Loving Kara was never the issue, he never stopped loving her. It just pained him that she never trusted him enough to tell him her secret. Lex's attempt to kill them both had been foiled, but there was still much to discuss. He hadn't spoken to Kara since then, but it was time. He firmly knocked on the door to her loft and moments later Kara opened the door. "Hey…can I come in?"

"Of course." Kara stepped aside as Leo entered her loft.

"We…" Leo began.

"We need to talk." Kara finished for him as she shut the door behind him. Kara walked over toward her couch with Leo following her and the two of them sat down together. "I'm glad you're safe. I thought for a moment that we weren't going to make it. You… said you loved me."

"Of course I still love you, Kara. I just needed time to process what you told me. It threw me. And I guess I always knew, I just refused to see it." Leo sighed. "The last time I had something pure in my life I lost it within moments. My mother died before my eyes and my time with the Luthor's was… difficult to put it lightly." His hand rubbed the side of his face. "My Father only brought me home because I was his blood, Lillian just saw me as a bastard son. The product of betrayal. I'd always wanted an older brother but Lex never really cared about me. So when you lied it just made me wonder if I'd lost you. I don't want to lose you, Kara. Just help me understand why."

Kara twisted her hands in her lap as she considered her words, her feelings on the matter. Leo was making an attempt to talk, things were headed on the right track. Still, if she misspoke, it could all come crashing down. "Being Supegirl is amazing. I can do all of these incredible things and help people with what I've been given. But Kara… being Kara is who I am and when I'm with you, I don't have to save you. I can just be with you." She gave him a small smile before she sighed. "I was also scared to tell you because Supergirl has many enemies and I can't lose you to one of them. We almost died from Lex."

"Kara, you've told others your secret. Alex, J'onn, James, Nia, and even Brainy. You told them and they gladly take the risk. Knowing you, knowing you fully as Kara and Supergirl is all I want. I'm not completely helpless Kara. Knowing your secret is worth the risk." All he could do is listen and try to understand her point of view. Now that he was calmer, he could express how he felt. "There is always going to be another enemy, always another Lex. That's just the way things are when it comes to knowing that you're Supergirl."

"I know I did tell them…you're different from the others. I was scared that telling you would make things worse. I made excuses and that's not how I should have been with you. I am truly sorry I kept everything from you for so long. I am a horrible person." Kara sighed sniffling a bit as her eyes watered up. "There will always be another Lex. I just don't want you to be hurt because I'm Supergirl."

Leo slowly placed his hand on top of Kara's. "I'm still upset with you, but I'm beginning to understand why you kept it a secret. There can't be any more secrets between us if I'm going to give us another chance. Don't worry about my safety, I can handle tough situations. We have always made a good team, I think we can beat any enemy that comes at us." Things were back to normal, but they were healing their relationship. That's all they could do, Leo had to have an open mind even though he was still a bit bitter. His love for Kara outweighed that bitterness, enough to give her another chance.

Kara looked up then at Leo and smiled gently, "No more secrets. Thank you for not leaving." She meant leaving them, their relationship behind. She owed Leo the truth and she had to trust that they could make it through any of the perils that they were placed in.

Finding Hope's A.I. code in the system was fortuitous and dangerous to mess with. If Lena found out that he had broken into Hope's programming, she would be furious. It was worth the risk, he thought as his fingers continued typing into the computer terminal to alter a few lines of code. Hope would reveal any questions he had and she wouldn't remember the conversation. Lena was busy with Malefic and perfecting the lenses to incept someone. "Hope, when were you created?" Leo asked curiously. There was a lot he did not know since Lena kept things to herself. Hope was his only way of finding out any information.

"I was created in October of 2019."

"What is your primary function?"

"My primary function is to help Miss Luthor achieve her goals as well as removing any faults she sees in humanity."

"I'm assuming you're aware of Kara Danvers and Miss Luthor having a falling out so to speak. What details do you have regarding that relationship?"

"Miss Luthor was originally planning on exposing Supergirl's identity to the world. However, she decided not to. Instead, she planned to rid the world of violence and deception, and make humanity better. Project Non Nocere was born."

"She didn't expose her identity…huh. Has Miss Luthor worked with Supergirl on D.E.O projects?" He crossed his arms over his chest as he considered that. Even when she was furious with her, exposing a lie like that to the world would be an act of perfect revenge. Years of friendship based off of a lie. Part of her held back and instead decided to fix humanity and Kara. She'd be a hero, illustrious. Even he could see that it was an illogical goal, as noble as it seemed, you couldn't fix people at their core. People had to be willing to change, to grow.

"Yes."

