This story takes place in a literary Arrowverse I created that started with my fic titled "The League". Some things in the show lore may not be the same for the sake of the story, for example Supergirl exists on Earth-1 in these stories. Certain things mentioned or events referenced you don't recognize may have happened in previous stories in my Arrowverse. You DO NOT need to read any other story to understand what is happening here.
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The League: Come the Conqueror
Supergirl I
Somewhere outside National City
The hallway was dark, lit only by small bluish light that pulsed every few seconds. The bluish light was cast by some strange and alien machinery that seemed to line the entire hallway as far as the eye could see.
The structure itself was also alien in nature, the architectural design work being beyond anything currently seen on all of Earth. It was quiet throughout and only the occasional footstep was heard by some unseen passerby.
Then a spark appeared in the hall. Quickly at first, then vanishing and reappearing. Finally the spark burst forth and spread out into a bright yellowish white portal through which five figures stepped through.
They all looked around, assessing the situation and seeming to find it to their liking. "Amazing…" one of them muttered as he touched the wall beside them, "…Ginuwine Kryptonian design…"
"Careful, Lord," one of the figures warned. He was clearly older than the others, with fine wrinkles and white hair but moved with a youthful grace and vigor. He almost seemed as if he wasn't old at all. "Who knows what their technology can do."
Maxwell Lord stopped admiring the wall and looked at the man who had warned him. "Sound advice," he remarked.
"Faust is right," a third spoke up, pointing at the older man who had warned Lord. "We don't know what we're walking into right now. Supergirl alone is a problem. I've faced her but she's-"
"Supergirl without the pathetic moral compass and shortsightedness?" The fourth raised an eyebrow, gazing at Felix Faust, Maxwell Lord and the other two men with him. "She is exactly what we need. After all I've shown you, you still doubt our power, Thawne?"
Eobard Thawne glared. "You've shown me a great many things and your reach extends all over the world but we are talking about beings from space. Beings with godlike powers and their own agenda." He looked to the other figure. "Merlyn, you can't think this is the best approach."
"I won't tell you again, Thawne. My name is Ra's Al Ghul," was the cold reply Thawne received from the robed League of Assassins leader. "This is not the time nor place for such discussion. Your eyes have only recently been opened so we'll forgive your questioning."
"You'll forgive?" Thawne's face twisted. "Don't think-"
"Enough." Vandal Savage brushed his shoulders off. "Follow me."
Savage turned on his heels and began stalking down through the hallway with his arms folded behind his back. He knew no fear, only the undying drive to obtain more power. This would be his ultimate test. Up until this point Savage had thought he'd met and negotiated with every being he could imagine on this world.
Even now he was surrounded by some of the most powerful men in the world. An immortal master of the mystical arts, the immortal leader of the greatest killers on the planet, a time traveling speedster, and one of the wealthiest and most intelligent men on the planet. Together they would be the ones to shape the very future of this world.
Savage had been alive for more years then he could count if he cared to try. He'd seen empires rise and fall, Kings and Queens beheaded and children slaughtered by the droves. Each dynasty that rose he found his way into it and secured his place among them. Gaining wealth, power and influence throughout the ages. He'd thought he'd seen it all until the rise of the meta-humans.
Everything had changed from that point for Savage. With vigilantes like Green Arrow, meta-humans and aliens policing the streets of America, Savage knew it was only a matter of time before it began happening in the rest of the world. He needed to secure his hold on all things while the shift to the new norm happened if he was to weather the changes.
That mind state had led him to align himself with the then newly crowned Ra's Al Ghul and the rest was history. History that had led him to this point.
Through much cost and effort they had discovered the location of someone who would either become a powerful ally or a powerful enemy. Either way, for his grip to be firm on this world Savage had no choice. There were always others who were out there vying for power just as he was and most were insignificant, unworthy of notice.
She was not one of those people.
Savage rounded the corner and walked right into the control room of Astra Zor-El's secret base.
The room itself was dark like the rest of the ship save for the pulsing blue lights that was given off by the Kryptonian's technology. Astra was standing in the middle of the room looking down at a bright display with words none of them could read. A man was with her, not part of Savage's plan. He'd have preferred it if she'd been alone. They could handle one Kryptonian, but two?
