Chapter Nine:
"You've all received a little taste of my power. A little taste of what I have to offer. And it will be more than a taste. The richest people this city better pay up, if they wanted this to stop. And I will stop it, if I get what I want. And what I want is three things. Three simple demands."
Oliver and Olivia stood on the ground to keep tracking Fox's transmission. Supergirl hit the sky as the two hoods hit the air. It was prudent for Fox to continue to talk, as that means they would be able to track him so much easier. At least, that was the idea.
"My first demand is protection against the Hood. I hope to open their eyes in due time to the fact that I'm not the enemy. But, rather a force for good and justice. It's time for the rich to pay for everything they've done. All of the people that they've stamped on. Their charitable donations are not enough to make up for everything they've done out there. No, they might sleep well tonight."
The man kept talking and the duo of hooded archers kept tracking.
"My second demand is one billion dollars each from the ten richest people in this city. Liquidate all of your assets, but I want the money and I want it by midnight. I want it as reparations for all of what you've done to me."
"He's insane," Olivia murmured.
"Yes," Oliver agreed.
"And last," the man commented. "But, certainly not least, I want the man who caused this all. I want Lex Luthor served up and ready to go. Give him to me. I know you're out here, listening in your little prison cell. You created this weapon I have now to take down Superman. But, Superman will be the least of your troubles. You will rue the day you mocked me. And worse, you will rue the day where you mocked me and took my own technology for your own benefits, stealing it from me. You almost destroyed my life! Well, it's time to end yours."
Oliver sensed the man getting more manic in his words. He wondered about the potential side effects of the serum. Lena was studying the samples taken from Shark. But, so far there has been nothing.
"You will give into my demands," Fox said. "All I have to do is flip a switch and then I can use Lex's wonderful device, amplified by my own genius, to implement an order into the brains of everyone in National City to climb to the top of the highest building and jump off. Not even Supergirl can save him all."
Up in the sky, Oliver noticed something. Vulture returned to the battle and noticed the two hoods. Olivia drew back her bow and fired in an attempt to knock Vulture out of the sky. Vulture deflected the arrow.
"We're on top of him!"
"And Supergirl will be on top of Vulture."
Up in the sky, Supergirl hurtled towards Vulture at the speed of light. Vulture dodged the attack.
"I made you bleed before!" Vulture screeched. "This time, I'm going to slice you from ear to ear and finish the job."
The Girl of Steel dodged Vulture's dive bombing attack. Those razor sharp talons came precious inches away from piercing her throat. The Girl of Steel flipped up into the air and dodged his bombarding assault again. A sonic blast came close to knocking her out of the sky.
Vulture flipped his arm over and his razor sharp talons shot at Supergirl. She dodged the attack and came forward with a blast of a heat vision. Vulture dodged the first attack and ripped a large piece of metal out of a sign. He whipped it in and flung the metal piece at Supergirl.
Supergirl dodged the attack.
"You and Fox aren't going to harm people."
"No, we're not harming any people," Vulture said. "These rich subhumans don't deserve to live. They think they're better than anyone else."
"And your friend, Crawford, he's one of the wealthiest men in the world," Supergirl said. "What makes him different from everyone else?"
Vulture did not hear Supergirl's words. He went insane with rage and powered on through at the speed of light. The two connected with each other, in mid-air. The struggle between Supergirl and Vulture began, with both sides making an attempt to take the other down. The Girl of Steel deflected some of Vulture's attacks with a series of rapid fire punches which knocked him back out of the sky.
Supergirl heard something. A heart, but not a very healthy one. Vulture's sonic attack knocked Supergirl back. Her ears rang, but Supergirl recovered quickly. Vulture dove down and almost spiked her through the chest with his talons. The Girl of Steel popped back up and Vulture swiped at the air.
"You should just stay down!" Vulture yelled. "I don't want to have to….."
A blast of heat vision ripped through Vulture's wings. Supergirl flipped behind him. Kara utilized a move that Alex taught her, and tapped onto the pressure points of Vulture. Vulture slammed down onto the side of the building. The wind had been knocked completely out of him.
"You should rest!"
"NEVER!"
Vulture stabbed Supergirl in the arm. Blood pumped down her arm as she staggered. Vulture's attempt to stab Supergirl in the heart had been blocked, and Supergirl grabbed his arm and flung him from one rooftop to a lower rooftop with an arm throw.
Vulture rose up, only to feel his heart stabbing into his chest. He reached for the final vial of serum, only his shaking hand dropped it and smashed it into the ground.
Supergirl caught the falling Vulture into his hand.
"He has an irregular heartbeat," Supergirl said.
"Yes," Lena said. "It's as I feared. The serum is causing mental and physical instabilities on both of them."
Kara bit down on her lip. Oh, that was bad. She couldn't feel a pulse and Vulture died in her arms as she flew him back to L-Corp.
Fox smiled as he watched the clock tick down.
