Chapter 21- Working Both Ends!
by jaymack33
Summary: This chapter is my version of the Damages, Supergirl episode! Morgan Edge might be framing Lena for poisoning children with the lead she released in the atmosphere in season 2, and Kara who has started easing back into reporting will have to prove it. Will Lena finally push her luck one time too many with her enemy and whose side is Samantha Arias really on? A Sanvers moment that actually keeps the ship going rather than that crap they did in the actual episode, more progression in Guardcorp and a surprise!
Author's note: So, why did I move better Supergirl episodes out of order to use my least favorite episode of the entire season, maybe even my least favorite of all time wasting my favorite director in the process with like one of the worst scripts ever. Well first of all no matter what I write it will be better than that stupid Damages episode this is based on! This might not be my best work considering I'm incorporating some of those plot points while struggling to patch up as many TV episode plot holes as I could, but there are still major things in it, that will make more sense, and I think will be very interesting and setting up future storylines. I have more to say, but by the end of it, you'll really know why I chose this particular story next!
Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Winn Schott, Jimmy Olsen, J'onn J'onzz, Morgan Edge, Alex Danvers, Maggie Sawyer, Samantha Arias, & mystery characters!
Previously on chapter 18 Sister Act!:
Kara- "Sister?" Kara turns around facing Kryptongirl seeing her as if for the very first time & launches herself into an emotional embrace with Sam. "I have a sister." "Oh Rao!" "I am so happy!" "All the things we're going to do with each other..."
Sam smiles me too, "wow your my sister that is such an amazing coincidence!" "Yes, all the things we are...going to do with each other..."
Chapter 21, Working Both Ends Begins now!
Night time at the DEO:
Supergirl and Kryptongirl are still in the DEO and now in the control room talking.
Supergirl- "So, what do you think, ready to be the next great Super-hero, Kryptongirl?" Supergirl was just so excited. Flashing her bright perky smile, full of pure unfiltered joy!
Kryptongirl- "Well, I'm not sure I'm ready to do the things you do, all the time, I do have my own businesses to run," but as she watched her sisters disappointed face, "but I will always make time if you need me, you can call me, you know."
Supergirl- "Hey, come to think of it, I don't even have your number."
Kryptongirl- "Here, tell me your phone number and I'll give you a call." As she hears Kara give her the number she gives her sister a ring.
Supergirl smiles as she saves her new favorite number. "So, now that, that's done when do I get to visit your place and all..."
Kryptongirl frowned, "...ummmm...ummm...it's still under some remodeling and things, ummmmm...I'm not ready for company yet...but maybe one day...I...I...might have you over...it would be really nice..to spend some time with you and..."
Kara's phone starts playing Backstreet boys, I want it that way interrupting Samantha's loss for words. Kara smiled at the familiar ringtone Lena was giving her a call and than...oh crap the story..I know how to divert her attention.."Hi, Lena, how you doing girlfrienddddd?" Kara was smiling with over enthusiastic enthusiasm whenever she was a little bit nervous.
Samantha laughed to herself getting to observe her sister up close for a change interacting with humans was fascinating.
Lena- "Hey, this is your boss talking right now, & where is my story? Shouldn't it have been sent to us..I mean to James for editing by now?"
Kara- "Don't worry, Lena I'll get right on it, but never mind that how did your ummm...date go with James, Lena?"
Lena- "You mean my business dinner with James, right Kara?"
Kara- "That's what I just said your dinner date...umm actually no I think I meant to say your business date with your friend...did you like talk about work stuff too with your friend...and than maybe other stuff...details lots of details please...?" Kara let it linger strongly insinuating uncomfortable things to her friend on the other line.
Lena huffed on the other end. "It isn't like that, we are just...friends..just friends..and we had a nice dinner and talked a lot." "Mostly about ways to help the company grow and ways I can contribute." "I mean we will be working more closely together, it will be a more collaborative effort now but..."
Kara-"Ummm...hmmmm... Sounds to me like you will be working more closely in a collaborative effort...really closely...yup...I got it!"
Lena- "Unnnh you are impossible, we are not there...yet...and even if we were and we are not...that still might be weird us working together and all..."
Kara- "It's OK, we can talk about that later when your ready to acknowledge it, I'll be there for you Lena."
Lena- Lena decided to just let that last comment go. Besides I think I know what she's really doing! "Now, how about my story you promised me...which you seem to be not so cleverly changing the subject away from the actual reason for this call."
Kara- "Oh, I will get right on it, and have it forwarded and ready to print like really fast...superfast in fact Lena...trust me!" As they say their goodbyes, Kara quickly gets her phone to the voice record function, "so ummm Kryptongirl...Kara Danvers here representing Catcorp World Media, any comments on you being the new hero in National City?"
Kryptongirl just stared at Supergirl's hand as she waved her phone towards her, rolling her eyes at how silly this all was..while still feeling the slight tug of an almost smile at a corner of her mouth...she cleared her throat finally deciding to use the deep assertive Hero voice she had always heard Supergirl use in front of the media. "Well, as you well know Supergirl has always been there to protect people and when I happened to see an innocent woman in danger, and Supergirl wasn't around to help, (she winked at Supergirl who almost laughed and broke character) with all of my powers I just couldn't let it happen on my watch." "It was a pleasure saving Lena Luthor from that gunman that day and if there should be a time when the citizens of National City need me, I have been blessed with powers similar to Supergirl and I will use it to help to keep people safe when I'm needed I will be there ready to save the day."
Kara- "End quote!"..click! "I got my quote now I can work on my story really fast..."
While Kara starts typing her story up full of concentration Kryptongirl stares at Winn's screen carefully with her name listed now on the top of the screen.
"Hey, what exactly are you doing there...Winnnn?"
Winn- "Oh, well whenever there are new heroes and villains, I usually log them all into our database."
Kryptongirl- "So you are including me in one of your...files...?"
Winn got slightly nervous at Kryptongirl's tone taking a brief look at Kara typing away happily at one of the spare laptops lying around. "Umm, it's just for record keeping purposes only, we do it for everybody, all the heroes and villains are in our database, you never know when having information can help you in a future mission."
Kryptongirl stared intensely watching Winn starting to worry and than she smiled..."so you could pull up any hero, in case I wanted to research their histories to inspire me as I become a hero too." "I could learn about all their exploits...their stories...all the good they have done for...humanity...their strengths and their...weaknesses...too...?"
Winn felt like their was something slightly off, in her tone, but she was smiling much friendlier now and she was Kara's sister after all. "Yes, we have it all here in one database right here." "Ummm...if you should ever join the DEO officially, I'm sure it would be OK to show you some time."
