Marvel: Just A Kryptonian Goddess

[Wednesday, 13:00 AM, United States California, Los Angeles coast, 12/3/1995]

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"So, that means..." Carol asked while holding her breath.

"What it means is irrelevant, what is relevant is the fact that we are about to fight a secret battle against the Skrulls, a secret battle that can escalate into a full-blown war against both Skrulls and Kree if we don't do everything right".

"There is a real chance the Kryptonite inside Krypton shot out from the planet, spreading itself out on the universe and getting in the wrong hands, like the Skrulls and Kree for example".

Carol nodded slowly, for what she could understand Kryptonite could possibly be one of the most dangerous substances in the universe.

If it had the ability to destroy the cells of a being as strong as a Kryptonian then perhaps it could do worst for weaker beings, what could be worst than that she didn't know and she certainly didn't want to find out.

"In other words, we need preparation, first we will test your powers, stay in front of me and give me your strongest punch".

Kara moved away from Carol and turned around, after that she spread her legs while planting her feet on the ground and closing her fist, entering this stance made her remember her training with her master.

'Spread your legs, harden your muscles, regulate your breathing, Firm your position and prepare yourself, I will my punches but contrary to me, you will have to give your all'.

Getting out of her thoughts Kara put her arm on a horizontal line accordingly to her abdomen and hardened her muscles while giving a long breath, she used to build up her resistance and stamina in this position while her master punched her in the stomach, after Alrya's death she would train in this position almost daily.

"Go ahead, I received punches in this position for my body to evolve and my muscle tissue to harden, go all out and don't hold back, I can take it".

Hearing Kara's words Carol froze for one second but nevertheless got up and prepared herself, Lightning up she entered a fighting stance and prepared herself to attack Kara, it was not every time she could prepare herself to punch her enemy but now that she had time she would give her all, giving a last sigh Carol gathered her strength and dashed forward.

Relaxing her muscles Carol brought her hand forward but not before stomping on the ground with her right feet while at the same time using the muscles on her back to empower her attack,

Two actions that not only made her punch stronger but also faster, combined with her energy her attack was strong enough to destroy an Imperial warship.

BOOM! 

But even knowing that Carol trusted Kara, she knew that she could resist her attack with no problems, but even then she was at least expecting Kara to move some centimeters, so after the dust her punch had lifted dispersed and she saw Kara unfazed by her attack she became more than a little surprised.

Getting out of her stance and standing up properly Kara blinked and looked at Carol, although her punch was weaker than those her master normally gave her it was still an impressive amount of Strenght for a non-Kryptonian.

"Three, no, four hundred tons of strength in just one punch, you could destroy mountains with ease if you had something like a bioelectric aura to spread the impact".

'Still, it's an impressive level of strength, while on Krypton I could casually lift 57 tons with a small amount of struggle but she can probably lift a maximum of about four to six hundred'.

"I expected you to at least move a little, what do you have on your feet, super glue?". Carol asked while holding her right arm, the impact of her punch almost broke her wrists.

"No, it's one of my abilities, the Bioelectric Aura, an ability all Kryptonians have, it normally manifests between the 40 to 50 years of life of a Kryptonian".

"The Kryptonian cells 'supercharge' allowing them to disperse a certain type of forcefield around the Kryptonian's body, a very small forcefield that the Kryptonian can either strengthen or weaken it to any direction she wants".

"That gives us the ability to bend the gravity around ourselves, allowing us to, for example, resist powerful attacks that would normally throw us away, take gigantic objects without them crumbling around ourselves, and as you know it, 'fly' ".

'Technically fly, in truth we are just pulling ourselves to one direction or standing still on the air'.

"Another use of this ability is to spread the strength of our attacks allowing us to destroy large objects that otherwise would've been impossible for us to break due to our size".

"It's this exact same ability that allows us to simply punch the surface of a planet and destroy a continent, normally this ability grows along with the Kryptonian through her life but with my Ability to Adapt and Evolve I can simply train it and strengthen it forcefully, just like most of my other powers".

"At this moment my aura is not big enough to envelop an entire planet but it will reach this level someday, for me to destroy a one entirely In one shot I would have to dig my way through Earth's mantle and punch the core with all my strength"

Kara stopped walking for one second and looked at Carol's eyes."...Something any decent Kryptonian would not do I assure you". she said after a brief pause.

