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Chapter 22

Lena was stewing in her office. It was late at night and she should have been at home but she couldn't let it go. The DEO had taken her instructions, her diagrams, and basically left her with a bad taste in her mouth. She sipped on her expensive liquor; the wheels were turning in her head. Suddenly her office door opened and in walked a tall brunette wearing a blue and white super-suit and blue eye-mask. Before she could ask who this woman was Supergirl landed on her balcony. The raven haired woman opened the door and let the blonde in.

"I hate to intrude like this Lena but we've found something out and you need to know it," Kara told her.

"I thought I was persona non-grata around the DEO," her friend gave her a look.

"Director Danvers is under a lot of pressure and she regrets what she said but at the moment there are bigger fish to fry. I'd like you to meet Dreamer. She's joining the team in the hunt for Mercy's boss," Kara introduced Nia. The brunette stuck out her hand and the moment that Lena's hand touched hers, the young reporter suddenly snapped out of reality and into a dream. Kara seemed to sense that something was wrong and Lena definitely knew something was wrong when she couldn't get her hand back. The raven haired woman looked confused and a little frightened.

"Supergirl, you have to go! It's James! He's in his office!" Nia suddenly snapped out of it. Without asking any questions, Kara took off out of the balcony window.

"What's wrong with James? We have to go to him!" Lena was now worked up. She'd managed to get the charges against him dropped and they were supposed to be able to move on in their relationship but things had been strained lately.

"You're going to let Supergirl do what she needs to do. He's in good hands. What I need from you is more information on whatever serum you've been working on," Nia pressed.

"How did you…" the raven-haired woman started.

"My powers allow me to see things that haven't happened yet. For some reason, I see you injecting James with something. I'm guessing you'd only do it in an emergency so what have you been working on and why haven't you told the DEO about it?" The brunette wanted to know. She hated to play hardball with Lena, especially after what she'd just witnessed. James had been shot in the back while in his office. Kara would get him the medical treatment he needed but given what the dream seemed to be telling her, the truth was he'd need more help than what the doctors could give him.

"I've been working on a serum that could turn regular people into super-powered people. The Harun-El would just level the playing field but I'm not done with it yet. What happened to James?!" Lena wanted to know what was going on.

"How fast do you think you can finish it? Also, how much access did Eve Teschmacher have and how much did she know about your plans?" Nia asked, not answering her.

"What does Eve have to do with this? She's got a great mind and James thought that she'd enjoy helping me with my projects, rather than being his assistant…" she didn't finish as her phone rang.

"It's Kara; she's calling to tell you that Supergirl just took James to the hospital. Now take me to your lab. If the serum cannot be completed, then he's going to run out of time," Dreamer told her. Quickly, Lena went out of her office door and headed for the elevator. Nia was on her heels, speaking to Brainy over the comms, telling him they needed his assistance at L Corp. They walked into the elevator and headed for the private laboratory floor.

"Brainy is coming to help. We'll get this all sorted out," Nia tried to reassure her.

"You didn't answer me. What does Eve have to do with this?" Lena demanded.

"Mercy Graves claims that Eve was talking to someone in Kasnian over the phone while they discussed their plans. She's eyeball deep in this and we're concerned that she might have been using you to further whatever plans she has with the person she was speaking to," Nia said as the elevator doors dinged and opened.

"She lied to me," Lena was starting to get angry.

"She lied to a lot of people but all that matters is that we catch her after we help James," Nia said.

To Be Continued…