(Authors Note)
This is a crossover of the Supergirl, Flash & Arrow TV shows that make up DC's "Arrowverse". Being that it's in the Arrorverse we assume that individuals in the various cities know about different heroes etc. (Example: people know about Flash in National City & vice versa) This story takes place in a time where the events of Legends of Tomorrow did not happen, therefore characters like Ray Palmer & Captain Cold are not time traveling. The story will play out like 3 episodes in the Arrowverse meaning, Supergirl "episode" will be first followed by Flash & then Arrow to end it off. Enjoy.
The League
Supergirl I
Maxwell Lord stood atop his helipad staring out into the distance. His face was as unreadable as a slab of concrete and the wind pulled at his hair and clothing but he didn't budge. His eyes stared ahead, barely blinking as if braindead but he was far from it. Lord was deep in thought on his latest plot to bring down the alien threat of Supergirl. His most recent attempt, in the form of Bizzaro Supergirl, had failed and ended with her captured by the DEO.
"Damn, DEO..." Lord grumbled. "Should be helping me take her down, too." The sunlight was reflecting off the numerous windows on the skyscrapers surrounding him. Birds' wings flapped loudly and their calls filled the skies with sound. Lord closed his eyes for a moment and breathed deeply to relax his troubled mind. A sudden and powerful gust of wind blew past him so fast he stumbled and quickly opened his eyes expecting to see Supergirl, for no normal person could move with such speed.
However, once he laid his eyes on the figure behind him he clenched his fists and took a step back. It wasn't Supergirl, instead a yellow and reddish blur of a man that continuously vibrated as if struggling to keep his physical form. "Who the hell are you?!" Lord demanded quickly "…or what are you?" he added a little less aggressively.
A laugh came from the vibrating figure and then, without any warning, the figure stopped vibrating and before him stood a regular man draped in what looked like The Flash costume, only it was yellow and black instead of the red and yellow, Lord had seen on TV recently. "You, you're the Flash?" Lord asked, his voice coming out a bit more nervous than he intended. Before the final sound could escape his lips the figure had zoomed up to him and grabbed him by the throat.
"I am NOT the Flash!" the figure roared angrily. After a moment the figure let Lord down gently. "I apologize. My anger sometimes gets the best of me." The figure reached up with his hands and slid his mask off revealing his face. "My name is Eobard Thawne and I'm from the future."
"I want the layouts and I want them twenty minutes ago!" Kara and her best friend Winn both grimaced at the force behind the shouting. It was their boss, Cat Grant, screaming for the new layouts for the upcoming paper. Both of them loved their jobs and enjoyed working for Cat Grant, but at times it could get very, very hectic and tough. Still, for Kara it was a nice switch from her second life as the crime fighting Supergirl. Being a normal old assistant to the rich was sometimes even more challenging as she couldn't simply punch or heat vision away her problems.
Kara quickly dug through the pile of envelopes on her desk producing the layouts in seconds and dashed into the office. "Here, Miss Grant. I have the layouts right here." She handed them over and two seconds later, Cat tossed them aside.
"Have those idiots redo them and I want the redone versions in an hour!" Cat shouted. She was in a particularly bad mood today. The Daily Planet had somehow obtained some exclusive pictures of Supergirl and Cat Grant was never pleased to be upstaged by her rival, Lois Lane of Metropolis. "And tell that Olsen to get in here! I can't think of any other way his girlfriend's sister got those pictures if it wasn't from him!"
Kara knew better then to argue and instead turned on her heels and left her boss office. "Any luck?" she whispered to Winn. Ever since the pictures had surfaced, the two of them had been scouring the web for some info on who gave Lois Lane the pictures because Supergirl certainly hadn't agreed to it. Winn looked up and shook his head. "Nothing yet."
Kara wasn't pleased but as she had no other leads she was forced to be patient and hope. "I'll be back." She told Winn. "I have to go relay another death threat from Miss Grant to Jimmy." Winn simply rolled his eyes and Kara sighed with impatience.
