Chapter 22
Dreamer jumped in to help J'onn while Brainy made a beeline for Lena. Untying her from the chair he told her how to get out of the building, but Lena wanted to help. Brainy wasn't so sure that was a good idea, but he handed her the Phantom Zone Projector before jumping into the fight.
"Three against one hardly seems fair brother. Afraid to fight me yourself?" Malefic taunted J'onn as they traded blows.
"Hardly. You have picked a fight with them after all that you have done while on this planet," his brother replied.
"You may strike me down brother, but you cannot stop what I have started," Malefic suddenly stopped fighting. Dreamer lassoed him and gave J'onn a look. This had to be a trap. There was something they were missing.
"What do you mean? What have you done?" J'onn demanded. Not having a hive-mind connection was seriously hampering his interrogation abilities. Malefic showed no emotion and gave nothing away. Dreamer was about to try and force him to his knees with her powers when Malefic phased through her lasso and disappeared through the floor, a smirk on his face. J'onn didn't grab his cohorts to go after him. No, he immediately sank through the floor all on his own.
"Is there a basement?" Brainy asked Lena.
"I have no idea. I was only ever tied to the chair," the raven-haired woman said. Brainy quickly went to the comms and asked if anyone could pull up the schematics for the building. Ricky replied that the system was not back up yet.
"Now what?" Dreamer wanted to know.
"Look for manholes or stairs that lead down. We have to find a way to J'onn," Brainy ordered and the three of them split up. The building was huge. By the time they found something they might be too late.
On the other side of town at the black site, Kara landed to find silence, which concerned her. Alex pulled up next to her on her bike with James hot on her heels. The redhead pulled off her helmet and looked at her sister.
"Yeah I was having the same thought," it was as if the blonde had read her sister's mind. It was too quiet and no one seemed to be questioning why they were there. Kara tried to search the nearby buildings using her x-ray vision and frowned.
"They're lined with lead," Kara told them.
"A hold over from when Lex ran the company?" James asked dismounting from his own bike.
"Could be," Alex nodded as she climbed off her bike.
"What building is the ship supposed to be in?" Kara asked Ricky on the comms.
"Building H," he replied. He then explained that they'd dispatched backup to J'onn, Brainy, and Dreamer's location.
"What's going on?" Alex asked.
"I don't have all the details. Stay frosty and I'll try and keep you posted," Ricky said. Kara looked concerned but they all continued onto Building H. No alarms were sounding. Kara couldn't hear any footsteps. She was the first through the door, in case there was someone waiting on the other side of it.
Instead what she found were bodies scattered all around the building. Quickly, the three went to check on everyone. Most of them had injuries and Alex told Ricky to call for medical assistance. They started to triage and while they did so Kara realized that the ship they had been looking for was gone.
"Midnight was here and she stole the ship," Kara shook her head.
"What would she need a ship for? She doesn't need it to move around," James pointed out.
"She doesn't but our Martian does," Alex said.
"I'm heading to find J'onn," Kara told them before taking to the skies.
To Be Continued…