As Kryptongirl takes mental notes seeing the list of names in the database, her phone buzzes and she soon sees a familiar text from a frequent employer of her services:
To R:
I need you for a job immediately! Half your usual payment has already been wired to your account and the rest will be wired upon completion!
Kryptongirl- "Uhh, guys, Supergirl I have to go." "I have some odds and ends to do."
Supergirl having just finished her story and finally sending it out for James to review, flinches a little bit at that weird way she talks about her Laundromats and Car washes, almost the same shifty way Mon-el used to talk about work at first when he was using his powers to collect money for shady bookies. Supergirl just shook it off a second and hugged her sister who flew away moments later.
Supergirl- "Hey Winn, could I ask you something, about Sam a second?"
Winn- "Sure, what do you want to know, with my supreme computer ninja like skills I pretty much can answer just about any question!"
Supergirl- "So can you use your umm... Winja skills to, check how many businesses she owns? "Ummm...I'm just a little bit curious?"
Winn- "Well, let me see here...just a couple quick searches of my databases...and yup Arias Laundromats and Arias Car Washes, she owns several dozen throughout the state."
Kara smiled feeling more reassured now.
Meanwhile Alex nervously walked over to J'onn.
Alex- "Umm, J'onn, I-I have to ask you something important?"
J'onn- "Sure, Alex, you know you can talk to me about anything."
Alex- "It's just you know so many things have been going on with Kara, Kryptongirl, Monel, work...and...my wedding...I haven't really had a chance to ask you something really important to me and I would understand if you don't want to do it." "Believe me I would fully understand."..Alex struggled as emotions threatened to choke at her throat.
J'onn sensing Alex's sad emotions, but never one to pry into her thoughts looked at her, and put his hands on her shoulder. "Alex, trust me you can ask me anything, I will always be there for you no matter what it is."
Alex- "It's just you know, my father and all... he's gone now...and...and...I've been working...on my wedding with Maggie and we were talking about who might be giving me away at my wedding and it wasn't even a debate, your like the only person I could ever imagine on my list."..tears threatening to spill..out of Alex's eyes...
"I know this might be too much to ask you with everything that's happened to you and your family but..."
J'onn's eyes started tearing up as he wiped a tear from Alex's soft sparkling brown eyes..."how could you even think for a second I wouldn't want to walk you down the aisle?" "Don't you know what both you and Kara mean to me!" "Having lost my family on Mars, your both like daughters to me, it would be my honor and pleasure to walk you down the aisle, I am so proud of you...and love you truly."..Alex rushes in embracing J'onn very tightly...
Alex- "Please, stop...your going to make people think I'm actually capable of crying, I'm supposed to be this focused unemotional bad ass agent...not...sniff...like this..."
J'onn- "It's OK, Alex, the fact that we almost may or may not have cried will be our secret, your still the bad ass agent I know and will always love!"
Alex- "Stop saying that or I'm really going to start gushing!" Alex started brushing more tears out of her eyes.
J'onn just laughed tears down his face as well..."you and me both...but just between us, OK Alex!"
Alex- "Hey, keeping secrets is what we do!"
They both laughed!
Alex smiled as she got ready to leave to go back to her apartment, with a little bit more trepidation than before as she had one more really difficult thing to talk about with Maggie. God, I hope it goes as well with her as it did with J'onn.
Samantha Arias Apartment:
Before Kryptongirl heads for her latest job, she flies into her apartment to drop off her brand new supersuit. She looks at her special custom made wall, opens a secret panel and puts her left handprint on a reader on the wall and presses her familiar code with her right hand as the lead lined walls open up she enters walking by her pod...
"Did you kill the Kryptonian yet," asked the construct?
"Shut up mother!"
"Don't be fooled by her Kryptonian heritage she is more human than alien and the part that is alien is the daughter of the man who killed all of your brothers and all of your sisters.
"Shut up Mother, she is a fool, a loving stupid fool just like the mother that actually raised me, I can keep her for me and still meet my purposes, she will never know the difference with her gullible self, maybe I could love her like I loved my actual mother, not some stupid lifeless video projection, off, now!" She pulls the crystal out laying it into a sealed sound proof lead case. She hangs her Kryptongirl suit on the wall and pulls down her alien mask fastening it over her face and soon she puts on her dark tights for yet another job.
When Kryptongirl is away, Reign can play, up, up and away, like my sister's loser cousin likes to say...she laughs as she flies out of her apartment another job and another pay day!
Alex and Maggie's Apartment:
Alex opens her door smiling, "wow, Maggie you did a really good job cleaning up our apartment looks ummm a little bit less destroyed than last time!"
Maggie smiles, "yeah, I did my best your sister obviously left her mark on our place."
Alex- "Hey, she might be coming back any time now, so..."
Maggie- "So, we might need suits of armor, a panic room or maybe even a bomb shelter?" "Yeah, that'll work."
Alex- "Ha, ha!" "Very, funny Maggie."
Maggie- "But, not far from the truth, though right?"
Alex- "Hey, I think she might be a little bit better, Superman had a good talk with her, she's starting to do some more reporting and she even has a long lost sister from Krypton she just discovered, maybe that will get her to be..."
Maggie- "Back in her apartment?"
Alex- "I, don't know if she's ready for that yet all those ghosts and all she keeps telling me about, but I just want her back to being the Kara I know and love and however much time it takes, I want to be there for her."
Maggie- "So, wow, she has another sister...?"
Alex- "Long, long story, I'll tell you about it later, but lets get back to our final Wedding plans."
Alex and Maggie go over all their Wedding plans.
"White chocolate raspberry cake, Salmon or chicken as the entree choices, obviously open bar," Maggie said looking directly at Alex pointedly.
Alex- "Hey, I've gotten better!"
Maggie- "Sure you have."
Alex- "Since I met you, love you."
Maggie- "Love you more."
They settled on 8 different types of hors d'oeuvres including Kara's potstickers, definitely pigs in a blanket, chicken egg rolls, those chicken Teriyaki sticks, Swedish meatballs, oyster shooters, fried mozzarella sticks and jalapeno poppers. They confirm that they've definitely decided on the band, & obviously not on a stupid corny DJ!
Alex laughed at the music list, "Kara's not dancing to any of that, but I don't know if she's in the mood to anyway." "But still let's pick one or two pop songs for the band to play, maybe I'll get her to dance with me." "Get her out of her shell a little bit." Alex started biting at her lower lip nervously after finishing their list.