"I can't really explain what it was, sir, but the team wasn't able to find out anything useful at Lord Tech." Alexandra Danvers said while handing Hank Henshaw a clipboard containing information. "I'm surprised Lord even allowed them on his grounds."
Hank was silent for a moment as he glanced over the paperwork. "Our scanners picked up a massive amount of energy that disappeared in seconds. Nothing alien, at least we don't think it was." He tossed the clipboard down. "Lord welcomed our men in and acted as if he had nothing to hide. Said he didn't know anything about the energy readings."
Alex shrugged, "Nothing we can do about it except wait. If this is another of his plots to destroy Kara, we'll just have to wait for him to play his hand."
Hank exhaled slightly. "Let's just hope by then it isn't too late."
At this, Alex chuckled, "Lord doesn't have what it takes to defeat Supergirl and the Manhunter." She gave Hank a reassuring pat on the shoulder before walking off. Hank watched her leave before turning his attention back to the mountain of paperwork in front of him. His eyes glowed red and the papers began to float so he could read them.
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around all this information you're telling me." Maxwell Lord sat down at his desk and poured himself some brandy. "Care for some?" he offered Eobard. Lord wasn't sure if he could trust this supposed time traveler but he knew he didn't have much choice on whether he worked with him or not. If Thawne had wanted him dead he could easily have done it back on the rooftop. This let Lord know he was needed in some capacity or another. When the DEO had arrived, Thawne had genuinely seemed worried about being discovered and vanished for a while. The DEO of course found nothing but reported that scanners had recorded a massive spike energy atop the roof of Lord Tech.
Thawne was sitting, legs crossed, on a sofa in Lord's massive private office. The two had spent several hours speaking very plainly with one another. Thawne had been careful to conceal details that would alter his timeline too much but shared enough so that Lord would believe him and eventually trust him. Thawne needed Lord's money and influence to see his plans through. He stood up and took a glass, "Thank you." He said politely as he took his seat again. Thawne was still dressed in his Reverse Flash costume but nobody would enter the office as per Lord's instructions to his assistant.
"I know what I've told you is a lot to take in but I can assure you it is all true. In my time, your company went bankrupt thanks to Supergirl exposing you. In my time, people like us are unable to squeeze profit because of heroes like her and The Flash." A hint of contempt crept into his voice but Thawne took a sip and continued. "Over the years and numerous battles with The Flash, I learned that when the odds weren't in their favor the heroes would band together to stop great threats. In my time, many of the supervillains have been captured or killed. I had no way of forming a formidable team to challenge their power."
Lord now felt he understood somewhat, "So you travelled back in time to form a team?" Thawne nodded. "And you need my resources to aid in building such a team?" Now, Lord started to pace a little around his desk as plans started to form in his brain.
Thawne could see that Lord's wheels were turning and decided to help them move more. "I don't just want your resources to build a team, Lord. I want you on the team as well. To be our..." he paused and weighed his words, "...brains and eyes in the skies."
"Well," Lord began. "In your time, who are the heroes that plague you the most?"
"Their numbers are numerous but the foundations of their league are Supergirl, The Flash and Green Arrow. Without these three, the others will never come together and be a threat." Thawne drained his glass and sat it down.
"The Flash and Green Arrow…Central City and Star City, yes?" Lord wasn't really asking and, Thawne knew it. In the time they had been together, Thawne had been able to recognize some of Lord's patterns and right now, he was thinking. Lord face told that he was contemplative for a moment or two before speaking, "Then we'll need to take out Supergirl, first. She's the biggest threat of the three. We'll need to strike before they can ever meet and eventually unite." He looked at Thawne then added, "We'll need some help as well. I don't think you can take her on, on your own."
"I specifically came to this time because here and now, both Supergirl and The Flash have yet to fully realize their powers. I am more than capable of defeating her on my own." A hint of anger flashed in Thawne's voice as if upset by the insinuation that he couldn't defeat a super powered alien in combat.
Lord silently went over to his bookshelf and pulled a book down. Several mechanisms could be heard working along with the sounds of locks opening. A portion of the shelf slid away to reveal a glass cylinder containing a sliver of a bright glowing green rock. Thawne walked carefully over, "What is this?"
