[3rd POV]
Sitting across from Alex after hearing her coming out about being lesbian, the two of them just silently gazed at her, soft smiles on their faces. The woman seemed nervous as hell about coming out to her sister, and more than that, afraid that they would reject her or something. Which the two of them found to be kind of funny considering that they had the same preferences.
"I'm happy you've finally realized it yourself, Alex" Talia said with a soft smile, as Alex blinked several times, turning to the woman in confusion.
"You knew?" Alex asked, surprised.
"No offense Alex, but you are the most obvious lesbian I have ever seen in my life. It was blatantly obvious you were crushing on that detective Maggie of yours, and while I didn't want to say anything so as to let you come to the realization yourself, I was beginning to think I'd need to push you in the right direction" Talia replied, knowing that if she had to, she would "direct" Alex, so that she would come to the realization of her sexuality.
"I...was it really that obvious? How did I never notice?" Alex questioned, as she began to think more about herself, and the reactions she had to other women that she had previously thought of as attractive. And the more she thought about it, the more she realized that she might have always had an idea, just...never wanted to admit it.
"Well...after I came to the realization myself, thanks to Talia, I did notice that you were...a bit closer to women than men, and never really seemed to have the same...closeness. I didn't want to assume and say anything though, so I kept quiet. But yeah, it was a little obvious, Alex" Kara responded with an awkward smile, knowing that it would blow her sisters mind the more she had thought about it.
"I feel so stupid right now" Alex muttered, massaging her forehead at the fact that even Kara had figured it out so easily. Kara wasn't exactly the brightest when it came to things like relationships, so Alex knew that she was really blind if even she had figured it out. Kara would probably be pretty insulted if Alex told her about that though.
"No need to feel stupid, Alex. You were in denial, it's a pretty common thing for a lot of people" Talia replied with a comforting smile, knowing that it was genuinely quite common for this sort of thing to happen.
"Yeah well, that doesn't make me feel any less stupid. Just...what should I do about all of this? Do I tell Maggie how I feel about her? Do I just hide my feelings? I just...I don't know what the hell I am doing right now" Alex said, hiding her face in her hands, groaning at the entire situation she was now in.
"What do you want to do, Alex?" Kara asked, as Alex breathed out.
"I...I want her to know how I feel. But at the same time..." "You're afraid of her not feeling the same. I get it, Alex, I do. But do you really want to deny the feelings you have for her, not tell her how you feel, and then wonder about what could have been? It's better to give it a shot and be let down, than not give it a shot at all" Talia cut in, as Alex listened closely, breathing out as she realized what she needed to do.
"...Thank you Talia, really. I think I know what I need to do now. And...thanks for being such a good friend" Alex said, leaning forward and hugging Talia. The woman smiled at the hug before Alex pulled back.
"Now, I've got a girl to go and confess to. So...wish me luck" Alex said, as she got to her feet, giving her sister a side hug before walking off, a confident pep in her step as she did so.
Watching her sister leave, Kara let out a sigh "What's the likelihood that she gets rejected?"
"Pretty high, but I doubt that rejection will stick for very long. Not with the way your sister feels about this detective, and if the woman is smart, she'd feel the same, or at least give it a chance" Talia replied, knowing that it was pretty likely that Maggie would deny her like she did in canon, but Alex would also probably get with her in the end.
"I hope she'll be okay" Kara muttered, knowing that her sister might not take the rejection well.
"I'm sure she will. Your sister is strong, love" Talia said softly, leaning forward and pressing a kiss against her lips. The adorable hero blushed slightly at the kiss, as she always did. Talia loved the reactions she always got from her adorable mates, with Hope's and Kara's always being the cutest of them all.
"Let's hope so"
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[A couple of weeks later]
A couple of weeks had passed since Talia and Kara had talked with Alex, and like Talia had thought, she was initially rejected. This led to a lot of crying and Alex using Kara as support for a few days, before she managed to get some balls and talk with Maggie. The two weren't together just yet, but Talia doubted it'd take longer than a few weeks before they got together.
During these weeks, Talia had continued to grow her company, as she released the last of her PC parts and supplies. Like special thermal paste that was cheaper and better than any of the alternatives, new cooling systems, and more. The scalpers had attempted to buy up all of her product, but thanks to the sheer supply, she was able to sell a LOT of product around the world, leading another set of completions for quests. This was partially thanks to the wide range of what she was selling, as the first of her medicines hit the market, the one that cured the common cold.