"Tell me everything you know about Miss Luthor's family. Starting from her childhood if you can." Going back to her roots was the only way, he'd make any sense of this problem. He shouldn't care so much about Lena but part of him felt connected to her. He wanted her to be happy and right now she was filled with so much conflict even he could tell. It was impressive how well she could hide her feelings. She could easily fool anyone with the mask she wore.

"Miss Luthor's mother died when she was 4. She drowned in the nearby lake by their summer home. She's lived with the Luthors ever since. Lex was arrested after turning the sun red attempting to kill Superman. Lex was sentenced to 32 consecutive life terms in prison. After that incident, Lena moved to National City where she attempted to make a name for herself outside her family name."

So far things were the same. "What about Lillian?"

"Lillian, is in jail for her crimes and dealings with Cadmus. She attempted to remove and destroy any and all aliens. Currently, she is in prison."

"Well, at least some things don't change." Leo clicked his tongue. Apparently evil or morally grey ideas were common with Lena's family as well. "Lex is dead?"

"Lex Luthor is dead. He was killed by Lena after he had gained power in the government and attempted to kill Supergirl. She killed him before he revealed Supergirl's identity."

Leo's eyes widened. "Well, that's… different." His brother was very much alive, just in prison rotting away yet again. Killing Lex and then finding out Kara is Supergirl would send her whole world into chaos. No wonder she didn't know how to deal with this. "Thank you, Hope. You can go now. Run code line clean slate." After Hope left he realized he needed more information. More about Kara and Lena's relationship, however going to see Kara was risky. She would not believe him at all and why would she even tell him anything about Lena.

The D.E.O's files could have mission transcripts. There was only one way to find out, he went to one of Lena's computers and cracked his knuckles. He always was handy in hacking, his fingers flying over the keyboard. Effortlessly typing in lines of code. A smirk appeared over his lips as he had gained access to the D.E.O system. He didn't have much time before they were aware of his presence. All he had to do was search for any mention of Lena Luthor, there couldn't be that much information. Soon lines and lines of files regarding dealings with Lena Luthor appeared on the screen. He downloaded what he could before exiting out of the backend of the system. What seemed to him was that Kara had believed in Lena many times, even when it seemed like she was involved with a group called Cadmus. Apparently, Lena even helped the D.E.O apprehend a super-powered being called Reign, with kryptonite. It seemed like these two made a formidable team, so why keep the secret from Lena all this long? He rubbed his eyes and groaned. He was missing something, but right now he wouldn't be able to find this out. Leo stood up and headed back into the lab where Lena had been working.

As he entered he saw her sitting at the nearby lab desk, a tablet in her hands, however, Malefic was strangely calm. "He seems very calm."

"He likes it here. Don't you Malefic?" Lena had a small smirk on her lips.

"I like it here very much." He replied in a monotone voice.

"You've figured it out. I guess he realized you weren't going to help him kill his brother."

"I will not kill anyone, no matter who or what." She wasn't a villain, her goals were noble. She'd find a way to achieve them, without anyone getting hurt unnecessarily.

"I wanted to apologize. I was too forward with you about forgiving Kara. She's not my Kara, I assumed and that was foolish of me." He realized he had to be patient with Lena, or else she'd shut herself off completely. Now was the time for patience and planning. If he learned anything, it was that he needed to bide his time before striking.

Lena raised an eyebrow slightly, at least she wouldn't have to hear him pester her about Kara anymore. He wasn't there when it happened, so how could he possibly understand? "Well, good. It's been a long day but we are one step closer toward achieving Non Nocere and getting you back home. I scanned you and strangely enough, your mind harmonizes at a silently different frequency. I can't incept you because it only works for people who belong on this Earth. Knowing this will help us get you back home." Things were progressing nicely, now she just needed a way to disperse it. That was for another day.

Lena pushed open the door to the spare bedroom, in her place. Her eyes rested upon Leo who was fast asleep, she flicked on the light and walked over toward him, shaking him. "Get up!" When he made no move Lena shook him again. "Leo!"

He groaned, his eyes squinting from the bright light. "What?" What could be possibly important at this hour? It was midnight. He'd been exhausted from the day before and tonight he could actually get some much-needed rest.

"Get up and go to the lab." Lena said before turning toward the door.

Leo grunted as he sat up and clambered onto his feet, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "Why?"

"Supergirl, will be here soon and I need you out of here and in the lab." Lena replied simply. "You'd be getting in the way."

Leo grabbed his shirt and pulled the t-shirt back over his head. "Would you explain why Supergirl is coming to see you?" He followed after Lena as she made her way into the living room. She firmly pushed over one of the glass end tables causing it to shatter as it crashed on the floor.

"I don't have time to explain, Leo. All I can say is Andrea needs my help and Supergirl needs to be here. I'll meet you back at the lab afterward?" She looked up at him waiting for him to make his exit. She didn't seem to want to offer any more information either.

