Hello everyone, Here is the second chapter.
Good reading.
Chapter 3:
Mia was distraught. Not only was she on an unknown Earth, but more, her brother William had just been kidnapped before her eyes, because of her negligence. She swore to find him by any means.
With Connor, they had been to find Supergirl, who was Kara Danvers at her home with her sister Alex who ran an agency (DEO) fighting against aliens, as far as Mia understood.
They had been told to Kara and Alex all that had happened to them while neglecting nothing. Mia had specified that they came from the future, from the year 2040, and to her surprise, Kara hadn't been shocked by this news. The Kryptonian had replied that she had already met superheroes from the 31st Century. The two young people were speechless.
Then they talked to them about the internet cafe with the strange customers and the waiter who knew Mia's name, until William was abducted in a limousine.
Alex then suggested going to the agency to use the neighborhood surveillance cameras and identify the car that had taken William away. She called Brainy.
The DEO was able to recover the surveillance cameras in front of the cybercafe, where the children of the future stood. Brainy had been able to group the passages revealing the kidnapping of William and show them to Alex, Kara, Mia and Connor at the agency's command center.
William had been kidnapped while Mia and Connor had gone to pay the bill, and they were customers of the terrace. Which explained the empty place. They could also see Mia chasing the kidnappers on foot to the limousine that had taken William away.
"Brainy, can we have the limousine license plate?" asked Alex.
"Unfortunately not, the kidnappers had to know that they would be filmed by the cameras, that is why they had to camouflage their plate," answered the Coluan.
"William was not kidnapped by accident, it was premeditated," said Kara.
"But how is that possible?" cried Connor, stunned. "It hasn't even lasted an hour since we arrived on your Earth. In such a short time, they decided to kidnap William? Something's wrong."
"Like the waiter who knew my name," added Mia. "He is necessarily involved."
"Precisely, speaking of him," resumed Brainy, "I analyzed all the portraits of each resident of the city which corresponds to the robot portrait that Mia and Connor established on the description of the server. I ended up with several hundred suspects…"
"Brainy, get on with it!" thundered Alex dryly.
Immediately, Brainy made appear on the screen, the face of a man whose Mia recognized him, as being the waiter who had served them.
"This is Davis Frakes. 31 years old, no criminal record, no crimes. Strangely, a transfer of five million dollars was deposited into his account."
"It is the waiter who called me Mia, I recognize him," intervened the young woman of the future.
"And for William's kidnappers, can you identify them?" asked Kara.
"Hard to do," said Brainy. "Their faces aren't visible enough on cameras."
"So they knew they would be filmed," replied Alex.
"But who the hell are they?" Connor exclaimed in amazement.
"The good question we should ask ourselves is why kidnap William and how they know you," Kara said.
"Their behavior suggests that they knew you would be in this restaurant, they planned this abduction. There's no doubts," said Alex.
"It's can't be," added Connor. "William wanted to take us back to the future, and instead, he brought us to your Earth, and almost an hour later, he gets kidnapped? It doesn't make sense!"
"Yet Alex is right," Kara replied. "They took advantage of the fact that you and Mia went to pay while William was kidnapped."
"I think I'm going to get some fresh air," said Mia, a little disoriented. "I need time to digest all of this… My brother who was kidnapped… I'm going to walk a bit …"
Kara nodded, putting her hands on the girl's shoulders.
"Mia, I promise we will find William and find out all that."
Mia nodded and left the DEO.
After spending an entire evening in a bar with friends, Davis Frakes was on his way home. He greeted his friends before turning into an alley in the city. He was about to enter his building, when suddenly the bulb of a lamppost exploded, plunging the alley in the dark.
Davis turned around in shock and saw an arrow on the ground. A noise was heard, then a lasso wrapped around his body, immediately the waiter fell to the ground, immobilized, unable to make the slightest gesture.
Frightened, he saw a silhouette moving towards him with a bow and an arrow. He screamed in fear. Mia put her foot on the chest of the captive man.
"You recognize me? You remember me? Answer the question!" she shouted, her eyes black.
Totally panicked, Davis nodded, moaning.
"Good, because I've questions to ask you and you will answer me right away! If you utter the slightest howl, this arrow will kill you in not even a second!"
Then she drew her bow and aimed an arrow at the head of the waiter, who was in a panic.
"What… What… What… do you want?" Davis mumbled in a voice trembling with fear.
"How do you know my name?" thundered Mia, in an angry voice. "How do you know me?"
"This morning… a creepy old lady came to see me, gave me your name, told me that you would go to the internet cafe with two guys. I was supposed to distract you, that was all I had to do. She didn't tell me they were going to kidnap someone! I swear I didn't know!"
"Who was this old lady?" bellowed Mia. "What does she want from my brother?"
"I don't know, I swear I don't know," cried Davis, his face drenched in sweat. "She gave me cash and once the job was done, I would have a transfer of five million dollars to my bank account… I accepted because I needed money… That's all, I don't know anything else."
"Where's my brother? Where's William?" the young woman got angry again, bringing her arrow closer to Davis' face.
"I don't know! I swear I don't know! I don't even know who they are, and I didn't know they were going to kidnap someone! I swear I didn't know! I don't know where your brother is! I swear I don't know!" cried the waiter, who was in tears. "I told you everything I know..."
Then the telephone rings. Mia remained neutral, while Davis hastened to answer.
"That must be them! They were supposed to contact me to tell me that the transfer was made to my account."
Mia put his bow, then searched the pockets of the server and found a phone that was displayed n umber hidden. She tapped the phone, put the speaker on, and glued it to the server's ear.