"Now, jump as high as you can, don't worry, I will catch you when you start falling".

Carol nodded with her head and slightly lowered her knee, briefly gathering her strength she jumped up, cracking the ground beneath her and shooting at gigantic speeds to the sky.

Traveling up Carol started to lose her momentum until finally, she lost all her speed, brief stopping on the air she looked down at the clouds beneath her, rocks, birds, cities, mountains and finally the horizon, looking at the world from up there she had to admit that it really was a beautiful view, much more beautiful than Hala.

Rapidly falling to the ground Carol started to feel a funny feeling in her stomach, a feeling that quickly disappeared when Kara appeared above her head and held her arms.

"Thirteen Kilometres in one jump, congratulations Carol you reached the Stratosphere". Kara said in a happy tone.

"Wanted to make until at least the Thermosphere, gravity sucks". Carol replied in a joking tone, making inhuman feats of strength was becoming more normal by each second.

Kara gave Carol a weird smile and said."Then you will just have to learn how to fly".

Kara suddenly opened her hands, releasing Carol and making her scream from surprise while falling to the ground.

"Kara what the hell?!". Carol shouted in a desperate tone, she didn't know the limits of her resistance while using her energy but she doubted she would get out of such a high fall without a scratch.

"Well it's rather simple, learn how to fly or crash in the ground at a velocity of ten meters per second, oh and it will continue to get faster each second, you have less than one minute". Kara said while following Carol in her descent.

"What makes you think that I can even fly?!". Carol was starting to get panicked, she had a chance of resisting her inevitable crash on the ground but she didn't want to test her luck.

Kara adopted a serious face while looking at Carol's eyes from upside down and said. "Gravity only affects Photons because it creates gravitational fields that change the shape of Space-Time, as long as light is concerned it is traveling at a straight line".

"I can see the photons surrounding you Carol if they can ignore Earth's gravity so can you, now, I particularly fly by just controlling the gravitons around me that are inside my Bioelectric field but not everyone uses the same means as me".

"Komand'r for example, just like all Tamaraneans flies by feeling the joy of flight, the joy of not being bound by gravity and the happiness of challenging your own nature by doing something that should be physically impossible".

Hearing Kara's words Carol calmed down, deep down she knew Kara would catch her if it came to it but being in this situation made her lose most of her common sense, closing her eyes she tried to find the joy of flying, only to give up after losing her patience after ten seconds of doing nothing.

"I don't think this will work, Kara please just pick me up I can't do this".

"*Sigh* Carol your power is different, and as such your method should also be different, think about what Gravity was, and what it is for you now, fast, you only have seven kilometers before crashing down on the ground".

Hearing Kara's, Carol started to think about the meaning behind her words.

'Gravity... gravity was something that put everything in place, that transformed Earth in a gigantic prison that only with the help of technology one could escape its hold but now,... now gravity is nothing more than a hassle'.

"See, I knew you could do it".

Hearing Kara's words Carol opened her eyes and looked bellow, only to see herself floating mere meters above the ground, not managing to hold her excitement she screamed and flew up.

"This is awesome!". Carol screamed while changing her trajectory and flying forward at extreme speeds, she had just realised every human's dream of flying!.

Looking forward Carol started to fly faster, now she understood what Kara meant by the joy of flight, pushing more of her energy Carol prepared herself to fly through the world, only to stop when Kara suddenly appeared in front of her.

"It would be better if you didn't reveal our location to the skrulls by flying through the entire world, and I don't think humans would appreciate seeing something flying through their restricted space at 1/3 of the speed of light, humans do panic quite easily after all".

"Sorry, I just got a little bit excited". Carol answered a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, now I want you to go to space and see if you can survive, if anything goes wrong you can make a spacesuit with your clothes"

"Hum?".

Seeing Carol's confused expression Kara decided to elaborate.

"The bio-suit has the ability to change its own molecular structure, it can become as weak as tin to as hard as natural Vibranium without the cosmic energy".

"Cosmic energy?".

"We don't have time for explanations Carol just fly".

Nodding with her head Carol looked up and started flying towards space, Kara followed her closely just in case something happened.

