"You've just been visited by a Fifth Dimensional being" said J'onn, as he walked with Kara, Mon-El and Oliver in the DEO.
"Wait, you've seen one of these things before?" asked Kara, surprised.
"Not here on Earth" replied J'onn, "On Mars, one of them moved the Xan'Xie Mountains halfway across the planet during the Zook Uprising. Fifth Dimensional life forms possess the ability to warp our reality to their own whims. Abilities that would appear, to all intents and purposes, to be magic." Oliver grimaced, thinking back to his encounters with Baron Reiter and Damien Darhk. From what he was hearing from Kara and J'onn, Mxyzptlk's abilities were far greater than anything Damien Darhk had to offer.
"On Daxam, we had a zero tolerance policy for those creatures" added Mon-El.
"You had them on Daxam?" asked Oliver.
"Yeah. And those guys knew how to party, but they're dangerous. Very dangerous."
"Agent Schott, scan the archives for anything resembling Fifth Dimensional incursions here on Earth" ordered J'onn.
"Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind. You got it" replied Winn, "Oh, hey. J'onn. We're ready to send your message to Mars whenever you are."
"What message?" asked Kara.
"On Earth, it's customary to send messages on Valentine's Day. We had a similar custom on Mars" replied J'onn.
"It's too bad you can't call her."
"We Martians are a psychic people. All our communication was through thought. But when we had something really important to say, we would often write it down. On some planets, to write something is to truly say it."
"I'm sure M'gann will be very happy to hear from you."
"Thank you."
Oliver walked over to Winn and sat next to him, eyeing what Winn was searching on 5th Dimensional Beings. At this stage, Oliver was used to fighting beings that were stronger and more powerful than him, but against Mxyzptlk, he truly was out of his depth. He needed to find out everything he could on him.
"Where is Mxyzptlk now?" asked J'onn to Kara.
"I don't know. He snapped away. I thought he was just after me, but he almost killed those guys. He's a lot more dangerous than I thought" replied Kara.
"Agreed. Agent Schott, Oliver, have you found records of human dealings with these life forms?" asked J'onn as he and Kara walked over to Winn and Oliver.
"Uh, yes. Actually, lots" replied Winn.
"Between genies, jinns and leprechauns, humans have been documenting contact with reality-bending creatures for centuries" said Oliver.
"And how did they slay them?" interjected Mon-El, "On Daxam, we crush them."
"What? No. Absolutely not" said Kara, sternly.
"We learned the hard way that the only way to deal with them was to kill them quickly. Let me take care of him" requested Mon-El.
"No! No. We don't kill."
"I'm not going to let some imp stalk you and live."
"I can take care of myself, Mon-El. Let me handle it."
"So we're going to go non-lethal?" asked Winn, with Mon-El and Kara simultaneously replying yes and no, much to the chagrin of eachother.
"The DEO has some recovered alien artifacts in a sub-basement storeroom. Maybe one of them can send Mxyzptlk, back to the Fifth Dimension, or at least suppress his powers" suggested J'onn.
"I'll have them brought up" replied Winn, before they all walked their separate ways. As much as Oliver knew Kara didn't approve of killing, and how he himself was trying to supress that part of himself, Mon-El was right in a way. A being with absolute power like Mxyzptlk was definitely not benevolent, and the only way to stop him might be to end his life before things got ugly.
"Hey, hey, Oliver!" called out Mon-El, as he ran up behind him just as Oliver was about to enter his room.
"What's going on?" asked Oliver, seeing the look of distress on Mon-El's face.
"Nothing, I just want to talk to you about Mxyzptlk" said Mon-El. Oliver understood exactly what he meant and gestured for him to enter into Oliver's room. Mon-El immediately started talking as the door shut behind them, "I came to talk to you because I know you care for Kara, and…"
"Mon-El, I know. You want to kill the imp. I agree."
"Really?" asked Mon-El, surprised at how quickly Oliver sided with him. He thought it would take a bit more convincing than that.
"Guys like Mxyzptlk can't be reasoned with. To beat a guy like him, you have to stoop to his level. Unfortunately, you have to be willing to channel your darkness to beat him. I know I'm willing to do that. Are you?"
"For Kara, there isn't a thing in the world I wouldn't do."
"Good. Now what's the plan?"
"Winn has brought up the artifacts J'onn told him to look for. We should go check them out."
"Hey, pal. How's it going?" said Mon-El cheerfully as he walked into the DEO conference room that Winn had brought the artifacts to.
"Oh, you know. Believe it or not, I'm having a girl issue" replied Winn.
"Good timing" remarked Oliver, remembering how it was Valentine's Day.
"Hey, Mon-El, you're great with girls. They throw themselves at you left and right" said Winn.
"Yeah, not all of them."
"Aw, come on, hit me, I need a relationship pearl. Come on" requested Winn.
"Yeah, uhh, things were a lot easier on Daxam, when I objectified women and didn't care about anyone" replied Mon-El bluntly before turning to look at the artifacts.
"Okay… You, Oliver?" asked Winn.
"Just be yourself" replied Oliver politely before tapping Winn on the shoulder. He too then turned to look at all of the boxes on the table next to him, "These are the artifacts right?"
"Yeah. I know that the 'E' in DEO stands for 'Extra-Normal', but this… I did not know we had stuff like this, dude" said Winn excitedly, as he opened two boxes in front of Oliver and Mon-El. One box contained an amulet, while the other had two glowing blue rocks that were shaped like kites.
"What would this do to the imp?" asked Mon-El while pointing to the amulet.
"I have almost no Earthly idea but it tested off the charts on Fifth Dimensional energy. So did those rocks. Now, the spectrometer needs to update before I can do anything else, it's going to take like six hours so… meanwhile I'm going to go be brave and go to Valentine's Day dinner, with uh, that girl."
"Good luck" said Oliver as Winn exited the room. Once Winn left, Mon-El took the amulet from the other box, and stood next to Oliver as they both examined the rocks in front of them, noting their shape.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" asked Mon-El, drawing out a smile from Oliver.
