All of us stood there in shock. The DEO was gone. How could the DEO be gone? All those people were dead because Lex distracted us. He killed them and made it look like he had survived when it was clear as day he was behind the attack in the first place.

This is when Lena took the floor. "Lex has blown up the only thing holding him back. Before I left I scanned his files onto a secret USB. At the new VR launch happening this afternoon he plans to lock all the participants inside while Gamemnae goes to work killing them. Removing the pests from the picture."

"Does Andrea know about this?" Kara asked with crossed arms.

"I don't know if she's involved or not." Lena shrugged.

I moved closed with fire in my eyes. "How are we supposed to trust anything you say? After all the crap you have done?"

Lena sighed. "I was blinded by my need to fix humanity. I have now realized that I was wrong. I was becoming Lex and I didn't want that to be my legacy. Even when I stabbed Kara I regretted it instantly afterwards. I was angry and stupid and out of line. I shut down Non Nocere for good, but Lex won't give up. He'll stop at nothing to get what he wants."

"Well what's your plan, Lena?" Alex asked with the same type of poison I used when speaking with her.

"It's simple." Lena explained, ignoring our glares. "Kara goes into VR to get everyone out. If they are disconnected, Gamemnae cannot reach them. She has to convince them to leave and while that is going on everyone else can distract Lex and Rama Khan from getting to the ceremony on time."

"Wait, Rama Khan is still alive?" J'onn exclaimed

Lena nodded. "Yes, he is. He was the one to destroy the DEO. Lex has buddied with Leviathan and plans to gain their trust before eventually causing their downfall. He wants the power they possess and will stop at nothing until he gets it."

"Where are Lex and Leviathan now?" Kara asked

This is when Brainy stepped forward. "They are at the abandoned Bannerman hall across town. If I am reading their plans right they plan to attack at 2 o'clock this afternoon. If we can scope out the area and distract them, Kara can sneak in and save everyone."

As everyone was preparing for the battle to come, Lena approached me. I was prepared to follow Kara, but she pushed me toward Lena. I gritted my teeth and turned toward her with a fake smile.

She wrung her hands. "Can we talk for a second?"

I nodded and followed her to the other side of the room. I didn't want to give her the light of day, but if Kara was willing to speak to Lena, I had to give her the same respect. We walked onto the balcony and looked off toward the city.

I sighed. "What is it you want, Lena?"

"I wanted to apologize for everything that's happened." Lena said, looking down at her feet. "I know you may never forgive me, but I want to say it nonetheless. That antidote was genuine until Lex messed with it. I honestly wanted to help you."

"If you wanted to help me, you wouldn't have stabbed Kara." I said, shooting daggers with my eyes. "You knew how much I cared for her and you made me watch her be attacked. Then I had to save her by almost losing control and to top it off I got trapped in my own mind having to relive every horrible memory I have ever had. Moments I buried deep down because remembering was too painful."

"I was not the reason for being trapped in your own head and I did not know you were watching when I stabbed Kara." Lena said with honesty in her eyes. "If I had known, I wouldn't have done it. Besides, I regret it just as much as you regret not being there to save her. I let my anger get the best of me and I am truly sorry."

"Sorry just isn't going to cut it." I said, beginning to walk away when she grabbed my hand. I stopped and turned to face her. "Lena, let go."

"Carly, please." Lena begged

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." I said, pulling my hand from her grasp. "Help Kara get those people out and apologize to her. If she decides to trust you, then I'll do the same."

I left Lena on the balcony and joined the others. Kara and Lena stayed behind to get into VR while Nia, J'onn, Brainy, Alex, and I left to distract the bad guys. We arrived as Lex and Rama Khan were waiting for us.

I went for Lex as the others went for Rama Khan and his minions. We stood across from one another with sadistic smiles. He spoke first. "Well, welcome back to the conscious. Did you enjoy your trip?"

"Oh, it was fantastic." I said as we circled one another. "Reliving every bad memory I've ever had really made my day."

"I'm glad I could be of assistance."

We ran at one another at full speed. He was in a Lexo Suit so he had great strength, but so did I. Each attack thrown was blocked or dodged. This continued until we separated and Lex began to taunt again.

He smugly smiled. "You try to be human when you are no longer such a thing. You try to block out the darkness when you should be reveling in it. Why fight your own nature?"

I sighed. "I fight for Kara."

He laughed aloud, "You are such a weakling. You don't need anyone else as long as you have yourself."

"Maybe, that's why you're still alone."

Lex lunged himself at me, but I dodged just in time for him to miss. He ran at me again, his hands landing on my shoulders and pushing me backward. My feet slid across the grass as I pushed against him in the same manner. I grabbed him, twisted him around, and flipped him over my shoulder, his back slammed into the dirt with a thud.

