Kara strutted into DEO headquarters with Lillian Luthor still fresh on her mind. Although she had told J'onn and Alex about it the other day, they still hadn't come up with a plan to bag the Luthor and get her to bring CADMUS to its knees. It made Kara restless knowing that both her and Alex were worried for Jeremiah and that they were no closer to getting him home than they were weeks ago.

"Winn, please tell me you've made progress with CADMUS' servers?" Kara asked when she approached his desk.

"No such luck. If anything, I think they got someone smart on their side. The servers have been reinforced quite a bit, I'm having less luck than before."

"Well Lillian knew you were having a field day in there cause she basically told me all about it," Kara replied with a pointed look.

Winn moved his hands up in defence, "hey you just said to get some info. I'm trying here! At least I'm getting further than where I was with the L Corp software."

Kara whipped around and glared at Winn, "You were the one busting into Lena's coding?"

"Ya, I wanted to make sure she was gonna use it on the up-and-up or in case it ended up in CADMUS' hands. It's not like I killed it or anything, just some field research. You're welcome."

Kara shook her head at him before turning to walk toward her sister, "any news on CADMUS?"

Alex waved for her to follow before continuing, "we're doing what we can but they're keeping themselves quiet for now. I spoke with J'onn and he agrees with me that we should wait for the right time. CADMUS will strike again, its just a matter of when."

Kara nodded before changing the subject. "How's Maggie doing?"

Alex smiled a bit before responding, "She's good. They almost had a breakthrough with Roulette's fighting ring but she's still one-step ahead. Today, she got called in for another mysterious alien death, not connected to Roulette this time. I was just on my way to find you so we could go check it out."

"Sounds great. We can all fill mom in over Christmas Eve dinner," Kara mused.

"Yippee," Alex droned as she moved off alongside her sister.

-:-

Alex and Kara arrived at the scene just as Maggie was moving away from the concealed corpse of the now-deceased alien.

"Ah the dynamic duo!" she chimed and she peeled off her blue latex gloves.

"I thought we were the dynamic duo," Alex moped.

"Of course we are Alex," Maggie said before bringing her girlfriend in for a hug.

Over Alex's shoulder, she caught a glimpse of Supergirl waiting, "Brought the back-up did you?"

"I figured a second opinion wouldn't hurt," Alex added before shooting a pleading look to Kara. It was still a tad awkward since Maggie still didn't know that Kara was Supergirl. Alex was wonderful though with keeping it to herself. Kara just wasn't sure if Maggie could be trusted with that information yet. After all, they had only just started dating.

And yet you want to divulge everything to Lena and she's only been your friend for the past couple months. That would be slightly hypocritical wouldn't it?

Kara pushed that argument to the back of her mind as she followed her sister and her partner to the scene of the crime. In the driver's seat of a car was a stunned Almeracian, almost like she had been scared to death. She sat there frozen as forensics worked their way around her. Kara watched with interest and a keen eye, "She wasn't literally scared to death."

"No," Maggie replied, "it looks like some form of alien weaponry, something we haven't seen before. Then again, that seems to be the case all the time now doesn't it?"

"Avada Kedavra," Kara muttered before turning to look at her sister, "this is CADMUS' doing isn't it?"

"Quite likely," Alex noted.

"So what do we do about it?" Maggie asked.

"Do what we do best," Kara replied simply, "find CADMUS and make them pay."


"Thank you all for coming today and welcome to L Corp."

Lena stood in front of her large windows in her lobby while addressing the press conference that had been assembled for the L Corp launch of the new antivirus software available to the world as of today. She scanned the crown now waiting for the much-anticipated news and found that familiar face behind those simple black specs.

"As you know, we have made strides in the past few weeks to change the name and reputation that surrounds us here and we continue to do that today. Like our city's undying heroes, we at L Corp want to continue the time-honoured tradition to protect, to serve and offer new solutions to growing problems that may arise. With this new antivirus platform, our cyber world can be certain of its protection knowing that those who wish to hack and pry will be stopped in their tracks an the average user won't have to worry about Big Brother anymore. With this new platform, we at L Corp wish to bring you a better tomorrow, today!"

Polite applause rang out from the crowds, giving Lena enough time to settle down for the questions that were to follow.

"Miss Luthor, do you think that this new software could potentially be hacked?"

Lena paused and gave a confident smile before answering, "No. It has been tried and true, just ask the online community."

A few chuckles rang out, giving Lena a renewed vigour. She shared this with a bright smile to Kara before another question rang out.

"How do you know this won't fall into enemy hands? The aliens may use this to an advantage."

A silence filled the lobby as all eyes were now trained on Lena, even those of Kara's. With a nod, she simply answered, "We at L Corp will work day and night to make sure this cannot be overridden and improperly used."

The back-and-forth banter of Q and A continued for the next little while before Lena was able to say her polite goodbyes and dismiss the press. When she stepped down, she immediately made her way over to the geeky reporter she had always liked best. "So will CATCO be satisfied with today's report?"

"I think so," Kara replied, "But don't worry, if I was Cat Grant, the late December issue would be all about the infamous Lena Luthor."

Lena smiled at the flattery and stifled a giggle and the face Kara made to herself when she thought Lena wasn't looking. Her whole demeanour was rather endearing, right down to that tic she had of fidgeting with her glasses, which she was doing just before she changed the subject.

"So my Sister and I tend to go to Midvale for Christmas since it's where we grew up. I can get my mom to come into National City if you don't want to travel out that far for the holidays," Kara offered.

"No it's fine. Actually some time out of the city might just be what I need right now," Lena answered trying to keep the nervousness out of her voice about leaving the servers alone for so long.

Kara's happy gaze caught hers and she sent a reassuring smile, "You'll always have Supergirl around to keep an eye on things here. Plus, alarm your office before you leave for added security."

Lena laughed and linked her arm into Kara's. "Alright. Sounds like a plan."