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Chapter Seven: Look Up in the Sky.
A sonic boom signaled the arrival of Supergirl. Her initial relief at running into some kind of trouble had faded away for a great deal of worry. If a plane was running out of control, she needed to find it before it crashed, for both the sake of the people inside the plane and everyone around.
Supergirl arrived on the outside of the plane. A chilling feeling spread through the body of the Girl of Steel because of the plane. She pushed her way inside and could see the passengers who had been slumped over the seats. Supergirl did not like the looks of this.
"Hello, can anyone hear me?" Supergirl asked.
No answer and Supergirl stepped forward to the front of the plane. She made her way over and noticed the co-pilot slumped against the seat. She could see the pilot jerking the wheel off to one side.
"Sir, are you okay?" Supergirl asked. "Sir, do you need any help?"
Supergirl moved her arms over to grab the pilot by the shoulders. She realized she would have to get on the outside of the plane.
'Well, this is a familiar sight.'
Supergirl cracked on the other side of the plane. The Girl of Steel swooped on the underside of the plane and put her hands up underneath it. She managed to direct it over. She swore she saw an airplane.
"There's an emergency landing coming in!" Supergirl yelled. "Everyone clear!"
The Girl of Steel's heart raced and she felt a bit foolish. This particular airport had been abandoned. She positioned herself onto the ground and dropped onto the ground, sliding the plane in.
She made her way back into the plane and could see the pilot still trying to direct the plane. Supergirl wondered deep down if the man in question had a stroke.
"Sir, are you okay?" Supergirl asked. "I'll fly you to a hospital…"
"Thank, you, Supergirl," the pilot said, turning around.
He had a smile over his face. Supergirl thought this reaction was out of character for someone who was almost in the middle of a plane crash. She looked at him and could see the front of his uniform slip open.
Supergirl stepped back, gasping, when she saw a small purple tentacle.
"What's the matter?" the pilot asked. "Do you want a present?"
The pilot reached underneath the chair and flung out a purple starfish drone. Supergirl caught it without any problems before the drone could latch onto her. The Girl of Steel struggled and used her heat vision to knocked the creature back into the air.
"We only seek unity!" the pilot yelled, rushing Supergirl and pushing her into the side of the plane with a surprising amount of strength. "And we know you won't hurt these fleshbags!"
Supergirl struggled underneath the choking of the man. She grabbed him underneath the arm, and caused him to land on the ground.
"I'm sure all of the people on this plane will be enjoying the gifts my master gave them right now!" the pilot yelled. "STARRO will live, there will be unity. The world will be stronger than ever before….."
Supergirl zipped underneath her enemy, grabbing him around the arm and flipping him to the ground.
'He might already be dead,' Supergirl thought and she noticed the drone leap onto her back. Supergirl thought for a second it had gotten its hooks into her.
"My master will be pleased of getting an alley more powerful than life it's….."
A stunning shock of bio-energy shot through Kara's body and launched the drone high into the air. The parasite launched into the air before getting its hooks into Kara.
Harry made his way onto the plane, having arrived just in time. He waved his hand and caused the Starfish drone to get sealed in another case.
The pilot tried to club Harry in the back of the head. Harry dodged the attack, wiggled his finger, and shot cords around the man, knocking him over. The pilot struggled.
"There are more, there are more!" Supergirl yelled. "There's more people on this plane…"
"Are they awake?" Harry asked.
"No, they're asleep when I came onto the plane," Supergirl said, managing to catch her breath before frustration got the better of her. "Maybe they still are, but….how did you get that thing off of me?"
Harry grabbed Supergirl around the hand.
"Kara, you need to calm down, I might need your help to do this," Harry said.
Supergirl's mouth hung open, and she….well Harry figured out her identity. There was no time to discuss this though, not until later. She turned towards her savior, growing as business like as possible.
"What do you need me to do?" Kara asked.
"How fast can you fly?" Harry asked.
"Pretty fast, faster than a speeding bullet," Kara said. "Maybe just a little bit faster, come to think about it but….what do you need me to do….."
Harry finished the charms and put several discs into Kara's hands. The tingled on her hand.
"If they're not awake, we still have time," Harry said. "If my theory is right, but….they're pretty much dead even if we don't do anything, so…."
