1x12 Bizzaro (Part 2)
Part 2 of 1x12!
"Here's your chance! This is highly televised already! Get there before Supergirl and do what you do best: help people." Jason took two steps over to his Labyrinth laptop and frowned. Kara was on a date and about to bail to help out. "Karen, I'll be out of touch for a moment; I'm taking care of some interference. Keep the people calm and remember to use your expressions. I'm still here and watching," he assured her, muting the channel. Jason dialed Kara, grimacing at her 'fallen grandma' line and activating his voice modulator. "It's alright, Supergirl. Enjoy the date. The tramway will be fine."
She gaped. "Lab—! Are- are you sure?"
Jason smiled at her bad covering in front of Adam Foster. The news had just caught view of Power Girl. He gave her a moment to absorb that. "It looks like it's taken care of. Enjoy your night off, Supergirl."
She was still reluctant. "You'll call me if something happens?"
"I'll keep monitoring the situation, yes."
"Thank you." She hung up with gratitude and calmed Adam and kept an eye on the news.
Jason unmuted the comm. "Taken care of. Nice work." He sliced into the tramway's operating system and frowned. "This idiotic system is just giving me warnings but isn't saying what's wrong. It will be easier to detach the whole cable car and bring it to the ground. Use your laser vision and cut through the joint. Be careful not to cut the cable wire itself."
Power Girl obeyed and brought the car down softly.
"Put it down at the edge of the mainland."
The door opened and Jason shrieked. Karen shouted out in concern over the comms as well.
"Brother!"
"What the Void, Dad," Jason breathed. "You startled me." He turned back to the monitoring screens. "It's alright, Karen. Just Dad checking up on us. Stay around and help the people off, smile, be a friendly face. I'm still here watching if you need help." He muted his side again. "So what brings you down?"
Max was still smiling at Jason's reaction to his entrance when he spoke. "I noticed the event. Supergirl has not made an appearance."
"She's on a date. I convinced her not to fly off and ruin her normal life."
"How did you manage that?"
"Hacker, Dad. It was easy. I just made a phone call that distracted her until Power Girl got onto the scene." He unmuted his Bluetooth earpiece. "That's probably enough, Karen. Help out that last man, steady him on his feet, smile and nod to the victims. Come on back home."
Supergirl walked with J'onn and Alex in the DEO. "Labyrinth knew Power Girl was on her way. He has to be connected somehow. Another cousin coming out of nowhere? How is that even possible?"
"That girl at Maxwell Lord's facilities could be connected," Alex threw out also.
Hank shook his head. "That girl was comatose. It would take a miracle to bring her out of it. Max has a god complex; he's not one."
They came into the main hub. "Labyrinth," Hank called out. "We need to talk."
A slight pause. "This is not a good time," the pink words read. There was no usual accompanying voice.
"Make time."
"My life does not run to your schedule. I help you because you occasionally do some good for humanity. I could leave you to your sorely lacking defenses." There was an ugly silence. "Give me five minutes to make my excuses."
"Are we expecting him to give us a straight answer," Alex asked. "Every time before, he's been stubbornly reticent."
"I don't think we have a choice anymore," Kara said. "We're too far behind to catch up. We don't know anything."
"And a hacker who might be in league with her will tell us?"
A single monitor turned to Labyrinth's webcam. He in his mask sat composed, lines of text reflected in the single eye. "I'm here. What emergency have you got into today?"
"We want to know about Power Girl. How did you know she was going to save those people. Do you have access to her?"
He smirked behind the mask. "Feeling the competition?" He slouched back in the chair and put his feet up on the desk and crossed his arms. "I know through watching the cams when she's out spending time with the masses. She was escorting some lost children to the police station when she heard the news. I know your normal life is important to you, Supergirl, so I let you have it."
"Is she a threat," Hank demanded of the small screen.
"Everyone is a threat. I could bring down your organization; Supergirl could level the city; any human can pick up a gun and start shooting."
"You know what he means," Alex snapped.
"Has it occurred to you that I've never met her?" Labyrinth leaned forward. "She's helping people, like your pet aliens there. You can judge for yourself whether her motives are pure or not. Now if there's no emergency going on, I have a life I need to get back to." The screen went dark.
There will be one more dedicated PowerGirl chapter and then we continue with plot stuff