"This," began Lord, "is the key to defeating Supergirl. I used cameras to spy on a DEO agent and it lead me to the discovery of several secrets. One of which was the only weakness Supergirl has." He reached and lifted the cylinder and handed it to Thawne. "Kryptonite. A fragment of her home world. She and her sister were speaking about it in passing and I decided to try and find some." Lord grinned madly. "Cost me a pretty penny and a lot of man power but I managed to track some down for myself. Haven't been able to come up with a viable way to use it until now."
Thawne looked up from the kryptonite, "You mean a way to use it that can't be traced back to you or your company." To this, Lord nodded silently. "Well then," Thawne continued with a sly smile. "Let's see how the Girl of Steel fairs against me."
Jimmy, Kara and Winn were sitting together in the secret office upstairs. Winn had taken it upon himself to set up the area when Kara had revealed herself as Supergirl. It was here that Winn and Jimmy were able to provide tech support for her. Winn was a skilled hacker and able to find out mostly any information the team needed after a few moments on the computer. The room at first consisted of a few simple computers and desks, but over the months it had grown some. There was now a board on the wall for supervillains that were still at large. A databank had been created for the team to keep track of the supervillains locked up in the DEO as well.
The trio finally had a little bit of free time away from the roars of Cat Grant. Jimmy had been forced to again explain he had nothing to do with the pictures as he was in a meeting when they were taken by all reports. Cat of course used that moment to threaten Jimmy and Kara's jobs if they didn't produce the desired results. Both of them took the verbal chastising in stride and went back to their respective work. It wouldn't be a normal week if Cat didn't threaten their jobs at least once.
Winn had spent some time digging into the issue and had come up with a few possible leads of who had done it. One thing he did know for sure and had shared with the group was that the person who sent the information was one of their fellow co-workers. Jimmy was relieved to know that the pressure would be removed from him but nobody wanted to be the one to tell Cat that there was a spy in the ranks.
Instead, Winn was furiously beating away at the keyboard of one of the computers and shaking his head. "I can't seem to find anything." He said in an exasperated manner. "There are a few local mentions of a massive energy surge earlier today but all reports say it appeared and disappeared in an instant."
Kara's brow scrunched up with concern and Jimmy could tell this was really troubling her. "Maybe it's nothing, Kara. I mean —if the DEO couldn't find anything and neither can Winn— maybe you and Alex should let it go." He knew well that the chances of that were slim to none but still he had to say it.
"My sister wouldn't have come to us with this if she didn't feel it was important." Sighing, Kara added, "But nothing's showing up so we'll have to let it go and hope no crazy alien attack is coming." Without warning, the building began to violently shake and the sounds of several explosions filled the air. Both Winn and Jimmy looked quickly at Kara who raised her shoulders, "Guess I spoke too soon huh?" both silently nodded their heads and immediately went to the computers.
"Looks like an explosion at a chemical storage facility." Winn continued to type. "Several workers are trapped inside!" Before he could even turn around he felt a familiar breeze swoop past him. Kara had sped from the room and was on her way to save the city.
Kara flew with purpose and precision. Her training with, Director Henshaw was paying off and it was showing in her ability to fly. From her height she could see the flames stretching skyward from the explosion that had occurred. A black cloud of smoke stretched eerily towards the sky like a burnt finger in pain. The warehouse was large, a chemical storage plant from what she red on the large sign on the front.
"What's going on out there, Supergirl?" it was, Director Henshaw's voice coming through an earpiece communicator that Supergirl used in the field.
"Explosion at a chemical storage facility. Gotta try to save these hostages!" Supergirl sped down to the ground where a burning hole was releasing the choking black smoke into the air. She could see the fires burning hear screams for help coming from inside. She quickly inhaled deeply and then blew with all her might at the hole. The smoke and fire on the roof quickly went out and Kara floated down inside, using her breath to put of spots of flames as she floated down.