Kara wasn't sure if she liked playing roulette with people's lives like this. The man closest to the front began to shift.
"Kara, go!" Harry yelled.
The Girl of Steel flew from person to person, putting the discs Harry created. It took her three seconds tops with her flying from person to person. She stepped back, having attached the discs to all parties.
Harry snapped his fingers and the same amount of bio-energy Harry channeled through Kara spread through them. The inhumane shrieks echoed, with the starfish drones detaching from their human hosts.
A wave of his hand caused a magical orb to sweep off of the starfish drones without another word. Harry stepped back, clutching his hand together. They all had been sealed inside the orb.
"So, that's all of them?" Kara asked.
One of the Starfish drones jumped into the air and tried to latch onto Harry. Harry stopped it and caused it to move in super slow motion before slipping it inside the orb. He responded with a frown.
"Now, that's all of them," Harry said. "And now we should be able to find the master sooner."
"The master will not fold to the likes of you!" the pilot yelled.
Supergirl had almost forgotten about the pilot. The Girl of Steel turned her attention to the man who tried to push his way out of the bindings.
"He won't be getting out of that any time soon, will he?" Supergirl asked.
"No, those ropes are pretty tight," Harry said. He picked up one of the discs. "I just really hope he isn't too far gone."
Supergirl hoped as much as well. She watched Harry put the disc on the chest of the man. The bio-energy flashed around them.
"You can't stop him, you can't stop me….soon he will be reborn!" the pilot said, speaking in a far deeper voice. A screaming agonizing blast of pain echoed from him.
Harry tapped a finger onto the disc. The pilot thrashed as Harry tried his best to detach the parasite from his chest. The parasite was not giving up without a fight. He kept thrashing his hips back and forth in an attempt to escape free.
"The good news is, he isn't as infected as the first subject we found," Harry said. "The bad thing is, he's further gone than any of the people on the plane were."
The starfish detached with the man, which caused his chest to bleed. The man slumped down onto the ground and gasped. A brief scan indicated the drone did not have a chance to implant her eggs into the creature. He started to crash against the ground.
"Get him back to the DEO headquarters, and I'll meet you when I have a chance to clean up here."
Supergirl made her way back to the DEO headquarters, the pilot in her arms. Phlemgh spilled from the mouth of the man when he tried to thrash against Supergirl's grips.
"What happened?" Alex asked. "Is everyone on the plane safe?"
"No, well yes they are, thanks to Harry," Kara said. "And thanks to Harry, I'm safe as well….it's a long story, but he needs medical attention now…..Harry managed to detach the STARRO drone from him before she could reproduce."
Alex took all of this in. She helped Kara get the man onto a gurney. The raw skin on his chest looked quite frankly disgusting. Alex turned away a few seconds later from the look on the man.
"He really got a going over, didn't he?" Alex asked.
"They wanted me," Kara said. "They must have infected someone who knows about Supergirl."
"Well you are pretty famous," Alex said.
Kara sighed, not exactly what she meant. Harry flashed into the room right next to her.
"Still not used to that," Kara said. "So how are the other passengers?"
"They're shaken up," Harry said. "I put them in an enchanted sleep and they're be fine, at least for now. They'll wake up, and it will be just a really bad nightmare for them."
It went without saying, at least in Kara's mind, this was beyond a nightmare. The Girl of Steel's breath labored with a few deep breaths. She reached over and grabbed Harry's arm to steady herself.
"More than a nightmare, this is pretty real," Kara said, throwing her head back with a sigh. "Do you really think we can…"
"I don't know," Harry said. "Having all of those drones makes it a little bit easier to pinpoint a location."
At least he hoped it would be a lot easier to pinpoint a location. Harry really had no idea though, and he wondered if the master had made his way on Earth.
Alex made her way into the medical wing. The man looked pretty bad off. She turned towards Harry.
"Well, at least you saved him," Alex said. "Barely, but you saved him."
"Yes, barely," Harry said. "He's going to live, at least a little bit. But, it's getting worse….how did they have access to the pilot?"
"I don't know," Kara said. "And Henshaw said the military picked up the pod which landed on the docks."
"He's trying to find out more about it," Alex said. "He left a little bit ago, and he hasn't been back, but I don't think we should assume…"
Alex had a feeling of dread enter her. She would feel a lot better after checking out the first drone. Something about this mess caused her to be alarmed. It was almost too easy, way too easy the DEO found this man screaming his head off.
