Chapter 2: Torn Asunder (8 AM)
She had been the first out of the med bay and with it her second in charge with his newest in his team met up where a meeting of leaders was lead by none other than Alura of Argo City. To say she had skills of battle was an understatement. This kryptonian knew the ways in and out of how to fight any threat that came at them. Yet, she still remained calm even though Susan could see the clench at her jaw. Alura was barely holding it together with the state her daughter was in.
It had been hours and another round of surgeries and still Kara had a breathing tube down her throat a feeding tube as well. Her body had spasmed into seizures six times and they'd had to purge her system again. With all the work done Amelia was exhausted but due to Susan's state she too came to this meeting. They had it in the breakroom of the medical wing so they could all stay close. Hamilton walked over and gave Vasquez a cup of hot tea to ease some of the rough texture from the agent's throat. It was welcome.
"Her body has not been found?" Alura asked several captains and the three generals. "How is that possible? She fell with Supergirl! She should have hit the ground!"
"There is another problem…" An agent came staggering in and blood littered the trail he'd taken behind him. He dropped before he could say anymore and it was J'onn and Nia to approach him with four other agents two of which worked in the medbay. The Martian was quick to focus on the man as the medics went to work and they got his body on a stretcher but the moment they did his heart had already stopped. J'onn cursed his choice to not be a call to arms.
"Doctor Hamilton!" Amelia ran over and noticed the damage this agent had taken and no amount of life support would bring this man back. She placed a hand on her old Director's arm but he quickly turned away and walked away from them all.
"This agent was from the jail area wasn't he?" Nia spoke up and Susan's eyes widened.
"GET ME TWO TEAMS DOWN TO THE PRISONER WING! NOW!" Vasquez yelled and agents quickly scrambled away. "Shit...if we lose them…"
"Alura?" Nia walked over and pulled the kryptonian aside needing to know. "What do you know of Nura?" She asked quietly so only the woman could hear. Alura met her brown eyes and nodded and they walked out of the room to discuss everything she could to the young Naltorian.
"Captain Remzi?" Susan called where the agent was by the door whom walked over to her. "I want your team assembled fully to guard everyone in the med bay. I will have two other teams from the front and back to keep things secure. Keep the radios on you and them. I don't want the coms on any of the three teams. We stay pager and radio geared up. Those devices can't work with her frequencies. Aaron nodded. "Thank you."
"None of us will let you down Susan. I promise you." Remzi responded as we walked out to bark orders to his team with Gregory at his side. Vasquez watched them leave and noticed Alura and Nia no longer in the room. Amelia however had returned with a rather grim expression on her face.
"What is it?" They shared a look and Hamilton informed Vasquez of the news.
"The Director is awake and asking for you." Amelia let her know and as weak as Susan still felt she pushed herself into at least a jog back to the main area of the med wing to where a few of their fallen had been tended to her being one of them before. She rounded the corner and saw the Director sitting up grumbling to two of the nurses and she rolled her eyes walking over. Alex looked her way and motioned to her to come over with her flailing hand. Once Susan was before Danvers she noticed Alex's inability to keep the mask on her face any longer shaking her head at her.
"You really should keep that on."
"Fuck…it's making my face itch and I can't speak well enough...with it on.." Alex spoke between breaths in the mask. "Wha…"
"Do you really want to know with the state your worn body is in Director?" A growl came from under the mask. "I tried." Vasquez sighed and unloaded all the updates and by the time she was done Alex's hands were clenching the bar under the bed mat. "Calm.."
"How...the fuck...am...I to...remain...cal…" Alex felt her vision swim and her body slumped forward luckily to be caught by Susan but she screamed for help when she felt her knees grow weak and begin to buckle. Two agents ran in with one catching her the other bringing the Director back onto the bed on her back. Danvers was out cold and knowing the extent of her wounds, it would be a while before she recovered. Vasquez on the other hand had dizziness gripping at her and a bed was pushed over with the agent laying her onto it.
"What the...SUSAN!" Amelia forced herself to run toward the woman now on the other bed and she ordered one of her assistance to get a tank going and get a mask on the agent. Hamilton grabbed her penlight and flashed it in the Co-Director's eyes. "Not good."
"Dr. Hamilton?" Amelia turned with the nurse beside her pulling up where Susan's shirt had rode up. The bruise on Vasquez's side of her torso was enormous and it seemed to be spreading. "Should we?"
"Get her wheeled to OR 2, now!" Like hell she was going to lose her friend and potential girlfriend to a damn bruise or anything else that had been thrown the agent's way. Amelia ran out after the medical aid to get Susan prepped for examine and possibly procedure, leaving two agents outside the door with a nurse at the Director's bedside. The woman waited until she heard both agents drop and smirked with her eyes of dark blue showing...
"One erased memory with nanobytes to stir that chip in your brain back to life...coming right up." Kayla removed the mask smiling as she brought the needle to the back of Alex's ear. "I don't need Jeremiah to destroy all your history with the alien mutt. You won't be anything else but my loyal servant now." Kayla pressed on the plunger laughing as the formula was injected into the pretty little Director. Now, she had to take her leave before they discovered she was amongst them. After all, one brainwashed shapeshifting alien had been used to confuse them all being the one that was in the cell. She'd been in the DEO all along. Watching. Waiting. Two little hours of rest for the Director and she'd be ready to go. Kayla pulled out the small micro com into Alex's left ear pressing it against the inner canal where it pierced just deep enough to stay in place.
Now, to rearrange the kryptonian brat's brain. Kayla was about to head that direction when she saw both the other kryptonian and Naltorian come her direction. She slipped the mask back over her face and clicked on her pager to alter her appearance. She then slipped out the other door before she could be noticed.
Nia had just brought up another conflict of her bloodline when she felt something no...someone, where they shouldn't be. She ran into the bay room and right up to the Director and screamed for help immediately. Agents and medical staff came running and that's when they noticed the two agents on the floor outside the other door.
"Get Hamilton...QUICK!" Alura had dashed over as Nia turned Alex's head to point to the puncture mark and her own eyes widened the same as the Naltorian's.
"Was she…" Nia nodded seeing Amelia run in.
"What happened?" She pointed to the spot behind Alex's ear. "Oh my god…"
"What nurse was in…" Alura noticed the syringe on the floor quickly picking it up to hand to Amelia. "What was…"
"Get her into an OR right now! She needs to be scanned and get Remzi's team on guarding Lena and Kara. They are in extreme danger!" Nia explained frantic with fear leaking through her. They had been fooled and somehow she knew that now. Perhaps it was the psychic residue in the room, but it was enough to alarm her senses. Kara Zor-El needed her to be the hero she'd looked up to and sought guidance from as both a reporter and Supergirl. It was time to act and looking into Alura's eyes, she knew this was the exact moment her destiny would change for good...