Chapter 8: "Revelations"

"You can always tell more about a person when they are dealing with an emotional crisis. The veils are lowered...they become more transparent...and they reveal the true essence of who they are..."
― Bruce M. Morgan, Interpretations

Once again, her sister had been hurt, according to Lena Luthor she was shot because of her. Like always, the blonde with the hero complex had saved her. Once in the office, she found both of them sitting on the floor, her sister's arm had blood running down her arm and the brunette was giving her a concerned look, quickly turning into one of relief the moment she saw her.

"Oh my God! You must be Agent Danvers! I'm Lena Luthor, we talked on the phone, I tried to call an ambulance but she refused, she said you would know what to do…" the brunette was never one to rumble but apparently the shock and seeing Kara hurt made her lose all type of smoothness.

Alex gave her the brunette a cold stare making her train of thought come to sudden end. "Please step aside ma'am, I need space to assist my sister…". Lena nodded completely taken aback by the harsh tone of the agent. When she took a step back, Kara was giving her an apologetic smile.

"Hey you…" – the redhead said while squatting next to Kara.

"Hi Al…" – the blonde gave her sister a sheepish smile, she then came closer to her, almost whispering into her ear – "You have to take me out of here now…I don't know how much longer I can hold it…".

Kara's eyes were already changing, her pupils were almost fully blown and her irises were being surrounded with a hint of black. Without saying another word, the agent helped her up.

"Miss Luthor, agent Vasquez here is going to ask you some questions about the attack" - when she saw the troubled and concern look on the brunette face she added - "we'll call you later to inform you about my sister's status".

A wave of relief washed over the brunette at hearing Alex's words. The agent had been cold at first but she changed her demeanor as soon as she saw how worried she was.

Just a few moments later, she was once again, alone in her office. Jess had been taken to a medical facility, thus leaving her completely alone, except for her guard who was asked to keep guard outside her door.

She was saved by Kara, the woman with whom she felt an intense connection, had risked her life to save her. If she felt attraction towards the woman before, now, the sentiment was amplified in a way the brunette didn't quite understand and wasn't sure it was something she was ready for. She tried not to overanalyzed the situation and resumed her investigation. As soon as her eyes landed on the bright screen of her laptop, her mind was completely invested on Lex's files, only taking a moment to look at her phone with hopes of receiving news from Kara, sighing every time she didn't find anything new. Between some documents, she found pictures of large wolves, their eyes shining with an intense golden hue and their furs black or golden matching their eyes. There were hundreds of werewolves' pictures, but none showed a wolf with the same characteristics as the one that saved her before. Not even one had those striking and deep blue eyes or fur as white as snow, not to mention the difference in size, most of them were ridiculously big for a normal wolf, but this one was even bigger than any of the rest. While her thoughts were full of this creature, she felt once again the need to see it again, to feel that strange connection once more.

[…]

They arrived to the DEO facilities about twenty minutes after they left L-CORP, Kara was already being taken care of. Luckily for her the bullet went through and through and only needed some stitches, thanks to her gift, if you could call it that, her recovering was going to be faster than normal, perks of being a werewolf. While Alex was giving Kara the last stitches, her phone rang, she picked it up after confirming it was one of the agents, she had sent on a recognition earlier that morning.

"Agent Johnson, do you have any intel for me?" – the redhead said, holding the phone with her shoulder while she gave the last stitch.

"I have more than intel, you're not going to like this…" – a deep voice stated from the other side of the line.

Alex left what she was doing to grabbed her phone properly, her stance now completely straight – "What is it?" – she asked with caution.

"We are now on the location, it's… it's…" – His voice was trembling, he let out a deep sigh before continuing – "We found 13 men that match with the files in our database…"- before he could continue Alex interrupted.

"That's awesome! Bring them in, tell them we can help…" – she smiled at Kara who by the looks of it was listening to everything that was being said.

