Panic in National City
By 18lzytwner
Chapter 1
Reign and her World Killer sisters were gone and in their wake they had left a lot of questions as to how everyone was to move on. People had now dealt with two alien attacks in the last two years and to say that hadn't shaken the good people of Earth would be a lie. Kara knew this and she feared what would come of it. While she had known humans to have a great amount of compassion and understanding, she had also seen what happened when fear took hold.
Now as she patrolled National City, late at night, alone with just her super hearing to guide her, she wondered what she would hear. The blonde was already missing Mon-El and Winn as the two had gone back to the future. Brainy had stayed behind; a product of Pestilence's defeat was the future was no longer hospitable for twelfth-level intellects of the AI variety. He was still learning the ropes of being on his new team and it was driving Alex batty.
Alex. She had taken a lot on in the wake of J'onn's departure from the DEO. While she loved being director, she never realized with just how much the Martian dealt with on a day to day basis. The struggle was made harder when she constantly had to be helping Brainy.
"Hey you," a voice came in over her comms.
"You're at work awful early today, aren't you?" Kara responded to her human sister.
"Looks like you never went to bed," Alex retorted.
"I probably wouldn't have slept anyway," the blonde admitted. Reign had been plaguing her dreams still even after her defeat.
"I hear you. Head into the office. We need to talk before you head to your other job," the redhead told her.
"On my way," Kara said, wondering what her sister meant. It did not take her long to reach the DEO and land on the balcony. Alex was waiting for her there and they both headed inside, away from any prying eyes.
"So what's up?" The blonde wanted to know once they entered the large conference room and sat down.
"I have concerns about the scuttlebutt that has been going on in DC. They are threatening to send in someone to oversee the DEO. We've always basically just answered to the President and if we have someone looking over my shoulder all the time, there will be issues. I can't be an effective leader if my every move is being questioned by someone in front of the troops," Alex said.
"Because the DEO is supposed to stop alien threats before they become public and instead we've been fighting from the ground and two steps behind," Kara nodded.
"Two attacks in two years. An invasion and another set of Kryptonians. We're just lucky that the fight we had with your Aunt and Uncle didn't make as many headlines," the redhead shook her head.
"Yeah that would not have been good. What do you want to do about it? We're not exactly incapable of handling things but even J'onn didn't know about the Daxamites or the World Killers. How are we supposed to prove we're able to do our jobs when something like those attacks can be right under our noses right now?" The blonde asked. She had a point. They had the latest and greatest spy technology, satellites monitoring space, and informants. What else was left to have at their disposal?
"I have no idea," Alex frowned.