"Have you heard from Maggie?" Kara asked as Alex entered the lamp room.
"Yes."
"And?"
"The USB drive contained evidence of the President funding the Children of Liberty, ordering the murder of the last Agent of Liberty, ordering the hit on all the Generals and ordering Lex to launch the missile." Alex listed.
"How did Lex get all of that?" Kara asked. "I can't believe the President would be so careless."
"I have no idea how he got the evidence, but I would assume the President didn't know Lex was working against him."
"What is Maggie going to do with the evidence?"
"That is being debated now." Alex said. "But when it breaks all hell is going to break loose. And that may put you in a lot more danger."
"How do you mean?"
"Ignoring the fact he ordered Lex to experiment on you he has already tried to kill you. When this breaks he may go completely off the deep end and who knows what will happen then."
"But he doesn't know I'm alive." Kara argued. "No one does."
"True, but he hates aliens and he may launch a weapon that targets non-humans. Although you won't be specifically targeted you may still be affected."
"That seems unlikely even for him." Kara said causing Alex to say.
"The USB drive also had a recording of him ordering Lex to create a modified version of the Medusa virus that would kill any alien. We don't know how far they got with it, but there could be a version out there already. If there is, you aren't safe."
"I'm not going in the suit again." Kara said.
"I'm not asking you to."
"You're about to ask me to do something bad. I can tell from the look on your face."
"Mom is working with Kan-Ji to try to come up with an antidote and Lena is working on the dispersal mechanism. But seeing they don't know the exact make up of the virus there are no guarantees it will work. So until we know for sure I want you and your mom to stay downstairs in Lena's labs. The labs can be fully sealed so of something does happen you'll be safe."
"What about Kal and J'onn and Brainy and Nia?"
"Kal has gone to talk to General Lane. He wanted to show him the evidence before the story broke. Once he's told him they'll take him to the DEO and then all come here."
"And Nia?"
"Cat has summoned her here. Once here, she is going to work on a story with you."
"What story?"
"The President losing his mind. Cat said you could chose the slant, but screw it up and the President will be the least of your worries. And to help, Maggie sent this over." Alex said handing Kara a USB drive. Seeing Kara's frown she added. "It's a copy of all the evidence."
"Maggie gave you that?"
"For you. Yes. She wants to make sure the story isn't buried, so if there is a cover up you can let the public know. But she has asked you not to publish until tomorrow."
"Of course." Kara said.
"So you'll go to the lab and stay there?" Alex asked.
"Okay." Kara agreed.
"Thank you. I promise it won't be for long and I'll be down there too." Alex said hugging her.
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"Clark? What are you doing here?" Lucy asked.
"I need to see your father. It's important."
"J'onn is with him now, as you." She reminded him.
"I know, but I have to see him."
"Okay." Lucy said leading him through to the other room.
"What the hell is going on?" Lane asked seeing the two Clarks.
"I'm sorry." Clark said adjusting his glasses as J'onn shapeshifted back to his Henshaw form.
"J'onzz." Lane commented before glancing at Clark and saying. "That explains why you have been more agreeable over the last day." Lane said.
"Dad!" Lucy chastised.
"I am the one who has been wronged here." Lane pointed out. "Everyone in this room lied to me."
"I thought you'd prefer Clark to be here than me." J'onn said.
"I didn't need either of you here. But for the record, professionally we will always have differences and I can't trust you after you deceived us for all those years." Lane said to J'onn. "But you and Supergirl did help save the planet, for that I do respect you."
"Thank you." J'onn said.
"So why are you here?" Lane asked looking at Clark.
"Some new evidence has come to light. The story will break soon, but I wanted you to see it first." Clark said.
"Evidence about what?" Lane asked.
"The attack on you."
"Why isn't Westin bringing it to me?"
"He may not know yet." Clark said.
"What's the evidence?" Lane asked causing Clark to take a laptop out of the bag. Passing it to Lane he pressed play and let the General see all the evidence. As the videos played Lane sat in silence his posture getting more and more rigid. Once the last video finished the others in the room watched as he sat silently starting at the now blank screen.
"That son of a bitch." Lane eventually commented as he stood.
"What are you doing?" Lucy asked.
"When this breaks we risk this county falling into anarchy. I'm not going to let that happen. I'm going to the DEO."
"That could place you in danger." Lucy said.
"It may be the safest place." J'onn said. "Lex has no reason to kill your father and at the moment he's the one with power."
"Lucy I need you with me." Lane said pulling on his jacket. "You will need to review every order and determine if it is a legal order or not."
"Of course." She said.
"Call if you need anything." Clark said to Lucy as she walked past him.
As the door shut J'onn tapped his radio. "Brainy, Lane is heading to the DEO, make sure he gets there safely then go to L-Corp."
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"Why haven't they broken the story?" Lex asked as he paced in a lab.
"The evidence will take down the President, they will want to be cautious." Lillian commented, less worried than Lex.
"What if they don't?" Lex asked.
"If they side with Baker, we will have proof that they buried the evidence. We'll take them down as well." Lillian said. "In the mean time we can worry about the ultimate goal of freeing this planet from aliens."
"There is only alien I want to destroy." He reminded his mother.
"And I promise you that I will not stop until I help you take him down." Lillian said.
-TBC...
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing.