Contrary to what she expected when reaching the space outside Earth's gravity she, fortunately, didn't start to choke or freeze, wanting to test her limits she landed on the moon and held her breath for full twenty minutes, somehow surviving without feeling any different.

'Do I still need to breathe?'.

Stopping with her experiment Carol started to fly through space while thinking about her situation.

'Maybe like Kara I only needed my energy to survive, does that mean I don't need to eat anymore?'.

Looking at Jupiter who was on behind the sun Carol shot forward and started to fly at her max speed, behind her Kara was observing her actions attently.

'300 thousand kilometers per second, a little above Light Speed'. Kara though while silently following Carol, contrary to what most would think flying through space involved more than just jump points or a good flyer.

The Kryptonian or alien in question would have to have eyes capable of seeing with minimal light or even without the presence of it, the Kryptonian in question would also have to develop a sixth sense capable of feeling danger or distortions in gravity, to enter on the exploration unit of Krypton these were but the minimal requirements.

Black holes absorb light, they don't reflect it after all, an oblivious flyer like Carol could very well be flying to her death and not even realize it hence the need of her staying close to her untrained friend.

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Carol started to feel weightless, not that she wasn't feeling like that before but now it was as if she really didn't have any kind of weight holding her down.

She knew her energy protected her from all external forces and factors when flying, especially when flying at the speed of light, but she certainly didn't know what was the full extent of her abilities, of this she was certain.

She knew light wasn't instantaneous and that it actually took time to bounce off an object and reach the eyes of someone, in simple words that meant that someone is never really seeing the present but the past, to be more clear that means that someone sees where the light was and not where it is.

That also meant that if someone that didn't have her powers traveled at the speed of light their field of view would amplify since that person would see the objects as they were relative to them in the past.

Fortunately, her new powers gave her the ability to see even without light being present, meaning that now she could see something like black holes that don't reflect light but trap it, that ability also meant that while in her light form she could see invisible things.

Carol didn't know what she would see after looking at a black hole but she was excited to try.

'Wait, wasn't there a black hole in the center of this Galaxy?'

Coming back from her thoughts Carol shook her head and stopped flying, she may be able to fly at the speed of light or maybe even faster but before such a vast Universe that meant nothing, contrary to the Lightspeed engine she couldn't create Jump Points from anywhere and go to any place on the universe.

Suddenly feeling someone taking her hand she stopped and looked back, only to see Kara pointing somewhere with her thumb, seeing her expression she asked herself how much time she was flying, perhaps time dilation did affect her to a certain degree.

Not wanting to wait for her friend to reach her later Kara took Carol in her arms and flew towards Mercury, Carol could fly in speeds beyond Light but she was still faster.

Reaching the planet's surface Kara put Carol on the ground and flew towards the oasis while signaling for Carol to follow her.

Seeing that Carol walked forward to follow her friend but briefly froze in shock after seeing Kara's body slowly starting to disappear before her eyes, recuperating from the shock Carol ran towards Kara in an attempt to discover what happened to her.

Jumping above the black rocks Carol felt something weird if she had to describe it it would be like passing through a thin layer of water, a thin layer of water that slightly shocked her and made her close her eyes more by reflex than anything else.

Finally passing through what she could only guess was a forcefield Carol opened her eyes and looked around herself, only to freeze at the impossible sight before her trees, rocks, grass, lakes and even fish swimming through the water, Carol was so transfixed by the scenery that she momentarily forgot about Kara.

"I was confused the first time I came here too".

"How, is this possible". Carol asked without taking her eyes out of the lake, her shock was so great that she completely forgot to ask Kara how they were able to talk or even breathe inside this space.

"Do you know what Vibranium is?". Kara asked while sitting in the ground and resting her back on a tree.

"No, but I've heard this name before, I think".

"Well, to simplify, vibranium is one of the strongest metals on the universe, there are three types of this metal but before I say anything more I will have to tell you a history".

Finally taking her eyes out of the lake Carol looked at Kara with expectant eyes, the reality of her situation slowly catching up with her.

"Ten thousand years ago a gigantic meteorite made of a sound and energy-absorbing mineral, struck the continent of Africa, affecting not only the plant but also the animals that lived there".

