Perdition's End

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That is one bonus of living in a desert, lots of sand to make sand castles. When Sakkara gestures to the closet, Karen starts searching around, she notices Sakkara push something under into a hidey place, but she decides not to peek even though it would be so easy for her to look. Not many of Sakkara's clothes fit Karen, the shorts usually, the shirts sometimes, but Karen is just much taller than Sakkara, and there's usually a few inches missing here or there. Karen had had most of her clothes custom tailored, or she used her abilities as Power girl to literally shop through thousands of stores a day to find clothes that fit her. In all honesty, finding clothes was never a huge priority for her though. she'd spend a few hours a month just shopping for clothes. Course that's all gone now...Oh well, earlier that day she figured her power girl outfit was the last outfit she'd ever wear, but that is no longer true.

After a little while Karen settles on a simple pair of lace panties a decently long tee shirt. It's a cotton shirt, and not very thick, so Powergirl's thick nipples do poke through a little bit, she could probably find a bra to wear but she's more interested in being comfortable, not pleasing every one with modesty or decency. Not hardly anybody around to offend any ways, especially if Ma and Pa kent were used to the way Sakkara dresses, which is way worse than Karen ever strutted around in.

She hurries down the stairs, bouncing and almost prancing a little as she goes, excited to spend time with Sakkara and feel normal again for once. It's been so long it seems, since she just let go and smiled, let time roll on and worried less about things. This has easily been the best day of her life since she woke up after Spiral Put her back together.

"Oooh, Is that indian food? Oh my gosh, you are the best Sakkara."

Karen moves into the kitchen behind Sakkara and wraps her arms around Sakkara affectionately, but she doesn't linger in her hug from behind, she knows Sakkara has food to cook!

"Been so long since I ate anything. I haven't...bothered...Umm, what movie do you want to watch?"

Yes this evening is going to be wonderful. It's definitely the best medicine to her uncanny valley illness. She's not just a robot, a device, a machine, she's still got life in her, and this is the best way to remind her of it, by far.

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“It is indeed Indian one of your favorites hopefully I can make it just as good.” she had made all kinds of things to get better at cooking but she never tried making this. She hoped she wouldn’t ruin it. “There’s still half a Sinckers pie I made a few day’s ago we can have after.” It took her about a week to find everything needed to make it. Luckily some chickens and roosters did survive so they could have eggs and chicken along with a number of other animals. Either the clones thought killing humans were more fun or the animals were smart enough to hide from them some how.

“Doesn’t really matter to me what we watch just don’t get lost in the DVD room that‘s next to the living room.” Kara and Ma Kent created and filled that room with every DVD you could think of those two love watching movies together and at times dragged her into watching them from time to time. Some of the movies they made her watch what horror they were. That last one they made her watch was High School Music or something she couldn’t remember thankfully. If she had to watch that or anything like it again she’d go crazy.

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Karen wasn't very picky about which movie to watch. She could use the cybernetic parts of her brain to watch any move in the Justice League archives any time she wanted. In fact, while she was thinking about it, she managed to accidentally compile a list of situational preferences, cross referenced with her own individual emotional needs based on every movie available. The return answer took less than a microsecond to process.

"Based on an Algorithm I just wrote and programmed, the best movie for me to watch is Texas Chainsaw massacre. You know I can't remember -why- I liked horror movies, only that I did. I mean from a pyschoanalytical stand point I understand it, but I can't specifically remember, I guess those parts of my brain were removed or destroyed or damaged beyond recovery...err, sorry"

For a split second there, she really did start to sound like a robot, right down to the tone of voice lacking emotion.

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Sakkara stopped what she was doing not because of the way Karen was talking but because of her choice in movies. Of all the movies she could have picked it had to be something like that. “I’ll past on the movie.” She’s been trying to forget the past few years and didn’t want it brought back up again with a movie even though it was fake it didn’t matter to her. Horror movies were something everyone avoided watching. Everyone’s seen enough death to last a hundred life times. Everyone probably still has nightmares about it she did but it was mostly about losing Karen over and over again.

She didn’t say anything more just plated up the food before taking them to the table. Placing them down she turned around walking off to get a bottle of wine. She opened it and poured it into two glasses before setting them on the table before taking her seat. “You never stop to think of how bad an idea that would be did you?” she finally spoke up looking over at the blonde.