He quickly got up to a crouching position and used his speed to hit my foot, causing me to fall onto my back. He began to straddle me while holding my arms down beside my head. "If you were the vamtronian you should be, I wouldn't be able to fight you. You're a bloodsucker, act like one."

"I'm not a monster like you." I said, baring my fangs at him.

"Maybe not yet." He laughed, letting go of my arms and grabbing me by my collar so my face was closer to his, "But one day you might become me. You will crave blood and at some point you won't be able to stop. You are a monster, Carly. It will consume you whether you want it to or not."

I used this opportunity to grab his arms and push him off of me. I got to my feet and he did the same with a bit of a spin, "I won't end up like you. Ever. Kara loves me and I love her. You have no one who loves you, not even your own sister."

He ran at me and I ran at him as we collided into one another. He would try to punch me and I would block and vice versa. It was a fair match, until he pulled out an ashwood stake. I noticed the light colored wood and backed up. He smiled smugly as he grabbed me by the throat and slammed my back into the wall 25ft away from us.

He placed the stake above my heart and I grabbed his hand. He began pushing it toward me and I began pushing it away. When it hit the edge of my shirt I knew if I didn't distract him, he would kill me. Luckily, Nia noticed my predicament and came to the rescue.

She used her energy beam to knock Lex across the field. When he stood, instead of coming for me again, he flew off and vanished. Rama Khan and his minions were defeated. Alex got the call that everyone had gotten out of VR safely.

We were all smiling until Nia collapsed in pain. We ran to her side as she grasped at her head. When the gasping stopped she looked at me with fear. "Brainy's in trouble."

"How he's…" I turned around to realize Brainy wasn't here with us. I looked around and the others shrugged. "Well, that's weird."

"He's dying." Nia cried as she began to hyperventilate.

I held her shoulders so she would look at me. "Where is he?"
"Leviathan...ship...above...LCorp Warehouse." She stuttered

I got up and was prepared to leave when I noticed the others trying to come with me, but I refused. "Stay here and make sure they are all defeated. I'll go after Brainy."

"You can't go there by yourself." J'onn insisted

I placed my hand on his shoulder. "I'll be fine. Call Kara and get her down here. I'll get Brainy and if I am not back in 15 minutes come for the ship."

Before any of them could complain, I flew off. When I arrived it was midair so I used my flight to land on top of the ship. Then I simply found the hatch and made my way inside.

I could feel the radiation pushing against my skin, but since I was technically dead there was no effect on me. I ran through the ship to the main control room to find Brainy leaning up against the side of the ship. His green skin was covered in sweat with blood on his lips.

I ran to his side and crouched down beside him. He turned his head with a weak smile. "Hi…"

"Brainy, why the hell did you come here alone?" I asked

"I wanted to make up for my sins." He coughed, blood forming on his hand. "I stopped Leviathan by shrinking them."

I looked down at the containment bottle in his hands and could feel the power radiating off of it, but that wasn't my concern right now. "We'll get this back to the Tower so the others can determine what we should do with it, but right now we need to get you out of here."

I wrapped his arm around my shoulder as we stood up. I heard movement from down the hall as Lex came into the room. The sight of us and the bottle made him livid.

"Brainy, that was very brave of you to come in here knowing full well it would kill you. You think you stopped me, but I have only begun." Lex said, looking at the bottle and then back to us. "I knew you wouldn't be able to kill them due to your good nature. Hand me the bottle and I'll let you both leave here alive, especially since Brainy will die if he doesn't get out soon."

I looked from the bottle to Lex. "I'm not letting you get this bottle. I give you this and you'll try to kill the love of my life again, which I cannot let you do."

My eyes went red, my fangs extended, and I was angry. Now that Lex had no control over me, I could get the revenge I so rightly deserved. He noticed my transformation and tried to act tough. "Carly, you wouldn't kill me. You know how Kara will feel if you do."

"I don't care if Kara hates me." I hissed. "Sometimes death is what the villain deserves."

I snarled at him and tilted my head like a predator does when watching its prey. He took a step back as I smiled. Lex ran for the door, but I caught him before he made it. I grabbed the collar of his shirt and brought his face close to mine. "You made me this monster and now you are going to experience first hand what I can do."

"You're not a killer." Lex mocked

I laughed. "I used to not be a killer, but then you made me hurt that innocent girl and due to your pain I almost killed another. I want you to feel their pain, Lex. You are the reason I am stuck like this so why don't you experience what it's like to have your life drained away to nothing."

"Carly, don't do this." I turned around to find Brainy was the one to say this. He looked up at me with weak eyes. "You feed on him and you will be just as awful as he is. Don't stoop to his level. It's...what he wants. Don't let him win again..."

