If you missed earlier chapters, they're all available via a handy TOC, thanks to LabRat and Mike M. Chapter 25 will be posted Tuesday morning.

I really appreciate all the comments! What do you think of this chapter?

Oh my God! Definitely Internet is viral. Once a rumor gets in, it'll spread around the world with no stop.

Poor Kara! I think she's about to face a real stressing scenery.

Great part!

Poor, poor, Kara. Here she is trying to help, so it has become everyone else's job to try to out her for doing these good deeds so she will no longer be available to help. I'm sure they will then blame her when she cannot help out of fear for Emily and Caitlin's lives.

for Debbie for her subtle commentary on why Twitter and Facebook and other social networking (gossip) sites are ruining life in America (possibly the world, but mostly life in the USA). Gossip has taken over and become the norm with no thought on whose life it might ruin. /Currently, as I re-read Pride and Prejudice, I know that gossip and its ill-affects are hardly a new plague upon society./

I hope Kara, et al, will find a way to discredit the reports and divert attention elsewhere. Because I cannot see Lois and Clark being very happy campers should they arrive and find Kara hounded to death. While Clark might be able to control his temper, Lois will not and the people of this dimension are in for a serious lickin'.

Also, no thought is being given (by the gossips) to what negative impact of such exposure might have on someone with so much power and little experience to control it. Too much negativity might cause her to react badly in order to save herself or someone else, causing her to accidentally hurt someone else... thus, turning her from a power of good into (what everyone will suspect) a power of bad.

For your excellent mastery in crafting this story, Debbie. Can't wait to see where you take it from here. I wonder what happened to Lois and Clark and where they ended up with Tempus's bad directions.

Fun part. I hope you are planning to allow the NSA to join the protection team. They could totally mess up folks posts and accounts. I can see them swapping in Photoshopped versions of many posts about Kara.Distorting photos of Supergirl and Kara both to spread confusion.

As to the media coverage, I'd love to see massive backlash from the town towards the media. A version of the family insider rule, hopefully. (ie I can speak bad about my sister, she'd my sister but if you speak bad about her I will leap to her defense)

VirginiaR: That's the reason why I do not use Facebook, Twitter or any of those other sites. Life is meant to be lived! Not gossiped about!!!

You and me both! THIS is my social networking site.

I had to laugh at this. In one of her versions, Supergirl was a shapeshifter.

Andreia

I am wondering how long before Emily begins to think about removing Kara from school? I mean the environment has basically gotten hostile for her and while she can handle the physical stuff the mental impact cannot be minimized. I suspect their "handlers" will present this as an option shortly as they really do seem to have the family's best interest as their primary focus, probably the Secret Service orientation of protection first. Of course this would impact Kara's relationship with her new friends...

As has been stated before this makes it crystal clear why Lois and Clark always insisted on the kids reaching their 18th birthday before they began making their 'Super' debut in other fan fiction. They would be be able to handle the emotional aspects of the responsibility.


Mike

Thanks for the comments!

I actually kind of like Twitter. If you're careful whom you follow, it's a good way to keep up with some interesting people. Of course, not everyone uses it that way.

I try to avoid Facebook, but I have a lot of friends and family who use it, so once every week or so I look in to see if there's any news from them.

Tomorrow morning is going to be very busy, so I may not get to post Chapter 25 until evening.

[large sigh] What you're suppose to say is "Tomorrow morning is going to be very busy so I'll be posting Chapter 25 tonight."

This is the scary part about celebrity. With social media and the internet these days, nothing is private. Nothing.