"Agent Danvers… they're all dead… it's… they were ripped to pieces, we found them in the woods. It's a massacre Alex, some of the boys are trying to keep it cool, but this… I've never seen anything like this. Jonn is here, he lost it, after he saw the scenario he just took off, we don't know where he went".

Before she could answer she heard a crack sound coming from her side, her sister was grabbing the bed's rail, which was almost completely crushed by her strong grip, her eyes were shining dangerously.

"I'm sending a forensic expert, please try not to touch the scene. I'll take care of Jonn" – the agent stated disconnecting the call and turning towards her sister to calm her. The blonde's gripped was still tight against the bed rail, her fingers leaving an impression on the metal. Her jaw was clenched and her features were contorted by the anger.

She had completely zoned out, the only sound embracing her was the wild staccato of her own heart. Her wolf was begging to be released and take care of whoever had committed such atrocity to her kind, and her human part wasn't completely against the idea. These men had to be stopped, if not by the DEO then she would be the one to finish them. Nevertheless, she had to think this through and take control of her impulses, so, she took a deep breath to calm herself. The sounds were slowly coming back to her, she could hear Alex voice calling her name, she focused her hearing on her sister's heartbeat, every beat soothing her until she could think clearly again, the fog in her thoughts was gone, although the rage was still there.

"I'm okey, I'm okey" – Kara tried to sound convincing enough to sooth Alex. "I need to see them Al, I…" – her voice cracked for an instance before regaining her confidence - "I might be able to track the men that did this, or at least find a lead, you know my senses are better than anyone's on your team" – the blonde was giving her a pleading look.

"I don't know Kara, by the description Johnson gave me, I'm not sure it's something I want you to see…"- before she could finish her sentence, she was cut short by her sister. Kara was determined to win the discussion, she could see it in her eyes, even in the way she was standing in front of her, her back rigid and chest puffed.

"Alex, I'll go with or without your permission, I don't work for you or the DEO for that matter and I think I can take my own decisions, I'm not a child anymore, you don't need to protect me" – she didn't want to sound so harsh, but by the pain look her sister was giving her, her words had touch a nerve, so she tried again. "Look Alex, all I'm saying is that I want to help, and I would like to have you by my side while I do it".

"I understand. Sometimes is difficult for me to accept that you've grown into this incredible, powerful and strong woman… for me, you will always be my little sister" – she said with a sweet tenor.

"I know…" – she gave Alex a tight hug, she flinched when she felt a sharp pain coming from her arm, she had completely forgotten about her injury. When she was retrieving from the hug, her phone rang on the inside of her pocket. The caller ID was blocked but it could be someone from the pack, so she answered.

"Hello?" – the line was quiet but she could hear a sigh coming from the other side. "Hi? This is Kara talking, are you there?" – she could hear the sound of something shuttering, possibly glass.

"Oh shoot…" – the other person was saying and Kara would recognize that voice anywhere.

"Lena? Is that you?" – the blonde asked, the line was quiet again for a few seconds before the woman answered.

"Hi Kara, yeah… it's me" – the woman was definitely trying to clean whatever had shattered before "sorry about that, I wasn't sure if you would pick up the call and when you did, I was caught off guard and apparently decided to let go of the glass I was holding"- the brunette was rambling, who would have thought that the composed Lena Luthor was able to rumble. "I just needed to know that you were okey, your sister was going to call me but that was almost an hour ago and I got worried" - the CEO finished.

"Oh shoot… sorry about that, but there was a situation Alex had to take care of and we weren't able to call you earlier, but I'm fine don't worry, Alex patched me up and I'm ready to roll" – her sister rolled her eyes at her and she sticked out her tongue in response to her sister's attitude.

"I'm so glad to hear that darling, I was so concern" – the term of endearment made Kara's heart feel warm.

"Don't worry, you're not getting rid of me so easily, we have a date planned remember?" – the brunette chuckled.

