Oh, it's good to be home from college. :)

Lena finds out what Kara's been up to, misery loves company, and J'onn has a bad day.

Lena Luthor/Kara Danvers

Lena frowned, watching the translated Kryptonese words shimmer in the air. "So this is the reason why Mon-El wants to kill you."

"Basically," Kara sighed.

"May I speak freely?"

"Of course you can."

"You loved an idiot." Kara didn't answer, and Lena turned to see Kara look down at the ground and chew her lip while both Oliver and Sara gave her death glares. "All I'm saying is anyone that truly knows Kara or Supergirl knows that Kara doesn't like to kill. At all. Which is why I'm saying Mon-El is an idiot for wanting to kill her when she doesn't like to kill."

"And because I never realized he was putting on an act," Kara sighed.

"Anyone can put on an act," Lena shrugged, walking over to her. "You having to be both Kara and Supergirl, me having to be the CEO of L-Corp and try to give the Luthor name a better rep . . . and Mon-El pretending to be a better guy when he's actually a bastard."

Sara grinned. "I like you. Ollie, can we keep her?"

"I suppose," Oliver chuckled.

"Um, no," Kara shook her head. "She's coming back to Earth-38 with me when this is all over."

Lena rolled her eyes fondly. "If you bring me back to Earth-38, I can help you deal with mother dearest."

"Now that sounds like a deal," Sara smirked.

"So, Daxamites aside," Lena folded her arms. "As much as I want to punch Mon-El in the face as soon as possible, it sounds like you've got something else to worry about . . . and I have yet to meet, um . . . whoever Barry is."

"How do you know about Barry?" Oliver frowned.

"Mr. Olsen mentioned him in the conversation I overheard," Lena answered easily. "Why? Is he OK?"

"Uh, the reason he's not here is because he's kind of the something else we're worrying about currently," Kara scratched the back of her head.

Lena frowned. "I'm sorry?"

"Barry's a speedster, and speedsters have the ability to create duplicates of themselves," Sara explained. "One of Barry's duplicates from the future is an evil speedster that will kill his fiancée in about a month."

"Oh," Lena swallowed. "That's – "

"Bad," Oliver nodded. "Which is why Barry isn't here, because everything he knows, so does Savitar. Which means if he hears the plan we're making to stop Savitar – "

"Savitar knows the plan and therefore can form a plan of his own to make sure yours doesn't work," Lena finished.

"I really like her," Sara grinned.

Lena smirked slightly. "I'm happy to know I won't be kicked out."

"Definitely not," Oliver shook his head. "A true friend of Kara's is a friend of ours."

Lena noted the small smile that formed on Kara's face at those words and made a mental note to ask Winn about who Oliver Queen was later. "So what have you got so far on Savitar?"

Kara cleared her throat, straightening up. "Well, right now, we've basically got the end of the plan worked out," she said, pulling a disc-like object out of her boot. "We get Savitar to Earth-38, I activate this, and I toss him into the Phantom Zone."

Lena's eyebrows shot up. "Seriously?"

"Time doesn't pass there," Kara nodded. "And unless his suit can function as a spacesuit, he won't get out of there."

"But it's on Earth-38."

"We argued that point, too," Sara grumbled.

"Just trust me," Kara sighed. "All I'm going to do once I get to Earth-38 is open the portal to get Savitar into the Phantom Zone, and then I'm coming right back here. That's it, I promise."

Lena sighed, then nodded. "Fine." She looked between Oliver and Sara. "What can I help with?"

"Are you guys discussing anything Savitar related?" a voice called from the hallway.

Oliver rolled his eyes fondly. "Not anymore!" he called back.

"Oh, good," Barry poked his head around the corner, grinning. "There's only so much patrolling I can do without getting bored after, you know, the thousandth time."

"Then why didn't you run around the world?" Sara deadpanned.

Barry snorted. "Didn't want to test the range of comms in my suit."

"So this is Barry, I'm guessing," Lena smirked.

"Yes," Kara nodded. "Barry Allen, meet Lena Luthor."

"Nice to meet you," Barry smiled, holding out his hand for Lena to shake. "Another Earth-38er?"

"That's me," Lena nodded, shaking his hand.

"Did something happen?"

"Well," Kara held out, looking at Oliver.

"Mon-El was on to her," Oliver explained. "So Kara brought her back here."

"Oh," Barry's expression darkened. "So he's still an idiot?"

"That's exactly what I called him," Lena smirked.

"At least we all agree on that," Oliver rolled his eyes.

"Luthor," Barry frowned slightly, scratching his head. "Have I heard that name before?"

"Maybe if I complained about her mother," Kara made a face. "She runs Cadmus back on my Earth."

"Is that the group that keeps wanting to kill you?"

"And has the Kryptonite to do it? Yes. It sucks."

Lena snorted. "It sucks even more when I get dragged into it."

"That happened?" Sara asked, surprised.

"Unfortunately," Lena sighed. "More than once, too."

