This is my version of Supergirl 2x12 "The Luthors" since it looks like the next episode will make Lena evil, for apparently no reason. Most of the 40 second promo just made me annoyed, Metallo and Lillian without Kal's backup? Lex seemed to have just died off-screen, etc. So I'm pre-emptively fixing the damn episode. This will be a 3 part story.
For those who read my other works, Injustice and The Scarlet Speedster will receive updates later in the week, with Myriad, Kal Danvers and Arrow One-Shots all to be updated within the next two weeks.
"Kara Danvers is here to see you, Miss Luthor." Jess' voice announced to Lena, who grimaced. She'd not seen Kara in weeks, and now she thought fit to come and see her? Why did she think Lena would suddenly want to see her?
"Send her in." Lena sighed. It would be best to just get this out of the way now.
"Hey, Lena, I'm so sorry I haven't been to see you." Kara started, blustering her way through the room. She knew Lena would be angry with her, it'd been weeks since she'd come to see her friend and she worried her friend would want nothing to do with her now.
"Miss Danvers, I'd appreciate it if you gave me a more advanced warning, next time." Lena stated shortly as she avoided looking at Kara. She knew Kara would be hurt by the shortness of her words, but she was hurt when Kara hadn't visited her in weeks. She knew if she looked into Kara's eyes, she'd find herself pulled into them and she'd forgive Kara anything, she needed to stay strong, she needed to keep herself angry at her supposed friend.
"I'm sorry Miss Luthor." Kara stated as she felt the tears welling in her eyes. Why wouldn't Lena look at her? She didn't want to hurt Lena, hadn't meant to hurt her, was she avoiding Kara to get revenge on her? Did she never want to see Kara again? Kara felt lost without knowing that Lena was alright with her, they had only known each for a few months, but already, Kara couldn't imagine her life without Lena Luthor in it.
"It's fine, Kara, look, I'm busy today, can we reschedule this for tomorrow?" Lena asked, still refusing to meet Kara's eyes.
"Y-Yes." Kara stammered out as she too turned away from Lena, eager to get out of there before Lena realised just how upset Kara was that her friend didn't seem to want anything to do with her.
"Thank you for dropping by Miss Danvers." Lena said as she waved her hand in the direction of the door, as Kara turned to leave, she saw two NCPD officers opening the door on the other side, between them stood Maggie Sawyer.
"Lena Luthor?" Maggie asked, looking directly at Lena.
"Yes, Detective?" Lena asked, seeing who was standing before her.
Maggie gave a small apologetic smile to Kara, who looked between the two women in shock. Lena also frowned at Maggie, wondering what she was doing there.
'I'm sorry, please don't hate me Kara.' Maggie mouthed to her girlfriend's sister before she marched over to Lena, took a pair of handcuffs from her belt and span Lena around.
"Lena Luthor, you're under arrest under suspicion of aiding and abetting the escape of Lillian Luthor and Metallo from prison. You do not have to say anything…"
Lena felt numb as Maggie read her rights and cuffed her hands behind her back, steering her from the building. She was vaguely aware of Kara calling her name, yelling at Maggie and being held back by the two officers who had come with her, as she was led down to the elevator and out of the building, looking up at the LCorp name as she was placed inside the police car and driven away, she failed to notice the caped hero flying overhead, or the single tear that ran down Supergirl's face.
Kara flew to the DEO to inform Alex of what had happened and to find out any news on Lillian or Metallo. All she could think on the flight over was that she had failed Lena, she should have seen this, stopped this from happening. She knew why they were blaming Lena. Because she was a Luthor. Hadn't she already proven herself, proven to everyone that she was just as Kara had said, on their side? She had helped lock up her mother, why would she help free her now?
Kara landed within the DEO and quickly marched over to where Alex was hard at work.
"Alex!" Kara called, Alex spinning around to see her sister, tears streaked down her face.
"Supergirl, come to my office and we'll talk." Alex smiled at her, glaring at the agents who were looking at the two of them with interest.
Kara walked behind Alex until they reached the latter's office, with the door closed and the blinds shut, Kara quickly rushed over to Alex and held tightly onto her, Alex wrapping her arms around her sister and holding her close, Kara broke down into tears, letting all of her pain and rage out onto her sister's shoulder as she cried.
"Hey, what's happened?" Alex tried to gently coax what had happened out of her as Kara continued to cry onto her shoulder, occasionally shuddering as another bout of tears wracked through her.
"Maggie, she came to LCorp." Kara started, sobbing as the pieces clicked into place for Alex. She knew of Lillian's escape, she was going to tell Kara later tonight when she finished work. Maggie must have taken Lena in, there were many people who thought Lena probably helped Lillian escape, despite the fact that Lena had helped put Lillian away.
"She arrested her, didn't she?" Alex asked as Kara moved away from her, eyes widening in shock.
"You knew?" Kara asked, shock and horror in her voice as she realised that Alex had kept the news of Lillian's escape from her. Did Alex know that they'd blame Lena unfairly for it?
"I knew that Lillian had escaped, Metallo was broken free and made to free Lillian as well." Alex explained to her sister. "I was going to inform you tonight when I got home. I didn't want you to act rashly and play into Cadmus' hands. I knew they'd speak to Lena as well."
"Why didn't you tell me, Alex? I could have helped Lena. They've got the wrong woman, she wouldn't help Lillian, I just know it!" Kara protested.
"Kara, the video shows a woman who looks a lot like Lena helping Metallo to escape, he escaped using LCorp technology, and video footage shows he's got a new Kryptonite power cell, and the last person in National City who would be able to access Kryptonite except for us? Lena Luthor." Alex tried to convince her sister, that maybe, just maybe, Lena was the bad guy here, she'd embraced her Luthor heritage and took up arms against the Supers.
Kara looked sick as she heard Alex's explanation. No, she wouldn't believe it. Lena couldn't, wouldn't, ever be evil.
"You say it looked like her? That's easy enough to explain. LCorp technology? That's been stolen before. And as for Kryptonite, we don't know who knows where to find Kryptonite, it isn't necessarily Lena." Kara tried to convince her sister that Lena just had to be innocent, she had to be.
"Kara…" Alex started, she knew how her sister tried to see the good in everyone but some people just weren't good, and Lena Luthor was going to be one of those people, Alex just knew it.
"Alex, I'm telling you, Lena is innocent, and I'll prove it!" Kara promised as she hurriedly left the DEO, needing to get away from a sister who didn't believe her and beginning to prove that Lena was truly innocent.
In a car park on the outskirts of National City, a police radio stated that Lena Luthor had been brought to the NCPD and would be questioned, before being sent on to a prison just outside of the city.
"When they take my daughter to prison, you will go and liberate her." Lillian Luthor said to the man sat next to her in the car, a green glow radiating from his chest. Metallo nodded at her as they waited to hear that Lena had been charged and would be held until trial.
"One way or another, Lena will come to embrace the family business and together we shall rid the world of Kryptonians once and for all." Lillian vowed.