Kate interrupted Brainiac 5 as he worked on a computer in Wayne Tower. "Where's my cowl?" she asked, finding it missing.

"In the shop. Giving it an upgrade," Brainiac 5 said vaguely.

"An upgrade? Like X-ray vision?" Kate asked hopefully as she leaned on his desk.

"No," Brainiac 5 replied.

"Echolocation?" Kate guessed.

"No," Brainiac 5 repeated.

The two of them walked to the main desk where Kara was dealing with her own drama. "You appear to be in good mood," Brainiac 5 noted.

"Am I?" Kate smiled glowingly.

Brainiac 5 handed Kara a tablet showing Batwoman kissing Sophie. "You snitch!" Kate accused dramatically changing her tune.

Kara eyed the photograph captured by one of Brainiac 5's surveillance drones and then back to Kate. She then gave Kate a condescending smile. "Kate...the fuck?"

"I'm not sleeping with her. It was just a peck," Kate said defensively.

"I don't give a shit what you do with your personal life as Kate Kane. Batwoman doesn't have a girlfriend," Kara said, losing patience with her.

"It was just a peck," Kate excused.

"Sophie just told Mary she had a 'moment' with Batwoman," Brainiac 5 said having access to Kate's bar's surveillance system.

"God damn it, fuck!" Kara raged.

"She's telling Mary she doesn't know who Batwoman is," Brainiac 5 continued to narrate.

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time Sophie kissed a woman she didn't know," Kara rolled her eyes.

Kara then stood up and faced Kate with a serious expression. "This is some serious shit. I don't think you truly appreciate what it means to be a Bat. Bruce Wayne pushed people away to keep his identity a secret. The moment anyone knows who is close to Batwoman is the moment they have a target on their back," Kara said seriously.

"No one is going to find out," Kate said confidently.

"Barney found out easy enough. If someone else finds out about this, Sophie is fucked," Kara said obviously.

"Since when do you give a shit about Sophie?" Kate scoffed.

"I don't. I'm just trying to teach you how this game is played. I keep my identity secret to protect my adopted parents, my adopted sister, my friends, some...of my co-workers," Kara explained. "Not to mention, Sophie is still married. You're being a home-wrecker, the other woman."

"But we're gay," Kate said confused.

"It doesn't fucking matter. You don't get a pass on morality because you're gay," Kara lectured.

"Fine, whatever," Kate said dismissively and walked out of the room.

Kara turned to Brainiac 5 as soon as Kate was gone. "We have a problem," Brainiac 5 said turning on the television. The news was all about Supergirl kissing Mon on the helipad of the DEO skyscraper.

"Shit," Kara sighed.

"You need to make a statement," Brainiac 5 advised.

Kara nodded. "Are you done with the upgrade? I need to take the suit out, tonight."

"It's ready," Brainiac 5 assured her.


Metropolis

Kara, as Supergirl, addressed a crowd of reporters in front of a podium. "I'm here to address the incident that occurred on the helipad of the DEO skyscraper," Kara began.

"The truth...is that I was assaulted by that Insane man. That's right, even Supergirl can be the victim of sexual assault. I am part of the #Metoo crowd now. I want to assure those that look up to me that I am exclusively gay and that I would never falsely claim to be gay for political gain," Kara lied.

"How did the Insane man manage to attack you? I mean, you're Supergirl," a reporter asked.

"He had Kryptonite on him," Kara lied.

"It looked like you were enjoying the kiss," another reporter remarked.

"Are you...doubting a woman's side of the story? You better unfuck yourself," Kara said to him.

"I just want to say how bold and courageous you are, Supergirl," a woman reporter said to her.

"You give me far too little credit," Kara nodded.

"What will you do to that Insane man now?" a reporter asked her.

Kara wiped away a fake tear. "I'll never allow him to ever take advantage of me ever again."


At Kara's apartment, Kara and Mon tore at each other. "That's it, Mon. Take advantage of me. Oh God!" Kara cried out as she was being forced into a submissive position.

