Chapter 6
Lena was in a bit of a panic. Scratch that, it wasn't a bit, she was in full panic mode. The news was broadcasting that Supergirl had gone down attempting to protect people in the park and reports of an explosion that had some sort of green gas with it. While no civilians were any worse for wear, the Maiden of Might, had been taken away in an ambulance, much like she had after her fight with Reign.
The adopted Luthor hadn't told Supergirl about her stash of Kryptonite. She'd been synthesizing her own in an attempt to find a way to save Samantha Arias, the woman whose body Reign had been trapped in. The raven haired woman had gotten into an argument with Supergirl after the blonde discovered that her supposed ally had some of the only thing on Earth that could harm her. The two really weren't on speaking terms which made what came after even worse.
Mercy and Otis Graves had managed to break into L Corp and Supergirl had come to capture them after Mercy had managed to hack into the image inducers program. What the hero didn't know was that Mercy had found the Kryptonite stash and emptied the vault. At first, Lena didn't think that it would be a problem. Neither Mercy nor Otis had the capability of turning the chunks of rock into anything and there were only a handful of scientists that might be able to do it for them. Yet, there on the news, was the use of a bomb and Kryptonite in gas form.
Knowing that the criminals were still out there and having no idea how much Kryptonite they had left, Lena began pacing the room. Mercy had obviously used this small device as a way to test if the gasification of the Kryptonite was effective. Now that it was obvious it had worked, the woman could develop a weapon and use it to possibly saturate the atmosphere with Kryptonite. Lena's IT department was still going through everything to see what files were accessed. If the Graves' found the weapon that Lena and Winn used to put lead in the atmosphere to get rid of the Daxamites, then not only would Supergirl be in danger but so would Superman.
You're becoming your brother, the voice in the back of her head said. She shook that thought from her head. She could never be like her brother or her mother. Yet somehow she was already starting down that path without ever meaning to be there. Heaving a sigh, she picked up her phone and called Alex.
"We need to talk," she said without even formally greeting the redhead.
"Things are a little out of control right now. I can't…" Alex didn't even get to finish.
"I might be able to help Supergirl," Lena interrupted her. She could hear Alex heave a sigh on the other end of the call. Things must be bad; Lena wasn't sure she'd ever heard the redhead sigh like that.
"Like you helped by synthesizing Kryptonite?" There it was. To be honest, Lena was waiting for it.
"We can talk about that later. Do you want my help or not?" The raven haired woman asked.
"I'll send a car to L Corp. Be downstairs in five minutes," with that the call was ended by Alex.
"This is going to be fun," Lena said to herself before grabbing a few things she thought she might need. Her phone jingled and she looked down. It was a text from James. He was wondering what she was up to. Considering she had just heard from him, he had probably been out on the streets looking for the people responsible for the bomb. Even if Mercy had made the bomb, she wouldn't be stupid enough to place it and maybe get caught doing so. There were definitely more of these creeps and Lena only hoped they'd be caught soon.
To Be Continued…