As my back was turned, Lex took his opportunity. He had a stake in his back pocket. With one swift motion he removed it from his pocket and as the stake neared my chest, I was pushed out of the way. I hit the ground as I heard flesh tearing. I quickly turned to find Deirdre standing where I had been.

My eyes went wide just as Lex's did. Deirdre looked down at the stake just as Lex wrenched it free. She looked back up at Lex, collapsing onto her knees. She fell onto her back as he stepped over her. I wanted to tear his head off, but Deirdre was my first priority so I appeared beside her.

Lex approached Brainy and pulled the bottle from his weak grip. Lex held the bottle in the air and looked at it with awe. "With this I will kill Supergirl and finally have the power I so rightly deserve."

He smiled to himself and quickly exited the ship. I noticed Brainy was losing consciousness and I knew getting him out was the only option, but I couldn't leave Deirdre like this either.

That's when she grabbed my hand. "Get him out of here or he'll die."

"I'm not leaving you like this." I said, gasping as I felt her pain.

"You have to."

I looked from her to Brainy and back again. I knew she was right, but that didn't mean I agreed to it. So I squeezed her hand and made my way over to Brainy. I wrapped his arm over my shoulder and pulled him to his feet. We got to the door when my legs began to give out and I needed to rest for a moment.

Brainy looked over at me. "We can't get off of the ship like this."

"Don't you talk like that." I said, catching my breath. "I will get us out of here."

"No you won't." Brainy gasped. "You're in pain due to Deirdre and I won't make it another 5 minutes in this place. If we don't get out now I will not survive and even if I did get out, it's possible the damage is irreversible."

I instantly knew what he was suggesting. "I'm not leaving you here, Brainy."

Brainy swallowed the spit in his throat. "I've made a lot of mistakes, Carly. I want to atone for my sins. I hurt you and all of our friends. Please, let me die a hero."

"Not happening." I frantically shook my head. "Nia has forgiven you and others are getting there."

"What about you?" Brainy asked as our eyes met. "Do you forgive me?"

I sighed. "I'm still pissed about what happened, but I understand you just thought you were saving the world from Leviathan. It will take me time to fully trust you again, but I am willing to try, which means you are leaving with me. Now let's try this again."

I stood back on my feet and the two of us walked until we got to the entrance. I opened the hatch as the two of us stood on the edge, looking down at how far away the ground was. Brainy and I looked at one another before jumping from the hatch. We cascaded quickly downward as I focused on the feeling of the air around us and imagined we were floating above the ground. Suddenly the wind around us stopped. I opened my eyes to find we were floating about two feet above the grass. When I realized we were alive, we both fell onto the grass with a thud.

I looked over at Brainy who began to laugh. I thought he might have started losing his mind so I questioned it. "Why are you laughing? We almost died and Lex got the Leviathan."

"He didn't get Leviathan." Brainy gasped, turning his head to look at me. "I shrunk the real one down and hid it in my pocket. He just had some rocket fuel from the ship."

Brainy pulled out the mini bottle and I smiled ear to ear. I took out my phone which finally had bars and handed it to Brainy. "Call the others so they can come find you."

He knew exactly what I planned to do. "Don't go back up there, Carly. Without a power source the ship is unstable. It could kill you before you save Deirdre."

"If she dies, part of me dies as well." I insisted. "I have felt that pain before and I will not..I refuse...to feel it again."

I gave him one last look before shooting into the sky. I made my way onto the ship and back to Deirdre. When she saw me she was not happy. "What are you doing back here?"

"Saving you." I said, grabbing the stake with both hands and retching it from Deirdre's chest. "Why aren't you healing? What's wrong?"

Deirdre gritted her teeth. "Animal blood keeps me alive, but it makes me weak. Getting hurt can cause a lot more damage than it should."

She looked up at me with blood on her lips. That and the pain in my chest made my decision for me. I pulled the neckline of my jacket down to my shoulder. "Drink from me."

Deirdre shook her head. "No, I could kill you."

"I'm willing to take that risk." I said, revealing more of my neck. "Drink or you'll die."

She again shook her head and this time she yelled. "You don't get it, Carly! If I feed on you I could seriously kill you! One of the reasons I started feeding on animals was that I have a problem stopping. When we were at the pool I almost outright drained you dry. It took everything from me...not kill you. Don't make me do this."

I took my fingernail and cut the side of my throat. The scent hit her instantly and she tackled me onto my back, holding my hands beside my head. Her breathing had become labored and her eyes were locked on my throat.

I whispered, "Do it."

She looked from my neck up to my face. "I could kill you."

"If you don't, you'll die. I would not be able to live with myself if that happened again." I tilted my head to the side. "Do it before I change my mind."

Her grip tightened on my wrists, her breathing to the point of hyperventilation, her fangs fully extended, and her eyes a bright red. She tried to resist, but her wall came crumbling down. She leaned forward and her fangs sunk deep into my neck.