Alex was breathing heavy now, all this talk about their wedding, but she had something much more important to talk to Maggie about. I've been trying to talk about everything but this...but now, there's nothing else left to talk about!
Alex- "Look Maggie, there is something I have to tell you, and I'm not sure how your going to take this?" "I've been stalling going around and around trying to find the right way to tell you this." Alex took a deep breath looking at Maggie hoping what she tells her next won't upset her.
Maggie concerned, "what's the matter Alex, what's bothering you honey?"
Alex- "I don't know how your going to feel about this, but it's something I keep going over and over in my head, and I'm not sure I want to do it!"
Maggie- "Alex, no!" "What are you breaking up with me, Maggie sputtered, frightened where this was coming from?" "We were just talking about all our wedding plans." "Is this too much?" "We could go simpler if that's better for you!" "Please, don't do this Alex, I love you, don't you love me too?"
Alex- "No, it isn't that, it's just, fine, I, umm when we were going over the cakes with Kara the other day and we put the two brides on the cake and all..."
Maggie- "We can get a different cake, Alex, please don't..."
Alex- "No, Maggie it isn't about the cake exactly, it's just fine I'll just say it, please don't hate me, but I don't want to wear a wedding dress at our Wedding, I'm not comfortable in it with all the fringy stitches and veils and the giant cocoon for my legs and I'd rather just wear a black suit, or just something more comfortable." Alex looked worried and scared.
And than Maggie smile brightened, "oh that's all this is, Maggie exhaled with a sigh of relief, "well I wasn't wearing a Wedding dress either and for your information, that's fine, as long as I get to marry the woman I love, you could wear a leather jacket with a biker helmet, skirt and Jordans for all I care!"
And Alex, smiled smirking back. "Hey be careful, don't give me any ideas."
Maggie having been worried and now that everything was right in our world again advanced slowly looking into Alex's soft brown eyes watching Alex smile laughing lightly as she kisses her deeply and sweetly. MMMMMMMMMMMM! Holding her arms around Alex's waist, while Alex holds her around her neck, although they finish their kiss they still lock eyes brown on brown with searing passion in their intense gaze. I can't wait to marry you, and spend the rest of my life loving you, babe!
Alex- "Me too, Mags, I love you so much!"..."So now that, all that is settled, you know the next hard thing we are going to have to do."
Maggie- "What's that?"
Alex- "Getting all our crazy friends and family members who are constantly fighting supervillains, aliens and metahumans to show up to our Wedding rehearsal!"
Maggie- "Actually, yeah, that could be a tough one, Alex."
Alex- "Yes Maggie fighting villains, aliens and metahumans I know!" "Getting my crazy sister and our friends to show up on time for anything...not so much!"
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Later that night at Alex and Maggie's Apartment:
Kara carefully lets herself in opening up the door with her spare key after doing her patrols for a little while it was time to finally face the music, hopefully I'm still welcome and she walks in nervously not a sign of either Alex or Maggie.
She walks up to their bedroom and smiles at...
The Do not disturb sign!
Laughs
I'm sure their both having a good time together! It probably means more than I think it means too. Message received on both counts sis.
Of course the Do not Disturb sign ...Kara!...especially Kara!... was especially a little much...maybe I deserve it after last night...but still a little much!
She puts her PJ's on and gets ready for bed, hopefully this time when I go to bed I'll be a better room mate and there will be no return of the Apartment killer destroyer of all apartments, but still that was a really good dream...a really...really...really good dream...sigh...
Alex & Maggie's apartment in the morning the next day:
Kara- "Hey, gals see, I can sleep on the sofa and not wreck your place."...Kara flashes her hands at the room like she was the letter girl on the Wheel of Fortune game show!
Maggie just smiled, laughing to herself at the ironic power of low expectations!
Alex- "So how are you doing Kara?
Kara- "Well, besides not flying in my sleep again which caused you know last time, I've eaten some more of that yummy cereal you introduced to me yesterday and...my article on Kryptongirl just got published and..."
And...a news feed on TV interrupted all of Kara's thoughts..her mouth hanging open, her brow furrowed at what she was seeing in full concentration.
TV News Report:
And at the scene another young girl hospitalized as a result of lead poisoning. The third case already this week.
And than Morgan Edge appeared on screen being interviewed by a reporter. "And yes, although I fully acknowledge Lena Luthor may have helped to save us from the Daxamite invasion with her technology but at what a cost if she's going to be poisoning the children of our fine city and who knows how far that Lead is spreading in our atmosphere." "She rushed into it trying to play the hero." "Trying to prove she isn't like her brother, and in the end she may be even more of a monster than he ever was hurting the poor defenseless & innocent children of this city!"
Kara- "Oh, Rao...Lena..."
Alex- "Kara are you going to?..."
Supergirl was already zipping through the air heading towards Catcorp full of determination! Her friend needed her and she was going to be there for her just like she's been there for me during my grief at losing Mon-el!
Catcorp:
Lena- James Olson watches Lena staring coldly with tears threatening to come out of her eyes as she watches the despicable Morgan Edge shooting his jabs and arrows at her and her good name on a rival network! "All the good I've done and before all the facts come out, and he's going to be my executioner!"
James comes over to her putting his hand on Lena's shoulder, "hey easy, Lena, easy, it's going to be OK, I don't believe a single word that asshole has to say." "There's absolutely nothing he said that should be taken seriously, coming from him especially."
Lena stares sadly looking into James eyes. "Yes, but the children, I mean I tested everything, my formula was only supposed to target Daxamite DNA, it wouldn't bind to human DNA particles in any of my tests." "But, what if I was wrong in my haste to save the Earth from a Daxamite invasion?" "And that smug assholes satisfaction, would be the worst." "Even if he's wrong if he convinces everyone with his lies, it still makes me look like I'm guilty and who cares if it's proven, innocent people are hurt and I'm a Luthor standing there looking guilty because I'm a Luthor."
James wipes a tear away from her face, caressing her face slightly, trying to comfort her. "No, your not just a Luthor, your better than a Luthor." "Your a Lena." You are your own person." "You are not your mother or your brother." "You are a good person who I've seen helping people everyday now that I've had a chance to work with you." "You've been a really good friend to Kara in a time when she really needed one and you are a hero in your own right." "And nothing Morgan Edge says is going to change that!"
Lena- "Yes, but any good I do, every hospital I build, every charity I support can be destroyed by hearsay and blind unanswered accusations." "I'm being convicted on Television by a living asshole with an axe to grind." "And he's busy rubbing it in my face that he's paying for the children's medical bills in my hospital, in front of understandably hurt parents!"
