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When Alex had called her about a flying dog sighting she could hardly believe it. Out of all the weird things she’d encountered with the DEO, this was one of the strangests, also surprisingly a very difficult task that tested her agility and speed while flying more than any other alien had. The dog was small but it certainly was fast, also very clearly scared. It shot through the sky like lightning and very easily concealed itself in tiny holes that Kara never would have noticed without her x-ray vision. It took a solid hour of flying through the city before she finally caught it, leaving her and the puppy exhausted.
Next came the discussion on what to do with it. Once it became obvious she wasn’t a threat, it quickly warmed up to her and was soon fast asleep in her arms. Alex decided to take it back for some quick tests at the lab, showing the dog-like creature to be a female of an unidentified alien species. At the moment it seemed as if it’s only abnormal powers were flight and perhaps having to eat large quantities of food but Alex was sure more would crop up as they observed if further. As soon as the topic of finding a home for her came up, Kara had leaped up and offered to look after her. She’d already become attached to Kara and an alien puppy would probably require alien abilities to properly look after it so no one argued and Kara left the DEO base with a puppy in her arms.
The first thing she did after arriving back at her and Lena’s house was to bathe it. Kara had heard countless stories from dog owners about the pains of washing your dog but with a flying dog things seemed to be so much worse. She seemed just as adverse to being washed as any dog and with the added ability of flight it became almost impossible to control her. Kara would turn round for a moment to get a towel and she would already be up on the ceiling, getting water everywhere. When she finally was washed her pelt was a beautiful golden colour and she looked so much healthier than before. It even looked as if she radiated some sort of light but Kara decided to ignore that for now.
Kara was just about to get her some food when the doorbell rang. It was probably Lena back from work. Kara jumped up excitedly; she couldn’t wait to show Lena the new addition to their family.
“Hey Kara” Lena greeted and planted a quick kiss on her cheek. “Sorry I had to ring the doorbell, I just can’t remember-” She suddenly stopped mid sentence, looking over Kara’s shoulder. “Am I hallucinating or is there a flying dog behind you?” Kara quickly swivelled round to see that the dog had followed to the door and was now hovering behind her with her tongue sticking out.
“You’re not hallucinating, this is our new dog” she said, proudly holding her arms towards it. Lena raised her eyebrows in surprise.
“Our dog?”
“Yes! She’s so cute isn’t she. I don’t have a name for her yet, I thought we could decide that together!” she squealed excitedly.
“Right.” Lena said, slowly nodding her head. “Since when did we have a dog?”
“The DEO found it all on it’s own and we needed to give it a home and it was so cute and I thought it would be nice to have a dog. I’m so sorry I should have asked first it’s just so cute…” Lena put her hand on Kara’s shoulder.
“No no, I’m fine with it” she chuckled “I’m just wondering where it came from, that’s all. It’s not every day you see a flying dog.”
“Oh yea. That’s good!”
“I have always wanted a dog” Lena commented. The dog now seemed to have taken to Lena and was now dancing around her head. She laughed. “She looks just like you when you’re excited.” The dog landed on her head with a soft ompf and her tail wagged in front of Lena’s face.
“Hey, no landing on people’s faced” Kara scolded. She lifted the dog off of Lena’s head. Lena looked at them both and smiled.
“Supergirl with her Superpup, what an adorable duo. We need to get that dog a cape. Imagine how cute you would both look suited up together.”
“Superpup, I like the sound of that. As for the cape, I’m sure Winn could whip something up.” She held the dog out in front of her. “What are we going to call you?” she asked her. She yapped in response.
“If you don’t mind, I have something in mind. There used to be a dog on my street called Roxy and I’d always play with her when Lex was busy. This little girl reminds me a lot of her.”
“Roxy” Kara repeated. Roxy barked excitedly. “Well it seems she likes the name so of course. Roxy is a very cute name.” Kara put her down and she began to run in a figure of eight shape around Kara and Lena’s legs, with seemingly boundless energy.
“Well welcome to the family Roxy.”