A/N: Odysseus was a big help with the choices for this chapter. Throw them some love.
It was an offhanded comment that had led to this mess.
Once upon a universe ago, before the Anti-Monitor's temper tantrum, rescuing Kara Zor-El from the Phantom Zone would have been trivially easy. But thanks to the aforementioned temper tantrum, the Zone was now a shifting mass of geographies and the Superfriends had been sent back to the, literal, drawing board.
And it was after one of these many planning sessions, while munching down Big Belly Burgers, that they'd had the idea when Kelly had questioned Nia about the Naltorian race. Leaping at the chance, Brainiac-5 had launched into an astonishingly comprehensive historical lecture about the history of Naltor and the Naltorians. And as he had began into an intricately detailed explanation of how some Naltorians were able to walk among dreams, Lena perked up, confirming that Naltorians were able to interact with any lifeform that dreamed through the Dream Realm.
"So," Lena had began "Couldn't we find Kara through the Dream Realm? Surely the residents of the Phantom Zone must have their own dreams. I imagine most of them are about horrible revenge but still a dream's a dream right?"
Brainiac was quick to note that attempting to contact a dreamer in a separate plane of existence from the Naltorian's own had never been done. But also... nothing said that it couldn't be done.
So it was that Brainiac and Lena had quickly assembled a machine to boost Nia's astral projection powers, setting her up in one of Lena's penthouses.
"Alright." Alex sighed as she secured the headpiece onto Nia. "One of us will be here at all times to keep watch on you. Just find Kara. Bring her back if you can, but at minimum, ask her to stand still."
"Got it." Nia nodded seriously. "Time works differently in dreams. You can live a whole life in six hours. If I'm not back by nightfall tomorrow, wake me up."
Without waiting for a response, Nia laid down in bed and closed her eyes...
...and opened them in the Dream Realm.
Ensuring that the tether of Nia's machine was there, she set off into the forest, following the strong sounds of revenge and fear that they had theorized was the Phantom Zone.
"Kara?" Nia called, "Kara, are you there?"
"Nia?" The Kryptonian's distorted voice replied, "Is that you?"
"It's me." She smiled as she formed a dream rope. "We're in the Dream Realm. Catch this rope. I'll pull you to me."
With a sharp tug, a blue and red form slammed into Nia, hugging her very tightly. Or as tightly as one can in the astral plane.
"Yeah, yeah, hug later. Leave now." Nia said, pulling the tether.
That was when the trouble had started. The tether, like anything Lena built, had worked brilliantly. The trouble, they would later realize, was that it had been built only to carry one. But as Superfriends didn't leave Superfriends behind, Nia had attempted to drag Kara back with her through the conduit to Earth. And like any tether that was overstressed, it had collapsed when too much stress, such as a wedged pair of Kryptonian hips, was placed on it, collapsing and compressing around the blonde powerhouse.
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Nia sat up with a start, breathing heavily.
"Nia?" She heard Lena call.
"Yeah, yeah I'm back. How long was I gone?"
"Less than a day. Your deadline's in two hours."
"Oh that's..." Nia trailed off as she looked at the tiny figure sprawled out on her palm. "Kara?" She asked.
The little figure, which could not have been more than two inches tall, nodded frantically. "Yes. Yes. It's me. Nia... I... what's happening?" She asked in a panic.
"Um..." Nia stuttered, biting her lip. How the hell was she supposed to explain this? This was supposed to be their easy fix.
"Nia?" Lena's voice cut in as she knocked on the door.
It was a thoughtless impulse born out of embarrassment. With a series of quick motions, Nia's fist closed around Kara, overpowering the tiny blonde, while her other hand forced an opening between her clothing and her butt.
"Nia! Don't do-" And that was all Kara got out before she was shoved face first into Nia's enormous Naltorian ass, the bed sweat sliding her right into the centre. "NIA!" Mustering all her strength, Kara slammed a fist into the right butt cheek. But weakened from the lack of solar radiation in the Phantom Zone, her blow didn't even cause the blubbery wall to jiggle. Though the walls did clench around her as Nia climbed out of her bed when Lena entered the room.
"So how'd it go?" Lena smiled disarmingly, eyes sparkling with innocence.
What happens next?
1) Overcome by emotion, Nia faints. Concerned, Lena takes her friend back to the Tower. An experience most unpleasant for Nia's passenger.
2) Deciding that, as a journalist, she must adhere to the truth, Nia embarrassingly takes Kara out of her butt. Far from behind mad or frustrated that her invention didn't work just right, Lena finds the situation hilariously adorable.
3) Before Nia can get a word out, Lena takes the headpiece off her only for its last vestige of energy to activate, reducing Lena to Kara's size before Nia's shocked eyes. Just as Nia processes this, Alex comes in, with Lena finding herself as Kara's new roommate.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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