James puts his hands on both sides of Lena's arms looking deeply into her eyes, "hey we're a news agency, we're going to get to the bottom of this and I'm sure everything will work out it always does, and if not, we'll still get through this together." Lena and James slowly get closer, slowly looking into each others eyes and...
Kara- "MMMMM...HMMMMPH...Sorry was I interrupting another business date again?" Kara smiled while nervously catching her glasses from slipping off her nose again.
Lena jumped quickly the spell broken of whatever that was. "Kara, Oh, I'm so glad your here, I really need you now more than ever!"
James- "Right, umm, I'll...just go..over there now..and leave you two alone in your office."
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The door closes in Lena's office as the two friends talk about the latest tragedy unfolding on the news:
Kara- "I want you to know, Lena, I am here for you." "I was thinking about this on the way over here and it's definitely weird that no one was affected by this until now, and it's only been several kids in the same exact area." "That lead formula you dispersed went through the entire Earth's atmosphere." "That makes me think there is way more going on here than meets the eyes." "You, don't think Morgan Edge might be up to something, he really jumped on this right away, almost like he was expecting this to happen?"
Lena- "Before I answer that, look, I know your still going through things, and I know this is a little off topic, but you really did a good job on your last story." "And it's great having you back, I really missed having you around." "And, it's just I feel so helpless." "I don't know what to do." "Everytime I do something good, people keep waving my criminal brother and mothers deeds in my face." "Like, I'm a criminal mastermind waiting to happen!" "I basically for all intents and purposes own a major news network, but if I even answer back at what Morgan Edge is saying, their just going to think it's biased fake news, of course my own news network is going to defend me!"
Kara- "I don't care what people blindly believe in without all the known facts being fully examined first!" "I believe in the truth and the facts being fully reviewed before an honest conclusion can be made!" "That's why I decided to become a reporter in the first place!" "I saw the good my cousin Clark was doing and just like him, I wanted to make a difference." "And, yes I kind of had to take a step back, because life really punched me in the face really hard." "Losing Mon-el really, really hurt me badly!" "But even though I'll admit I'm not over him, not even close to being over him, I am still that person that cares about the truth, and since I was lucky to have a great boss who didn't fire me when I had to take my step back, I am going to back you up, not just because your a great boss, but your a great friend and a really good person." "I believe in you Lena!" "I swear to Ra...umm God, I will get to the bottom of this." "I have a lot of friends, with a lot of resources, and my next story, I promise you will be the one clearing your good name!"
Lena jumped into Kara's arms in an embrace. "Thank you for being such a good friend." "I'm going crazy right, now." "Every news network is going to want a public statement from me and that's definitely not going to be a welcoming audience." "And of course the lawsuits are already coming, no doubt funded by Morgan Edge's legal team pro bono just to spite me."
As Kara separates from her embrace she stares with hardened determination into Lena's eyes! "Look, at me Lena, this isn't over yet!" "All my focus will be into uncovering the truth on this story." Kara turns away with determination, leaving the office.
Lena- "Thank you so much, Kara, your a really good friend!"
Kara quickly sneaks by a window her glasses off her Supersuit on ready to go in 3-2 already gone, up, up and away!
In no time Supergirl arrives at the DEO.
Kara- "Hey, Winn can I ask you something?"
Winn- "Sure, anything, what's up, besides you of course flying through the air like you don't care and..."
Kara- "Winn, I need you to focus, here, I would have asked Alex, but she's wedding planning and J'onn, of course when you look up straight arrow in the dictionary the arrow is pointing at him, which brings me back to you...and your like really good at the sciency things, and I need that right now so...Hey, Winn, up for a little bit of...shenanigans?"
Winn- "Gee, let me think about it, I'll get back to you Supergirl!" Winn walks away with Supergirl's shocked expression thinking he was obviously going to jump at this.
Winn- 2 minutes later Winn comes back literally dressed like Sherlock Holmes..."just kidding...It's elementary my dear Supergirl...I'm in!"
Supergirl frowned, "no Winn try again... shoo...shoo...put normal clothes and come with me OK?"
Winn- "Fine, it's just I'm so excited, ever since I started working full time at the DEO, nobody takes me out on missions anymore!"
Kara- "Well come on, this is your lucky day!"
National city High:
Kara Danvers- "So, you did go over Lena's formula right?" "It was safe wasn't it?"
Winn Schott- "Yes, I checked it 3 times." "I even brought my chemical detector with me, you know the sciency thing...you asked me to bring!"
Kara Danvers- "Just calling it like I see it Winn," she smiled.
Winn smiled too, seeing a little bit of the old Kara again. "So, what exactly are we doing here out in the school yard?"
Kara- "Detect anything yet with your sciency doohicky?"
Winn- "Jees, for your information this is a JUNO 3000, top of the line handheld chemical detection device that was just released this year!"
Kara- "Right, the doohicky sciency 3000, right I got it!" "Detect anything now?"
Winn- "Oh, you have no appreciation for the science, until you actually need something from me and than...Oh Winn I need you now, come and save me!"
Kara- "Hahahahahhah...come and save me Supergirl needs help from a really hard and vicious...math problem."...she teases Winn...
Winn- "Har, har very funny...until you do need me, you just want me to help, but all the math and science, and trouble shooting I had to do to get there oh, no..."
Kara- "Look, Winn, seriously, you are like the smartest person I know, it's like your super power, trust me, maybe I don't always say, it but your one of my best friends and without your help I probably would have failed way too many times for me to even count..."
Winn- "Awww...Kara...that is so sweet...of you...my heart..."
Kara- "Hey, easy, if you keep laying it thick like that, I'm going to pretend I was only humoring you..."
Winn- "Yeah, you know you need me!"
Kara- "I, do and now that everyone is gone and it's darker outside, we need to check on the inside of this school, oh look door opened, just like that..."
Winn- "Yeah, if being Supergirl doesn't work out for you, you'd make a great locksmith!"
Kara- "Yeah, yeah, that's why I put the Super in supergirl."
Winn- "And supermodest too..."
Kara- "Do, you want me to call Alex, she can probably hold your doohicky, thingamabob too, you know!"
Winn- "I got it, I got it, you lead and I'll follow." Winn starts literally hugging the wall and tiptoeing almost like he was Shaggy and Scooby investigating a mystery.
