Ch. 2

"He told you that the DEO is not to be trusted?" Alex asked as Kara was checked out by the medics.

"Yeah, right before he knocked me out." Kara said, rubbing her throat. "How was he able to get his hands on Kyrptonite by the way? I mean it's not like the DEO's just handing it."

"Did you try and look under his mask?" Hank asked as he reviewed footage of the man that they had gotten off of several street cameras.

He was still wearing the helmet and was constantly checking over his shoulder. He had circled back around several streets in case there was a tail. But as he left the three-block radius that he was picked up by the cameras, he just disappeared without a trace.

"Do we know anything about this guy?" Kara asked, receiving silence as an answer. "Really? Nothing? I mean, how can this guy just show up out of nowhere? I mean he knows about the DEO, no one knows about the DEO except aliens, and he wasn't one!"

"How do we know that?" Alex asked.

"Because no aliens needed Kyrptonite to hurt me, and I didn't see one of Astra's devices on him."

"Then finding out who this is just became our top priority," Hank said as he stared down at the picture of their mystery man.

"Kara I think we got something!" Alex informed her sister. They had agents monitoring the traffic cameras throughout the city, watching for any sign of the man in the mask. And luckily for them, they had found him

He was lurking through one of the seedier parts of town late at night. He didn't appear to be doing anything, but he still knew about the DEO, therefore he needed to be brought it. It was protocol after all.

"What do you have?" Kara asked, she was flying through the air, her mind reeling from the test fight that she had with Red Tornado.

"He's by the docks, near the shipping center. We don't know what he's doing but we're sure that it's him."

"Got it! I'm on my way!"

He didn't even flinch when she landed. Kara was sure that he wasn't even surprised. All he did was sigh and rise from where he was seating.

"I was thinking that you wouldn't show."

"Who are you?!" Kara demanded.

He pointed at Kara and wiggled his finger. "I didn't answer last night. Why would I tonight? Oh by the way, I saw that fight you had with the robot, man you got some anger in you, don't you?"

Kara growled and launched herself at him. He rolled out of the way and landed several quick strikes, each hitting her with the strength of a Kryptonian, or at least something very close to one.

Kara landed a hit on his abdomen and sent him flying back into a shipping container, denting it.

"What do you want?"

He laughed and dusted himself off. "For you to know the truth! You think the DEO is so great, and noble! But you don't know the half of it! They're a cancer, you need to see that!"

"No!" Kara denied. "They may have been like that once but not anymore!"

He laughed and shook his head. "And you believe that? My word aren't you the good little soldier. They have you as brainwashed as the lot of them."

Kara raised her fists. "You're wrong."

He shook his head mournfully. "No, I'm really not."

Kara flew at him as quickly as she could however he simply raised his left hand and sent her reeling back.

She managed to regain her composure and sent a blast of heat vision. The man swore and dived out of the way. He may have been able to stop most of her other attacks but he couldn't stop pure energy.

"Nice one, you're learning," he shouted from behind his cover. "Shame that you're just a puppet for the DEO!"

Kara scanned the area with her X-ray vision. She couldn't seem to find him until she saw a body without a head. As if it was just sitting there behind cover. Then it hit her. His helmet was made out of lead. At the very least lined with it.

"What's the problem? Having trouble seeing me?" The man mocked. "I've been watching you for a while Ms. Zor-El. I know all about your powers, your strengths and weaknesses."

"Who are you?!" Kara demanded once more.

"I'm a Deadman Ms. Zor-El. But you can call me, Rapture." He rose out from behind his cover. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go. Ta-Ta!"

He blasted her back into a shipping container and he rose into the air. He gave her a mocking salute and flew away.

Kara stood and worked the kinks out of her neck and dusted herself off. He was already gone. Even if she took off and tried to look for him, it was dark and she had no idea the direction he went.

And that was when she heard it. The pick pick pick. Like metal against the pavement. There were a few shutter clicks. Kara recognized the sound from when James had used his own camera.

"Supergirl?" Kara turned to the sound of the voice. Standing there was a young man with messy black hair and a cane with a silver wolfs head. In his left hand though there was a black case. "Oh wow! It's an honor to meet you! I-I'm Jack, Jack Reilly."

Kara was surprised by Jack's eagerness to meet her. She never would have guessed that he was a fan from the way he had acted in the office.

"I hope you don't mine but I got a few pictures of you and that guy fighting." Great, she thought. There was no way that Cat wasn't going to publish those.

But then Kara got a thought in her head. "What are you doing out here?"