Inside she could see several dozen scientists and workers scattered about, all coughing and choking on the smoke. She used her x-ray vision to scan around and found a portion of the wall where they would be safely able to escape through. With another inhale she released a softer blow of breath to clear out some of the smoke still in the warehouse that was blinding the scientists. "Follow me!" she shouted and sped towards the wall. One punch and a hole was smashed into it allowing the scientists and workers to escape to safety.
Just as the last of them were free another explosion rocked the facility, "Supergirl, there is a generator of some kind giving off immense energy levels below you. It's heating up because of the fire. If that thing explodes it could take out the entire block." Alex said quickly into, Kara's ears and she silently thanked God she had her tech team on hand at all times.
"Got it." Supergirl flew into the air and then came down at the ground with a punch that shook the entire warehouse. The ground cracked and gave way revealing a large room beneath the floor. In that room was what looked like a massive generator of some kind. Alarms were blaring loudly and the machine was visibly red and she could feel the heat it gave off. She looked around the room and there seemed to be a wealth of tubes stretching from the machine to take the energy it created somewhere else.
"You're running out of time, Kara!" Henshaw's voice shouted over the earpiece.
Kara snapped back to reality and inhaled deeply. She blew with all her might, freezing the entire generator in one mighty blow. The alarms continued to go off for a minute but then the machine slowly began to cool off. Kara exhaled and secretly was happy she didn't have to find out if she could survive a blast of that magnitude. Slowly, she floated through the hole in the floor and back into the room. Small fires still burned so she used her breath and put them out to stop the alarms and save firefighters some work.
"Good job, Supergirl. You saved everyone." Henshaw complemented her. Kara, completely out of breath, gave a loud grunt as reply while floating slightly off the ground. She then flew through large hole in the roof and out on the street she could see groups of people formed and clapping while medical teams attended the injured. Kara floated down and asked a paramedic of them men would be alright. He said they would and she felt great joy in that.
She smiled a bit at the people, gave a wave and then looked up preparing to fly off. Before she could take off something slammed into her and knocked her down into the ground where she smashed through a mailbox. "What the?!" angrily she got to her feet and glared at the blurry figure before her.
"What's going on, Kara?" it was her sister, Alex's voice coming through the com this time. Alex and Hank had a view of the action from screens at the DEO headquarters. The secret government agency had access to an unlimited amount of cameras and recon drones.
"I, I'm not sure what I'm seeing. It looks like a man..." Kara replied in a shaky voice. The figure was constantly moving and made it difficult for her to even get a good look at any of his features. All that could be seen for sure was the colors yellow and red.
Without word, Reverse Flash dashed directly at Kara. She held up her arms in an X formation but it wouldn't make a difference. Using his speed, Reverse Flash dashed around her and flung her from behind in a sort of Judo toss. It all seemed to happen in the blink of her eye. One moment, Kara was preparing for impact and the next she was spinning through the air and slammed into a car, deeply denting in.
Supergirl quickly got to her feet but the Reverse Flash was on her in a second, speeding around her in a circle while punching her with all his might. It felt as if she was under attack from all angles and she attempted to block what she could. Supergirl jumped into the air with a shout but, Reverse Flash dashed up a nearby building, jumped and tackled her down atop another car. He sped away just as she released a powerful blast of heat vision and stopped a dozen feet away.
"You can't hit me. You're not fast enough." His voice was as blurry as he looked and he laughed a little while, Kara climbed from the wreckage of the car and stood to her feet. Before she could fully regain her balance he sped up to her again bombarding her with rapid punches and kicks before tossing her into the side of a nearby building. This time, Kara wasn't even fully able to stand before she was attacked and flung again. She swung her fists in rage and lashed out with heat vision but the yellow figure was too quick. Again and again she was bombarded with fists and feet before colliding with another solid surface. By the sixth time she was starting to feel it. The yellow blur stopped several feet away and taunted her with a laugh.
"This guy has some kind of super speed." Kara said into her earpiece while she stretched her shoulder. "I can't get a lock on him. He's all over the place."
The radio was quiet for a minute then Henshaw said, "You need ground to run." It took Kara a moment but her eyes grew big when she realized what, Hank had meant. She stood up straight, preparing herself for the next round. "Let's see what you've really got, speedy." She mocked.
