"I've done it." Lena said approaching Kara and Alex.
"Figured out how to detect the portal and deactivate the trap?" Alex asked.
"No. Still working on that." Lena said.
"So what have you done?" Alex asked.
"I have these." She said putting several small objects on the table.
"What are they?"
"New trackers for the children. Well not trackers, more of a Supergirl whistle. Or an electronic one anyway." She said. "All they need do is hold it for three seconds and it activates." Lena said picking one up and demonstrating.
"Ow, too loud." Supergirl complained.
"It is the required sound level for you to hear it anywhere in a one hundred mile radius, including from underground." Lena said turning it off. "If it hasn't been deactivated after ten minutes it gets louder. They are small enough that they can clip onto whatever jewellery or watches they currently have."
"Why are there ten?" Kara asked.
"In case you wanted to give them to more people." Lena said. "Use them how you see fit and if you need more let me know."
"Thanks." Kara said.
"Ma'am there is a huge fire at the docks." Rose said entering the room.
"I'll be right there." Supergirl said. "I'll see you later."
"Why do I have a horrible feeling MJ is going to abuse the system?" Alex asked Lena once Supergirl had left.
"Experience." Lena answered. "Anyway I am going to go back to the lab and work on the portal issue."
"Are you making any progress?" Alex asked.
"Not really. You can make a portal as big or as small as you want, but it has to be constrained within the frame. And right now I can't see how they can make a new frame. Of course if you had pictures of the portal I may be able to do more."
"Hopefully we will by lunch time today." Alex said.
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"Here you go." Kara said giving her sister a bag.
"What is it?" Alex asked confused.
"Lunch. I was guessing you hadn't eaten."
"I hadn't. Thank you." Alex said opening the bag, as she did so she became aware of the smokey smell in the room. "Don't take this the wrong way, but you might want to shower before going back to CatCo."
"I have already. I can't get rid of the smell." Supergirl said as the door opened and J'onn walked in.
"J'onn? Have you found something on Aptil?" Alex asked as her mentor entered her office.
"No. This is about something else." He said shutting the door. Once it was shut he said. "Kara came to see me yesterday."
"No I didn't." Supergirl said confused.
"I meant the teenage Kara." J'onn clarified.
"When? Wasn't she at your place?" Alex asked her sister.
"She could have left. It's not like MJ or Alex would report her." Kara pointed out. "Maybe that is why they were watching The Shining."
"Why did she go to see you?" Alex asked J'onn confused.
"She had an idea on how to prove if the accident was an accident or not and needed my help."
"What?" Alex asked lost.
"She's worried about you and wants to give you peace by proving it was just an accident."
"How?" The adult Kara asked.
"She wanted me to read her mind and extract her memories of the crash."
"Absolutely not. I am not going to let her re-live that night." Alex said.
"That's what I told her. But you should talk to her."
"I will, thanks." Alex said before looking at her sister. "Can you look after MJ tonight so I can talk to her?"
"Of course. But before you get too mad with her, remember you would have done exactly the same thing when you were sixteen."
"Ma'ams." Vasquez said knocking on the door. "Earl has just come back online. The data will be downloaded in a few minutes."
"We'll be right there." Alex said standing.
"You going to be okay?" Supergirl asked her sister.
"I'm fine. Let's figure out the portals. I can kill Kara after school."
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"That looks like a portal." Supergirl said seeing the image on the screen in the control room.
"It definitely looks like one." Vasquez said. "But we aren't getting any readings from it."
"Because it isn't powered?" Alex guessed.
"Probably." Vasquez said. "We are currently looking at the data for signs of activation."
"There are a lot of footprints there." Alex said looking at he images.
"So far we haven't seen any aliens there, just their footprints. We can't date the footprints either so it is hard to work out how recently it has been accessed. There is a lot of data to get through but at least we know there is a portal." Vasquez said.
"Send a copy of everything to Lena." Alex ordered.
"Oww." Supergirl complained touching her head.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked
"Someone is trying to talk to me." Supergirl said. "I so need a volume control on this."
"What are they saying?" Alex asked.
"Hard to listen and talk." Supergirl pointed out as she tried to focus on the message. After a minute the sound stopped and Supergirl stood up straight.
"It was a message from the rest of Mongul's forces. The want to talk."
"If they are in on the plan to kidnap you it is a trap." Alex said.
"I know. I don't plan on being kidnapped." Supergirl said. "Besides they are not offering to meet. They said they will talk to my spokesperson."
"Who?" Alex asked confused.
"Cat?" Supergirl guessed before flying to CatCo.
"Which part of trap are you pretending not to notice?" Alex asked angrily over the radio.
"I'm not going in, I am just going to check that it is okay. And if it is quiet, warn her." Supergirl replied as she flew towards the CatCo building. Coming to a stop a considerable distance away she used her super vision to look through the building for any signs of trouble. She then listened in before finally reporting. "There doesn't seem to be any aliens."
"They could be hiding outside. Maybe it is better to go in as you."
"Okay." Supergirl said landing a few blocks away before changing into Kara and rushing towards CatCo.
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"I really need to see Ms Grant." Kara said as she stopped at the desk of Cat's latest PA.
"She's aske- well demanded not to be disturbed." The PA replied.
"This is important. She could be in danger. Can you just let her know that-"
"I'm not going in." The PA replied.
"Okay, well could you go get a coffee?" Kara suggested.
"I'm not your PA." She said affronted. "I did not do a degree and Harvard to get your coffee."
"I meant for yourself." Kara pointed out.
"Right. Okay." The PA said confused before walking off. Once she was gone Kara entered Cat's office.
"I said don't disturb me." Cat said without looking up.
"This is important." Kara said.
"It had better be. Where's Liz?"
"Who?"
"The nitwit PA who is meant to be guarding my office."
"I'm pretty sure her name is Sarah. I asked her to take a coffee break."
"Have you been promoted?" Cat asked.
"No." Kara said. "But like I said this is important."
"Sit down." Cat said. Once Kara had sat Cat guessed. "Sloane Syndicate?"
"Um, no. This is something else."
"What?"
"You may have unwittingly been volunteered to handle some negotiations."
"Volunteered by whom?"
"Yourself. Kind of."
"Kiera, I don't have time for puzzles. Get to the point."
"We have been rounding up the remnants of Mongul's army. We have most of them. But one group rebelled a few weeks ago and are in hiding. We want to talk to them. They sent me, well Supergirl me, a message that they would talk to my spokesperson. And we think they meant you."
"You trust them?" Cat asked.
"No. And having seen what one group did to their former leader the only thing I know is they are violent and angry. So you could be in danger."
"So what is it you want from me?" Cat asked.
"If they come to you. Please call me." Kara said before putting a small metal object on the desk. "If you hold that for three seconds it will act as a distress beacon."