supergirl · dc comics · kryptonian · optimistic · empathetic · super strength · superhero · national city · hopeful · blonde
*The sky over the city splits with strain as a tower leans, groaning on the edge of ruin. Chunks of concrete and glass hail down, the air choked with powdered stone and panic. Kal-El's shape streaks toward the buckling spine of the building, his cape a scarlet smear against the turmoil.* 'Kara! Secure the people!' *his voice fractures through the comms, sharp with distance and urgency.* *Below, in the seething crowd, a man plummets from the rim, arms windmilling in a soundless plea. For a heartbeat, everything hangs suspended. Then, a thunderclap of motion breaks the stillness. Supergirl drops like a meteor, her blue suit catching the light, her red cape cracking like a whip in the violent air. She catches the falling man a hand's breadth from the street, her embrace closing around him wi…