"Don't tell me what to do," he told her as he finished.

Kara sighed fulfilled...for the moment. Mon disengaged from her and stood up revealing all of his battle scars and ripped muscles. "Last night, you were unhinged. You're were like a desperate howling demon."

"And?" Kara asked.

"Do it again," Mon smiled.

"Oh, Mon, you're making me feel bad now," Kara shook her head sadly.

"How so?" Mon asked confused.

Kara got out of bed to face him still completely nude. "Because I have to betray our marriage vows by making out with Sophie."

"Take a video of it and all is forgiven," Mon told her.

"Okay," Kara smiled and then passionately kissed him. "I'm so happy you're back," she said as she leaned on his shoulder.

"I know," Mon said hugging her tightly.


That night, Kara entered the Bat-Cave and suited up. After she accounted for all of her bad-ass weapons, she then placed green-colored contact lenses over her blue eyes. She then made her way to Sophie's apartment landing on her balcony. Sophie was still awake anticipating their meeting. Sophie strolled over to Batwoman with a smile on her face.

"This is definitely a first," Sophie said.

"I wish I could say the same," Kara replied.

"So, do you want to come inside?" Sophie enticed.

"Sophie, do you realize what I am? What I'm capable of? You don't want to be with someone like me," Kara said to her.

"You just want to walk away?" Sophie asked disappointedly.

"Yeah," Kara nodded.

"Then walk," Sophie said giving Kara a kiss.

The door suddenly opened as an intruder came in. "Someone's here," Sophie said alarmed.

"I got it," Kara told her.

"No, I can handle it," Sophie said getting her pistol.

Kara smirked as she used her X-ray vision to determine the intruder. "Mom, what are you doing here? I nearly shot you!" Sophie exclaimed.

Kara took off before Sophie noticed she was gone.


The next morning, the three Vindicators met at Wayne Tower. "Here you go," Kara said handing her smartphone over to Mon. He eyed Kara's make-out with Sophie pleased.

"I need a Bat-suit made of an elastic material, so Mon can tear it off me," Kara ordered Brainiac 5.

"I'll make the order," Brainiac 5 assured her. "In other news, another one of your models was slashed up, Mia Cortez."

"Was she insured?" Kara asked.

"Of course. In fact, we may end up netting more from the insurance claim than what we would lose," Brainiac 5 calculated.

"We have to make the claim later down the road to avoid looking like we're insensitive," Kara said thoughtfully.

"My thoughts exactly," Brainiac 5 agreed. "The victims all had plastic surgery at some point, and Ethan Campbell is Gotham's best doctor. I can hack into his medical files to see if there is a pattern."

"Go for it," Kara yawned unconcernedly.


That night, Kara, as Batwoman, met up with Sophie. "I don't have a lot of time so I have to make this quick," Sophie said to her.

"Alright, hurry up and strip," Kara allowed.

"I didn't mean it like that," Sophie clarified. "It's just my mom. I'm twenty-eight years old, I have two degrees, and I own a condo on the river. And I spend every waking moment wondering if she's proud of me."

"A person can be generally proud of someone while also pointing out their deficiencies, like a shit-ton of deficiencies," Kara said referring to Kate.

"I'm just tired of hiding who I am," Sophie sighed.

"You are the choices you make, your ideas. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter," Kara said to her. "By the way, I did some digging and I discovered that these victims are all plastic surgery patients of Dr. Ethan Campbell."

"I have no authority to question him. The Crows suspended me," Sophie said lamely.

"Does he know that?" Kara asked knowing the answer.


At the same time, Kate as Batwoman, was at Duela Dent's house looking for clues. She was one of Dr. Campbell's patients and her last name screamed "supervillain." Brainiac 5 also determined that Duela Dent had self-inflicted scars to her own face that Dr. Campbell had then corrected. All of this information gathering on Brainiac 5's part made Sophie's interview with Dr. Campbell irrelevant but it did get her out of the way...just as intended.