"One day five tribes of men settled in that place, calling it Wakanda, those tribes fought each other for years until a man, a warrior received a vision from the panther Goddess Bast who led him to the heart-shaped herb".

"A herb that when consumed gave him superhuman capabilities, more strength, agility, and instincts, with this new power the warrior united the tribes and became the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda".

"Four tribes agreed to live under the warrior's rule, their new king's rule but the Jabari, one of the tribes refused and isolated themselves in the freezing mountains, using Vibranium the Wakandeans made technology more advanced than anything on Earth"

"Prospering in a new age of peace and harmony they created the most advanced nation of Earth, never abandoning their customs and never forgetting their roots".

"But while they lived in peace the world burned around then, wars and genocides were just some of the things that happened and the most common ones, seeing that the wakandeans decided to hide in plain sight, protecting their Vibranium from anyone who would wish to do harm with it hoping that one day the world would achieve peace as they did".

Carol was looking at Kara attentively, in less than one hour she discovered a secret country inside her own planet, a Kree conspiracy, and that more than one God existed, thinking back on her life she noticed that going with Lawson inside the Jet was the worst thing that happened to her but after meeting Kara it was quickly becoming the best.

She suffered in the Kree's hands for years but just like Lawson said, the brightest stars shine in the darkest nights.

"Wait, how do you even know this?". Carol asked genuinely curious about how Kara knew so much.

"What do you think I was doing while you were messing with your Interface? playing games with mine?". Kara raised an eyebrow while looking at Carol skeptically, perhaps Carol forgot the fact she was a Kryptonian?.

"I was Hacking everything I could to gain information on this planet, I ended up accidentally finding Wakanda and started to read their history, unfortunately, because of that I don't really know much about the rest of the planet".

'Except the things I knew in my past life of course'.

Seeing Carol's doubtful expression Kara decided to explain further.

"I can think as fast as a supercomputer Carol, talking to you and secretly learning about the most advanced nation on Earth was honestly easy, for example now I know how to put an energy shield in my bio-suit and how to make clothes out of vibranium".

"I was studying symmetry energy and advanced mechanics before Krypton exploded, I didn't have much time to study Bio-Mechanical theory but with this new information, now I can finally make my suit".

Carol made an unreadable expression and simply nodded with her head, Kryptonian culture was still a mystery to her.

"So... what are the types of Vibranium".

"Well, first there is the Antarctic Vibranium, located in the savage lands on the Antarctic, this Vibranium who is also known as anti-metal emits vibrations that cause the atomic and molecular bonds to weaken, a process that liquefies and destroys all metals, hence the name anti-metal".

Kara stopped talking for one moment and looked at Carol to see if she had any questions.

"This could literally destroy an entire empire if it falls on the wrong hands".

"Yes, yes it can, and that's exactly why we won't say anything about this to anyone else".

"Agreed".

"Continuing on, Wakanda Vibranium has the ability to absorb not only vibrations but also energy".

"It's important to say that while vibranium does absorb kinetic energy it doesn't absorb 100% of it, if it did someone would be able to throw a ball at the metal and it would stick on it, but as I know it this doesn't happen since the ball would simply hit and fall to the ground without bouncing off".

"What this basically means it that Vibranium can absorb almost all kinetic energy but not enough to stop the momentum of something".

"People have mass, so imagine that someone with for example a vibranium armor gets hit by a bullet, would the moment of this bullet affect him? no".

"When someone has mass they create a frictional force at their feet that is enough to resist the impact of certain objects, bullets? yes, tank bullets? no".

"Why are you telling me this in such detail exactly?".

"Because, if I give you a bio-suit that can mimic the atomic structure of vibranium I want you to know that you will not become invincible". Kara said with a serious voice making Carol nod her head in understanding.

"And now the third and most powerful type of vibranium, the same vibranium who is allowing life to flourish in this planet, Cosmic vibranuim".

"Cosmic?".

"We don't have time to explain what the Power Cosmic is but as you probably know this Galactus uses this energy, you have heard the name but doesn't know what it means right?".

"Yes, most people don't".

"I will explain this to you later but for now let's go back to cosmic Vibranium, this metal as the name implies is Vibranuim imbued with the power cosmic".