"No, we shouldn't assume," Harry agreed. "We shouldn't assume everything is going well as well."
"Henshaw can take care of himself," Alex said.
"I'm not worried about that," Harry said. "I'm worrying about the military getting creative and messing with the pod, trying to reverse engineer it into something destruction."
Alex's mouth fell open. She never thought about it in this way, but it did make a lot of sense. She reached around and gripped onto Harry's hand. Harry's fingers intertwined into hers and he squeezed it a little bit.
"You wanted to check up on the Starfish drone we caught earlier," Harry said.
"I was really that transparent, was I?" Alex asked.
"Great minds think alike," Harry said. "Are you coming….Supergirl?"
Kara's head turned around. Other than the brief utterance of her name, Harry had not let on to the fact he knew who she was. Harry flashed her a knowing smile.
"Yes," Kara said. "Do you really think he'd have some information for us this time?"
Harry figured they would know in a matter of minutes. He pushed the door opened and stepped into the room. The tank rested in front of them ,with the Starfish drone raising her arms into the air.
"So, you escaped my master's trap," the Starfish drone said. "It matters little….while we would prefer to have Supergirl, she's not needed...yes, we know who you are…"
"Oh, you know who I am?" Supergirl asked, placing her hands on her hips with a challenging frown.
"Yes, and we know who your mother is, and how she stopped our plans," the Starfish drone said. "We normally wouldn't have bothered with a planet such as this, unless it was to harm you."
Supergirl tensed up, shivering. The sins of the mother indeed had been visited upon the child. Harry placed a hand down on her shoulder and she recovered a few seconds later. Far more to this entire mess which met the eye and the Girl of Steel struggled to figure out what this was.
"It doesn't matter what you think, your master was stopped in the past for a reason," Supergirl said. "And STARRO is going to fall."
"We're tracking down your master as we speak," Harry said.
The STARRO drone started to laugh, in a rather unsettling way. Harry kept his eyes locked onto the creature and kept staring down at it.
"By the time you find him, it will be too late."
Harry's enemies told him he would be too late so many times, he could not even begin to describe the number of times. He kept his eyes locked onto the drone.
"I've heard it before," Harry said. "You're not going to take over this world."
"You can't stop me, you can't stop him, STARRO will…"
Harry reached over and turned the dial down, causing the amplifier of the tank to turn off. Kara turned towards Harry and frowned.
"Hey, if you weren't going to do it, I was," Kara said, responding with a light little shrug of her shoulder. "So, it's just as well."
"Good, I'm glad we're on the same page," Harry said. He motioned for Kara to turn around and Alex waited at the door. "He's not going to tell us anything."
Alex threw her hands back and responded with a clear sigh. She figured just about as much. The dark haired woman brushed her fingers back through her here.
"I'll see what's taking Director Henshaw so long," Alex said. "And I'll get back to the two of you when I find something…"
Harry placed a weapon into her hand, and smiled.
"This should shoot the discs which disable the STARRO's if you encounter them," Harry said. "Unlimited shots, although you should still choose them wisely. And…..I'll know if one of them attaches to you."
Alex raised an eyebrow. She wondered exactly how Harry would know. The most logical answer for this question popped in her mind. Harry smiled and leaned closer towards her, before pushing his lips onto hers with a kiss.
The kiss had been exchanged between the two of them. Alex pulled herself away from Harry and made her way off. Harry waited for one sister to leave, before he turned the other.
"We need to talk," Harry said.
"Yeah, we need to talk," Kara said. "But do we really have the time to talk?"
Harry responded with a smile and grabbed Kara's hand, before pulling her forward towards her. She blinked when Harry enveloped the energy dome around the two of them.
"We'll make the time."
Kara Zor-El enjoyed uncovering some of the wonders of the universe. She found herself in a familiar, and yet somewhere different area. She walked over way across a hallway and stared forward with a smile.
It resembled her home on Krypton, in some ways, although there were a few differences. Kara reminded herself it was just an illusion, even though it was pretty interesting to be back here, and also a bit bittersweet in some respects.
"I just brought you here, your mind has done the rest," Harry said. "It's a magical place."