The figure vanished and Kara immediately used her breath to freeze the ground in front of her. A split second later the yellow figure slammed into her body and fell on the ground in front of her. Before he could run away, Kara grabbed him by the ankle. "Let's see how you like being tossed around!" she easily flung the Reverse Flash several dozen feet down the street. He slammed into the ground, bounced, hit a car and dented the doors before collapsing in a heap on the ground.
Kara flew into the air and landed directly next to the yellow figure. She could now make out the costume easily and could see every little detail. "Is he alive?" Alex asked over the com. Kara used her super hearing to listen for a heartbeat, her eyes grew so wide they threatened to explode from her head. "Oh my god I killed him!" she quickly turned the man over and was greeted with a bright green light and a sudden feeling of weakness. "Oh! No!" she stumbled backwards. "Kryp-kryptonite…" she managed to say before the Reverse Flash drove his fist into her face. Kara fell backwards and felt a boot slam into her ribs once, twice, three times. She coughed and rolled over onto her back.
"Get the team ready now!" Henshaw and Alex both dashed off in different directions shouting orders. With practiced precision several military Humvees were speeding from the DEO base in minutes.
"I was a bit skeptical about this little rock bringing down someone as powerful as you," Reverse Flash sneered. He stomped down onto her stomach several times. "But whatever gets the job done." Now he began to punch her in the face. Without her super strength and durability Kara could feel the blood beginning to run down her face underneath the unrelenting fists.
After an unknown amount of time the punching stopped and she blinked a little, barely able to see. "You know," said the voice of her attacker. "I was a bit surprised by your strength. I had told my associate I could take you out without this kryptonite but I must say I'm glad I brought it along." He kicked her several more times in the ribs then looked around. Seeing what he was looking for he dashed over to a broken pipe and then back over Supergirl. "One good stab to the heart ought to do it..." he began vibrating his arm and the pipe then raised it for the killing blow.
A shot rang out and knocked the pipe from his hand while slightly wounding him. "Step away from, Supergirl!" Kara knew that voice anywhere. It was, Alex. And that meant that Director Henshaw had sent a team to recuse her. If not for her current beat down state, Kara might have made a joke about it.
"You fools and your guns." Reverse Flash vanished before their eyes and before they could react had disassembled all of their weapons.
"Back!" Henshaw screamed but it was too late. The yellow blur was speeding between his men and taking them down one by one with blinding precision. Hank could hear the snapping of each neck as the yellow blur broke them all. He wouldn't allow that to happen to, Alex and he wouldn't allow Kara to die either. His eyes turned blood red and his body began to morph, "ENOUGH!" the Manhunter bellowed.
The Reverse Flash immediately stopped in his tracks just as he was about to twist, Alex neck and grabbed his head. A headache unlike anything he had ever felt tore into his brain and he screamed in absolute agony. It felt as if the creature was ripping apart every memory he possessed. In his ear he could hear, Maxwell Lord's voice booming into the earpiece he had worn, "There's another unknown meta! You've got to get out of there! Can you hear me?! Thawne!?"
Eobard ignored his voice and even the pain and concentrated on speed. His hand began to vibrate in the supersonic manner and he managed to throw the chunk of kryptonite at the exposed underside of a turned over car. Flames immediately burst from the car directly next to both, Reverse Flash and the Martian Manhunter.
For a brief moment the hold was released on Reverse Flash mind and in that instant he was gone. Manhunter looked around and saw that there didn't seem to be any witnesses to his transformation so he changed back into Hank Henshaw. "This is, Director Henshaw. I need a med team for Supergirl and transport for several bodies." He looked at Alex who nodded her thanks silently then ran over to where, Kara was laying.
Henshaw stepped to where the mysterious yellow figure was and picked up the small green rock that was left behind. He reached and opened a pouch on his belt and placed the kryptonite in it to remove its effects from harming, Kara.
"Oh my god! Kara! Are you alright!? Can you hear me!?" Alex fell onto the ground and cradled her sister. Kara managed a weak smile. "Never better…" she whispered between bloody lips. The kryptonite was gone and she could feel her strength returning with every moment that passed. She would be fine by the time the medical team arrived.