"Of course, I remember. Are you sure you're still up to that? After all, you did get shot already and we're not even dating…" – the CEO sounded almost apologetical, she was giving her one last chance to back away, but Kara was certain that she only wanted to move forward with this amazing woman.

"As I said, you're not getting rid of me that easily Lena Luthor, I'm all in with you" – she was expecting a second eye roll coming from her sister, but Alex was nowhere to be found, apparently, she had left the room without her noticing it.

"Well then, as a woman that knows when to make a bet, I'm all in myself Miss Danvers…" – there was a playful tone in the black hair beauty, and Kara loved it. "Sorry Kara but I have to go, I'll text you tomorrow to discuss the details of our date". She sounded so professional again, probably someone was with her.

"Yeah, yeah, sure, bye Lena".

"Bye Kara" – the line went dead, Kara already missing the voice of her mate. Not a second later Alex was standing at the door.

"Sorry I left you, I had to make sure the prisoner we brought earlier was already been secured" – the redhead said while reading something on her tablet.

The prisoner, Lena's aggressor, how could she forget about him. He saw her eyes changing, he knew something.

"Alex, listen… when I tackled him, he saw my eyes changing, he knew something about us, about werewolves I mean, I had to knock him out before he could say something".

"That's not good Kara, he could expose you, as far as we know, no one besides your pack knows you exist, if someone finds out about you, you'll be in danger" – Alex was running her fingers through her short hair and pacing in the room.

"We have to interrogate him and find out how much HE knows about my kind, maybe he knows something about who killed all those men" – her sister stopped pacing, resolution written all over her face.

"You're right, we have to interrogate him, and we can't let him leave the DEO, after we finish, I'll send him to one of our secure facilities, he can rot in there for all I care".

The man was being held inside a small room, the fluorescent light giving a sick tone to his skin. He had his hands cuffed and his feet chained to the floor. The moment Kara saw him, all she wanted to do was erase the smirk from his face, but she knew she needed information before she could do that, besides Alex had agreed to have her there as long as she could control herself.

"Look at you… my boss is going to be so proud of me when I tell him there's a lady between the monsters" – he gave her as sickening smile. "Forget that Luthor bitch, this is going to be so much better…" – Kara's eyes went black the moment he finished his sentence. "So, it is true, you're one of them… boy I thought THEY were monster, but you… you really are a freak" – he tried to sound confident but the blonde could smell the fear clinging on him like a leech.

"Shut up!" – the loud voice startled her, Alex came near the man and stood at his side.

"We're the ones in charge here, you will speak when I tell you to, is that understood?" – her sister was in her full agent persona right now, even Kara was a bit intimidated by her.

The man gulped and nodded, of course he was a coward. "Now, tell me who are you working for?"- the man remained silent "I'll asked you one more time, and you better start cooperating or I'll leave my sister here to turn you into one of these monsters you despise".

"You wouldn't…" – the man whispered, looking at Kara. The blonde was smirking, her eyes were almost black, only the bright blue cutting through.

"Oh, I would, believe me…" – she was the one smirking now.

"Okey, okey" – the man said flinching when Kara took a step towards him. "I don't really know his name, he contacts me through a disposable phone, he calls himself "Agent Liberty", a little presumptuous if you asked me…".

"Is he related to The Order?" – the agent asked. The man kept silent until Kara once again threat him.

"Yes, but I don't know now much about them, this was going to be my ticket, if this mission was successful, I was going to be a proud member of The Order"- he affirmed with a stern look.

"Proud member? They kill people! They are murderers!" – the blonde hit hard against table set between them, leaving her fist marked on it.

"What the hell?" – the man jumped and watched her with wide eyes – "How strong are you?" – in that moment, Alex took her by her arm, and dragged her towards the corner of the room.

"Calm down Kara, we don't need him to know more about you, let me take the lead" – there was no reprimand in her sister's voice, only concern, so she nodded and let Alex do her job.