"When a being has the ability to tap or even make cosmic energy by himself he/she gains many abilities, one of which allows then to imbue his/her power on objects and change their molecular structure".

"A very useful skill to have since if the being in question has an in-depth knowledge of atoms they can manipulate atomic structures and create the strongest metals of the universe, I do not know which entity or even person made this type of vibranuim but they did a very good job since not even I can break this thing with my b.a.r.e hands".

"Dare I say I would break my bones if I tried".She whispered.

Carol looked at the ground and took a piece of Vibranium, throwing the metal up she used her powers and tried to smash the thing with her closed fists.

Fortunately for her Kara managed to take the metal out of her reach before anything could happen.

"Unless you want a broken hand I suggest you don't do that again". Kara said, almost shouting at Carol's face.

"This type of metal can only be molded with brute force by beings who have enough power to destroy entire Galaxies with their physical strength alone but fortunately for us I have another way".

"Every Kryptonian has a certain ability that is more powerful than the others, mine is heat vision, normally an average Kryptonian could reach 50 million degrees Fahrenheit with their heat vision, almost twice the temperature of Earth's sun who has 27 million degrees Fahrenhei-".

"And how powerful is yo-".

Kara sent a glare that immediately made Carol close her mouth, Kara was a patient woman but much like Alrya she did not like being interrupted when talking.

"As I was saying, my heat vision is my most powerful ability, reaching 157 million degrees Fahrenheit, using this ability I will be able to weaken the metal after some time and build a vehicle the humans call motorcycle, much more advanced and with a healthy amount of nanites".

"The process will be delicate and extremely difficult so I want you to help me in every step".

"Got it, so what are we waiting for?".

"Nothing, it just arrived actually". Kara said while looking outside the Forcefield, just above Carol's head.

Carol turned around and looked at the same spot Kara was looking at, only to see a gigantic Spaceship who was at least five kilometers long and one wide.

"How did I not see that? that's what you are asking yourself, right?".

"Yes, even in Lightspeed I can see perfectly, I should be able to see this ship, especially one as big as this one".

"Well, I may be a crappy biologist but I have a theory of how your powers let you see without light".

"Some Kryptonians can produce their own light by creating and shooting photons from their eyes but I don't think you can do that, at least not now".

"You see there is a dimension called the Quantum realm, my supervision can maybe catch glimpses of it, but maybe, just maybe our case you can see the small and bigger picture".

Turning to Kara's direction Carol made a confused expression, she was not a scientist, not on Earth, and certainly not on Hala.

Seeing Carol's confused expression Kara made a small promise to explain everything to her after their adventure ended.

"In simpler words, you see our reality through the quantum realm, not through your eyes, the quantum reality is a place where logic and rules do not exist but at the same time it is the foundation for our reality, without it nothing would exist because after all the quantum real is everywhere, most people just can't see it".

"This still doesn't explain how I didn't see this gigantic ship".

"That's the thing, you did".

Kara almost laughed after seeing Carol's expression turning into an even more confused one but stopped herself in time, she didn't want Carol to think that she thought she was stupid after all.

"The ship is mostly made out of Kryptonian Steel, a material perhaps even stronger than Cosmic Vibranium and Uru, and if molded in the right way it can have the same abilities as Psionic metal and Metamaterial".

"A what?".

"Well". Kara took Carol's hand and started to fly towards her ship.

"A metamaterial can direct light around an object by capturing the light from one direction, channeling around the object and spitting out 180 degrees from the direction it came from, it would normally work against any normal being but my Father wasn't satisfied with his creation".

Approaching the ship Kara opened a gate and entered together with Carol who deactivated her powers after the gate closed and the lights turned on.

"Wait, your father created the metamaterial?". Carol asked while looking around the ship, for what she could see the corridors were extremely large and with hundreds of doors.

'Probably the place where the crew would be, where it should be'. Thinking about the ship's size carol started to feel... Weird, seeing the doors and not hearing any noise besides her's and Kara's footsteps was making her uncomfortable, she was starting to think that maybe Kara wasn't supposed to be the only Kryptonian aboard.

"Of course not, I was referring to the Ship, he created the ship together with my mother, a project that took most of his three hundred and thirty-five years of life to complete".