Kara, Hank and Alex were standing in front of a set of monitors at the DEO base. On the screens were footage captured of her fight with the yellow figure they were now referring to as 'The Speedster'. It made Kara wince to even look at how sloppily she had been fighting. "So, any clues as to who this guy is or what he wants?" Kara asked with hands placed on hips. The fight had been several hours ago and the effects of the kryptonite were no longer harming her.
"Not a clue," Alex replied uneasily. "He isn't in any of our databases or any database we have access to. It's strange, he dresses similar to the speedster in Central City."
"The Flash?" Henshaw chimed in. "All evidence points to him being a hero."
"Then maybe this guy is one of his rivals?" Kara humped her shoulders. "I don't know." She pouted slightly. "It's been so stressful lately with Miss Grant on the warpath about those exclusive pictures, my aunt Astra is still out there-
"-and there's the question of how this masked speedster got a hold of kryptonite." Alex interrupted her sister.
"Or how he even knew it was Kara's weakness. As far as we know, only those in this room and your cousin should know about that." Henshaw was thoughtful for a moment. "Another strange thing is the explosions that were going off. Our teams found bombs and remote triggers at their initial start points. I believe the yellow speedster was trying to lure you out, Kara—" he looked at her. "—to kill you."
Both Kara and Alex looked confused and worried. "But why?" Alex asked. "If Astra wanted Kara dead she could do it herself. Why get the speedster to do the dirty work when he clearly wasn't strong enough?"
"He mentioned his associate when we were fighting." Kara said remembering. "He said something about his associate had given him the kryptonite just in case he couldn't beat me."
"More questions." Alex grumbled. "Who are these enemies?" she asked nobody in particular.
"That's what we need to find out." Henshaw replied. "Up until this point we're the only people we know have access to kryptonite. I think it's safe to assume that that is no longer the case. Somehow, word has gotten out and others have gotten their hands on it. That means you're no longer safe, Kara."
Kara folded her arms in response, "I can take care of myself." She said with vigor and determination but then smiled. "And if I can't, I have you guys to have my back."
Alex looked unsure but Henshaw nodded. "Alright. There's nothing we can do for now so you both get some rest. I'll have teams looking for any more information on this speedster. Perhaps he's connected to the energy surge earlier." With that he took his leave and left the sisters alone.
"Kara, I'm worried about you." Alex said immediately when Henshaw was gone. "This new guy could be partnered up with god-knows-who and plotting god-knows-what."
"Don't be, Alex. I'm fine. I swear." Kara yawned a little. "I'm going to take up the Director on his offer to get some rest." At that moment, Kara's cell phone began to ring, the annoyed look on her face let Alex know who it was. "Miss Grant…I've got to go." Alex simply embraced her adopted sister tightly and before leaving the way Henshaw had gone.
Eobard Thawne zoomed into Maxwell Lord's office and fell onto the floor, breathing heavily. All the papers on his desk flew up into the air and the office was immediately turned into a mess. "You didn't tell me she would have backup." Thawne managed to say between breaths.
"I knew about the DEO but that other creature is new. Must be some kind of psychic or something." Lord rubbed his chin, obviously unconcerned with Thawne's wellbeing. Lord also wasn't happy about the loss of the kryptonite. While he secretly had more the cost of it was enough to make even a wealthy man like him cautious of misplacement.
"Must be. I felt it inside my head. Trying to peel away at my thoughts and memories." Thawne pulled his mask off and his face was red and drenched in sweat. "It took everything in my power to resist whatever it was trying to do to me. I can't beat Supergirl, that creature and a small army."
Lord looked at him, "No, you cannot." He stalked to his desk and began to type away at the keyboard. "So we'll have to get you some backup of your own."
"Backup?" Thawne stood to his feet and walked to the desk.
"Yes. Backup. You said you wanted to build a team right?" Lord turned the computer screen around so Thawne could see it. "Well then meet your new teammate."