[…]

The interrogation wasn't very useful, apparently the man was only the "fall guy", someone so below in the pyramid of The Order that he wasn't part of the pyramid at all. Their only hope was wait for Agent Liberty to contact him and try to track him down. But right now, Kara's mind was elsewhere, they were close to the place where the werewolves had been murder. She could smell the blood, before they were even there.

When the van stopped moving, the blonde opened her door and was met by the most disturbing view she had ever seen before. The smell of blood was so intense that made her nauseous, she could almost taste the iron in it. All her instincts were screaming at her to run, to get out of there, but Kara was rooted to the spot. Her eyes scanned the scene meticulously, and with each new detail, her nauseas became stronger. Alex eyed her from behind, and gave her time to come to terms with what she was seeing.

She stopped at one spot and her breath suddenly got caught on her throat. She walked towards the spot, dodging the dismembered parts laying under her. She was still not breathing, she couldn't, not when she realized that the blood she was smelling came from someone she once knew.

There, in the middle of the pile of broken and mutilated men laid the kid who turned her. He was just a kid, a newborn when he attacked her and a sweet boy when she got to know him, and now he was nothing, just a lifeless body between a mass of others. She felt something cold running through her cheek, it was then that she noticed she had been crying, but still, she couldn't breathe.

Her anger had increased tenfold, she promised Alex she was ready, sadly… she wasn't. These men, of the so call The Order, had massacred innocent people, they killed a kid and many others in cold blood. There were things Kara simply couldn't stand, and this was clearly one of them. With the control she still had, she faced Alex and whispered an apology before changing into her wolf form and running towards the east part of the forest.

[…]

Lena felt a sudden pang of pain in her chest that let her breathless, she brought her hand to her chest and tried to sooth the agony she was feeling. She felt helpless, she had never felt such pain, before she knew it there were tears rolling down her pale cheeks. She didn't understand what was happening to her, she was sending some emails and all of the sudden she was crying and her chest ache like it was being ripped open.

When she was about to call for help, her pain was gone as if it had never been there before. Her tears stopped falling and she felt as her usual self again, just a slight headache was the only consequence left.

[…]

She had been running for about an hour, she knew she shouldn't be close to the busy part of the city while in her wolf form but a track had led her to the place. She was startled when she heard a loud growl coming from an alley near her. She run towards the place, when she got there, there was a wolf lying still on the floor, she could tell he was still breathing. Two men were grabbing him and trying to get him into a van. Before they could finish their work, Kara slumped one of them, and pinned him to the floor. She growled loud at him, she could smell his fear, his eyes exposed the panic he was feeling. Before she could knock him unconscious, the second man hit her with what seemed to be a dart, probably with the same serum the other wolf had been hit. The man had a smile plastered on his face, he was so sure he'd won but Kara was almost double in size than any other werewolf, therefore the serum had barely worked on her. When the man saw her still standing, he tried to recharge his gun, but Kara rapidly took him by surprise and pushed him, the gun went flying towards the other side of the alley. Nevertheless, before she knew it, the first man was already up and gave her a discharge with an electric prod, the same one they had use with her before when she was at the park. Realization came to her, they were probably working for The Order. Suddenly the image of Zach came back to her, his fragile body being discarded like garbage.

She lost her temper then. All she saw was red, these men had killed him in the most painful, cold blooded way. Her own blood was boiling, her wolf part taking full control of her actions. She got up and run fast towards the first body she found, she tackled him and bit his arm. The man's scream took her of guard. While she did it, she could hear too sets of heartbeats behind her, she turned her head around and saw the men she was fighting earlier getting onto the van and driving away. In that moment, Kara froze for a moment, when she came back to her senses her head was still turned, afraid to look back to her victim. She felt a body squirming under her, his screams getting caught in his throat every time a shot of pain run through his body.

