Chapter 20

Alex was making sure that teams of agents were working to get the DEO back up and running when she heard,

"I'm done sitting by the sidelines! Lena is in trouble and the fastest way of finding her is me," J'onn had had it as he left the medical lab. There were others that needed treatment. A friend was in trouble and he was needed. Kelly gave him a dirty look but didn't say anything – as long as he didn't use his mental powers for another thirty minutes, they should be in the clear.

"Yeah no. The minute he knows we're onto him, Lena is probably dead. You trying to invade his personal mind space is not a tactical advantage right now," Ricky spoke up. Everyone turned to look at him, surprised to hear him speak to J'onn that way.

"He's right. We need the element of surprise. Besides we don't know what capacity Midnight is in. Agent Smith hit her with the rail gun," Kara was the first to say something.

"The Q-wave detector could still work, I just need to scan widely and boost the signal," Brainy spoke up.

"Do it. The only beings we know that emit Q-waves are Martians so it should narrow the search," Alex said. Brainy grabbed Ricky and the two got to work

"We're going to need a connection to our satellite," Brainy said. With all the destruction caused by Midnight, that was going to be a tall order.

"Can you connect to it via the server room like you did for the security cameras?" Kara wanted to know.

"Not quickly. We'd need a speed coder to do so and last time I checked we don't have one," Brainy raised an eyebrow.

"What if we borrowed CatCo.'s satellite?" Dreamer wondered.

"Of course. When Lena bought CatCo. she would have used her L-Corp technology to enhance the satellite for better broadcasting ability worldwide," Brainy beamed.

"All right; take Dreamer and go. We'll keep digging here," Alex ordered. The two nodded and quickly headed out. The redhead turned to the rest of the team,

"What does he gain from taking Lena?"

"I have no idea. He didn't bother to destroy the Phantom Zone Projector. Instead he kidnaps Lena. Caught us with our panties down and instead of doing major damage, he sneaks in and out…" Ricky paused. Something was occurring to him and they watched as he grabbed his tablet. Kara gave her sister a look as Ricky was furiously tapping away. Alex shrugged and was about to ask Ricky what he was doing when he exclaimed,

"Found it!"

"Found what?" J'onn asked.

"Well when Mercy and Otis had managed to get inside L Corp's computers, I kind of helped Lena rebuild her security… with a back door…" Ricky admitted before turning around the tablet.

"Is that what I think it is?" Kara asked looking at the screen.

"Yup," Ricky nodded.

"Did you know about this?" J'onn wondered.

"No idea," the blonde admitted.

"We'll have to save the debate for later. It's safe to say that somehow our Martian friend found out about Lena's little side project," Alex shook her head.

"Then they must be wherever that Lena stores it," Kelly said.

"An L Corp black site. Ordinarily, the coordinates would only be known to Lena and the scientists and engineers working on it but…" a few more strokes of the keyboard and Ricky smirked.

"Ok, we'll wait for Brainy and Dreamer to report back and compare the two locations before we split up," Alex said. They wouldn't need to wait long to hear back from their friends, but Kara was worried. What was Lena doing with what appeared to be a Kryptonian Pod? Why would Lena not have said something when she revealed her identity? On top of all of that, how did the Martian know that Lena had one? There were more questions than answers and that made her nervous.

To Be Continued…