Chapter 10: THE BARRICADE

They find him. He had strode out of the party, behind the barricade.

"There he is." Kara says to Mon-El, who stands behind her.

Moss is talking with three well-suited, one of them scar-faced, people. Kara and Mon-El assume that those people are probably the buyers. But they aren't exchanging any stuff or financial credits. So they decide to just scrutinize, in concealment. They exchange looks each time Moss opens his mouth to speak something.

He glanced at them. Kara realises the trouble that could be caused if they are exposed and the whole mission would be futile. She turns around to face Mon-El and says, "He saw us."

"What are we going to do now?" Mon-El says with haste in his voice.

Kara breathes hard and her chest rises. She traps some air in her mouth and moves her palm over from her forehead to her temple. "Kiss me." She says as she sees no way out.

"What?" Mon-El says, confused.

Ignoring his question, she places her palms on his cheeks and pulls his face onto hers for a kiss. He struggles to not deepen it but ends up doing the contradictory. He moves one hand around her waist and the other on her neck, slowly disappearing in her hair, which sends a shiver down her spine. She grabs him by his collar and rests her free palm on his chest as he thrusts her against the barricade. He puts his hand over her palm that rests on his chest. They break the kiss when they run out of oxygen. He again brushes his lips on hers for a short kiss. She bites his lower lip and pulls it out forward. A tear leaves her eye as he settles a lock of her hair behind her ear. He wipes off her tear and kisses her salted cheek, her hand still on his heart. The tension rises between them.

Moss walks toward them and says, "You two looking for some room, you probably should go that way," he points in the opposite direction. "Not here."

"Yes, thanks," Kara adjusts her glasses and chuckles, followed by Mon-El. "We're going to go."

Moss leaves with assurance that they were going to leave too. He gets busy with the dealers.

"Winn, I think they're making the deal." Kara says over the comm.

"Turn on the button-camera on Mon-El's shirt." Winn replies.

"There's a camera on my shirt?" Mon-El responds.

Kara glances over his shirt and finds the button where the camera is fixed. She taps it to turn it on.

"Stand still." She says. He nods. New awkwardness.

Moss opens the case and it is filled with money. Possibly a hundred grand dollars.

"This is the advanced payment." The scar-faced man says. "The rest will be deposited in your bank account after the delivery."

Moss nods and says, "Get the truck out. Make the delivery."

"Do we engage?" Kara says.

"No, Supergirl, do not engage." J'onn says over from the D.E.O. "Let them make the delivery. Return to the D.E.O."

"But we can get them." Kara says.

"You'll get them, just return here." J'onn says.

Kara and Mon-El reach the D.E.O. and approach J'onn, Alex and Winn.

"We could've gotten him." Kara says irritatively.

"They had Kryptonite." Alex says. Kara's eyes descend. "That's why we had to abort."

"Well, I couldn't have stopped them," Kara says. "But Mon-El could have." She points at him.

"You really want us to think that you would've let him go alone," Alex says. "And that he would've gone?"

"Well," Kara tilts her head. "Okay, wait, so what do we do now?"

"You two," J'onn points at Kara and Mon-El. "Suit up. I'm coming with you to stop the truck. Winn tells me that he modified your suit - that Kryptonite wouldn't affect you if you wore it."

"Well, it gives you 86% resistance, but it works." Winn adds.

Kara and Mon-El nod together.

The truck runs down the street. Two people are seated in the truck - one is driver and the other one is Moss.

Supergirl, J'onn and Mon-El approach the truck from the sky, soaring. J'onn dives in front of the truck and the driver jerks the brakes and the truck halts, making a screeching noise. The driver and Moss get out of the truck, ready to defend the delivery.

"Get the truck." Mon-El says to Kara. "We'll get the mobsters." Kara nods.

Mon-El drops down beside the Martian Manhunter to fight the criminals. The driver comes to attack to Mon-El and Moss charges toward J'onn. Meanwhile, Supergirl breaks into the back of the truck. She opens it and finds several wooden crates. On the other end, J'onn has beaten down Moss and put him on the ground. The driver in a similar condition.

"Found the drugs." Supergirl shouts.