Kara took a step back, her weight no longer pressing against the man's chest, she slowly turned her head around, her eyes connecting with the figure of a young boy. Her blood went cold and she stopped breathing completely. This wasn't supposed to go this way, the scene before her wasn't real, couldn't be. She tried to come closer to the boy but the fear in his eyes made her stop her movements. This shouldn't be happening to her and certainly not to this boy. She had lost control for a moment, and that was enough to harm an innocent person.

The blonde's mind was a mess, the guilt was consuming her. When she heard another cry for help coming from the boys' lips, everything got into perspective, she had to help him first, and bit herself up later. The wolf walked away from the boy towards the corner of the alley, when she was sure there was no one around, she turned back into her human form. After that, she came closer to the teenager and this time he almost seemed relieved to see her. She kneeled beside him and tried to calm him as best as she could.

"You're going to be fine, take deep breaths okey? I'm here to help you, I promise" – the blonde assured him, her voice was strong and hopeful despite being completely broken inside. "I need you to focus for a sec, can you do that?" – she asked while she applied pressure to the wound on his arm. The touch made the boy more lucid for a minute and Kara went on. "Do you have a phone with you?"- the boy nodded and took his other hand to his pocket, showing the phone to the blonde. She grabbed the item and rapidly introduced Alex number and pressed the call button. The line rang two times before Alex picked up.

"Who is this?" – her sister asked through the line.

"Alex, it's me Kara, Alex I need your help, I messed up, I messed up really bad" – the photographer said, her voice cracking a little.

"Kara what's wrong? Where are you?" – Alex answered with worry.

"I'm on an alley at the outskirts of the city, near the forest, I think I'm close to the National City Park, I'm not sure, please Alex I need you to come here with a medical team" – her sister sounded more desperate by the minute.

"I'm tracking down your call right now, are you injured?" – the woman asked while she gave orders to her team and grabbed the medical supplies.

"No, I… I'm okey, but I… I bit someone, I lost control and I… I bit him" – realization came to her then, saying the words made everything so much worse, it made it real. She run her fingers through her hair, she knew the kid was watching her with wide eyes, but she spited it out anyways, he was going to find out eventually, it might as well be in that moment.

"Okey, calm down, we're already in our way" – the redhead answered and the line went dead.

While she waited, the boy didn't stop shaking, or maybe it was her who was shaking, Kara wasn't completely sure. When her sister arrived, all happened so fast that when she came to her senses again, she was already in the DEO, sat in a chair in an empty room. She heard the glass door opening and saw Jonn coming into the room.

"Hey kiddo" – he said sweetly before sitting in a chair beside her.

"Jonn, I… I never meant to hurt him" – she had her elbows on her knees and was leaning on them, her head being hold between her hands. The pain coming from her made his heart ache.

"I know you didn't, you'd never hurt someone on purpose. Everyone makes mistakes, we've all being through this before" – he tried to cheered her up. He knew the feeling of losing control and hurting someone in the process was devastating, but for werewolves, that happened at least one time in their life, even if they spent years controlling themselves.

"Thanks Jonn, but it's different for me, we don't know what my bite could do to him… do you think he's going to turn?" – the blonde's eyes went wide – "what if it kills him?".

"Hey, hey, calm down, he'll probably turned, I mean, we don't have much information about female werewolves, but until now your genetics its almost exactly like ours, it's going to be fine, I know it" – that seemed to calm her. "If he changes, we'll take care of him, I'll take him back to Stonehaven and help him the way we did with you, you could come visit if you want"- Since Kara went back to the city Jonn had tried again and again to make her come back, she was part of his pack and would probably be safer being surrounded by her own kind but Kara had taken the decision to leave and live a normal life, at least as normal as her nature allowed it. As much as the decision hurt Jonn, Kara's life was still hers, so he accepted her call. That didn't mean he would stop trying to persuade her to come back, at least for a visit.

