A/N: A shout out to Jennifer Baratta. Thanks so much!
Chapter 18
Supergirl threw a punch, which the Martian dodged, but he caught Dreamer's blast in the back. He screamed and whirled on the young hero, only to catch a punch from Kara to the kidneys. Her second punch missed as he shifted his density and basically made the blonde's fist pass right through him. He then returned to his regular density and punched her in the back.
Kara cried out and Nia fired a shot, hitting the Martian square in the chest. He howled and lunged for the brunette. She fired again but missed. The Martian tackled Nia but Kara jumped and pulled him off of her.
The two started trading blows as Alex and the other agents wheeled up to the scene. Agent Smith had grabbed the rail gun but couldn't get a clear shot. Any attempt that didn't hit the intended target could be fatal.
"Get that gun out of here!" Alex yelled to him through the comms and Agent Smith quickly got back into the SUV. He slammed on the accelerator, lights and sirens blazing, as he headed back toward the DEO. Not realizing it, he passed Brainy and the requested backup.
The twelfth level intellect exited the SUV before it stopped moving and quickly rushed over to his friends. The ladies were certainly holding their own and Brainy was surprised that the Martian hadn't fled the scene. He was down an ally and Midnight had disappeared.
"You're surrounded! The fight is over!" Brainy announced. Agents had circled the fighters, their weapons drawn and leveled at the Martian.
"The fight is hardly over. In fact, it has just begun," the Green smirked, shifted his density, and dropped through the street into the sewers below.
"After him!" Kara shouted. There was a nearby manhole and she quickly flung the cover off. She dropped down inside the sewer. Trying to use her x-ray vision to find him, Kara swept the tunnels, but there was a problem. The older piping had lead in it. There were too many blind spots.
"Any luck?" Nia asked. She had climbed down the ladder, followed by Brainy and some agents.
"There's lead in the piping. I've got nothing," Kara huffed.
"He's got the advantage here. He's not going anywhere right now. I've got Ricky monitoring everything. Come on," Brainy said. They climbed up and out of the sewer only to find that Alex was panicking.
"Mount up! I can't raise headquarters!" The redhead shouted. Quickly everyone jumped into a vehicle, except Kara and Brainy. The blonde wanted to fly but with her cape ruined, she could not. Brainy handed her a pair of glasses and whispered instructions. Kara nodded and quickly ducked behind a building. Putting the glasses on and quickly pulling them back off, her suit slowly replaced itself. She was almost giddy when her skirt was replaced with actual pants. There was no time to get excited though.
Taking to the skies, she beat her sister, Dreamer, and Brainy back to headquarters. Landing at the balcony, she saw nothing but destruction and chaos. Rushing inside, she found wiring sizzling and snapping, sparks from downed wires, desks were blown apart. Agents were scraping themselves up off the floor.
"What happened?" Kara asked as she rushed to Ricky's side and helped him up.
"Midnight. She hit with everything she had. Agent Smith hit her back with the rail gun. Took off like a bat out of hell but left a lot of damage," Ricky said.
"Let's get the wounded taken care of. Alex, Brainy, and Dreamer are right behind me," she promised him. Ricky nodded and they quickly got to work but what bothered Kara more was that Lena, Kelly, and J'onn had not come out from wherever they were.
To Be Continued…