"Medusa," Kara recounted. "That one in particular sucked."

"Yeah, that's because the virus would have killed all aliens in its path if I didn't switch a key component out."

Oliver cleared his throat. "Sounds like we'll all need to compare war stories later."

"Right," Kara shook her head. "Sorry."

"In that case, I will go find the science squad," Lena smirked, turning around to leave. "Nice meeting you, Barry!"

"You, too!" Barry waved as she left. When she was out the door, he whistled. "Oh, I want to see her go head to head with Harry."

"Really?" Kara tilted her head.

"Genius CEO, scientist, not that bad looking, either."

"Did you seriously just call Harrison Wells good looking?" Sara's eyebrows shot up as Oliver pinched the bridge of his nose, shaking his head.

"Technically, I said he wasn't bad looking," Barry corrected. "Also, hello? Engaged?"

"Oh, my – " Kara shook her head, turning around and heading out the door. "I'll leave you guys to it!"

She could still hear Barry and Sara bickering as she left the cortex to see Alex leaning against the wall. "That sounds interesting," she smirked.

"Just a bit, yeah," Kara sighed. "Did Lena find her way out?"

"Winn was waiting, too," Alex nodded. "He said Dr. Wells is getting set up with Felicity and Cisco."

"Good," Kara nodded. "As you can hear, Barry wants to see Lena go up against Dr. Wells."

"My money's on Lena."

"Ditto." Kara stopped suddenly, something from Earth-38 coming to mind. "Hey, J'onn said that none of them had heard from Maggie since we left. Do you know anything about that?"

Alex froze. "Um . . . " She cleared her throat. "Actually, I think she's trying to avoid me."

"Avoid you?" Kara parroted. "Why?"

Alex sighed. "Maggie's ex was in town, and I kind of pressured Maggie into going to catch up with her. Except her ex didn't show up at the restaurant, and I went to go stick up for her." She sighed. "It turns out the reason they're exes? Maggie cheated on her."

"Oh," Kara's eyes widened. "Oh, my God."

"Yeah," Alex nodded. "And I kept thinking . . . Maggie keeps a whole lot to herself. She made it look like Emily was the bad guy, and she didn't tell me what happened when she came out to her parents . . . I want a relationship where we're not afraid to tell each other things like that. And she thought I was bringing it up to make her feel bad about herself." She shook her head. "It just . . . it didn't go well, Kara."

"I'm sorry," Kara whispered.

"It's not your fault," Alex sighed. "Well, we can be miserable about our love lives together."

Kara giggled. "Misery loves company?"

"Pessimist."

"Hey, I'm the optimist who came up with the idea to stop Savitar, remember?"

"Which is a suicide mission!"

"I hate you!"

"No, you don't!"

J'onn J'onzz

There were days J'onn liked his job, and there were days he despised it.

Now as he stood at the head of the D.E.O. conference table, Vasquez in the next chair, glaring down at the woman in front of him, he thought this would be a day he despised it. "And what makes you think I'll listen to anything you have to say?"

"Because you always have wanted to know where all the Kryptonite on the planet is," Lillian answered in a drawl, folding her arms and raising an eyebrow. "I thought you would like to know that Cadmus was broken into."

"For Kryptonite?" J'onn demanded.

"Yes," Lillian nodded. "To my surprise, not a lot was taken, but considering how much you favor your blonde cheerleader, I know you would want to know every little ounce that was taken."

J'onn growled. Yes, today was a day he hated this job. "What was?"

Lillian held up a flash drive and slid it across the table. Vasquez took it and plugged it into her tablet. J'onn paced impatiently as she downloaded the files, then saw her frown. "Agent Vasquez?" he prompted.

"Just two things," she said in confusion. "A syringe of liquid Kryptonite and a Kryptonite sword."

J'onn blinked. "That's it?"

"That's it," Lillian confirmed. "So you see why I thought it was surprising."

"I do," J'onn admitted. Normally if someone wanted to take on the Girl of Steel, they would take bullets and several more Kryptonite weapons, not two objects like that. "But why come to us?"

"You hate Kryptonians," Vasquez agreed. "We can arrest you on the spot."

"Because it was Cadmus weapons that were stolen," Lillian smirked. "And because I haven't directly hurt your precious Kryptonian in a long time."

"But that is the plan in the long run," J'onn raised an eyebrow.

"Well," Lillian stood up, "it would be, if I knew where she was. Been missing for a while, hasn't she?"

"Supergirl's business is none of your concern, Ms. Luthor."

"Maybe not," Lillian smirked. "But while I'm not concerned about one less Kryptonian being on the planet, others will be."

Vasquez pursed her lips as Lillian left, then turned to J'onn. "Who could break into Cadmus like that and just get away with these items, sir?" she gestured to her tablet.

"I don't know," J'onn admitted. "And I don't know if I want to."

A/N: Ah . . . was that a cliffhanger? I guess I'm still in a mood after seeing Infinity War last Saturday.

I'm hoping to get the next chapter out soon!