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When Sakkara reacted the way she did to the movie idea, karen became hurt and confused. She simply hadn't been able to process that it would upset Sakkara, so she just stared at her as she laid everything out and then sat down and continue to stare in silence. She is trying vigorously to figure out what she said or did wrong.

"I'm Sorry I guess I just...it didn't compute...literally.

She looks down at the food, she isn't hungry, she never is any more. Karen gets all the energy and nutrients she needs from the sun, so hunger never really was something required, it was a mental state, it was more about communion with her fellows, or romantic dates, or something like that. If she ate alone, it was for the sole purpose of seeming human while she was in her Karen Starr personna. That personna is all but dead now.

"We can watch something else. I'm sorry, I... I don't even know why you wouldn't want to watch it. I can't figure out what is wrong with it. It seems logical for me. I guess I'm more out of touch with my emotions than I thought..."

Then she starts eating, not because of a want, but out of propriety. It's the right thing to do, she asked sakkara to make her this meal, now she is going to eat it. After the first few bites, she starts to remember why this is her favorite food and why she ate food in the first place.

It's delicious!

"This is wonderful Sakkara, thank you so much!"

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“It’s because ever since this nightmare we’ve come to call life I’ve watched people die in such horrible ways. Every time I close my eyes I can see you being ripped apart. I don’t want to watch a movie about it even if it is fake. Not when I have to live with it everyday.” she hadn’t touched her food and was really fighting with herself over eating it or not. Since she was in her human from she was really hungry but she could change back and put an end to it. And that was starting to sound like a good idea right now.

After a few moments she pushed the thought down and began to eat the meal she had fixed. Karen was right it had turned out a lot better then she had thought it would. This being the first time she had actually made it. “Thanks, How about we watch a romance movie you suggested?” even though she thought romance movies were corny she’d watch it, it’d be a lot better then watching people get killed anything was better then that right now even Twilight but she would never admit it!

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Karen smiles a little bit. Though the smile is empty. She really is dead inside, or she feels like it right now. At other times so much emotion she is out of control. Swaths of rage and anger, blind reckless hatred or maddening sadness, will sapping depression. Only extremes, nothing in between.

"I need to get this under control Sakkara. I can't...feel anything right now. I can't...I don't even feel joy while looking at you. It's not like it was earlier when we were in the tub...I was normal then...Then there are times like this, where I can't feel anything, and other times where I'm out of control. I've killed people while I was like that...I don't know what I'm going to do. My databases are telling me that there isn't anything spiral can do, the diagnostics all check out, things should be functioning fine. It's almost like...I don't know...I'm cursed or something."

She takes another bite, the food is delicious, at least she can enjoy that much of this moment.

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Sakkara thought over what she had said she even stopped eating trying to come up with an answer give or something she didn’t know what to really say. It was strange they way she’s been acting “What if your diagnostics are wrong? What if Spiral did this to you? The woman isn’t all there maybe she did it as some sort of sick joke? She being forced to work for the Justice League maybe this is her way at getting back at them. Change you so much that no one will know how to bring you down then attack your mind with out you even realizing it. You‘ll be her own personal destroyer.”

“I’m not trying to make you feel bad about what you are or hate it I’m grateful she did do it and brought you back to me I just think she might be up to something sinister. I don’t want you to end up getting used by that woman.” If Spiral really was up to something and planned on using Karen for it she really didn’t know what could be done to stop it other then going and finding the six armed woman and force her to fix then rip a few of her arms off. As a reminder not to do something like this again with someone else.

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Karen continues to eat as she listens, she supposed it could be a possibility, there were a few technical geniuses in the world who she could turn to, people she used to be able to trust. Some of them may be dead though.

"That is one of many possibilities I have considered. Another is that I'm just a clone with a comprehensive database of fabricated memories. We will never know. I remember what the clones did to me the day I went after them Sakkara. No one would have survived that, superman didn't and neither did I...I'm probably not the real karen starr."

She drops her fork and clenches her hand into a fist, the percussion of her insanely powerful fingers clenching against her palm actually causes the plate and table to rumble. A sudden rush of apparent emotion fills her face with a mixture of anger and sadness. Her eyes wetten as if she may begin to cry, but none of the tears fall.

"That makes sense, right? I mean, Maxwell lord had no problems cloning me. Maybe I should track that bitch Divine down and make her tell me if I'm a clone or not. She probably helped spiral clone me for all I know. I'll kill her for that."

Powergirl slams her hand down on the table hard enough to cause it to explode into a thousand pieces, then she disappears in a blur of movement. Sakkara's not fast enough to stop her, but Sakkara can teleport, and she can probably also communicate telepathically.