"I owe you one, and of course I would go, I was the one who bit him, it's only fair that I keep in touch with him, I could give him some advice" – the blonde had raised her head, her eyes still reflected the pain of the situation but she felt calmer. "Jonn I… I saw Zach's body… that's why a lost control. I followed a track… they were trying to capture another wolf and I lost it, then all went to hell…" – she let out a large sigh she had been containing for the longest of times.

"Sorry you had to see that, I understand why you did what you did, I almost lost control myself. When I saw them, I knew I had to get out of there… we need to stop them, once and for all"- he said with finality, his features showed no hesitation, Kara nodded.

[…]

Kara hadn't realized, but by the time she left the DEO it was already night. Alex had informed her about the kid's condition. Cameron, Kara learned was the boy's name, had turned into a werewolf. They had never seen someone change so fast before, usually it took between one or even two days to be a full werewolf, but apparently Kara's bite worked faster, it made sense since she was stronger than the average wolf. The DEO and Jonn had taken the decision to transfer him to the castle, the Alpha reminding her that she was welcome whenever she felt ready.

Once she was out of the building, she decided to go for a run to calm herself. At first, she hesitated about changing into her werewolf form, but she ended up doing it anyways, she knew she had to do it sooner or later, might as well take the jump now, plus, when she changed, she felt freer, more in contact with everything. She could see things she never noticed as a human, hear things that were miles away, and even smell the rain before it even came.

She stopped running when she found herself in a familiar setting. The park had become one of her favorite spots, the place in which she met her mate. While she was contemplating the place, a sweet smell came to her and heard a heartbeat she already knew by heart. When she turned her head around, her sight landed on emerald sparkling eyes. After all the events, this surely was a nice way to finish the day.

"Don't go please…" – her voice was pleading. She was so unfamiliar with the tone she was using, it felt alien to her, Lena Luthor was not someone to plead very often, but in this occasion, she wasn't bother by the fact that she was doing it.

When Kara heard her voice there was no way she could run away from her, even if she could, she wouldn't. Being close to her brunette made her feel secure, calm, like…if the only thing that matter in the world were them and nothing else, after a minute she turned around and got closer to her.

Every step was taken with so much care as to not startled Lena that she almost felt like she was levitating. The last thing she wanted was to scare the woman away.

"It's okey, I'm not going anywhere" – the black hair beauty said in a sweet whisper. She didn't know why she said that, but she knew those words were exactly what the creature before her needed to hear. "I… I know what you are…" – she said next, her voice wavering.

At that Kara stopped moving, her body tensed completely. Lena noticed this and chastised herself for dropping the bomb in the way she did. "It's okey, I'm not going to hurt you, I just… I don't entirely understand why, but I had to see you…" – she hoped her words would sooth the tenseness in the wolf features.

Kara knew Lena was being honest, and she also knew the reason why the brunette felt attracted towards her. She let out a sigh and closed the distance between them, she sat beside Lena, waiting for the brunette to take the next step.

A few minutes of complete silent went by before the brunette voice was heard again. "You know, my brother tried to tell me about your kind, but I never believed him, I thought he was mad" – she said, feeling guilty once more for not believing his words. "But when I saw you, I knew it was true, it's not every day that you're saved by a giant wolf from being attacked by another big wolf" – she chuckled at the absurdity of her own words. "I know you don't owe me anything, but I need a confirmation that I'm right, that werewolves are real and that I'm not making a fool of myself right now by talking with a regular wolf which doesn't understand a word I'm saying"- she said with hopefulness. "Just a nod, that's all I'm asking". She knew the wolf was looking straight at her now, his features showed no discomfort or fear, so she continued. "Are you a werewolf…?"- Lena let a gasp out when from the corner of her eye she saw a slight nod.

I hope you've liked the chapter, I know there's not enough Supercorp in it, but I had to move forward with this plot, but next chapter it's all about our two favorites, promise...