Kara sat at the edge of her seat. Something bothered her about the ship that'd just passed them. She stood up and walked to her navigator.
"Android, can you track the code on the ship that just passed us? I want you to check how many times we've seen it."
"Yes ma'am." The machine responded. She checked her synced systems and nodded. "We have passed this ship 20 times since we left the last port two days ago. Information on the ship is available. Would you like me to tell you?"
"Yes please." She said walking around the small room.
"Known as the Raza, it doubles as a battle and trading ship. There is no known crew on board. I will use extreme caution with it. There seems to be a police report on the Raza warning to watch out for it and report the ship. Would you like me to report?"
"No, not unless they try to attack."
"Yes ma'am."
"Thank you, Android."
Kara sat back down and watched as the machine worked. She got a message from her sister, most likely about the mission. Kara looked at her tablet and left to her quarters. She called her sister up, setting the device on her dresser. Alex answered with Maggie in the background asleep.
"Hey Alex."
"Hey, how's the trip been?"
"Good, a bit lonely but good. We'll spend about ten more days out here before we turn around. What about you?"
"Well, Mags' gonna go out tomorrow night and I'm still on leave for my leg."
"Oh, sorry about your leg. You'll still be able to work, right?"
"Of course. We've been planning by the way. I'm getting close to my release from DEO field work, I can do desk work still. I think I have about two years left."
"That's awesome! How much longer for Maggie?"
"Until she decides to stop, so I'm gonna be the one."
"Well, I love you, Alex, see you around. Tell Maggie hi for me."
"Will do."
Kara ended the call and walked back to the deck, she heard Android over the intercom and stopped in her tracks.
"The Raza is asking to board, Ms. Zor-El."
"I'll be there in a moment, until then pull them up on the intercom."
"Yes, ma'am."
Kara ran to the navigation room and sat in the captain's chair. She looked up at the video screen, pressing a button on her chair to open the dialogue. An asian woman, probably late 20s, stood in front of the Kryptonian merchant.
"Hello. Are you the captain of the Raza?"
"Yes. You can call me Two."
"So, why've you contacted us?"
"Well, we noticed that your ship has been leaking from the engine. We have an engineer on board if you want help."
"Who are they?"
Two stepped aside and a young woman, maybe 17 or 18, with teal-green hair came into view. She had nervous dark brown eyes that glanced at the screen then away.
"Five." She said in a clear voice.
"Well, I believe that we can deal with it, it looks like we can make it about four days, nearest station's only two more away. We appreciate your help." Kara said.
Two came back into the shot. "You never know what might happen, Ms. Zor-El. Something might just occur to ruin your cruise."
At that moment, Two gave off a devilish smile. At El Corp, Kara furrowed her brows and stood up, feeling a knife press against her neck. The com turned off and Android turned around, standing up to watch the attacker. Kara tried to glance over her shoulder only to feel the knife press against her throat even harder, failing to break skin.
"Such a small crew you have. Navigator and captain? Not much of a fight." The attacker said in an Irish accent.
"That's what you think." Kara responded, turning around and pulling the woman over the chair.
The attacker had green eyes and black hair. Her mouth was covered by a tight mask, her body covered mostly by a suit. She held onto the knife, typing something into a biotech piece in her right arm then looked at Android and smiled. Kara glanced over her shoulder, watching her partner shutdown.
"Even match."
"Not entirely." Kara seethed, slapping the knife out of her hand and dragging her all the way over the chair until her chin made contact with the hard floor.
The attacker groaned and rolled out of the way, standing up. She gabbed the dagger and flicked it, extending the blade into a katana. With the short sword, she tried slashing at the CEO, failing when Kara grabbed the blade and threw it to the ground, slicing her target's hand. El grabbed the tech piece in her arm and ripped out the power source. The Irish girl screamed bloody murder as her blue blood poured from her skin in a river with the battery. She fell to the ground, hugging her arm to her chest. Kara covered her mouth with her clean hand and picked up the young woman, carrying her to the medbay and laying her down.
-Half and hour earlier.-
Two stood up, pacing the floor.
"Kal, I want you to turn around and follow that ship. We're docking."
"Okay, Portia." He responded turning.
"Lena, we'll distract her, you board. Das'll shut off security and give you the signal to get on. You'll disable her android and at least knock her out. Tell us and we'll come back to pick up the cargo. Anything goes wrong and you'll call us."
"Can do." She said suiting up. "Rogue's ready to go."
"Good."
Lena cried and groaned at the searing pain in her arm and cradled the hurt ligament to her chest.
"Fuck!" She cursed.
Kara bandaged her hand, confused, but then rolled the attacker's sleeve all the way up and pressed her hand against the wound, grabbing a needle and injecting a numbing serum. She waited for the woman to calm down before she began to fix her up, leaving the power source out. She was able to stop the bleeding and stitch up her arm. The Kryptonian then picked up the partially conscious woman, bringing her to an empty cargo hold. She laid her on a cushioned seat and knelt in front of her, checking for anymore weapons. The woman came back, looking at Kara with fear. She stared down at her arm, seeing the small spots of blood.
"Who are you?" Kara asked.
"Rogue."
"No, your actual name." Though Lena didn't answer. "Fine. If you need anything just call, I'll hear."
Lena grabbed Kara's hand. "What are you?"
"I'm sorry for what I did. That was my fault. I just went berserk." She told Lena, holding her pale hand. "Now I have to fix Android."
"An android named Android?"
"She named herself that."
"Kinda lame."
"I know."
They laughed before Kara left, setting up the clear barrier and walking back to her machine. Android's eyes were black, but that was an easy fix. Zor-El smiled as she came back online.
"Hey, how are you?"
"Better. Thank you." Android responded testing the range of motion in her neck. "What of the Raza crew member?"
"I took some vials of her blood. Can you please test them?"
"Yes."
"Thank you."