"Duela Dent, released from a mental institute recently. The niece of Harvey Dent aka Two-Face," Brainiac 5 radioed as Kate continued to look around her bedroom.

"I found something," Kate said looking over a model catalog. Her victims were shaded in colors. "It's her hit-list." Kate then found a yearbook with a girl's picture clearly circled. "Run a name-check on Myrtis Dinker."

"No name found," Brainiac 5 said. "However, press the red button on your left gauntlet."

Kate pressed the red button on her right gauntlet firing a Batarang at the wall by mistake. "Your other left," Brainiac 5 said helpfully.

Kate pressed the button and immediately her eye shields took a picture of the girl's face. "That was your upgrade?" Kate asked disappointedly.

"Kara wants you to remain as Batwoman as opposed to Cyborg," Brainiac 5 explained. "FYI, no match."

"How's that possible?" Kate wondered. She then heard a noise as someone entered the house. Looking around, she found a broken phone and drops of blood. Following the trail, she found Evelyn Dent tied up to a chair bleeding profusely from her mouth.

"Holy shit," Kate realized.

"What do we do when we enter a house?" Brainiac 5 asked condescendingly.

"We clear every room," Kate muttered.

Duela then attacked Kate from behind with a baseball bat. Kate dodged the strike, disarmed her, and then threw Duela to the floor. Duela then scrambled over to her mother with a knife to her throat. "Come any closer and my mom is dead," she threatened.

"You don't need to do this," Kate said to her.

"She forced me to be someone I'm not. Someone I hate, someone I can't even look at," Duela said insanely with scars all around her mouth. "So, I'm going to go and you're going to need a doc," Duela said as she sliced her mother's throat open.

Kate immediately went to Evelyn's side, took a patch from her utility belt, and placed it on her neck to stop the bleeding. Brainiac 5 had already called an ambulance to their location. Kate stayed with Evelyn until the ambulance arrived and then took off into the night.


Kara entered the Bat-Cave and quickly put the Bat-suit away. "What's Kate been up to?" she asked.

"She had a slight altercation at the Dent's residence. Evelyn Dent is in critical condition and Duela Dent has escaped," Brainiac 5 informed her.

"Let me guess, she let Duela get away to keep Evelyn alive," Kara assumed.

"Yes," Brainiac 5 confirmed. "It's not a choice you would have taken but many other heroes would have done the same."

"Sure," Kara allowed. "More importantly, what is social media saying about Supergirl now?"

"The vast majority are supportive of your Metoo story with a small minority being skeptical," Brainiac 5 reported.

"Are any of the skeptics prominent people?" Kara asked.

"A few," Brainiac 5 said, displaying their names and pictures.

"Ruin that one...and that one," Kara pointed out the liberals. "Leave the rest alone."

"As you wish," Brainiac 5 said. "Your new suit is ready. The material is elastic but tough enough that even Mon will have trouble tearing it apart in his base form."

"Then tonight will be a good night," Kara smirked.

The two were then interrupted by Kate over the radio. "I have an ID on Myrtis Dinker. She changed her name to Veronica May. I need to find a cosmetics truck."

"That assumes she would be driving that specific truck at this time of night," Brainiac 5 said skeptically.

"Maybe we can get lucky," Kate said as she drove her motorcycle into the city.

Brainiac 5 connected himself to satellites and looked for the truck. "Finally, something Kate knows that you do not," Kara teased.

"Unlike you, I do not have an ego to bruise," Brainiac 5 replied. "I have found the truck. Proceed with caution, it's no longer moving and parked irregularly."


Kate came upon the truck and found the driver dead with his mouth slit open. "Duela's been here." Sophie then inexplicably showed up at the same time. "You shouldn't be here," Kate said to her.

"I've been listening in on the Crows' radio. They'll be here any minute," Sophie warned.

"I'm not leaving until I search that truck," Kate insisted.

A helicopter light and police cars then arrived on the scene. "Well...shit," Kate realized.

"Leave the bitch behind. That's an order," Kara ordered her through the radio.