Astra looked up and her eyes widened. "How did you get in here?!" she demanded and walked toward them with fists balled. The man flew over the display and landed in front of Savage.
"I believe my wife asked you a question." He stared into Savage's eyes as if searching for something. If it was fear he was looking for he'd find none.
"We have our ways," Savage said simply while taking a few steps back from the man. 'Husband?' Savage thought. 'Not part of the plan.' But it wasn't something that couldn't be worked around. Two Kryptonian allies was better than one. This situation was still salvageable.
"You have one minute before we kill you all." Astra reached for Savage but he easily dodged.
"We did not come here to fight," Savage said simply. "We came to talk. I believe you've received our invitations." Savage motioned to an envelope that was sitting near the display Astra and the man had just been near.
"So you're the one's that sent that? How did you find us? Or even know where to look?" The man folded his arms. He had a confident air about him and it was clear he wasn't feeling threatened by Savage and the others but more so curious.
"Indeed we are." Maxwell Lord walked up to stand next to Vandal Savage.
"I know you," Astra pointed at Lord. "I've seen you on the televisions of National City. Maxwell Lord."
Lord smiled a little and held out his hands like he was a star. "Here in the flesh," he joked.
"And why is that again?" Astra's husband interjected.
"This is my husband and second-in-command, Non." Astra motioned to him. "And I suggest you answer his questions."
"We're here because we know you two have an agenda for how you see the world," Savage began. "As do we." He motioned to his companions. "Instead of waiting until our two agendas possibly collide we thought it best if enlightened individuals such as ourselves spoke and sought out a mutually beneficial arrangement."
Astra looked intrigued while Non quickly waved his hand. "Why would we need anything from you, human? And why should we care about any agenda you or any other humans have?"
Savage and the others all stared at Non and when Astra said nothing Savage replied, "We did not come here to make enemies."
"For curiosity's sake, what would you have of us, human?" Non mocked.
"Join with us. Together we'll shape the very foundation of dynasties for the next millennia." Savage smiled.
"Millennia?" Non laughed and looked at Astra. "You humans don't even live that long."
"We are not like any you've come across before," Felix Faust croaked in an annoyed tone. "And I would appreciate if you cut out the childish insults. My associate did say this was to be a meeting of the enlightened. I'm beginning to suspect if your presence is a front to that statement."
Non started to walk forward but was shocked when Astra reached out and stopped him quietly. "We thank you for your time and offer but we have no interest in being your associates." She looked at Non who had begun smiling. "Nor enemies." This wiped the premature smirk from her husband's face.
"Very well." Savage bowed a little. "Faust, if you don't mind."
Felix Faust waved his hand and muttered a quick incantation. There was a pop sound and the five men were gone from the Kryptonian vessel and back in their meeting room.
"That could have gone better," Maxwell Lord muttered while pouring a drink.
"How did we not know about the husband?" Ra's Al Ghul asked nobody in particular.
"It doesn't matter," Vandal Savage interrupted them. "None of it. She will join the Light."
"You heard her, Savage." Eobard Thawne, who had remained deathly silent and on edge the entire time finally spoke up. "How do you plan to get her to join us?"
Savage took a sip from a drink he'd made. "We'll have to handle this the old fashioned way." He pulled one of his daggers from his coat and examined it. It was ancient with Egyptian designs all down the handle. The blade looked unlike any metal ever forged. "We kill Non."
National City
"C'mon, Billy!" a sweet female voice called out with a little giggle. "Stop it! Someone might see us!"
"I know…" came the deep and seductive voice of a man.
The two young adults were tucked away down a shaded alleyway of a downtown hotel. The traffic down here was minimal but people and cars could be seen passing by both ends of the alleyway.
"Billy…" but this time she didn't tell him to stop.
He kissed her neck and she heard an electrical sound behind him. Opening her eyes she saw white and blue sparks flickering.
"Billy!" she patted his back several times. "What the hell is that?!"
"It's nothing babe…" Billy stopped kissing her and looked behind him just as the white and blue sparks coalesced and formed a man-sized swirling hole. "Run, Veronica! Run!"
