Disclaimer: I do not own Supergirl or the characters.
A/N: This is a short story set a few weeks after the season two finale.
"Hey Maggie." Kara greeted as Maggie approached her at the DEO.
"Hey, is Alex back yet?"
"No."
"Is that a bad thing?" Maggie asked.
"Probably. The President seemed pretty mad at both J'onn and Alex for not being able to follow orders." Winn said but seeing Kara's frown he added. "But I'm sure it will be fine."
"You suck at this." Kara said, not impressed by the way Winn had not eased her own fears oer what punishment would come Alex and J'onn's way.
"So is this a bad time to ask to use DEO resources?" Maggie asked.
"Well technically there is no one to say no." Wiinn pointed out. "What do you need?"
"Can you track this alien?" Maggie asked showing him a photo.
"Was Sinclair really Valen in one of the best closed loops of all time?" Winn asked.
"I literally don't know what or who you are talking about." Maggie said looking confused.
"Jeffrey Sinclair, the original commander of Babylon Five and-" He started, cutting himself off when it was clear Maggie didn't care. "You so need to get an education." Winn muttered. "But yes of course I can track an alien." He added as he sat down and started typing.
"Ma'am." Vasquez said approaching Kara.
"Hey." Kara replied.
"We have a problem. Your cousin has gone crazy."
"What do you mean crazy?" Kara asked causing Vasquez to hand her a tablet showing Superman walk through the streets of Metropolis, dressed in black, destroying cars and buildings.
"Is that a late side effect of the silver kryptonite?" Maggie asked looking at the footage.
"No, that was different." Kara said as Winn looked over her shoulder.
"Oh, did you see that?" Winn asked. "He had the whole red glowing eyes thing."
"What does that mean?" Maggie asked.
"Red Kryptonite." Kara sighed.
"Is that what you were on when you trashed the city last year?" Maggie asked.
"Yeah." Kara said almost flinching at the reminder. "I have to stop him before he does anything really bad."
"What will stop you getting exposed?" Maggie asked.
"He was probably exposed hours ago." Kara said.
"I can run a scan and look for traces." Winn said going back to his work station.
"What if he wasn't?" Maggie asked. "If you get exposed as well this whole world will be in trouble."
"There is an antidote. The DEO team can meet us there. I have to stop him." Kara said before turning to Winn. "Let me know what you find." With that she flew off.
-00-
"Superman. Stop." Supergirl demanded as she landed in front of him.
"I wondered when you would turn up. You always show up where you are not wanted." He said walking towards Kara.
"This isn't you. You've been expos-" Kara started only to be punched by her cousin.
"Don't do this. I've beaten you before." Kara warned as she got to her feet.
"A mistake that won't happen again." Superman said throwing another punch at Kara, who this time blocked.
"Wanna bet?" Kara asked throwing her own punch. Only Superman blocked it and then countered causing her to stumble backwards.
"I told you I fight with my heart for what I want. I know what I want." Superman said striking Kara again who was knocked into a wall. "This time you have nothing to fight for. No one wants you and no one loves you." He said pulling her into a strangle hold. "You should have died on Krypton. You were never needed, never wanted on Earth." Superman said as he choked her. "I didn't want you which is why I gave you to the Danvers. After what you cost them they don't want you and the worse part for you is your own parents didn't even want you. They sent you away. No one ever wanted you. No one wants you now. You even ran the mighty Cat Grant out of town, not even Lois achieved that and they hate each other. I bet Mon-El was begging to get into that pod." He said as Kara managed to elbow his ribs causing him to release her. Struggling for breath Kara dropped to the ground moments before Superman kicked her so hard she flew into another wall.
"I should have thrown your pod back into space." He said approaching her and kicking her ribs. "No one wants you on Earth. You are a second rate hero at best. You will never be as good as me. Jimmy has such little faith in you he took it upon himself to become a hero. He's just a a human Kara, but he believes the city is safer with him rather than you." Each word hitting Kara harder than the kicks he was unleashing.
"I'm not surprised Alex has started keeping her distance from you, ignoring your calls, cancelling Sisters' night. And I bet Alex has noticed you keep your distance now and rather than sad she is relieved and grateful to be free from you." He said unleashing another powerful kick sending Kara through the building crashing into another wall that collapsed on top of her, leaving her broken physically and emotionally.
"Kara!" Winn said though her earpiece. "Kara listen to me. Your cousin is a jerk. You are a hero and you need to prove that before he hurts anyone else. You like beat him three weeks ago. Don't give in now. Kara we need you to get up and fight."
Hearing the words Kara stumbled to her feet causing Superman to turn and face her.
"Why won't you just go?" He growled rushing towards her to attack her once more. This time though Kara blocked him then used the training that J'onn and Alex had given her to counter, managing to land blow after blow.
Kara pummelled her cousin until he fell unconscious. As soon as he stopped moving she lifted him into her arms and flew off.
-00-
"Need some help here." Supergirl called as she flew through the DEO window, her cousin still in her arms.
"Put him here." Hamilton said indicating to a gurney. "This should cure him." She added as she stuck a dart into him. As his body absorbed whatever he was given he spasmed as his eyes flew open and the redness disappeared moments before his body relaxed and his eyes shut. "I'll put him under the lamps. He should be fine." She said as she and her team wheeled him off. As Supergirl stumbled from exhaustion Winn hurried to her side.
"You okay?"
"Fine, just a little tired. I need you to figure out where he got exposed." Kara said before walking off, making it three steps before she collapsed.
"Kara!" Maggie said as she and Winn rushed to her side.
-TBC...
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing. Next chapter up tomorrow.