Chapter 9
Maggie ran into the DEO. Like the others, she had been transfixed by the fight and horrified when Kara had lost. She came as quickly as she could to the secret headquarters, knowing that Alex would need her and knowing that she needed to know how Kara was doing. The police detective had grown to love the blonde as a sister and now she feared what she would find.
When she rounded the corner after coming off the elevator, Winn saw her and just pointed to the lab. She gave him a quick nod to acknowledge him and then found Alex who was barely keeping it together. Maggie wrapped her arms around her fiancée and that's when the hard as nails redhead started crying.
"How bad is it?" Mon-El asked Doctor Milo.
"Bad. There's no way to sugarcoat it," the medical man responded. He heaved a sigh before continuing,
"As you noted, she has broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and multiple lacerations and bruises. What I noted on top of that was a hairline fracture in her skull and internal bleeding. I've induced a coma and am trying to fill her body with enough yellow sun rays to get her to start healing herself but I have no idea how long it will take for her to wake up. She's never been this badly hurt before."
"Compared to being impaled by Kryptonite shards?" Mon-El asked.
"That was nothing. If she was human she would have died before getting to the hospital," Milo frowned. The former Daxamite had no words. Milo patted him on the shoulder and then left him to sit next to his girlfriend.
"How bad is it?" James asked Winn. He'd rushed over as soon as he could get away from CatCo. Lena was practically losing her mind and he hoped he could help ease her fears.
"I'm going to call Clark," his friend said.
"Don't do that," Mon-El had emerged from the lab, allowing Alex and Maggie to head in there to be with Kara. He wanted to stay but he knew that he had to act before the group did something rash.
"Pardon me for saying so but why the hell not?" James gave him a look. J'onn walked up to the group, concerned he may have to stop a fight.
"Kara begged me not to. She said that he was the last line of defense and she wanted to keep him a secret weapon if we could. I think Kara thinks that Reign is targeting her first for a reason and she wants her cousin as an ace in the hole," Mon-El explained.
"He has a point. Reign has sought Kara out. She either thinks she can't beat Clark or she's trying to lure him here. Winn bring him up to speed but tell him to stay away until he hears otherwise. Hopefully we can get to the Worldkiller before we need to call him into action," J'onn told them.
"How do we beat something that just practically killed Kara?" James argued.
"We have to be smarter. That and we have the Black Kryptonite," Mon-El said.
"You're Kryptonian now. If you try to expose Reign to it, you'll inadvertently expose yourself. We can't have four Kryptonians running around," Winn pointed out.
"It may be the only way to defeat Reign. She's stronger than Kara so it stands to reason that she's stronger than me. If we can split her into another alien half, it might weaken her enough for us to get rid of her," he pointed out.
"I heard Reign through Kara's earpiece. She said she got here after Krypton was destroyed. So how did she manage to escape the DEO's notice?" Winn raised an eyebrow.
"It shouldn't have. Kara's pod was known to us before it entered the atmosphere. Reign's pod should have come up too unless we were distracted by something else at the time," J'onn said.
"I'll get checking the database!" Winn quickly grabbed his tablet and started typing.
"Winn, there is something else I think we should check," Mon-El spoke up.
"What?" The younger man asked.
"Well Kara's pod came with a crystal to create the Fortress of Solitude right? She would have used it too if Clark hadn't already done so," he said.
"You're thinking Reign has something similar," J'onn looked at him.
"I'm guessing. Why else bide your time? I mean when my mother invaded, it would have been easy to attack while everyone was distracted but Reign remained hidden. There has to be a reason and perhaps that's because she wanted to see who would come out on top," Mon-El shrugged.
"Seismic activity in the last year. You got it," Winn said and he got back to work.
To Be Continued…
