A/N: This was originally supposed to be a one-shot, but some of you expressed interest in more so I'll have about two more chapters after this one. I hope you enjoy it!


After spending five minutes in the abandoned room to tend to her injuries, Alex popped an experimental regan pill into her mouth to help dull the pain from the laceration she'd sustained from one of the guards. She had just reemerged into the hallway when the intercom crackled to life and Lillian Luthor's voice started to flow from it. As soon as the message ended with a "Meet your first opponent," Alex stepped through the door and entered a wide-spaced area that had some abandoned equipment lying around. A door on the opposite end of the room suddenly opened and an Alien stepped through.

The alien was bipedal, about 7 feet tall, and had a reptilian look to it, with an elongated jaw, slitted pupils, tail, and dark green scaly skin with some black stripe patterns on it. The giant beast looked familiar so Alex racked her mind through all the species the DEO knew of until she landed on an image and determined that this alien was a Psion. Psions hailed from the planet Maltus where they were experimented on by the inhabitants of that planet, Maltusians. Had it not been the fact that this one was trying to kill her, Alex would have felt bad that this one had the misfortune to be found by CADMUS to once more be a casualty of science.

With its eyes gleaming with pleasure and anticipation, the Psion stalked closer to its prey. Pulling out the glocks from her thigh holsters, she fired at the creature as it advanced towards her, the bullets falling to the ground after harmlessly bouncing off its hardened scales. Letting out what seemed like a laugh, the lizard lashed out with a clawed hand and caught Alex's shoulder, slicing a three inch red line across her shoulder. Before Alex had time to react the monster swung its tail and slammed Alex into a wall, knocking the air out of her, before wrapping tightly around her abdomen and lifting her a few feet from the ground to throw her across the room.

Gritting her teeth so she wouldn't cry out, she felt a flare of pain from her already injured side as she was clutched tightly. Ignoring the pain, Alex reached into a pocket and pulled out a black dagger, stabbing part of the tail that was gripping her. The creature hissed in pain and immediately released her along with its tail that had detached as a defense mechanism. Thank Rao these creatures had autonomy like the lizards on Earth. Giving the Alien no time to regroup, Alex leaped onto its back and pulled out an electric baton from her belt, turning it on and keeping the end of it on the lizard creature's chest. The Psion roared in pain as 50,000 volts of electricity surged through its body and it thrashed around trying to throw the human off its back with no avail. After what felt like hours, the Reptilian creature finally buckled to the ground, twitching slightly just like its discarded tail.

Breathing heavily, Alex turned her attention to her newest injury and covered it with another medical bandage. She sat down and leaned against the wall for several minutes before standing up to continue her task. One down, two to go.