Kara just turns back looking at him. "Really, Winn, really, your really going to go all Shaggy and Scooby on me?" "Can you get serious for a moment and can you test out some of those waterfountains, nothing, no?" "How about the air in the school, nothing too, I remember in the students bios they all were in the swim team, maybe check there?" And than Kara took her glasses off and took a look, "something weird about this pool Winn, you need to check this out."
Winn- "Bingo, in the lingo, what we have here according to my readings is a hydromorphic carbon nitrate compound."
Kara- "And what does that mean, exactly Winn?"
Winn- "Well basically this compound when ingested actually could simulate lead poisoning." "The chief producers of this chemical in the area are Acre Lee chemicals." They also happen to be a company that provides chlorine for swimming pools and he opened an equipment closet and there were barrels with their labels right on it...tadaa!
Kara- "Great, Winn, thank you so much, your a genius!"
Winn- "Why don't you tell me something I don't know."
Kara just rolled her eyes, not taking the bait on that one, "nobody likes a know it all, but you know we like you anyway, Winn, she smiles! I can't wait to tell Lena!
Lena Luthor's Apartment:
Lena- "You, don't have to stay here with me James, I'm fine, besides of course my world ending as I know it." "Nothing could be worst than having to speak in that horrible press conference, everybody hated me and called me a child killer James!"
James goes over brushing a tear from Lena's face and Lena slowly goes into his arms in an embrace desperate for any kind of comfort. James slowly caresses her back. "Easy, I know things are very difficult right, now, but trust me when I tell you, when Kara Danvers has your back, she does, I'm sure any minute now she's going to give you a call and everything is going to be fine."
Lena still holding James desperately tight, "yeah that only happens On TV and fairy tales, this is the real world James, it."...and than she heard, It's Gonna be Me, by Nsync blaring, it was Kara, could she actually have something...and than she smiled with relief hearing about Kara's investigation finally uncovering the real truth and than Lena frowned angrily. "It was Morgan, it was him all along, the chemicals that poisoned those poor girls came from one of his companies, I am going right to his office and he is going to know that I am Lena Luthor and I am no victim, he wants an enemy he's got one!"
James- "Lena, please don't go, nothing good is going to come of it, Edge is dangerous, let the authorities handle him."
Lena frowned angrily, "that slimy snake will always wiggle away from the authorities, half of them are already on the take, no I'm going!"
James- "Than, I'm coming with you, I am absolutely not going to let you go by yourself!"
Lena- And than Lena smiled looking right at James, "and I wouldn't have it any other way!"
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Morgan Edge's Office:
A door slams open with an enraged Lena Luthor rushing out ahead of James Olsen.
"I'm so sorry they just burst in, Mr. Edge, his embarrassed secretary said from behind them."
Morgan Edge- "It's OK, you can let Miss Luthor shriek out her last dying grasp of pride and self worth before everything she's ever worked for crumbles right through her fingers."
Lena enraged was about to jump him but James held her back, she was literally swinging her arms out like she could hit over James much taller frame! "Don't Lena, that's what he wants you to do, your better than that."
Morgan- "Yeah listen to the big guy and save yourself the little bit of dignity you have left." Morgan Edge's smug smile kept digging into Lena's nerves more and more.
And than Lena who was shaking angrily, started smirking. All the sudden Lena looks cool as a cucumber, & turning to James looks into his concerned eyes and says "I'm Ok!" Seeing she's surprisingly calm, he lets her go.
Lena- "So, you haven't heard my top reporter has uncovered a big lead, tomorrows head line is going to read that all the illnesses were because of tainted chlorine from a company called Acre Lee Chemicals, sound familiar, it should be, because you bought it 7 years ago!" And you call me a villain because I'm a Luthor, your a fucking Edge and you don't have a maniacal mother and brother to blame it on, it's all you!"
Morgan- "Well first of all that is a baseless accusation, I sold that company 2 years ago, if they have an axe to grind with you, I'm sure it's a pretty long line and..."
Both James and Morgan were stunned as Lena pulled out a pistol aiming it right at his head. Lena smiled coolly, "so that's your story, still sticking to it with a gun to your head?" Lena pulled out her phone and starts recording. "So Morgan Edge, why don't you admit, to everyone the snake that you really are?" "Your the one who really poisoned those kids!" "I don't care how many shell companies there are before, Acre Lee Chemicals leads back to you!" "I know you did it, just admit it!"
Morgan- "Well, first of all I would like the record to show that a crazed Lena Luthor has a gun pointed at me and any lie I say was out of fear for my life alone and, would be inadmissible in a court of law!"
Lena turned off the phone. "Fine, that's the way you want to play it...I...I'll show you the Luthor I could be." "Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it..."
James- "Lena please, your better than this, your better than him, don't do this...He knows what he did, don't let him bait you that's what he wants." James puts his hand on her gun it's wavering as it slowly lowers..and than they hear a loud crashing sound from the ceiling!
Before Lena or James even know what hits them a lean muscular alien masked female assassin dressed in black known in the underworld as "R" lands bashing both James and Lena over the head knocking them both out cold instantly. Before Morgan can speak she puts her finger to her mouth & nose shushing him as she crushes Lena's phone with her boot, ensuring no sound recording! She had heard everything!
Reign speaks through her voice modulated mask: "So, this is the job?" "I'll just make these two disappear like usual my second payment will then be wired to my account once the job is completed as usual."
Morgan- "No, I don't want you to kill them this time!"
Reign- "What are you talking about, I only do clean kills, they will disappear with no evidence like always, clean!" "Nothing leading to you or me." To, herself Reign smiles thinks killing these two will make Kara closer to me. She will need me more than ever without them!
Morgan- "No, I just wanted to test your loyalty, Reign!" "You seemed to be hesitant when I wanted you to kill Supergirl, I wanted to see what you would do to her friends."
Reign- "It's like I told you, I don't kill aliens, but I'll squash any humans you want like a bug for the right price."
Morgan- "And you have proven your point very well, your payment is already being wired into your account as agreed, but I want them to be alive this time, my men will be placing them into one of Lena Luthor's own private company cargo planes I happened to procure with her full L-CORP insignia on the outside so loud and proud, & when the world sees her poisoning the reservoir with more tainted chemicals to poison more people in National city, than Lena will find out there are fates worst than death!" "I love revenge!"
As Morgan Edge laughs watching some of his men hoisting both James and Lena limply over their shoulders carrying them away to be loaded on the waiting plane, he doesn't notice the glare from Reign underneath her mask, grumbling to herself.
Morgan- "You did a really good job, today, I'll call you for your next assignment soon!"
