Chapter 14: Downfall

Summary:

The hunt for the Luthors is on in the end days of WW2.

Notes:

strap in cause we're in the home stretch now. im just starting to write up the second one so if theres any scenarios or people youd like to see happen let me! ive hit a road block so some ideas are appreciated! this ones just a quick look at whats coming. thinking of putting everything up tomorrow. with the end of ww2 means the end of part 1 of this story. should i probably work on my anthropology stuff? maybe. am i going to? yes? eventually? find out on the next episode of dragon ball z. see ya tomorrow!

Kara found himself in the destroyed city again. This time he could hear the voices of the friends he'd lost calling out to him. In one direction, James was calling for his daughter. Another direction, Barry was yelling for a medic, and Oliver was blaming Kara somewhere behind him.

All this was drowned out by a figure, carrying a small child. Lena stood before him, looking the same as he had last seen her. Down to her glossy eyes. Kara reached out for her but she ran off.

Kara burst into a run, calling her name

"Lena wait!" Kara ran as fast as his legs could go, yet it didn't seem like he was getting any closer to her.

The baby in Lena's arms started crying, and Lena began to yell out to Kara

"You left us Kara! How could you!" she cried and cried.

This broke Kara's heart, he never wanted to be the cause of Lena's hurt.

"No Lena i'm here! Please" Kara ran harder, now finally only inches from Lena. Kara's fingers brushed through Lena's hair, when artillery began to rain down on the already destroyed city. An explosion separated him from Lena, smoke clouding his vision as he was thrown back.

Kara looked ahead to where Lena once stood, but couldn't find her. Kara could still hear her though. She was calling Kara's name over and over but no matter what Kara did, as he moved forward to sift through the rubble, more seemed to take its place. As Kara searched, someone grabbed his shoulder.

Kara opened his eyes. Winn was looking down at him, a hand on his shoulder concern on his face. Kara moved to sit up from the bunk in the abandoned german home they were staying in.

"Major Kent said he needs to speak with you. It's important" Winn looked hard at Kara's face

"You alright?" he asked

Kara nodded and walked off to find his cousin. After walking for a few minutes, he spotted him outside, in front of a table with a small map. Bruce and Colonel Henshaw were on either side of him. As Kara approached, Clark waved him down.

With a quick salute, Clark began to speak

"We've gotten word that Lex Luthor was seen leaving Berlin with Lillian. They have seemingly gone to hide in the Eagle's Nest, a secure mansion in the Austria mountains. We've been tasked with hunting them down and bringing them to justice."

Clark's face became hard as steel with his next sentence

"The roads leading to it are narrow and would only allow for a small group. The mountain side provide little cover for anyone going up. We have decided to task easy with the luthors capture. Lethal force is authorized. You have 3 days to prepare your men"

Clark and the other saluted Kara, and began to huddle around the map once more.

Kara walked almost in a daze back to where he had been staying. He would be hunting down what was left of Lena's family, even if she was adopted. It was still her brother. The one who taught Lena chess, who got her a dog for her first birthday with the Luthors, the very same man who is supposedly the mastermind behind some of the worst Nazi attrocities of the war.

Kara sat down on his bunk, and began to write out a letter to Lena. This mission would not only be emotionally taxing, but it would be immensely dangerous. They could run into the bulk of Hitler's army, or no one. There were too many unknowns to be able to go to the Eagles Nest with complete confidence. Kara poured every ounce of love he had into the letter to Lena, hoping that if anything were to happen, he was assured Lena knew exactly how he felt about them.

In the morning, Kara would alert his men and they would prepare for whatever was coming their way. Till then, let them have today. Kara knew he needed it

"So you're saying that we're heading on a suicide mission, that we have little to no intel to go off of, to catch a traitor whos killed millions of people and is buddy buddy with Hitler?" Mike was leaned against a wall in the basement of a German home. The rest of Easy was crammed in, listening to Kara intently.

Kara nodded his head "i know its a lot to take in, I've been given permission by the Colonel for this to be a volunteer mission. If you don't want to go you don't have to"

Mike laughed "i'm not saying that. I'm in. anyone who wants out better speak up now"

Mike looked around, and even with the large amount of green soldiers, not a single one left.

Kara took a shaky breath "alright men. Lets go over the plan one more time." Kara stood next to the map pinned to the wall,

"Using captured SS uniforms, we will approach in an official German troop transport. Upon our arrival, we will take out any guards protecting the home. The Luthors will only have one way out and with us blocking the road, it's only a matter of time till they are ours."

Kara put his hands on his hips "this mission has a lot of moving parts that we don't have any knowledge of. Everything or nothing could go wrong. We need to be flexible and may need to make it up as we go. Are you with me?"

Easy only had one answer

"Currahee!"

we stand alone.