I gasped aloud, clinging to the back of her jacket. Euphoria filled my body as if I had taken every drug known to man. The thing with a vampire bite is it's painful, but oh so pleasurable all at the same time. It's the perfect mix of ecstasy and pain that make you feel euphoric. I could feel her teeth in my neck and every movement made another wave of pure bliss flow through me.

I had forgotten what kind of pleasure our bite can have. I always feel awful when I have to bite someone, but in reality it was probably the best moment of their lives. I could feel my life force draining away as my arms fell to the side.

Suddenly the lights turned red with the self destruct alarm going off. The sudden noise made Deirdre pull back. She had taken too much for me to get up on my own. We had thirty seconds and there was no time to waste.

Deirdre wiped her face and picked me up bridal style. She ran through the ship as fast as she could run. When the 10 second mark began, she jumped from the ship. The ship exploded behind us, causing our descent to go even faster.

The others saw the explosion and headed in that direction, finding Brainy on the grass. J'onn and Nia took Brainy to the hospital and Alex went to hide the Leviathan. The others saw Deirdre floating down toward the earth. Kara approached when she saw I was unconscious in Deirdre's arms.

Deirdre set me on the grass and Kara kneeled beside me, looking up at Deirdre. "What happened?"

"I had been stabbed with a stake protecting Carly." Deirdre sighed. "She got Brainy off the ship and came back for me. Carly gave me her blood so I wouldn't die."

"Is she dead?" Kara asked with tears in her eyes.

Deirdre shook her head. "No, if she were I would have felt it. She's close, but not there yet. Once she has blood she should be as good as new. She knew what she was risking and gave me her blood anyway. She was very heroic."

Kara squeezed my hand as I weakly opened my eyes. "Are you okay?"

I sighed. "Could be better...mhm."

Cillian came to Deirdre's side. He calmed her down and looked over at the others. "I'm going to get her out of here. Take care of Carly."

Cillian and Deirdre were gone, leaving only Lena, Kara, and I. Kara sighed a loud and turned toward Lena. "I'm going to take her back to our apartment. It may take some time, but I hope we can trust each other again soon."

"Yeah, so do I."

She whispered something to Lena I couldn't make out before returning to my side. Kara picked me up, my head lying limp against her arms. I remember shooting into the sky as the wind slammed into my closed eyelids. I was conscious enough to hear, smell, and taste, but my eyelids were like iron gates rusted shut. Suddenly, the wind stopped and I felt Kara land on the balcony.

Kara laid me on the couch and sat down next to me. She examined the bite and noticed how jagged and severe it was. A sad look appeared in her eyes. I couldn't see it, but I knew it was there. "I should've been there to protect you."

I mustered up the strength to speak. "Don't blame yourself that I got hurt. I never even told you where I was going."

Kara maneuvered so her face was above me as I could see the shadows from within my closed eyes. She leaned in and placed her lips on mine. Suddenly I tasted something I recognized on the edge of my tongue. I pushed Kara back with my weak hand. "Kara, don't."

"I have to help you." Kara insisted. "You saved my life, now let me save yours. Lena created a portable device when she still hated my guts and she let me borrow it."

"You used a red sun transmitter to turn you human, didn't you?" I quietly asked

Kara nodded. "Carly, I had to. I can't lose you."

Her lips met mine again and the last of the blood on them came into my mouth. This gave me the strength to open my eyes and slowly sit up. I wiped my lips and looked toward her. "You are almost human now, I might kill you. Don't you get that? I don't want to lose you just as much as you don't want to lose me. Do you think I could live with myself if I killed you?"

"Carly, look at me." Kara insisted as she stood before and took my face in both her hands, "I'm not afraid of you. You won't kill me, I know you won't."

"Kara, what if I do?" I asked

"If you do, then know it's not your fault." Kara cried as she tried to reassure me, "I chose to do this, so if you blame anyone blame me. I'm going to save you, Carly. I am not going to watch you die, even if it kills me."

"Kara, please don't make me do this." I begged

"I'm sorry, but I have to…"

She pulled me closer to her on the couch. I shook my head and tried to pull back from her, but she had more strength than I even in her weakened state. She pulled me into a hug so my face was pressed against her throat. My teeth ached with hunger and I knew that if I didn't feed I would die. I wanted to push her away, but I knew she wouldn't let me move.

I looked down at her neck and saw the veins pulsing underneath her skin. Her scent radiating off her like a drug. My fangs extended as I gritted my teeth. I was breathing loudly trying to stop myself from biting her, but I couldn't hold back any longer. I let the breath I was holding out in a gasp, causing Kara to shiver. I couldn't keep it together any longer and sunk my fangs deep into her neck.