"So, have I made myself clear?" Fox asked. "One hour to midnight. This is not the rantings of a delusional madman. I'm sure you're counting on your heroes saving the day. But, I should remind you of something. This weapon was designed to take down Superman. So, given how Supergirl is weaker than her….well I have no idea what Superman is to her, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that in a blink of an eye, I can….."
An arrow whirled through the air. Fox caught it in his mouth and spat it out quickly into the wall. The arrow caused a miniature explosion which caused the two hoods to drop down onto the ground.
"It's over."
"Is it?" Fox asked. "I don't think so, archer...archers."
Fox jabbed the vial of serum into the side of his neck and his pupils swelled.
"You could have been a force for good," Fox growled. "But, you just have to be a cautionary tale of what happens when….."
Olivia cut off Fox in mid-sentence with a well placed boxing glove arrow to the mouth which knocked him down.
"You talk too much."
"Seriously, a boxing glove arrow?"
Fox jumped up and a leaping kick caught Olivia off. Oliver dodged Fox's attempts. Fox's fast reflexes thanks to the serum were able to keep up with Oliver, but just barely. Fox flipped up and withdrew a gun to fire at Oliver. Bullets bounced off of the wall.
Oliver loaded up the arrow and fired at Fox. Fox caught them all in his hand and then threw them to the ground.
Fox jumped behind Oliver. Oliver blocked his swiping claws and knocked him back down to the ground. Fox blocked Oliver's latest attack and flipped him down onto the ground.
Three more arrows shot. Two caught and one connected with the wall behind him. The arrow exploded and some kind of sticky substance wrapped around Fox. Fox broke free seconds later only to get a shot to the side of the throat which knocked the wind out of him.
"It's over."
Fox rolled over, groaning. He reached underneath the table and grabbed the box. He cracked open all of the vials and downed them all, guzzling them all down.
Fox's skin swelled and he turned into a monster about three times his normal size. He growled and charged at Oliver. Oliver dodged his attack.
An arrow pierced him in the side of the leg. Olivia slowed him down and Oliver realized that there were certain weak spots. He caught Fox with a series of well placed jabs which caused those weak spots to be pummeled. Fox let out a sharp breath and blood spurted out of his mouth.
Fox bounced off of the table, and suddenly staggered forward.
"There's such a thing as too much of a good thing."
Olivia launched an explosive arrow right at Fox's heart. The explosion triggered something deep inside of him. Oliver caught him with a blow to the side of the neck.
Fox's eyes rolled back and he could feel agony go through him. With his last ounce of strength, Fox pressed a red button on the remote control.
The loud sonic shrill nature of the device echoed through their ears, even without their ear plugs.
"He's activated the core of the device to explode it," Lena said. "If you don't get the core out, it's going to blow up all of National City."
"Just take it out then."
"No, touching it will kill you," Lena said. "Even you...it's an eight hour process to safely extract it. And we don't even have eight minutes."
Olivia recognized the technology, and had an idea how to get it out. Although, once it came out, there was a chance that it could bombard her with a lethal amount of radiation. Hopefully her suit would be shielded enough.
"Go," Olivia said.
Oliver reached into his quiver and pulled out a device, courtesy of the fine folks at Star Labs, to open a portal. He kept his eye on Olivia who aimed for the core. One mistimed shot. Olivia fired the arrow and disconnected three of the wires. She fired the arrow again and three more had disconnected. One more arrow shot and she knocked the core out.
"The machine will still blow up the penthouse," Lena said. "But, other than that, it's been contained."
The two archers disappeared, with Oliver firmly gripping her arm. Just seconds after they passed through the portal, the Penthouse went up.
Fox had been caught in ground zero in the explosion. Not that it mattered, because he was already dead.
"I've swept the floor," Lena said. "All of Lex's old toys, at least from this facility, have been taken out and I'm in the process of dismantling them.
Lena was not a fool through. Lex likely had other storing facilities for some of his projects, ones that were incomplete when he was finally brought to justice and ones that were incomplete.
"I'm sure you've got a ravenous press to deal with," Oliver said.
"I know, but I consider this a learning opportunity," Lena said. "I'll talk to you later."
Lena and Oliver broke with a kiss. First, Lena had to check up on Kara, to see how she was doing, and then she was going to have to deal with the press.
From outside of the bedroom, Olivia walked out. She dressed in a tank top and a pair of tight shorts which showed off her toned, fit body. A few scars lined her arm, and they had a story to tell.
"Tonight, we saved a lot of people," Oliver said.
"Well, you helped, and saved me," Olivia said. "We make a team. And I don't do the team up thing too well."
"Well, maybe you should."
Olivia just smiled. Tonight could have been much worse. She was happy to be alive.
"You know, I told you that I normally go for women in my relationships," Olivia said. "But, I don't think this is necessarily a relationship. Just a one time thing...I know you've heard that as much as I have, right?"
"Right," Oliver said.
The two Queens moved over. Oliver pulled his alternate dimensional female counterpart into a kiss. Their tongues met together, with a hot and savory makeout session.
The Shameless Smut Commences In the Next Chapter