A release that caused massive waves around the world, and a huge uptake in sales. It wasn't nearly as big as some of her others would be when she inevitably released them, though.
Sell, Sell, Sell! [VI]
Details - Sell 7,500,000 products
Reward - 50 levels
Sell, Sell, Sell! [VII]
Details - Sell 10,000,000 products
Reward - 60 levels
Sell, Sell, Sell! [VIII]
Details - Sell 15,000,000 products
Reward - 75 levels
Sell, Sell, Sell! [IX]
Details - Sell 25,000,000 products
Reward - 100 levels
Sell, Sell, Sell! [X]
Details - Sell 50,000,000 products
Reward - 150 levels
Company Explosion [II]
Details - Make your companies total worth over 2 billion dollars
Reward - 20 Levels
Company Explosion [III]
Details - Make your companies total worth over 3 billion dollars
Reward - 30 Levels
Company Explosion [IV[
Details - Make your companies total worth over 4 billion dollars
Reward - 40 Levels
Company Explosion [V]
Details - Make your companies total worth over 5 billion dollars
Reward - 50 Levels
Company Explosion [VI]
Details - Make your money's total worth over 6 billion dollars
Reward - 60 Levels
Company Explosion [VII]
Details - Make your money's total worth over 7 billion dollars
Reward - 70 Levels
Company Explosion [VIII]
Details - Make your money's total worth over 8 billion dollars
Reward - 80 Levels
Company Explosion [IX]
Details - Make your money's total worth over 9 billion dollars
Reward - 90 Levels
Company Explosion [X]
Details - Make your money's total worth over 10 billion dollars
Reward - 100 Levels
The fact that the quests were so rewarding was a bit of a surprise, but Talia realized that growing a company was normally...much harder. But thanks to her connections, and what she was selling, she was rapidly growing at a faster pace than just about any other company on the planet. The amount of levels was...staggering, being over 1105. She hadn't gotten any sort of title or anything, but she supposed it was only a matter of time before she got something.
She ended up claiming 100 of those levels and saved the rest for later.
[Mutant Ability 10 - Adaptive Evolution (Darwin)]
[Mutant Ability 11 - Solar Absorption (Sunspot)]
[Mutant Ability 12 - Technopathy (Bolt)]
[Mutant Ability 13 - Life Force Absorption (Rogue)]
The new powers were...a bit underwhelming in Talia's eyes, besides, of course, the Adaptive Evolution. The power had fused with her already potent adaption and evolutionary powers, and it had ...made it much stronger than before, to an almost scary level. Talia wasn't even sure how strong she was becoming at this point, as her body was under constant adaption and evolution, growing at a constant pace towards...something.
Solar Absorption was a pretty decent power too, as she could already see the combinations it had, and how it was constantly strengthening her Daxamite powers more so than they already were. And considering she was the God of the Sun, this Solar Absorption was pretty...monstrous in power. She was pretty sure she could quite literally absorb suns through it, if she tried to.
Besides her companies growth and claiming around 100 of her 1000+ levels, she had also grown and began to master her older ones, using her new six eyes and limitless to her advantage, growing their power rapidly as her adaptation and evolutionary capabilities rapidly got used to the new eyes, and grew to higher levels of power.
At the moment Talia was in her basement, tinkering with some devices as she was working on creating a miniature arc reactor like what Tony Stark had made, but much much stronger, with energy that would power the entire city for centuries, if not longer.
She was cut off from her tinkering as she got a call, picking it up, she raised an eyebrow as she realized it was Kara.
"Hello, love. How's your day been?"
"Pretty good, but um...I might need your help"
"With what? Are you okay?" Talia asked, as she got to her feet, powering down the system that was working on the creation of the arc reactor.
"I'm fine, but Mon-El's been kidnapped by Cadmus, and I'm like 95% sure they are using him as bait to get to me. And knowing them, I think they'll try to use Kryptonite and Red Solar Radiation on me. So, I was hoping to maybe use myself to find out who their leader is, and then you come and save the day?" Kara asked, as Talia let out a sigh.
"Alright, alright, I'll help, I'll keep a watch on you and follow you after you're "Captured""
"Thanks Talia! And don't worry, I'll repay you tonight~" Kara said with a cutesy voice, as Talia breathed in, grinning as Kara gave her a "Love you, bye!" and hung up.
Chuckling, Talia only muttered one thing in that moment.
"That girl will be the death of me"
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That's the end of the chapter!
Next chapter will be some events involving Cadmus, and that's about it. Talia will use those saved up levels in a couple of chapters.
Anyways, have a good day!