Reign stares at the stupid man, such a stupid idiot, in a city protected by Supergirl he is going to let his enemies live and no doubt she'll probably save her friends, it makes it so much harder for me to keep my secret when I work with such an idiot, that's why I only do clean kills, if he keeps being this sloppy I might need to put him down myself. He still pays well, but it might not be worth it, I might just have to take a pay cut and work for lesser villains who aren't so cartoon TV villain stupid!
Reign flies back through the same hole in Morgan Edge's roof she had just made still cursing to herself! All that money he has and it's like working for amateur hour! He is exactly like those comic book villain idiots that captures the heroes and leaves them around in some silly stupid trap until the heroes get saved and win in the end! I have half a mind to save them myself just to stick it to that fricking idiot!
L-Corp Cargo plane flying pilotless in the sky:
James hears a buzzing sound as he slowly wakes. "Ohhh, my h-head what happened." As James slowly shakes the cobwebs he slowly notices an unconscious beautiful woman laying next to him. "Oh, no Lena!" "If he hurt you so help me."...James starts to shake Lena..."Please, be OK, Lena!"
Jame was holding his breath out of fear that Lena hadn't woken up yet and than Lena moans as she slowly starts waking up. "Ohhhhhhhh...what happened?"
James- "I don't remember either, just a crashing sound and."..James looks around. "We're on some type of plane."
Lena, gets up stumbling dizzy...James catches her in his arms. "Easy I got you, Lena."
Lena smiles for a second, but than.."whose flying this plane?"
Private Morgan Edge Airport:
Morgan- "OK, now that you have assumed full remote control of the plane, I want you to fly it at precisely the correct location over the reservoir with the perfect angle of all the cameras for everyone to catch her in the act!" "And once your there you can drop off the payload full of chemicals!" Morgan Edge laughed. "I don't remember the last time I've had a better day than this one!" "Hahahahahah!"
L-Corp plane:
Lena stares in shock.
James- "What, what is it?"
Lena: "Those barrels, those are Acre Lee Chemicals, something isn't right about this, we need to find out who is flying this plane and stop them as quickly as possible."
Lena and James walk unsteadily due to the turbulence and possible concussions up the steps to the front of the plane.
Lena- "Oh, no there is no one flying this plane, but it's really steady, it has to be flying remotely somehow?"
James- "I know your pretty smart, can you find away to take back control somehow."
Lena points to the control panel circuits for James to open it for her.
James strains using his full strength and finally gets it open. "It's all up to you now."
Lena looks through it. No, it looks like all the control links have been severed, maybe we can get a message out, a call for help. Lena finds a radio headset, Mayday, mayday this is Lena Luthor, I'm in a cargo plane heading to the reservoir that's about to release chemicals...fizzes out. I hope it got through but no matter what we have to make sure those chemicals can't get dropped out of this plane...
Private Airport:
Morgan- "Jam her message now!" "I need you to open the cargo hold and release the barrels of Acre Lee chemicals as soon as you get the plane over the reservoir and fast!"
DEO:
Agent Lee- "Sir, receiving word that there's an unidentified aircraft in our airspace."
J'onn- "Alien?"
Agent Lee- "No, it's a C-130 cargo plane." "Not on the FAA fly list."
J'onn- "Did you contact the Air Force?"
Agent Lee- "Not yet, sir." "But we have a message fragment." "It sounds like a Distress call."
Kara walking in: "What distress call?"
Agent Lee- "I'm pulling it up, now!"
Distress call- "Mayday, Mayday, this is... - [STATIC CRACKLING] nothing else follows.
Kara frowns recognizing the sound of her friends voice anywhere: "It's Lena!" "I have to save her"
Kara quickly takes off her glasses and quick changes back to Supergirl as she flies through the DEO hanger seconds later at full speed!
Private Airport:
MORGAN- "Initiate release sequence." "Bring the plane up three degrees."
Private controller- "The Release isn't working." "I can't dump the payload." "They've closed the ramp somehow."
Morgan- "Only one thing left to do." "Crash the plane!"
Private controller- "As your order sir," as he starts moving the plane down!
L-corp Plane:
Lena- "James, we finally got the ramp jammed up, but."...and Lena looks into Jimmy Olsen's sad eyes, "if we don't make it there's something I need to tell you."
James- Holds and caresses her face, "no we're going to make it I promise you, Supergirl has never let me down before..."
Lena- "But, if we don't I don't want there to be any regrets," as she caresses Jimmy's face and slowly her face gets closer and closer.
James- "Don't...don't talk like that we're going to get through this and than we'll be able to talk about how we feel."...his face gets closer to Lena too lost in Lena's eyes...there lips inches apart when.
The door springs open with Supergirl flying in breaking their spell as she catches the top of the plane from the inside trying to push with all of her might to stop the vertical dive!
Supergirl- "Someone call a mayday in November?"
Lena and James- "Great timing!"
Supergirl straining as the centrifugal force starts pulling at the plane..it starts creaking and bending..."Oh no!"
The top of the plane literally severs in half with engines starting to catch fire...Lena and James tumble to one side of the plane holding on for dear life!
Lena- "You have to stop the chemicals from falling Supergirl no matter what, even if you can't save us!"
Supergirl-..."UNNNNNHHHHH...no Lena, I'm...unnnhhhh handling it...unhhhhhhhhh."..Supergirl was getting scared as the plane kept threatening to slip from her hands with the engines thrusting against her powerful muscles, she needed two hands for this..."Damn it Kryptongirl, I need you," she shouted out through the plane. And than Supergirl started getting really scared as she heard the section of plane with her hand hold starting to bend...
James- "You have to save the many over the few Supergirl...stop the chemicals from falling, please, don't worry about us!"
Supergirl pulls with all of her force slowly starting to get the two halves of the plane closer, closer and than the heavier section with the chemicals falls as the part she was holding broke off the plane..."NOOOOOOO!"
At the last second a black streak catches the plane right over the water!
Kryptongirl- "You, call for me?" "I thought you might need my help!"
Supergirl- "Oh thank Rao, you came, were you following me again?"
Kryptongirl- "You complaining about it!"
Supergirl- "Nope, lets get everything landed safely, thank you so much si...Kryptongirl."..Supergirl caught herself...
Supergirl and Kryptongirl land both halves of the plane safely on open ground.
Supergirl smiled at how Lena was leaning against James as he helped her out of the plane completely oblivious to me and my sister watching them. They sure are getting closer. Ummm...hmmmph! I wish I was Kara Danvers right now so I could actually tease them about it.
Kryptongirl smiled, served that idiot right, he paid me for it and I earned my sisters trust too, completely paid off watching the plane from the distance.
