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Guest - She is doing just that.
"Where are we with everything?" Alex asked as she approached Brainy a few days later.
"The other Supergirl made four more attacks over night, including stealing nearly one hundred million dollars by literally stealing two vaults."
"Anyone hurt?" Alex asked.
"No. the attacks were targeted and well planned. There was no interaction between her and law enforcement."
"Can you predict where she'll attack next?" Alex asked.
"No, currently the attacks look random." Brainy said.
"But they aren't." Alex said. "She'll be doing this for a reason."
"Unless the reason is distraction and therefore the targets are random." Brainy countered.
"Director Danvers." Haley said approaching. "We have been summoned to a VTC with the President."
"Does that mean something has happened?" Alex asked.
"Your guess is as good as mine." Haley said. "Agent Dox you should join us as well….just don't talk." She said walking to the conference room.
-00-
"Mr President." Haley greeted as the screen flashed to life.
"Colonel, Director." He replied. "I have just had a disturbing conversation with my counterpart in Russia."
"Are they admitting to having and weaponising their own Supergirl?" Haley asked.
"No. They claim to have been in contact with Supergirl and to have developed a working relationship. Only now she has gone rogue and is making threats. They are asking for our help in hunting her down and terminating her."
"This is very Hunt for Red October." Brainy whispered to Alex. "Although that would mean their Supergirl is defecting and I believe the probability of that happening is less than two percent."
"Based on what you have reported I do not believe we can deny their request." The President went on as Haley glared at Brainy. "Make sure Lillian Luthor has everything she needs to stop this threat."
"Yes Sir." Haley said as the screen went black. Turning Haley looked at Alex and asked.
"You have something to say Director Danvers?"
"If she has gone rogue because she is now more concerned with finding the scarab than helping the Russians that might mean she is robbing banks to bankroll the search."
"So we follow the money." Brainy said leaving the room.
-00-
"Hello Alex." The alternate version greeted when Alex saw her lounging on her couch.
"What do you want?" Alex asked.
"I was bored. So I thought it was a good time to pick up where we left off. Especially as you are the reason I am bored."
"I am?" Alex asked.
"Of course. You sent away Eliza, then Kara and Lena. Although the part I liked the most was where you tried to set up Lillian Luthor. We both know you'd like nothing more than her death, so why do you think I'd oblige?"
"Random act of kindness? Alex suggested.
"Something we both know I am not capable of."
"Yet here you are not killing me." Alex said.
"That is because I need you. However, you don't need me. Yet you've not tried to use that Kryptonite weapon in your pocket. Why? You can't believe I can be saved. I know you. You don't have the naive optimism of the other me. You are a realist. So why aren't you stopping me? You murdered Astra, why not me?"
"Perhaps Kara rubbed off on me."
"Unlikely. We both know you have an inner darkness so why don't you unleash it?"
"Because it's what you want?" Alex suggested. "And it is what the Russians want." Seeing a twitch of the evil Supergirl's eyebrow she went on. "They called the President and asked for US help in finding and terminating you."
"They have lost their nerve." The alternate version said.
"I get they they want you dead. I don't understand why you want to you dead. Why are you encouraging me to kill you?" Alex asked.
"I'm not. Only your attempt to kill me. We both know you can't kill me." She shrugged. "But while we are discussing desires what is it you want if not to kill me?"
"I tend not to share my wishes with sociopaths." Alex replied.
"Maybe you aren't trying to kill me as you are scared that you will fail and you are scared that your failed attempt will make me angry. Angry enough to go after Ruby and Sam." The alternate Kara said. The thinly veiled threat causing Alex to tense. "Now I finally have your attention let's get on with business." She said standing.
"What business?" Alex asked.
"I need the other me and we both know the easiest way to get to her is you. Don't worry I'll won't kill you until I have kept my promise and made you watch as I destroy her."
"I won't let you." Alex said finally making her move and squeezing the trigger on the gun in her pocket. As the bullet hit the other Kara she dropped to her knees clasping her chest.
"Alex? You're my sister. How could you?" She said, eyes wide before her body started shaking.
"Kara?" Alex asked guilt welling inside her, before realising that the alternate version of her sister was laughing.
"I'm sorry." She smiled. "Your face. Such a picture of guilt. Did you look at Aunt Astra like that?" She asked as she stood and tossed the green bullet at Alex. "In case you are wondering my team in Russia did something you seemed incapable of, building a practical suit that protects against Kryptonite." She then used her superspeed to move to an inch in front of Alex. "Time to make yourself useful." She said punching her hard enough to send her sprawling to the ground, but not hard enough to cause serious damage.
Feeling like she had nothing to lose Alex took the gun and fired the entire clip into the alternate Kara.
"Yeah, that still won't work." The alternate version said as the bullets bounced off her as she strolled towards Alex who scrambled back looking for anything that could be used as a weapon.
"This is both sweet and pathetic." The other version said as she reached down and hauled Alex to her feet. "But I don't have time to waste, especially as my former comrades have lost their nerve and vision. Oh, but before we go, I better leave a calling card." She added before using her heat vision to burn the crest of the House of El on Alex's wall. She then tightened her grip on Alex and flew them out of the apartment.
-00-
"J'onn? What are you doing here?" Kara asked before paling. "Is it Alex?"
"Yes, she's been taken." J'onn said.
"When? Was she hurt?"
"We don't know when exactly, probably about twenty hours. Her apartment was in a bad state, but there was no sign of blood."
"Was it the other me?"
"We think so." J'onn said.
"I never should have left." Kara said as Eliza approached them.
"I am so sorry, but I promise I will get her back." Kara greeted her.
"We both will." Alura said joining them.
"This isn't your fight." Eliza said.
"Alex is Kara's sister." Alura said. "That makes it my fight."
-00-
"Do you know where she is?" Supergirl asked stepping through the portal.
"No. Not exactly. But there has been a message." Brainy said. "Well a second message, if you count the message at her apartment as a message."
"Brainy!" Kara interrupted. "What's the message?"
"She said she is waiting at the building that reminds you of-" He started only for Haley to interrupt.
"Not so fast Agent Dox."
"What are you doing?" Supergirl asked angrily. "I am going to rescue Alex."
"Of that I have no doubt. But the other you is trying to get your attention. If you are about to walk into a trap I want to know why or at the very least know we have a way out."
-TBC...
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