The Fall of a Luthor
By 18lzytwner
Chapter 1
Kara paced around her apartment. The Crisis was over, but more problems had spawned from it. Oliver had sacrificed himself to save the multiverse. His brave actions had created what had been lost but not in the same way they had been before. No longer where there multiple Earths. Now there was only one and while that was a blessing – being on the same Earth as her other hero friends – it had come at a terrible price. Oliver was dead, leaving behind his family and Lex Luthor was alive. The Monitor had resurrected the evil man to help in the fight against the Anti-Monitor and now he was ruining everything.
Not only had Lex been reborn, he'd been born as a good person. Well his outside persona at least. Apparently on other Earths, Lex had been a good man. Now those good images were in the main collective memory of the people of the planet, not the megalomaniac that he truly was. Not only had his ownership of the DEO caused Alex to quit, it had caused a large rift between Nia and Brainy. The latter's behavior had been off as of late and no one knew what he was up to – hence the pacing.
The DEO had collapsed – literally just that afternoon. The building had fallen down thanks to Rama Khan. The ancient being was part of the secret organization which had been trying to rid the Earth of not only herself but the other heroes. Lex had seemingly been helping them but the full depths of what the Luthor brother was up to were not known. Trying to collect her thoughts and get them into something that looked like order, the blonde heaved a sigh and stopped pacing for a moment. Ordinarily, she would have reached out to Alex but it was late and the redhead needed any sleep she could get. There was a sense that tomorrow would be worse than today had been.
There was a knock on the door and the blonde quickly x-rayed it. A smile crossed her face as she went to the door and opened it. There stood one of her newest friends, Kate Kane, also known as Batwoman. Before the brunette could say anything, Kara pulled her into the apartment, and closed the door.
"Kate! I hope everything is ok," it was not a short trip to National City from Gotham.
"Yeah it's not. I needed to talk to you about something. Something that couldn't really be talked about over the phone…" Kate admitted. The blonde ushered her to the couch and offered her a drink, which the brunette gladly took.
"What's going on?" Kara wanted to know.
"So both my Dad and my sister are trying to kill me. Well Alice is definitely trying to kill both versions of me, Dad… well he's gone off the deep end and my alter ego is on the top of his list," her new friend explained.
"No hope for sister anymore?" Kara asked.
"No. She killed Mouse. Luke sent me a text while I was flying here, that his body was found by the GCPD. Mouse meant everything to her and now he's dead. I'm next on that list and since she knows my secret, she's probably going to try to do it while I'm in my suit. That suit was the only thing that saved my life the other night when my Dad and the Crows opened fire on me. Let me just say, a fifty caliber bullet to the chest hurts," Kate said.
"How did you survive? Why was your Dad shooting at you? He doesn't know it was you does he?" The blonde guessed.
"The suit is made from this amazing material that would only let one thing on the planet penetrate it – Kryptonite. And no, my Dad doesn't know it's me," her friend explained before quickly explaining that Alice knew the secret from the diary that Luke's father had kept.
"So it was made so that Clark could never hurt your cousin," Kara said.
"Basically and since no regular human would know what Kryptonite was, I should have been in the clear but…" Kate heaved a sigh.
"But now you have a piece and if Alice finds it…" the blonde heaved her own sigh and nodded.
"Yeah. It may be best if I go underground for a while. If I stay low, then Alice will spend all her time looking for me, which hopefully will keep everyone else safe," Kate wondered.
"Wouldn't Alice just go after Luke or your father? Couldn't they get hurt?" Kara asked.
"Yes but if I stay near them, they could still end up in the crosshairs. Before I do anything though, I wanted your permission to destroy that green rock I have. Turns out its poison for both of us," the brunette said.
"You do what you have to do. You didn't need to ask my permission, though I am glad that you came to me," the blonde smiled.
"But if I destroy it, then that's it," Kate really didn't want to broach the subject of maybe one day needing to use the Kryptonite on her new friend.
"Well the DEO had more. I imagine they are trying to figure out if there is any left after what happened today," Kara admitted.
"Wait, your own people had some? What do happened today? Is it about that building collapse on the news?" Kate asked. The blonde quickly explained all that had been going on and how the DEO had become Lex's plaything.
"I really want to beat that guy senseless," the brunette was getting angry.
"You're not the only one but until we know what he's up to with Leviathan, I can't touch him," Kara said.
"Maybe there is a way to solve our problems. If the world sees me working with Supergirl…" Kate smirked.
"Then maybe your Dad would back off? I'd be happy to make an appearance in Gotham if need be," the blonde smiled.
"Good thing I have my suit with me then. Having a private jet does have its perks," the brunette chuckled.
"You have a private jet?" Kara raised an eyebrow.
"It was one thing that Wayne Enterprises couldn't lose when Bruce disappeared. See Bruce purchased the jet outright and it was left as part of his estate, separate from the company. He put my name on the list of authorized users before he left," Kate explained.
"Very nice. Now let's get you all set up to get some rest. Tomorrow morning could be ugly," Kara frowned.
To Be Continued…