AN: This chapter is more violent than any other chapter so far. So be warned I guess.
Siobhan's Point of View
I walked into Kat Grant's office, bursting with excitement over the story I had uncovered. "Mrs. Grant," I started.
"What do you want?" Kat asked, clearly not wanting to listen, but I had a story, and I was going to get it printed.
"I have a story for you," I told her.
"Okay, you going to tell me what it is any time soon?" Kat snapped.
"I have a way to figure out who the heroes really are. If you look here you can see that they all end up at S.T.A.R. Labs, which can be used as the main focal point to figure out where the frequently go from there, and if you look into it you can find their actual identities," I explained showing her the map I had comprised.
"Let me tell you something, Sharon," Kat said.
"Nobody cares who these heroes actually are, all they care about is that the heroes keep doing what they do, saving people, spreading hope," she continued.
"But, this could be the story of the year," I tried.
"This is the last I want to hear of this, you show anyone else this information, I will make you regret it. Oh, and also, you are being demoted, instead of being my second assistant you get to be Kara's," Kat said angrily and then went back to what she had been doing. I continued to just stand there, shocked that she hadn't taken the story.
"Well, what are you just standing there for, get to work," Kat shouted. I stormed out and sat down at my desk, about five minutes later Kara set a pile of files down on my desk.
"Can you file these, please? I would do it, but I have a bunch of event planning I have to do, plus I have a thing for my wedding in two hours," she said softly and then she walked back over to her desk. Why did she have to be so nice to everyone? Quite frankly it's annoying and it doesn't help that she's engaged to my cousin, that's right I am Barry and Sebastian Allen's cousin isn't that brilliant. My parents took in Sebastian after Aunt Nora's murder, and gave him all the attention, I basically did everything for myself at that point, I didn't really get any attention and everything I did was wrong, granted my parents weren't very great at being parents, but Sebastian's arrival definitely didn't help. I filed everything I was given rather quickly and then sat down at my computer staring at the information I had put together.
I quickly came to a solution and sent it all to Lois Lane, not knowing at the time how much trouble that decision would get me in.
"Stephenie!" Kat yelled.
"Get it here now," she yelled again. I stood up, my face on fire with embarrassment. I quickly walked into Kat's office. Kara was sitting on the couch with her face in her hands.
"So, I'm sitting here and all the sudden I get an email from Kara, who then enters my office, looking like she kicked someone's puppy. Turns out the email was a forwarded message from Lois Lane, who had forwarded Kara an email you had sent her," Kat said, anger raging in her eyes like a wildfire.
"You sent Lois Lane the information, were you thinking that she would agree with you and just hire you on the spot and you'd become this famous reporter and you would have proven yourself to me," Kat asked. I opened my mouth to responded and she glared at me, so I shut my mouth.
"Wait, how do you know Lois Lane?" I turned to ask Kara, who looked up and she actually looked like she was upset and felt guilty that she had gotten me in trouble.
"She's my cousin's wife," Kara muttered.
"Your cousin is Clark Kent?" I asked and she just nodded, still looking upset, which just made me even angrier.
"The point is, YOU ARE FIRED!" Kat yelled.
"Pack your stuff and get out, you are no longer allowed on the property. And if you think that this is going to get you a job anywhere else it won't because nobody likes a traitor," Kat said. I took a deep breath to keep my anger from exploding and walked out, standing tall with my head high, not caring what the people around me thought.
A few hours later I was still trying to keep my anger from boiling over. I was sitting on the roof of my apartment building, drinking a calming tea blend. I put it down beside me and stood, just looking at the skyline, at all the buildings, and the lights in the windows. I let my anger take over and screamed. There was the sound of shattering glass a second later. I screamed again and watched as sound waves flew through the air, the high pitched noise originating from my own vocal cords. I couldn't believe it, I had become one of those metahuman freaks I have been trying to expose to the public just a few hours ago. The more I screamed the more my anger built, it was as if the power was fueling my anger. In my anger, I took a trip, drove all the way to Coast City and found my cousin Sebastian's apartment, angry with him for all the pain he had caused me, whether he had done it on purpose didn't matter anymore. I was going to make him suffer and more good measure I was going to deal with his shy little girlfriend too. The only stop I made was to pick up a Kryptonite knife from some villain, who would probably come after me later.
I walked up to the door and knocked, as to not reveal my power too soon. "Siobhan," Sebastian said surprised and not sensing the anger boiling within me.
"Long time no see," I said, acting normal, for now.
"A little bird told me you were living in Coast City and I was in the area on assignment, so I decided to visit," I explained.