Thawne read the screen with his super speed. The woman on it looked exactly like Supergirl, and from the information he had just read, had all her powers in reverse. "Ice vision for her heat vision, fire breath for her ice breathe..." he grinned. "I like that. What's her name?"
"They called her Bizarro." Lord replied. "All you have to do is break her out of jail."
Kara inhaled and prepared herself for the verbal bashing she was about to receive as she entered Miss Grant's office. Winn and Jimmy were already inside and looking rather exasperated as if they had received their portion already. "Kyra, have a seat." Cat Grant waved her arm and walked around her desk. She had a propensity for mispronouncing Kara's name and many thought it was on purpose although none said anything about it. Miss Grant cleared her throat and then spoke very nonchalantly, "It has come my attention that it may not have been James that gave the Daily Planet the story." All of their eyes grew wide as they realized that Miss Grant was apologizing to them.
They remained silent and prepared to witness a very rare even occur before them. Cat took notice of their faces and said, "Oh stop it. Yes, Cat Grant is apologizing to you. Despite popular belief I'm not perfect." She took a sip of her tea, "Yes. I can be wrong some times and this is one of them. So I'm sorry to you all for how I have been treating you lately."
Kara said nothing as her treatment from Miss Grant was nothing out of the ordinary. It was Jimmy who spoke up first, "Apology accepted, Miss Grant. Thank you." He said with his usual charming bravado.
Winn cleared his throat, Miss Grant made him nervous and frightened and whenever he spoke to her it was painfully obvious. "Uh, Miss Grant, if you don't mind me asking. Uh, who was it that leaked the information?"
Cat shook her head, "If you weren't so handsome and useful I would fire you." She walked around the desk and handed him a manila folder. "Received an anonymous email earlier today that led me to discover the culprit was a new employee downstairs. I believe it is called corporate espionage."
Jimmy took a look, "This is insane. The Daily Planet planting a spy here? Why?"
"To accomplish exactly what happened, James. Steal our best stories, pictures and possibly even reporters. It isn't unheard of. I myself never used such tactics but one can't control their peer's actions." Cat was surprisingly calm about this situation.
"Uh, Miss Grant, you don't seem very upset?" Kara shifted uncomfortably to await the coming explosion.
"Upset? Why would I be?" all three of them looked at each other home back to her. "My rival is resorting to petty college student tactics to keep up. I'm ecstatic! This shows that we are doing our jobs and obviously ahead of them. Now, we have to keep it going. Kyra, I need you to…"
Kara half heard the orders she was given from her employer. She was too busy admiring the woman's resolve and mind in trying times. Beside her, Winn and Jimmy were taking notes and hanging on to Miss Grant's every word. It was moments like this, moments where she as able to feel normal, that Kara cherished the most. She inhaled and smiled her goofy little grin, lost in her own world of happiness for a brief moment.
Alex rubbed her eyes and shook her head to attempt to wake herself up. She had been at it for hours, constantly looking over the footage from the fights or reading paragraph after paragraph in attempt to gain some sort of information on her sister's attacker. She was now tired, hungry and felt slightly dehydrated with absolutely nothing to show for all her efforts. Around her, several DEO scientists and analysists were hard at work attempting to do the same thing she was. Alex knew she could easily leave the work to them but there was a drive in her to see this done. This man had killed several of her teammates earlier and was moments away from killing herself and her sister. Alex stared at the only picture they had of the yellow figure that was not blurred and her face twisted in a grimace. "I'm going take you down." She swore to herself angrily.
Director Henshaw had taken his leave earlier opting to get some rest instead of continuing to dig for answered so Alex was left alone with the other members of the night shift. She reached towards the desk and lifted a white cup of coffee to her lips. It smelled delicious and she inhaled deeply, closing her eyes to enjoy the warmth and fragrance.
Her momentary rest was destroyed by the sound of alarms erupting into the air and sending everyone scrambling. Over the comm. a loud voice was blaring, "Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Detention area!" Alex reached at her hip and unlatched her sidearm then ran for the door. Once in the hall she pointed to three heavily armed guardsmen, "You two, with me! You! Gather more men and meet us in the detention area now!" the guards nodded and broke off to follow orders.
