Chapter 14

Kara rolled in her bed, she could hear her phone bleeping away, she wanted to launch it across the city, she hadn't slept very well the past few nights and she could really use a lie in today, but the phone kept ringing, so eventually she reached across and grabbed it, suppressing the urge to crush it, to shut it up.

She saw her sister's name illuminating the screen

"Hey Alex" she murmured, still half asleep "Listen I was going to have a day to myself-

"Kara this is not a social call" Alex interjected "And besides it the middle of the afternoon"

Kara squinted at the clock, it was indeed almost 4pm

"Oh right… what's up?" Kara sat up, forcing herself to focus

"A situation is forming…" her voice trailed off slightly "It's to do with the Luthors"

Kara's heart skipped

"Lena?" She asked, knowing the answer

Alex paused for a moment "Lillian Luthor is here is National City and Kara… she has the Medusa virus"

Kara was on her feet in a flash "How? That was locked away in the fortress of solitude!" Kara demanded

"We don't know, we know she has a new lackey running around but we have not been able to get a decent view of his face yet" Alex explained "And now we don't have eyes on Lillian, she was last seen at Lena's office yesterday"

Kara paused, halfway into her Supergirl outfit "She was talking with Lena?"

"Yes we think that they are working together to use the Medusa to wipe out the alien population in National city" Alex said

"What? No, Lena wouldn't be a part of it" Kara argued

"Kara, she's a L-

"A Luthor?" Kara finished, disgust in her voice "God you are starting to sound a lot like James, she is trying to turn her company into something good, she got rid of an alien detection device after seeing what it would really do to the world, she is not her brother"

"Kara I understand you were friendly with her but right now you need to think like Supergirl and not Kara Danvers" Alex was trying to keep her voice calm

"Let me talk to Lena first" Kara demanded "I know she doesn't have a part in this"

"Kara-

But Kara was already flying out the window and across National City, landing silently on the balcony that Lena had installed shortly after, Kara's first visit as Supergirl,

Kara's heart pounded nervously as she went towards the door, but the office was empty, Kara tried the door to find that it was unlocked, she stepped in using her x-ray vision to heck that Lena was indeed not here, Kara thought that maybe she had been called to the Lab but after a quick scan of the building the blonde's heart sank, Lena wasn't here.

Kara didn't want to believe what Alex was saying, not yet, not without proof, Lena was good and kind and nothing like the rest of the Luthors, she couldn't be.

Kara shook her head and took off once again, she needed to find Lena

"Kara!"

The blonde halted mid flight and hovered there as another caught up with her, J'onn stopped beside her

"We have found them" he said

"Them?" Kara could feel her chest tightening

J'onn stayed silent and that was all Kara needed to know that Lena was working with her mother

"They are down at the docks"

Kara looked off towards the direction, she clenched her fists to stop her hands from shaking, was this her fault?

As the pair of them raced towards the docks Kara couldn't help but think that she could have prevented this, maybe if she hadn't of run away from Lena, if she didn't block her out then she wouldn't have met with her mother or maybe Kara could have convinced her otherwise, she didn't want to believe that Lena was going to help her mother set off the Medusa virus, she wasn't like them.

As she neared the docks she could now see a large rocket launcher on the back of a truck and close by stood Lillian Luthor and next to her by the control console was Lena, her body language was calm, she wasn't under any duress, she was here by choice and it broke Kara's heart.

She and J'onn landed close by, immediately the Luthor eyes were on them, Kara stared straight into Lena's eyes searching for anything that would prove what she was seeing was not as it first appeared, but Lena's green eyes showed nothing, her features neutral.

Neither of the Luthor women seemed surprised to see Supergirl there

"I was wondering when you were going to show up Kryptonian" sneered Lillian "But I'm afraid you are too late, the Medusa virus is active and ready to launch and then no more aliens trying to take over our world, humans will finally be the apex predator again, as it should be" a smug smile across her face

Kara's attention was still on Lena, not being able to take her eyes off of her, she still had that regal beauty even as she stood there ready to end alien life on earth. Kara still didn't want to believe

J'onn stepped forwards sensing Kara's hesitation

"Stop this now Ms Luthor, mass genocide is not the answer" his voice was calm but held power none the less

Lillian let out a cold laugh "Of course you, an alien would say that but how would you feel if humans suddenly invaded your planet"

Silence fell, but the missile control bleeped, making Lena and Lillian turn

"Why are you doing this Lena?"

Kara's sudden words surprised herself, Lena turned to look at her

"Because I'm a Luthor" she said, her voice just as cold as Lillian's

Kara felt as though her world was crumbling down

"Everyone wants me to be the big bad Luthor, so why not show them who I truly am?"

Kara could feel the stinging behind her eyes but refused to show it

"Kara Danvers believes in you"