The hole flickered once, twice, and then vanished but Billy and Veronica were gone by then.
Five men wearing long dirty brown trench coats walked across the street. Their heads were covered by hats or beanies and they were all wearing dark sunglasses. Nobody paid them any mind however as it was cold today so the men walked easily into the large bank and right up to the first security guard.
One of the men pushed his trench coat back and produced a long alien looking weapon. He pulled the trigger and the security guard turned into ash.
"Hands up!"
The other four had continued walking and one produced a similar weapon and turned another security guard into ash.
A third man opened fire on the wood and bulletproof glass that protected the bank workers opening a path for them to get behind and into the vaults.
"Get down! Now! You see what these things can do!" Three men began to herd the people and bankers together while the other two went for the vault in the back. It took them seconds to blast through the defenses with the alien guns and they were soon loading trash bags with money. They each filled two hefty bags and then headed back out into the bank.
Their friends were tied up on the floor and Supergirl was standing there with an angry look on her face. "Really?" She sounded annoyed.
The two dropped the money and both fired at Supergirl. The shots hit her but didn't turn her into ash. She was flung backward and through the doors of the bank. The two men left the money and started to run but Supergirl flew back in and lifted them both by the back of their coats.
"What the-"
She slammed them down on their backs hard enough to knock them both unconscious then melted one of the guns like she'd done the others. She picked the last one up and waved to a few people.
"Sorry about the door," she said to the bank employees and she flew out and up into the sky. She touched her earpiece. "This is Supergirl. Bank things done. They had some alien weapons but I took care of it."
"Did you manage to salvage any of the tech?" Jon asked her from the D.E.O. headquarters.
"Yep. Bringing it in now."
"See you soon. Base out."
Kara flew up into the sky more until the city was just lights below. She came up here when she needed to be alone and think. Now was one of those times. It had been almost three months since she'd broken up with Barry and hadn't spoken to him since that day in Star Labs. Barry had just defeated three evil speedsters and was recovering. At first, Kara had thought he was just being a man and not asking for her help but she'd learned it had been more.
Barry had admitted to things Kara could forgive with time but the trust was gone. They were still so new and without trust…
She floated for a while, wondering how he was doing and what he was doing. She did this less and less as time went on and that was a good sign for her but for now she had to go through the motions before being able to fully move on.
Kara inhaled the fresh air deep into her lungs and then exhaled, symbolic of releasing the stress from herself. With a small smile she took off back towards National City.
Cat Grant walked with her usual poise and swagger, passing by the cubicles of her employees and ignoring most of them until she reached the desk of Winslow Schott Jr where, by chance, James Olsen was currently standing.
"I hope you both enjoyed your break because it's back to work." She smiled and took off her sunglasses.
"Miss Grant," Jimmy greeted her.
"How's it going?" Winn tried sounding cool and from the stale look Cat gave him he knew he failed. While she could still be one hell of an ice queen at times the three of them had grown closer after what had happened when the Legion waged war against the League.
"I'm fine, Winslow. Thank you for asking," Cat replied while folding up her glasses. "Now, James, I'd like to hear what you've got for me in my office."
She started to leave but Jimmy said, "Actually, Miss Grant, it'd be easier if you let me show you from Winn's desk." He motioned to Winn's computer screen.
Cat walked over, glanced for a second and sighed. "What am I even looking at, James?"
"Well, for the past few days there's been an increasing number of reports flooding in all emergency lines about white and blue holes sparking up all over National City." Jimmy told her and then pointed at the screen. "Winn here sort of set up some kind of system-"
"A system?" Cat interrupted Jimmy and glared at Winn.
"Ah, yeah, just a little algorithm to track otherworldly energy signatures…" Winn was about to continue talking when the stare from Cat Grant shut him up. "…is everything ok?"
"You know how to do that sort of thing?" she asked.
"Yeah, I know a little about computers and stuff…" Winn was visibly uncomfortable.
"Interesting. So…continue…" Cat flicked her hand at the computer.