Supergirl- Runs up to Lena, "did Morgan do this, because I swear to Rao, right now I will drop him into prison instantly in like 3 seconds..."
Lena stared scared at James, willing James to talk for her with her eyes. Hoping he understands...I threatened to kill him too...I need to let this go for now!
James just nodded his head and grabbed Supergirl's wrist before she could fly away! "Ahh, Supergirl, we kind of need you to let this one go...we..he could hurt Lena, with something she isn't proud of if you pursue anything." "Please?"
Supergirl looks at James and than to Lena, "fine, but still I'm going to put that...that asshole on notice!" "Hey, Kryptongirl want to come with and do this together?"
Kryptongirl frowned, even though she kept her identity pretty much intact from Morgan she didn't want to chance it. "I...uhh..I have some pressing engagements...if it's alright with you...I wish I could help you more but I still have some...uhhh..odds and ends to take care of..."
Supergirl looked at her sister for a second and than just smiled with relief. "You, helped me out so much today, I owe you and should be thanking you, go do your odds and ends, while I...I think I will be taking out the trash..."
Morgan Edge's Office:
Morgan Edge nervously waited, wondering and hoping Lena and James Olsen were underneath the sea, by now, the poor controller tragically took his own life, along with the head of Acre Lee Chemical, so, so sad, but those things happen, and than he hears a whoosh! Which means it's either one of two people and than he turns around, aww crap, it's her!
Supergirl- "Poisoning innocent children for your vendetta against Lena Luthor?" "It's even lower than I expected of you, Edge."
Morgan- "You know, I sold Acre Lee Chemical over two years ago."
Supergirl- "Convenient."
Morgan- "Besides, I heard they found the guy." "Yeah, he was some crazed, lone wolf, former Marine, Air Force, he had a bone to pick with her family." "It's too bad he killed himself, 'cause we could have brought him to justice." "Hmm." "Too bad." "You know, I was thinking he must have really hated her." "Do you ever wonder what that feels like?" "That kinda hate." "Because I don't think you're capable of it."
Supergirl- "You have no idea what I am capable of!" Supergirl frowned at Morgan Edge's smug annoying face!
Morgan- "All you Supers are all a like." "You try to put guys like me in prison, but we're too big to fail, and out on bail the next day." "What you really need to do is kill someone like me, but you don't have the cojones for it." "Your all weak, and useless...what are you going to do Supergirl huh, what are you going to do about it nothing just what I thought...huh?"...
Supergirl smirked before dragging him by his collar hanging him by his feet..."Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh."..Morgan Edge screamed.
Supergirl- "Oh, I'm sorry is there a little turbulence with this flight...like what happened to Lena and James, Edge?"...She shakes him some more, before turning him face up to face her. "Your, right I won't kill you I'm better than that, I would never stoop to your level," as Supergirl slowly lowers him to a deserted floating garbage barge in the middle of the ocean, "but I see you Edge and now...I don't!"
Whoosh!
Morgan Edge yells out, hey you can't just leave me here, as he still hears Supergirl possibly laughing at him even from that distance. Morgan Edge searches around in his pocket finding his phone...scrolling through his contacts nervously until he gets to...R.
Samantha Arias Apartment:
Sam smiles as she flies back into her apartment, what an interesting couple of days, I was both a hero and what humans would call a villain today, and I got closer to my trusting little sister, & I got paid and stuck it to the man at the same time and than her phone buzzes again...she looks at the incoming text.
To: R
I need to be picked up a certain angry cape dropped me off in the middle of the ocean! I will pay you, your usual rate, I just need you to get me out of here quick, Supergirl literally dropped me in a garbage barge!
Sam, just cracked up laughing for a full minute. My sister did that! That is so great! Maybe I should have come, with, but still I'm glad I didn't take any chances besides, wait let me text him back a second.
To: Morgan
Double or nothing!
Buzzz!
Sam laughed at his desperate reply! I get to see that stupid asshole stuck in a smelly garbage barge and get paid double to save him...hahhahahha..I think maybe I'll take the scenic route..she laughs as she changes back to Reign and is soon in the air again...taking the long...long...long way there...
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To be contin...not yet...oh did you think I forgot about my surprise, the story isn't over just yet, there is one more part!
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31st Century (Surprise!):
Previously on chapter 20 Valor rises:
Brainiac- "That day when we tested you I've been working on your cure to your lead allergy ever since..."
Valor's eyes widened...I'm a better hero, I know most of my stuff, but I know I'm not ready yet, but there's a cure I could still see her again maybe, be with her...I could still train here get better...
Brainiac- "It's only a temporary solution, when I applied it to your blood and exposed it to lead it only lasts for 5 hours right now, it doesn't really cure you so much as it is like sunblock on your cellular level for lead." "So we could..."
Valor- "You know everything you've ever said to me and everything I've ever thought about saying to you, never mind...thank you so much...I know I'm not exactly your favorite person, but right now, your probably mine."
Brainiac hands the vial over to Valor, and he drinks it down, and he quickly tells him hold this.
Valor wasn't ready as this metallic ball of lead was placed in his hand...oh no it was a trick...it was from Brainiac...of course...so this is how it ends...
..."I...I...I don't feel any different...does this mean what I think this means..."
31st century section of chapter 21 begins now:
3 days after Valor rises:
Valor- "So this is how it ends!"
A green skinned hero is now pointing a revolver loaded with a lead bullet at his teammate in the red and blue super-suit.
Brainiac smiles, "I always wanted to do this since I met you...I mean for Science, of course!" "Not that stupid reason Saturngirl keeps insinuating in my head, that I'm jealous of you!" "That is so illogically ridiculous!"
"Can we talk about this?" Valor had his hands up like it was a stick up, getting even more nervous now that he might have mentioned he had a motive, too!
Brainiac- "What's to talk about, we've tested your normal contact with lead & you've passed with flying colors." "Your serum dose already took effect."
Valor- "I know but do we have to do this right now?" "Like this?"
Brainiac- "You, know what Valor your logic has finally won me over, just this once."
Valor- "Really, thank Rao!" Valor blew a sigh of relief.
-Bang!-
Brainy- "Actually not really, your logic unlike your superstrength is weak!"
Right as the bullet was about to strike Valor his adrenaline shooting up ignited his eyes turning pure blue energy radiating out...
At the same time Saturngirl who had been observing everything pointed her hands out radiating with pink energy over the same bullet.
"Did you do that," both Valor and Saturngirl asked together?
Saturngirl- "To be honest I'm not sure which one of us actually stopped the bullet, but your definitely getting better!" "I'll let go and see for myself."