"Go ahead," she ordered dryly.
Trying to stay natural, Davis spoke on the phone:
"Hello?"
The voice of an old lady was heard:
"Mr. Frakes, I call you to inform you that we have transferred five million dollars in your account, according to what we say."
"Oh… hum… very well, thank you… but you didn't tell me that you wanted to kidnap someone…"
"Because you didn't have to know. Good night Mr Frakes!"
Immediately, Mia took the phone and spoke:
"Listen to me, I don't care who you are, or whatever you want, you hold my brother! I'll give you a chance… only one to free my brother!"
"Sorry, but that's not going to be possible, my child! I'm sorry," replied the voice of the old lady, who seemed to remain calm.
"Do you think you can escape me?" Mia taunted sarcastically. "Go ahead, because when I find you, and it'll happen, if William has misfortune happened, I will not hesitate to shoot an arrow straight at your head!"
Mia heard a slight sneer.
"Go ahead, little girl! You don't know who you're dealing with! We are everywhere and much more powerful than you can imagine! We don't want your brother any harm, but if you persist in attacking us, you will deeply regret it, Mia… So, advice, don't confront us and everything will be fine for you, as for your brother!"
And the line cut, leaving Mia still furious. She tossed the phone away, breaking it into pieces and turned to Davis again. The waiter immediately panicked again.
"Tell me where I can find them!"ordered the young woman, drawing her bow again.
"I don't know! I told you everything I knew! I don't know who they are, or what they want your brother for, I don't know! I SWEAR TO YOU!"Davis yelled, completely frightened.
"Too bad for you," Mia replied, pulling the wire away from her bow.
"NO, PLEASE…"
Before her arrow could hit her target, a blur crept past her accompanied by a gust of air that pushed her back. In front of Mia, who had just got up quickly, stood Supergirl, holding the arrow of the young archer in her hand, her face angry. The waiter eventually passed out, as the shock was too violent.
"What the hell are you doing?" Mia got carried away, beside herself.
"What the hell are you doing?" replied the Kryptonian in a calm voice, but angry looking at the arrow she was holding.
"I was doing my job, I'm trying to find my brother. I don't owe you anything!"cried the young archer.
Supergirl knelt to check the state of the unconscious server. He was still breathing. Then she got up to face Mia.
"Were you trying to find your brother by torturing a man?"carried the kryponian. "I won't have vigilantism in my town."
"Sorry to disappoint you the Kryptonian, but on Earth, we aren't all bulletproof and we don't have superpowers. I count on my bow and my arrows to achieve a result! This is how I survived at home in 2040."
"Except that here, it is neither in 2040, nor in Star City," reprimanded Supergirl. "You're in National City, in my city, my Earth! And I'm not going to allow you to terrorize people to get results."
"It's the only thing I can do," Mia said harshly. "All my life, I have been trained to become a true warrior. We don't all have a sister called Alex who watches over you and whom you have had all your life. My brother, William, I only met him very recently. My father abandoned me. He left me alone with my mom in a cabin. He left to go play the heroes. There was only her and me. No brother, no William. And when I left home, I had to make a living on my own in fight clubs. I fought with my body without superpowers. So I fought, and I won. I lived in a horrible town where it's not good to live where vigilantes are considered outcasts. A city run by gangs. The police and politicians are all corrupt. All my life, never, not once, have I met my father. It wasn't until I found myself in the past with William and Connor that I got to know him. Sorry if my methods upset you, but that's how I act."
Supergirl had been shocked by what the young woman was telling him, and had a hard time believing that Oliver Queen could have abandoned his daughter and his wife in a cabin, without ever wanting to see her child grow up.
Then she resumed countenance.
"Mia, you asked me for my help, and that's what I intend to do," replied the Kryptonian. "I get that for you, I'm just a stranger, but I ask you to trust me. Your parents once risked their lives to save me. If their son is in danger, I have to help them. And I promise we will find William, you have my word. Can you trust me?"she said, handing him his arrow.
Mia looked at the Kryptonian, then finally nodded taking her arrow.
"There are other ways to find your brother than to torture people. By the way, how did you find this waiter?"
"When your friend, Brainy -I don't know-what, showed this guy's locker, he had his address on it. It wasn't hard to find him," she explained.
"Very insightful," admitted Supergirl. "But this time, we do things together. I went to get you because Brainy was able to identify one of your brother's kidnappers. So let's go back to DEO and see what we can get out of this man."
Mia nodded again and left with the Kryptonian.
Since he was taken by force, William had no idea where he was. As soon as he was loaded into a limousine, his captors threw a hood over his head, preventing him from distinguishing anything. Then he was dragged all over the place, until he was put on an armchair, tying his hands to the armrests.
Shortly after, they took off his hood. The young man looked around and saw a dark room surrounded by works of art, with a pool table and a bar counter.
Before him stood an old lady, seated opposite him, who watched him with lust.
"Welcome William!" called out the old lady.
"You know who I am?" exclaimed William, speechless, dumbfounded.
"Exactly, we are Leviathan, we are everywhere, we are everyone and we know a lot," explained the old lady.
"How that is possible?" cried the young man.
"Do you really think that your coming to this Earth is only a slight mishap? You are here, with your sister and your friend, because it was we who took care of it. It was Leviathan who brought you to our Earth. You are exactly where we wanted to be, William. Because we need you."
The young man was shocked by all these revelations, before stammering:
"What do you want from me?"
"Let's talk together, boy," replied the old lady with a sneer. "I've plans for you!"