go wrong, how are just might fuck things up, how many lawyers I'll need to hire to make this not look as a kidnap, but instead she just stood there, staring. she hold her into her arms, a warm feeling invading her body, it was insane, but she loved it. Welcome to the world Lorelai.