Alex jogged with purpose as the alarm kept blasting. Dozens of workers were scrambling in fear and running for cover from the unknown menace. This was the first time any intruder had ever gotten into the base and many here were not soldiers or fighters at all. They needed to be protected and she would see to it as best she could.
The two guards stayed close on her heels as, Alex rounded the final corner and then scanned her pass to open the doorway into the detention area where the DEO kept super powered enemies. Inside the room, Alex could see several downed guards on the ground. Silently, she signaled the two men with her to keep eyes on the perimeter while she checked the men to see if they were alive. Of the five before her, all were dead. She holstered her sidearm and picked up one of the guards heavy weapons, checked it and then proceeded silently forward.
The lighting in the room had been damaged and as she walked past cells she could see that numerous prisoners had been ignored but one cell was open and her breath caught in her throat when she remembered who was contained there. "This is detention area! We need immediate backup! We have a breach! Bizarro is free! I repeat—"
A yellow and blackish blur sped past her followed by wind so strong it made the three of them jump. The yellow man came to a skidding halt and grinned at her, "I remember you from earlier." He said in a demeaning way.
Alex didn't hesitate, "Open fire!" she screamed and began unloading every bullet in her gun. All three DEO agents unleashed their weapons fury while moving in opposite directions for cover. The Reverse Flash simple dodged each one with barely any effort and continued to laugh. "Bullets won't work on me." He teased and Alex felt she was breathing her last breaths.
The doors behind her burst open and into the room spilled a full two teams of soldiers in riot gear and machine guns. "Take him down!" Alex ordered and the shots began to fill the room. The Reverse Flash vanished in a blur of yellow and red then out of the open cell walked Bizarro-Supergirl. She was the spitting image of Kara save for her badly damaged face, pale skin and black eyes filled with hatred. The teams turned their attention to her and she was immediately bombarded with a hail of bullets that forced her to raise her arm in defense. Alex and her two men stood and joined in, adding to the rain of bullets that filled the hallway.
Thawne had ducked behind a nearby cell, in it was a woman of average height, long hair and dark skin. She eyed him mysteriously. "I can help you..." the woman said "...I can see your thoughts. I can read your mind. I see you've encountered the green Martian. Free me, human, and I will help you kill him." Thawne stared silently for a moment before using his speed to open the cell. The woman laughed in an evil manner then completely transformed. Instead of the dark and long haired woman, there was now a nearly 10-foot tall white monster standing before him and it roared loudly.
"The white Martian is free!" Alex shouted into her comm. and the DEO agents kept shooting and reloading. Bizarro screamed and unleashed a flash of ice vision that froze several cells and a few guards. The others scattered for cover and then immediately began pouring it on her again.
The huge monster leapt from the cell and grabbed two men in her hands. Bullets bounced off of her skin like nothing as she crushed one agent in her hand and flung the other across the room into the wall. Alex ran forward, emptying her gun at the creatures face. The white Martian turned its attention to her and with the flick of a wrist, Alex was flying backwards and slammed through the door that locked the detention area down. Thawne dashed around the room and dispatched the remaining men in seconds, leaving the three standing alone in a room filled with carnage.
Thawne smiled and looked at Bizarro, "Your master waits for us. We need a way out of here."
Bizarro nodded with understanding. She looked at the roof then began to fire her icy vision up into the ceiling. When the roof was frozen she sprang upward and crashed right through it revealing the starry sky above. "Can you fly?" Thawne asked the now transformed white Martian. Without word the woman floated into the sky and right through the hole. Thawne took one last look around the room and with a sick smile vanished in a blur of yellow, red and lightning.
The lights in the detention area flickered on and off, hiding the brutal carnage beneath them. The few remaining prisoners in the cells were all silent and curled up in fear. Some sobs could be heard from those that were injured. One of the doors to the area had been completely knocked off the hinges and flung backwards into the wall. Sprawled in the hallway, half twisted in the door was the body of Alex Danvers. A line of blood trailed from her nose and mouth.