"So, um, yeah…Winn and I decided to see if there was some validity to these claims-"
"And?" Cat interrupted Jimmy again.
"And," Jimmy continued like it didn't happen. "There is. Now all we have to do is get some actual proof of some kind and we can run the story."
"Is anybody else on this?" Cat asked.
"Nobody yet. My source at the police station says it's being kept quiet and when we searched the web we found nothing but a few internet posts and random blogs. No major publication has a whiff of this yet," Jimmy reported.
"Good." Cat started walking away from them and towards her office. When she reached the door she turned back to Jimmy and Winn who were just staring at her. "Well? What are you waiting for? Get out there and get that proof!"
Jimmy and Winn both got up and started moving but then Winn remembered he was a desk worker and sat back down.
"And where's Kyra?!"
Alex, J'onn and Kara all stood in the D.E.O. investigations room while they scanned the weapon Kara had brought back to them. "It'll take time to identify, sir," the worker informed Jon.
J'onn nodded. "Keep me informed," he told the man and then turned to leave. "This is just another in a recent string of robberies involving alien tech of some kind."
"Where are the weapons coming from?" Kara asked.
"No idea yet but whatever that is can wait. We've got a serious matter."
"What's going on?" Kara asked her sister.
"Some kind of portals have been opening all over the city," Alex replied.
"Portals?" Kara followed Alex and J'onn into a private room where Jon pulled up a display that showed at least a dozen white and blue circles dotted around National City. "Portals to where?"
"We don't know," J'onn responded. "But the energy is similar to what we sensed months ago at Maxwell Lord's building."
"Right before that mess with the Legion started right?" Kara pieced the puzzle together.
"Exactly," J'onn said. "After that whole mess with the Legion we've been working a little more closely with A.R.G.U.S and Star Labs. We've managed to piece together what we think happened."
"Alright." Kara folded her arms.
"Star Labs confirms that Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, is a time traveler. We ran our readings on the energy through Star Labs systems and it's a perfect match for the energy speedsters release when they're opening portals." Alex moved the display with her hand showing some diagrams and information.
"So do we think this is, Thawne again?" Kara asked.
"No. He's locked up as far as we know and has been since you all wrapped up that Legion mess in Star City," J'onn responded. "This is something else and it's becoming more frequent."
"What do we do?" Kara looked worried.
"Nothing we can do really except track the portals. We've got people following up with citizens that have reported sightings and we're logging all the data we can but there's nothing solid yet." Alex turned off the display.
"So we wait." J'onn folded his arms. "Whatever is going on will happen sooner or later. We'll be ready when it does. Till then I think you both need some time off. Especially you, Kara."
"What makes you say that?" Kara became red and suddenly defensive and Alex laughed.
J'onn smiled as well. "Call it a hunch." He left the room.
"You ok?" Alex asked her sister. Alex knew it had been a while since Kara had broken up with Barry but she still got down sometimes.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine," Kara said. "It gets a little better every day, you know?" Alex nodded and rubbed Kara's back a little. "J'onn's right though I really could use a brea-"
Her phone started ringing. "Oh my god!" Kara exclaimed. "It's Miss Grant! Work! I forgot about work! I've got to go!" She ran from the room leaving a smiling Alex alone.
With nothing else to do, Alex pulled the display back up and began to look over the data and maps again. She didn't know how long she stayed in that room. She poured over every speck of information they'd gathered so far but nothing made sense.
Pulling up a chair behind her, Alex sat in it and kicked her feet up onto the display console to lean back. 'Maybe J'onn was right,' she thought to herself. She could get some rest and then tackle this with fresh eyes some other time.
Then she saw something and sat up quickly.
"J'onn! Get in here now! I've got something!" Alex announced over her com link.
Kara walked as fast as she could while carrying a tray with Miss Grant's beverage selection and her massive bag of food she'd ordered. Which Kara knew was just punishment because Miss Grant would never eat or drink this much.
She stumbled a little as she passed Winn's desk but he smiled at her and said, "Don't worry. She's all hot air today," as Kara continued on to her boss's office.
When she got there she saw the large office was full of employees setting up cameras, lighting and other things all around.
