Chapter 12
"God he is dumb," Alex shook her head. She and Brainy were inside the van, working ground surveillance. Kara, however, was feeling much better, and had taken to the skies for her own version of surveillance.
"He definitely skipped the brains line when they were handing them out," Agent Smith chuckled as he pretended to be on a morning run. Otis had called a phone number which led them to the less than savory neighborhood and a possible location for Mercy.
"I've got movement in the house. Looks like two people, a man and a woman," Kara radioed in, regarding the house that the van was parked in front of.
"Should we move in?" Smith wondered.
"The house was foreclosed on six months ago. The utilities have been turned off. Whether they are squatters or who we're after, we've got them cold on trespassing," Brainy spoke up. He was parked in front of a laptop, doing research and trying to see if there were any surveillance cameras in the area.
"I don't recognize their voices. Good chance they aren't Mercy and one of her cronies," Kara told them. Smith had circled the block, ran behind the van, and Alex let him in the door that could not be seen from the house.
"So what's the play?" He asked.
"The phone is pinging inside the building but we don't want them to know we know about this place. Brainy, run the audio of the phone call again," Alex ordered. The former Legionnaire nodded and pressed the proper key sequence.
"They aren't letting me out of here," Otis said.
"Kind of hard to do since they know you're guilty. You're playing into their hands," his sister replied. Most in the group was surprised she hadn't hung up the phone on him. Mercy had to know the call was being traced.
"But then I can't be part of the plan," he whined. Alex could almost see Mercy rolling her eyes.
"We'll carry on without you. The plan is always bigger than one person. You know that," she said.
"You know how I hate to miss out on the fun, especially now that we got Supergirl out of the way," Otis told her.
"She was always number two on the list anyway. Behave and I'll make sure to let ET know what's going on," with that the phone call ended.
"Maybe this ET is in the house?" Brainy wondered.
"We're looking for a big fish, would this ET be stupid enough to be there?" Smith wasn't so sure.
"No, the mastermind would not be there. Supergirl being second on the list; who would be above her?" Alex frowned. It was no secret that Superman was on Argo and that left Supergirl to defend the planet.
"Maybe we're looking at this wrong. Mercy had to know we were listening and yet she dropped someone's name. Perhaps we should play along with her game and swoop into the house. There may be more clues. Of the two, we know that Mercy is the brains. Everything she does, she does for a reason," Kara spoke up from her position in the clouds.
"Perhaps it is time you make your grand entrance," Alex chuckled.
To Be Continued…