"But as I was saying metamaterials can channel the light around an object but as you know it this wouldn't stop you from seeing it".

"What is stopping you from seeing the Ship is the psionic energy contained inside the metal that was controlled by Lavender". Kara walked over to a door and stopped without doing anything.

"Who's Lavender?".

Before Kara could answer the door opened itself and a feminine robotic voice started talking.

[Welcome aboard Miss El, do you wish to read the reports of the cryogenic sleep?].

"No, but thank you Lavender, please guide us to the forge and send drones to retrieve the Vibranium please".

[Understood Miss El]

"She is an A.I my mother created, but between you and me she is much better now, before this day she would try to restrain anyone who wasn't in her database but that's how mom made her, learn and evolve, just like me".

Carol continued to calmly walk through the ship when Kara suddenly took her hand and turned to the left, exactly where a solid piece of wall was.

Carol tried to warn Kara but stopped when both of then suddenly passed through the wall as if it was not even there in the first place.

"What?". Carol looked around herself, only to see the white walls with octagonal grey doors and blue holographic screens that had words written in a language she didn't understand.

"As I said before the psionic energy contained inside the ship is controlled by Lavender, this allows her to create illusions inside the ship that for example can confuse intruders".

"Or maybe even make people believe that there isn't a gigantic ship in front of then, Lavender can also send a mental order to make it so that any oblivious passby doesn't try to pass through the ship and accidentally discover it".

Kara suddenly took Carol in her arms and started to run towards her destination, she was in a hurry and they had lost too much time already.

"eep!". Carol shouted in surprise, she really didn't have the same level of reflexes without her powers.

Stopping in front of a metallic gate Kara put Carol down and walked forward, after that she struck both her hands on the middle of the gate and started to forcefully open with all her strength.

"Pass, now!"

Carol ignored Kara's weird behavior and rushed to enter the room, if she looked back she would see Kara struggling to open the gigantic metallic gate and enter but after the lights turned on allowing her to get a good look on the forge she couldn't help but freeze in place and forget about Kara's weird behavior in a second.

Hundreds of tubes on the walls, floor, and ceiling going directly to a single point, the center of the 'forge' as Kata called it where what she could only describe as a gigantic reactor was.

A single N shaped stair was all that connected the circular platform to the ground, looking closely at the reactor she saw a cylindrical compartment that had at least seventy meters in height and fifty in length.

Looking inside the compartment she saw what could only be described as a small golden sun, she was about to approach the weird reactor when suddenly a gigantic metallic noise sounded behind her, making her turn around and see a worn-out Kara.

Before she could ask anything Kara passed her while looking attently at the Golden Sun.

"Some doors can only be open with brute force, a clever security system that not only slows intruders but also serves to block the entrance for certain Kryptonians that shouldn't be entering in certain places".

Carol only nodded in response, she wanted to answer 'but you are the only Kryptonian here' but stopped herself, It would not be wise to ask Kara such a question.

"This is the forge, but also one of the hearts of the ship, by using Polliserum, a metal capable of absorbing all types of solar energy the ship can self sustain itself, this".Kara points to the small sun in front of her.

"Is where the residual energy is stored, the entire ship has a total of six hearts but at the moment only this one is active since the energy is low".

"And why is this place called the forge?".

Kara simply smiled and floated towards the top of the platform, Carol was about to follow but was stopped by Kara who shook her head.

"The heat is too strong, it will burn you if you get too close, and the reason why this place is called the forge is simple, the power of three hearts can melt even Kryptonian steel".

"And because of that, I can only use a mold made out of Kryptonian steel to build what I want, but to melt cosmic vibranium I will need feed power to the heart until it becomes supercharged, making the sun emanate gigantic amounts of excessive heat that will be able to melt the Vibranium".

"Unfortunately I can't do this alone, Carol I want you to help me by sending Lavander the blueprints of the Motorcycle while I tell you exactly how I want it to be, can you do that?".

Carol lifts her right hand and creates an interface "No problems, let's just hope I understand what you are talking about".

"Alright, let's start". Kara activated her Heat vision and started to feed the small sun with her energy, her drones were already taking the Vibranium, all she needed to do now was power up the heart and wait, she was about to make one of the strongest weapons of this Galaxy.