"About time you got here, Kyra." Miss Grant purposely butchered Kara's name again.
"I'm so sorry, Miss Grant I-"
"Yeah, you told me a million times over the phone, it's okay, Kyra you're here now and we can get to work."
Kara raised an eyebrow as Miss Grant came from behind her desk. "What's going on?"
"I've got a surprise exclusive coming in minutes and we've got to set up everything." Miss Grant almost snatched the bag from Kara and opened it. "Help me set up the food on the table and give me those drinks."
Cat took the drinks from Kara and went to her bar where she poured some into a cup then filled a second glass with water and placed them both on the table where Kara had begun putting the food.
"Who is this exclusive?" Kara asked.
Someone knocked on the doorway behind them. "Am I early?"
Kara recognized that voice immediately and had to use every ounce of strength she had to restrain herself as she stared at the face of Maxwell Lord.
"No of course not…"
Kara heard Miss Grant say as she walked over to Maxwell Lord to greet him. Kara was robotic in her pleasantries as her mind was completely focused on not snatching this man up and flying him to the D.E.O lockup. Maybe A.R.G.U.S would take him? She wondered.
Kara hadn't seen Lord since they'd fought in Star City. Lord had shocked them all being the ringleader of the Legion and wearing kryptonite infused armor in the final battle against what would become the League. Lord had escaped the battle and without any hard evidence the D.E.O and A.R.G.U.S couldn't press any charges. Not too long after that Lord had completely fallen off the radar and seemingly vanished for the past several months.
Now here he was, smiling and talking as if he hadn't sided with psychopaths and tried to kill Oliver Queen, Barry Allen and herself in a mad attempt at power.
The employees had finished setting everything up and were all silently standing by while the elite of National City finished their conversations.
Kara swallowed and shook Maxwell's hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she said in a meek and nervous a voice as she could muster.
"And you as well," Maxwell said politely. If Kara hadn't been victim of what he was capable of she wouldn't believe it herself. "Shall we get started?"
"Yes, of course." Cat motioned for Maxwell to sit and for Kara to leave which she did quickly.
She went right to her desk and used her super hearing to listen in on what was going on.
"Alright, Miss Grant we're live in five…four…three…two…"
"Hello, I'm Cat Grant here coming to you live from National City…
'Live?!' Kara was shocked. 'Whatever is going on must be serious for Cat to do a rushed live interview.' Kara tensed, wondering what Maxwell Lord was up to now. Kara found herself lost in thought for a bit and then remembered she was supposed to be listening to the interview.
"…so Mr. Lord, you've been gone from the public eye for quite some time. Many wondered if it was due to health," Cat said.
"It's alright to ask, Miss Grant." Maxwell was calm and friendly, seemingly an open book. "And please, call me, Maxwell."
"Alright, Maxwell," Miss Grant smiled. "Do you have any terminal illness?"
Maxwell laughed. "No, of course not. I'm perfectly fine. In fact, I feel so good it's like I'm going to live a few centuries." He and Miss Grant both laughed. "But in all seriousness, I'm perfectly fine. I needed time for myself and to figure some personal things out. I left the company in good hands and did what I needed to do."
"And now you're back?" Cat sipped her beverage.
"I am and just in time it seems."
"How so?"
"It seems like there's some strange things going on in National City." Lord drank some of his beverage briefly and lightly chewed on a snack cake.
"Care to explain?" Cat inquired.
"Well, the recent string of thefts and killings involving alien technology of some kind for starters. Doesn't seem to me that anybody is any closer to stopping the sudden influx of alien merchandise into our streets," Lord answered.
"And you have a solution?" Cat smiled.
"I'm here to offer my help with that and with the problem of the portals opening up." Cat Grant tensed up when Maxwell mentioned this as she had been hoping to be the first to drop the news to National City.
Kara stood up, 'Lord knows about the portals?!' She had to tell Alex and J'onn what was going on. Kara left her desk and quickly went somewhere private where she dialed her sister.
The phone went straight to voicemail. "Alex, this is Kara. Call me as soon as you get this. I'm heading to the D.E.O now."
