Chapter 28
Brainy carefully landed the ship on the roof. He pressed the special sequence of buttons and the spaceship became a car once again. Kara, Nia, and he exited the vehicle, but the blonde was still a bit unsteady on her feet. Nia caught her.
"You two are going to need a radiation check. I'll probably need a shower. As it is, I'm still light-headed. However, if Malefic is really here…" Kara gave them a look.
"One problem at a time. The floor below has a decontamination unit. I'll get the boys to clean J'onn's ship," Brainy said. They moved toward the stairs and were met by two agents in hazmat suits.
"So, you figured better safe than sorry?" Nia gave them a look.
"No offense guys but you did just deal with a mini nuclear reactor," the one agent said.
"Is that you Simmons?" Brainy asked.
"Yes sir," the male agent, Pete Simmons, nodded.
"We need the ship and us decontaminated. We also need to run diagnostics on Supergirl's suit but first things first…" the level twelve intellect let the thought hang there.
"Malefic is in custody. He gave no fight. Director Danvers is speaking with Manhunter now," Simmons answered.
"No fight?" Kara raised an eyebrow.
"No ma'am. Even let the Director put the power cuffs on him," the second agent, whom Kara recognized as Riley Bowers. Nia gave her friends a look.
"Yeah I know what you mean," Brainy nodded.
"I'll get a team up here. Let's get you cleaned up," Pete suggested. Kara went to move but she stumbled.
"I think I need a little more sunlight," the blonde admitted.
"I've got you. Let's get you inside," Riley smiled and quickly moved to help her down the stairs; it gave the two a chance to talk.
"That outfit can't hide your expression. What's wrong?" Kara kept her voice low as they moved down the stairs.
"Alex almost lost it in there ma'am," Riley said.
"I think you've earned the right to call me Kara, as I have said before. You know my secret. Now what happened?" The blonde wanted to know as they reached the first landing.
"She had what seemed like a panic attack. I've never seen her like that," Riley explained.
"That definitely doesn't sound like Alex. Once we get this Malefic thing sorted, I'll have a talk with her," Kara promised.
"Maybe it was just the thought of losing both you and J'onn that was too much to handle. Of course, she's been burning the wick on both ends too so…" Riley was being completely honest.
"I know. We've all been running past our capacity," the Maiden of Might nodded. They'd finally reached the door and Riley used her passkey to open the door and they headed to the decontamination shower. Typically, this process would start with all the clothing the person was wearing being removed and incinerated. Then scrubbing and bathing under the shower for at least twenty minutes. Riley helped her into the shower stall before carefully backing out.
"The nanites usually go back into my glasses. I don't have them about," Kara admitted.
"I grabbed a pair from your locker," Riley smiled. She went over to where a few clean bathrobes hung and went into the pocket, fetching the glasses. Then Riley handed Kara her glasses. She then closed the glass door. It was etched so that all the personal private areas of those taking the shower were kept private. Kara put on her glasses and nothing happened. She frowned. Pulling off her glasses, she then attempted to put them back on. Still nothing.
"Get Brainy. We've got a bit of a situation," Kara spoke up.
"The suit isn't coming off, is it?" Riley asked.
"Yeah no. I'm stuck in it," the blonde admitted.
To Be Continued…