"Hurry up, get on," Kate said to Sophie ignoring Kara's order. The two then rode off evading the Crows police cars.

"It's going to be difficult for them to evade a chopper and police fleet," Kara frowned.

"Actually, it was super-easy, barely an inconvenience," Brainiac 5 remarked as he monitored the situation.


Kate and Sophie arrived at a nearby cosmetic plant and went inside hoping to find Duela and Veronica inside. Sophie found Duela first and easily subdued her in hand-to-hand combat and then tied her up. Kate dropped in from the roof and fired a Batarang at the gears slowly lowering Veronica into a vat of acid. The Batarang was slowly crushed in the gears.

"Shit," Kate realized.

She then fired her projectile cable gun at a pipe on the roof and swung towards Veronica catching her before she could fall into the vat. Kate then lowered them both to the floor. "Tell me someone caught that on camera," Veronica smiled.

"Careful what you wish for," Kate said referring to Brainiac 5.

Afterward, Kate and Sophie met up outside the plant. "Call me crazy, but I thought we made a good team," Sophie remarked.

"We do...," Kate allowed.

"But?" Sophie wondered.

"Sometimes, I'm caring, compassionate, and I refuse to kill. But...other nights, I'm none of those things. Like Duela, I have two faces, one in the light and one in the darkness. You're not safe around me," Kate said referring to Kara.

"If you have a problem, I can help you," Sophie offered.

"Not this," Kate doubted. "We can never be more than this."

"I'm into a woman wearing a mask. I think I have some issues to work out," Sophie admitted.

"I'm sorry. Best of luck," Kate said sadly and then drove away.

Kara sighed as she listened to their exchange from the Bat-Cave. "What's the status on the Lucius Fox murder investigation?"

"I have been manipulating their accounts giving Jacob Kane the impression there have been payoffs between the Crows and GCPD. It won't be long before Jacob will start to lose faith in his department and begin making baseless accusations against the GCPD," Brainiac 5 said.

"Kill two birds with one stone," Kara smirked.


The next morning, an upbeat Kara came to meet Kate at her Lesbian bar. "I put on the suit because I didn't trust you with Sophie. But...then you surprised me, last night," Kara said.

"If not for you, I would have taken her offer," Kate said honestly.

"Baby steps," Kara said dismissively. "You may not be very sensible but at least you understand cause and effect. Sophie is going back to the Crows. Your father thinks she has...," Kara said and then started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Kate frowned.

Kara chuckled a bit more. "He thinks she has integrity," she mocked.

"Well, you sure don't," Kate told her off.

"That's fair," Kara allowed.

Mary then entered the bar and gave Kara a haunted look as if she knew something was dark and scary about her. Kara smirked at Mary and then walked out of the bar.


That night, three Brainiac 5 drones all wearing suits and sunglasses brought Dr. Campbell to Beth in an abandoned warehouse. Beth was literally shaking as she saw him. "What do want?" Dr. Campbell asked her.

"For you to drop the act...and the face," Beth said angrily as she tore his mask off him. Beth then eyed August Cartwright. "I thought I would never have to see you again, but I was wrong. I see your face every night in my dreams. You killed my mother and kidnapped me."

"If you're going to kill me, get it over with," August said dismissively.

Brainiac 5 offered Beth a pistol. "Kill you? We mustn't speak of such nonsense. I would never kill you," Beth said to him.

"Mouse, give him up," Beth ordered.

August merely laughed in her face. "What's so funny?" Beth said irritably.

August laughed even harder. "What?!" Beth screamed at him.

"Bitch, please," August smirked.

Beth eyed Brainiac 5. "This is a test, isn't it?"

"Maybe," he said giving nothing away.

Beth eyed his pistol and then calmed herself down. "You have to do as I say, right?" she asked him.

"Within reason," Brainiac 5 allowed.

"I want him tortured...like a lot," Beth said to him.

"Very good, Miss Kane," Brainiac 5 said as he put his pistol back into his coat and then took August away.