Jack stiffened and looked to the ground. "Oh uh, just waking home. I- well National City isn't cheap, so I live out here."

His face reddened and Kara heard his heartbeat quicken. It was kinda funny how he was embarrassed for living out in that area.

"Well, I should probably let you get back to it," he said suddenly. You know, saving the day, or well night in this case."

Kara smiled. "It was a pleasure to meet you Mr. Riely, I hope we meet again."

Kara took off to the sky and as she sped away heard Jack whisper, "Of that I have no doubt."

"He said that he was a Deadman. But he calls himself Rapture," Kara told Alex and Hank after she had arrived at the DEO.

"Did he say anything else?" Hank asked her.

"Only that the DEO is a cancer. He really hates you guys."

"A lot of people do. We do things that others aren't willing too, if we need to step on some toes then so be it/ ," Hank told the girls.

"But who is this guy? I mean if the DEO did do something to him why wait so long to come for revenge?" Alex asked him.

"Maybe he has something planned, it just took him a while to perfect it," Hank told them, a pit growing in his stomach. If someone was coming after the DEO then he was probably at the top of the list. Hank Henshaw did not have many friends.

"Don't worry Kara, we'll find him," Alex reassured her.

"How did you get these?" James asked as he looked at the shots of the fight between Kara and the self-named Rapture.

"I was just taking a walk and I saw Supergirl flying around. She landed and then I heard fighting so I got there as fast as I could. I got the tail end of the fight so these probably aren't the best-"

"No, they're good." James said smiling as he held the pictures up to the light. "I'll get them into the layouts and then show Ms. Grant."

"Thanks James," the door opened and Kara paused as she entered the room.

"Oh hey, Jack. Can I talk to James really quick?" She asked moving into the room slowly.

"Oh of course..." he paused and held up a hand, "Kara? I'm sorry I'm really terrible with names. Hell, I'm pretty sure the only reason I know James' is because he's my boss."

Kara and James laughed and Jack shambled out.

"So, how'd your fight go?" James asked, handing Kara the pictures.

"Oh yeah I forgot Jack was there."

"Pretty weird to be taking a walk out there." James laughed as he looked through the glass walls of his office. "Especially late at night."

Kara shrugged. "Not too weird. I mean he does live out there."

James gave her a looked and crinkled his eyebrows together. "What do you mean. He doesn't live out by the docks. He lives on Jefferson. Pretty far from the docks."

"But he told me after the fight with-"

"After?" James asked. "He showed up after your fight with this Rapture guy?"

Kara paused and a nervous smile appeared on her face. "You don't think… I mean come on James."

"Well, he did show up right after you fought Rapture for the first time."

"He needs a cane to walk!"

"So he's lying," James shrugged. "Look all I'm saying is that the timing is a little to coincidental."

"Come on James don't be ridiculous," Kara told him.

Maxwell Lord had just ended one of his visitations with the Jane Doe he had taken under his care. He tried to visit as often as he could, but sometimes his schedule just didn't allow for it. The harsh life of a CEO billionaire.

"Marcus, I want you to keep up the regular guard shifts, and if anyone starts asking questions again, just tell me who they are and I'll make sure that their… well compensated," Lord didn't know why he bothered with talking in code, why he didn't just say he would bribe them. He owned the building and all of the recording devices in it, not like anyone could blackmail him. Perhaps he was just a fan of the dramatic.

"Yes Mr. Lord."

Maxwell made his way through his building, nodding to the late-night staff. He smiled, waked straight, said goodnight to Linda, the receptionist, just as he did every night. His car was in the same spot, near the entrance in the subterranean parking lot. Lord nearly paused in his walk when he saw that the security guard that was meant to be posted, Larry he believed his name was, wasn't at his post. It was strange, but Lord supposed that the man probably had to go to the bathroom and had forgotten to check with the head office.

Lord kept walking and opened the door to his sleek black sports car. He clipped his seat belt into place and slid the key into the ignition. He was about to turn it, when he realized that he couldn't. His wrist was froze in place, unable to turn the ignition. He tried pulling his arm away from the ignition only to meet the same effect.

"What the— "Lords throat began constricting, not enough to suffocate him, but enough to keep him from talking.

"Maxwell Lord," is eyes looked in his rear view and he saw a masked man sit up. "We need to talk."

AN: Hey guys, so here is the next chapter, the third should be up relatively soon, so be on the lookout for that. Thank you to all of those that reviewed, especially you Ravenclaw'sHeir2020, good to see you again my friend! Please leave a review and I'll see you all next time! Pacco1