"Yes, I can see it," Kara said. "I want to ask you a question, a bit of a personal one….how did you know I was Supergirl?"
"I've had a keen eye from picking out details," Harry said. "You've done an adequate enough job with your deception."
"Just adequate?" Kara asked.
"Most people wouldn't have figured out Kara Danvers and Supergirl were one and the same, if they didn't know what to look for," Harry said. "And I've been a bit too good for own good at picking up certain qualities in people, and reading between the lines."
Kara smiled in response when she looked towards Harry.
"I'm sure you've been able to observe a lot….."
"Not as much you observed earlier," Harry said, crossing the area closer towards Kara. "Deep down, even Supergirl has her own desires. And it's just better we take care of this now, so you have a clear head when we're dealing with STARRO."
Kara could not believe she had been in position with Harry, and she thought it would be a pretty great position to be in. She could feel the aura wash over her. Instead of backing up though, she moved forward and placed her arms around him.
"Yes, I want this, and….I can't believe you made me want this," Kara said.
"Trust me," Harry said, leaning in closer towards her. "Nothing I could do made you want this….your desires are all of your own. I just nudged….."
Kara silenced Harry with a long kiss on the lips. Harry wrapped his arms around her and ran his fingers over the soft flesh. His fingers went behind her to cup her ass in his hands. The Girl of Steel grinded up against him, when Harry tilted her head back.
'If this is wrong, I don't care what people think is right,' Kara said.
Harry's fingers moved at a fast furry towards her. A bed appeared next to them, and Harry guided her down onto the bed. Kara's skirt flipped open and she gasped when Harry removed her panties in a snap of a finger.
"I'll be the first to admit it," Harry said. He cupped his hand on Kara's dripping sex. "My favorite magic trick, making a girl's panties disappear."
"Do it often?" Kara asked, biting down on her lip in response.
"Not as often as I would like," Harry admitted. He leaned closer towards her and planted another kiss on Kara's lips. "Don't worry, we have plenty of time in here."
Alex Danvers followed the source of the signal and the moment she stepped on the other side of the gates, she had these really bad horror movie like vibes to her. The fact there had been no one responding to her arrival threw up a rather unfortunate red flag in the mind of Alex. The dark haired woman walked forward and turned around.
Kara and Harry dropped behind her which caused Alex to turn around with a start.
"I didn't expect you to be here this soon," Alex said.
"Well, Harry has a place where….we could clear the air," Kara said with a smile.
"You're looking pretty lucid for someone who just had her brains screwed out," Alex said. "Unless Harry put a lot back into you."
"I had to, we're going to need Supergirl," Harry said. He placed a hand on the side of the shoulders of both of his girls. "So, nothing from Henshaw?"
"I'd say I don't like it, but there's nothing more horrifically cliché than saying it's too quiet," Alex said. "Other than saying it's too quiet, which….it is….but we shouldn't say it."
"Murphy and I have a rather hostile relationship," Harry said. He tapped his fingers on the side. "You're pretty sure Henshaw went through here?"
Harry put his thoughts out to catch any Martian brainwave patterns. So far, nothing, which made Harry convinced Henshaw went somewhere else. He broke open the lock and he noticed something scratched on the wall. He walked over and noticed two crude words, just as Kara did.
"Save us," Kara muttered. "Is it just me or is that…"
The lights clicked on and some red alarms went off. Alex turned herself around and frowned, pointing both her regular weapon and the weapon Harry gave her in the general direction of the shadows. The alarm continued to blare over and over again.
"I could have sworn you said you had access," Kara said.
"I did have access…shit that means someone tripped the alarms and…" Alex said, before shoving Kara down to the ground.
The walls shifted open and three attack drones started to buzz out. The drones had pieces of green rock attached to it. Several human troops stepped forward. They had the same looks in their eye as the pilot did.
"STARRO Lives!" the human troops said.
Kara experienced the queasy feeling which indicated Kryptonite poisoning. She staggered forward a little bit. Harry grabbed Kara by the arm and shielded her.
"Kill the Kryptonian!" one of the troops yelled.
Alex sensed a distinct lack of coercion coming from this gentleman. She aimed her weapon at the man in question and clicked it, preparing to fire.
Everyone at this base had been infected with STARRO parasites and the infection had spread.
To Be Continued.