"I assume that was your mother," Sebastian guessed and I just nodded, he moved to the side and gestured for me to come in. The apartment was tiny, there were two doors off to the right that probably led to a bathroom and bedroom. The only other rooms there was the small living room in front of me and the kitchen off to the left. Sitting in the living room, was Marley, his girlfriend, and four of their friends. Marley stood clearly to welcome me and I took that as my opening. I let out a shriek, which threw the four girls back. One of the blondes flew into the coffee table, the glass shattering beneath her and embedding itself deep into her skin, causing her to bleed out rather quickly. The raven-haired girl flew back into the far wall, knocking her out cold. One of the remaining blondes flew back and hit her head on the kitchen island. The last girl caught the scream full blast and it had killed her on the spot. Marley ran forward to check for a pulse, but since my powers had heightened my hearing abilities I knew that their hearts had stopped completely, with no chance of revival.
"You killed them," Marley whispered, crying. She got up and walked over to Sebastian, who hugged her, they both moved to the couch, and just let me roam around. I picked up the raven-haired girl and broke her neck without a second thought. Tears began to fall faster. Marley jumped up and rushed over to the only remaining person.
"Come on Q, wake up," she said desperately. I rushed over to them and knocked Marley back into a wall. She struggled to her feet and Sebastian ran over to her, obviously worried, having figured out what I was doing.
"Siobhan, I get why you're mad at me, just spare Marley and Quinn," Sebastian pleaded.
"No," I said immediately, not caring about really anything anymore. I picked up Quinn, held her ear about five inches from my mouth, and screamed. Her eardrums broke, the life force drained out of her, and her heart slowed to a stop.
"No," Marley whimpered and began to cry even harder. I pulled the knife out off my back pocket, Marley's eyes widened in fear.
"So, who's first," I asked them, they exchanged a look and then entwined their hands.
"Neither of us, if you are going to kill us you're going to have to kill us both at the same time," they somehow said in total unison. I sped towards them, stabbed Marley in the heart with the knife, spun, and stabbed Sebastian in the same spot. I watched as the two bled out onto the carpet. I spun on my heel and left, feeling accomplished, and ready to take on the world.
Kara's Point of View
Barry and I had just finished with picking the flowers for the wedding when I felt a stab of pain right where my heart is.
'Barry, I think something bad has happened,' I said quietly.
"Sorry, we have to go, now," I said to the wedding planner and ran out the door, with Barry on my tail.
"I think it came from my link to Marley, we need to get to Coast City now," I said, scared by the emptiness I was feeling. We sped off and arrived at the apartment a few seconds later. The door was barely hanging onto its hinges. We walked in to find everyone dead, lying in various positions. I knew they were dead, but I checked for a pulse anyway. I rushed over to Marley and Sebastian, who both had a stab wound straight to the heart.
"No," I muttered, overwhelmed by the loss of all of these people. Barry sat down next to me, tears rolling down his face as well. I reached up and closed Marley's eyes and then Sebastian's. We just sat there crying for a good half hour. I then pulled my phone out of my pocket.
"Wait, Kara, look at the stab wounds, it looks like there's some sort of radiation, Santana's neck is broken, Brittany was killed by this glass, then Kitty and Quinn were killed by sound waves it looks like, their eardrums are shattered," Barry analyzed. I looked at them and noticed the same signs.
"Kryptonite," I said, recognizing the look of the stab patterns. Kryptonite wounds look slightly different because of the radiation in it. I dialed Felicity's number on my phone.
"Hey Kara, what's up?" she asked, the clicking of keys sounding quietly in the background.
"Can you stop typing for a minute?" I asked and the key clicks stopped immediately.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Marley, Sebastian, Quinn, Santana, Brittany, and Kitty are all dead," I said softly, breaking down again.
"No, no, no, no," Felicity muttered. The typing resumed.
"I've scanned the apartment, about five minutes ago there was an influx of dark matter, a metahuman has been there, and they obviously had something against the people that were there," Felicity said a minute later.
"You need to get the bodies to S.T.A.R. Labs and get out of that apartment, let it gather dust, never go back, because the person that killed them knows this place, and if you ever come back here you become a target," Felicity said worriedly.
"Where are you?" I asked her.
"At S.T.A.R. Labs, I'll see you in a minute," she said, sobbing quietly now, and hung up.
Barry and I both picked up one person and ran/flew to S.T.A.R. Labs and repeated the process two more times. We finally landed at S.T.A.R. Labs for the last time and were sitting in the cortex with Felicity, all of us crying, and trying to figure out how to break the news to everyone.
"We should just call everyone and break the news, I don't think I could do it in person," I said.
"Yeah, me neither," Felicity said.
"Well, you already know my opinion," Barry said. You know we're mentally linked and he agrees, by the way. It's honestly kind of weird how often the two of us agree.
It took about an hour, but we managed to spread the news to everyone on the team and to other people that they knew.
The funerals were two weeks later, everyone was there, the tragedy struck a chord and caused a lot of pain, but it also brought us all closer together.