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“Clark didn’t because he didn’t have a six armed psycho save him. They took him apart before anyone could save him. She could have ran those things off some how before she picked you up.” She really wished she knew why Spiral had done this what her motive was. Was she really going to use Karen for her own personal weapon? Or something else. Maybe Mojo had a hand in this even though she’s never seen any signs of him being around. Hard to miss a huge ugly alien robot thing like him.

“KAREN!“ She put her arms up just as the table exploded getting chunks of wood stuck in her arms and stomach nothing she couldn’t remove later. She managed to pull a few out before she went after her wife. Teleporting in front of her “Will you wait? Divine hasn’t done anything. I’ve kept an eye on her for years she lives alone she doesn’t even like being around people why would she go and help Spiral? That woman has nothing she would want. And Divine would have killed her if she had threaten her into trying to get her to help create a clone of you.”

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When Sakkara appears infront of Karen she stops dead in her tracks, leaving a concussion of wind to explode around her as she does, the shockwaves from her sudden stop radiate out into the dark of night, she clenches her fists, and her eyes open up with a blast of electric blue laser eye vision, but not at Sakkara, at nothing and no one, into the open sky. It lights the sky up partially for a second, then Karen screams an undistinguishable curse and then slumps.

"You're right, I... I don't know what ever came over me, I wouldn't want to hurt divine any way..you're right, she is harmless, she's actually a nice person...nicer than I am now at least."

She floats closer to Sakkara and puts her arms out for a hug...hopefully sakkara wont reject her, she knows what she just did was almost unforgivable. It was entirely uncalled for.

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Sakkara floated there in front of Karen using her wings to keep her air born as she stood there watching her wife not moving from where she was. She would have moved if Karen was going to attack but she didn’t “I wouldn’t say nice more like a grumpy you 24/7 she just needs a friend or pet.” pet would probably be better she couldn’t see Divine being much of a people person. It would probably be a lot of awkwardness.

Sakkara wasn’t happy with what Karen was about to do but she couldn’t just out right reject her. In the state of mind she’s in it could end up being very bad. She moved in to hug her wife and kiss her on the temple “I know a movie we can watch and you can play with your gift while we watch the movie.” Hopefully both of them will put her in a better state of mind and not set her off.

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Karen just holds Sakkara there for a second, she kisses her back then lays her head on the womans shoulder, she wraps both arms around her and stays there, floating gently in the air, she has tears in her eyes but she is not crying furiously.

Presumably Sakkara will teleport them back. When they get back, PG' sees the bloody wood chips on the ground from the pain she inflicted on Sakkara and her face contorts into a wicked frown, eye brows drooped, she looks at Sakkara, she's in her angel form now, so all the damage has healed.

"I'm sorry I hurt you love...Yes lets...watch a movie and just relax, I'm so sorry...for everything."

Yes Karen is in sad shape, but was Sakkara any different when PG first found her? She wasn't as unstable or dangerous, but she was still an emotional wreck, at least PG lets it out, she would truely become a monster if she kept it bottled up.

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“It’s alright I’m fine.” she moved Karen over to the couch and sat her down before she headed off to their bedroom and came back with what looked like a makeup-case but it wasn’t it was full of different colored nail polish. It was going to be a gift for Kara for her birthday but after finding out Karen was alive she decided to give it to her she could always get Kara something else for her birthday she still had more then enough time to find something for the young girl.

She then walked into another room next to the living room and came back with a movie it was a silly kids movie called Hoodwinked. Sometimes you had to watch a silly kids movie to laugh and feel better. And Granny was awesome Sakkara will admit it. She popped in the DVD then took a seat next to Karen she had a feeling before the movie was over with she’d have painted nails. “I hope you like your gift.”

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Karen had actually forgotten about nail painting. She hadn't done it in so long. She bites her lip and begins to tear up again, but this time in joy. She squeels with excitement, and then hugs sakkara, she has this girlish joyful look on her face, she immediately sets about painting her own nails, which are not painted, she starts with her fingernails.

"Oh god Sakkara you are the best, you really are. I love you so much, thank you baby, thank you so much, I am going to get lost in nail polish now."

She could sit there all day just painting, cleaning and repainting her nails. And yes, she is definitely going to paint Sakkara's nails. She'll try and watch the movie, but her focus will undoubtably be on the girlish behavior she has literally forgotten about and will now rediscover.