The bullet continued hovering now under Valor's full control only and slowly moved dropping into Valor's hand. "See Brainy a nice easy test as he clutched the lead bullet, tossing it in the air and catching it a couple of times." "Seriously, I've done all of your other tests, can we get to the real thing and actually see how I hold up in my own time, now, just to see, for science of course?"
Brainiac looked to Saturngirl and than back to Valor. "Well, this would only be a test, Valor." "You are just going to see, if it works in those atmospheric conditions and get out." "You can't interact with anyone, this will be in and out with your mask on, only."
"Why?"
"I don't want you to interact with anyone until we are fully ready, we need a plan a good plan for you if this works." "It's a deal breaker, this isn't just coming from my calculations as the best way to save your friends from Reign, ask Imra?"
Valor just took the slightest peak at Imra, but he had already made up his mind, he had to know, if there was even a chance, I'm so close, I can almost smell it! Hopefully smelling it won't almost kill me like last time though!
"No, contact with anyone we will have sensors on your body, if there is even a single irregularity in our monitors we have your coordinates set to pull you out immediately."
"Agreed, but is that really necessary, haven't we already tested your treatment minus the shoot the Daxamite dead test, of course." "I can live without that one, as in literally live."
"OK, we'll wait till your dose runs out and after you take a fresh dose and it takes full effect we'll start you on a live test in your previous time line."
21st Century Present:
A wormhole opens up in the upper atmosphere of the Earth:
Valor's heart is filled with joy! I'm back! I'm finally back! One step closer! Maybe next time I'll even get to see Kara! All the other tests worked so far. Knock on lead! Some of the old Mon-el silly thoughts started leaking out again, just thinking about possibly being just a little bit closer to seeing the woman I love again.
Valor smiled brightly seeing a familiar sunrise in a familiar time in a familiar world. I've been to so many worlds now, but this is my only world. My one true world! The only world that matters to me is the one that Kara is in! She is and always will be my world!
Seeing some birds flying by and just missing him, caused Valor to smile. Things are finally looking up for me and than...it wasn't!
Valor started choking and coughing, only his flight ring was keeping him up in the air in his coughing fit!
Valor started to dematerialize and fade away!
Back in the 31st Century:
Saturngirl- "We have to get him out out of there, look at the sensors, the serum isn't working!" "Something isn't right."
Brainiac immediately presses the auto return button!
Valor rematerialized on his hands and knees coughing as Saturngirl and Brainiac quickly half carried him to the awaiting decontamination chamber.
Brainiac had quickly gotten a sample of the lead particles for testing later as Valor was sprayed with antilead gas.
Soon as the gas disappated a downtrodden, frustrated Valor with tears in his eyes emerged from the chamber.
"So close." "Everytime I get just a little bit hopeful." "Just a little bit of hope." "It's all gone now!" "I'm never getting back to Kara, am I?" "I need to help her, but I'm stuck here helpless." "What went wrong, Brainy?" "Everything was going so well up till now."
After Brainiac tested the samples and the formula, it seems to work in the lab, what went wrong? He decided for the heck of it to do a wayback hack to Lexcorp technologies, just to see if they had anything to add specifically to what Lena Luthor had created and than he saw what he might have been missing.
He again did the test but this time he applied the formula to a single cell sample from Mon-el and than he placed a particle from Lena's Lexcorp formula and Mon-el's cell fragment literally exploded just seconds later on the petri-dish!
"Yes, I have some bad news and what you probably won't consider good news."
Valor stared at Brainiac lifelessly, "figures, may as well hit me with all the worst first, just like my life has been up till now it sucks and than it keeps going down from there!"
"My treatment that I created for you is not going to work in that atmosphere, that lead formula created by Lena Luthor is specifically keyed to attack Daxamite DNA and it's going right through the formula's protection like through melted butter!" "Only a permanent cure will prevent it from killing you." "The only thing I can tell you is my formula will keep you safe from normal lead contact here, and I will be working on extending the formula to last longer, but until I can come up with a permanent solution there is no going back for you." "It could take me years to come up with something that will physically cure you of your lead allergy permanently." "Or, I fail, I've never failed before, but there are no guarantees when inventing something completely brand new."
Years, Valor heard, years away from Kara, assuming there ever is a cure, years of her death haunting me. I should dare even hope against hope.
A haunted Valor stares aimlessly at nothing as Saturngirl puts her hand on his shoulder trying to reassure him.
"Don't worry Valor, Brainy has never ever failed me before, he will find your cure one day, I promise you, if it's the last thing we do, we will get you back to your own time." "Even Dreamgirl said it's going to happen, but you know her right?"
Valor, just shook his head putting his head down thinking it, Saturngirl hearing it. Yeah, I know her, and there is no knowing with her, everything is maybe, could be, a chance or even no chance, damn it! Looks like this is my home now. I better make the best of it, and be the hero Kara thought I could be. I have to! I have no choice, I have to be the hero here & now! It's all...I have left as he stares emptily at Kara's necklace in his hand! So damned, close and now I'm further away than ever. He stares at the necklace for a moment longer as a single tear hits it and than quickly puts it away, locking Mon-el away again almost like the flip of a switch, Valor closes off focusing solely on the future, his future that is now!
To be continued!
Author's notes part 2- Sorry about that. If you've read this far you knew, I still had loose ends, it was too soon for him to be cured and back already. But, if you remember when I was getting ready to debut Samantha Arias, how I started easing her into the National City storyline. That was why I moved Damages to my next chapter out of order as it was a lead based Supergirl episode, I thought it would be perfect to get Mon-el into the other storyline by testing his treatment that was not going to end up working, and I have more surprises to come, trust me! Teases are still coming in the future! Plus, in a way this was the episode that the Supergirl writers put a bullet into the Sanvers relationship and I'm just getting started with it, so I made it the bridge to where it should have been going in the first place!
Author's preview: Chapter 22 will be called, Mars Needs Help! I will follow some of the same Martian Storyline from the Far From the Tree TV episode, but with one little twist and I will not be doing that God awful Wedding shower, as I have something much better for Sanvers than that atrocity & waste of film! Try, Alex and Maggie Wedding rehearsal, and hint...hint not breaking them up, and another tease...
Also, before I get to chapter 22, I might be sneaking in a fluffy Karamel season 2 based one-shot, that I have an interesting idea for. I'm not revealing what it's called yet but it will be a Valentine's day related story. Hopefully doing my part to get us through the long Supergirl hiatus.
Let me know what you think!