A man walked down a busy street. He wasn't hiding or wearing anything suspicious. He wasn't carrying any weapons or illegal alien tech. He was just a curious tourist looking around at the sights and buildings. He found it somewhat comforting that they were different in many ways but also similar to his home.
He glanced at the highest building while walking and bumped into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't-"
"Watch where you're going asshole!" the other man grumbled and pushed him.
The first man stumbled and then fell backward landing hard on his back. That's when the second noticed that one of the first man's sweater arms hung limply to the side. He was crippled. "Oh shit dude, I'm sorry." He reached down and took the first man's good hand helping him back to his feet.
"No worries, man. I'm new here. Wasn't looking where I was going."
"I shouldn't have pushed you. I'm sorry. I'm not usually like that. My name's, Jason Edwards." he extended his hand to shake.
"Roy. Roy Harper," the first man replied while shaking Jason's hand.
"You have a good day, Roy."
"You too." Jason went to continue on his way and Roy did the same, looking over his shoulder briefly just in time to notice a burst of white and blue sparks flickering right where Jason was heading. "Look out!"
Roy rushed and tackled Jason to the ground just as a portal ripped open right where he was. "What the hell?" Roy stared in amazement while Jason got up and ran for his life.
Roy felt arms hoist him to his feet and begin to pull him away. The portal sputtered once, twice and then burst outward and vanished.
"Are you alright?"
It was a female's voice that brought Roy back to reality. He glanced up to see a strong yet attractive woman with a short haircut standing over him. She was dressed in an all-black military style outfit that was marked with D.E.O on it.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Roy stood up and looked around now noticing the area was full of men in similar outfits, some with heavy rifles at the ready.
"Did you see what happened here?" the woman asked him.
"Yeah, actually I did." Roy had heard of the D.E.O from Oliver and the others back in Star City but wasn't given many details other then they dealt with aliens.
The woman turned to a tall black man. "He says he saw everything, Director," the woman said.
"Good. Bring him in for a debriefing." The man walked off giving more orders.
"What's your name?" the woman asked.
"Roy Harper."
"I'm Alex Danvers of the D.E.O. Nice to meet you, Roy."
"Yo, Martinez! You readin' me down there?"
"Yeah, yeah. Calm down, Graves. I'm reading ya'."
"Copy that. I'll update the logs. It's you, Clark and Boyd on patrol tonight."
"Copy that, Graves. Martinez out."
The man dressed in security guard attire placed a hand on his sidearm and continued his patrol through the dark and empty warehouse. This building was a storage facility for Lord Tech or one of the major companies in National City and for the most part was quiet except for the random raccoon or drunken homeless person they dealt with.
Martinez worked the graveyard shift and liked it because it was so quiet, especially with coworkers like his. However tonight felt odd and he was on edge and couldn't explain why. Maybe it was all the talk of the portals and stuff on CatCo today. Once Maxwell Lord had dropped the word on TV everything had exploded from there.
Now Martinez was jumping at every bump in the night. Vigilantes, meta-humans, Legions of doom and now aliens? What was the world coming to?
Martinez heard the sound of electricity sparking and flashed his light in a dark corner of the warehouse he was patrolling.
That's when he saw the white and blue sparks almost dancing in and out of his vision.
"What the…" he clicked his walkie talkie, "…Graves, this is Martinez. Send some backup. I've got something weird going on in sector 2."
"Copy that, Martinez. Clark and Boyd are on their way."
Martinez drew his sidearm with shaky hands.
The portal exploded and rapidly expanded until it was twice the size of a man. This time it didn't fluctuate like the others before and held itself together. Martinez had been thrown onto his back and was nervously getting up.
"Boyd! Clark! Get in here now! I've got some kind of weird-"
A gigantic gorilla jumped through the portal with a roar that shook Martinez to his very core. He went to point his gun but the gorilla grabbed him by the arm lifting him from the ground and snapping his arm in pieces. Martinez started to scream but the gorillas other hand clenched his head and squeezed, popping it like an egg.
A dozen other gorillas sprang through the portal just as the first was wiping the brains and blood from his hands.
"Scout the area and kill anyone you find," the first gorilla commanded. "We make way for, Grodd."