"Andrea! Andrea Rojas! Really?" Leo shook his head in disbelief, he hadn't seen his ex-girlfriend for some time. It had ended badly with her cheating on him. He was furious, heartbroken, and hadn't seen her since college. Thank god it wasn't his Andrea. Even thinking that she was his Andrea made him grimace.

"Yes, I'm assuming you have one too. Not a fan, I take it." Lena questioned.

"Yeah, you could say that." Leo turned to leave heading out the front door only to find Hope was waiting for him. This didn't settle well with him. He knew nothing of Andrea on this Earth. Keeping Supergirl distracted could only spell something dangerous.

He waited in the lab with Hope, the time seemed to tick like molasses. Leo began to pace back and forth in the lab, wondering if something was wrong. He didn't even know what the plan was that Lena formed with Andrea. She was beautiful but boy does she get his blood to boil. When he found Andrea with that man, he'd broken his nose. He deserved it. When Lena walked in, he felt his anxiety wash away immediately. "Don't ever keep me in the dark like that again. I had no idea what was happening or if anything went wrong."

"Don't be overdramatic, I told you only what was necessary." Lena's gaze met Leo's and she could see his irritation. She'd be upset as well if she were in his shoes. "I needed to act quickly, Andrea was already in position." He went to open his mouth to ask only to hear a faint woosh. He turned to see Andrea and Russell. She led him into the lab and set him down on one of the nearby stools.

Russell was modified with some tech he did not recognize. Something attached to the back of his neck, almost like a brace. There was metal fixed onto the side of his head, but he looked as if he was a shell of the man he used to be. For once Leo felt sorry for him, what on earth happened to this man. Andrea was dressed in black with a mask over her eyes but he'd recognize her anywhere. "Who's this?"

"This is my lab assistant, don't worry. He's harmless." Lena took the inhibitor device from Andrea and set it down on the lab table.

"Well, Lena I don't know how to thank you. If it wasn't for your help I wouldn't have been able to get Russell out of there."

Lena placed the specialized obsidian lenses in her eyes. "You can start by giving me the medallion."

"I can't…" Lena turned on her heels, her jaw tightening as the lenses in her eyes began to glow a bright green. Leo shifted slightly, he was more confused than anything, but he knew just from Lena's tone that she wasn't going to back down. What was so important about a medallion?

Andrea scoffed, "You'd incept me to give you the medallion?"

"Much worse… Russell, pick up the scalpel…" Russell stood up, picking up the scalpel on the nearby table. "Now hold it to your carotid artery and press slowly." Russell did as Lena told him obediently, there was no hesitation in his actions. If Andrea truly did love Russell she would give her the medallion. If not well then she'd have a mess on her floor.

"Please, Lena, don't do this." Andrea begged her darting from Russell to Lena and then at Leo. Pleading for mercy, for understanding.

"Then give me the medallion." Lena pressed her voice lowering.

Would she really kill him? Leo's eyes rested onto Russell, if he pressed any harder he'd bleed out right on the lab floor. What made this worth killing? She refused to help Malefic, what made this different?

"This is what you wanted this whole time?" Andrea, didn't predict this, it was easy to read that. She looked betrayed, she believed Lena had wanted to help her. Instead, she only wanted the medallion.

"I helped you save Russell, now I want what I deserve." Lena pressed. Her stance firm, she wasn't backing down and if Andrea didn't give Lena what she wanted, he could be dying right here. Even though he despised both of them this was something else entirely.

Andrea took a step toward Lena. Her voice shaking as she desperately began to plead with Lena. "I was desperate, my father was weak, he was going to die. Everything I did, I did for love."

"That's what hurt the most, I cared about you more than anyone else in the world and I never would have betrayed you." Lena then placed her open hand out in front of Andrea awaiting the medallion. Andrea had no other choice, she couldn't lose Russell, the medallion would have to be given up.

Andrea pulled the medallion out from under her shirt and with a firm pull the gold chain broke. She slammed it into the palm of Lena's hand. "I told you this thing is a curse." Andrea hissed.

Lena set the medallion down on the lab table. "Our friendship was the curse… Russell put the scalpel down. Now go, both of you." Russell immediately set the scalpel down and Andrea was soon by his side her arm hooked around him as she led him out.

Leo leaned over the lab table and looked at the medallion. "What the hell is that? Is this worth it?"

"You don't recognize it?" Lena asked curiously. Could this be another difference between their worlds?

"No, what is it?" It just seemed like an old medallion, perhaps Aztec.

"My mother used to draw this symbol everywhere. The Medallion of Acrata. It gave Andrea the ability to pass through shadows."

"Hope?" The A.I. came near Miss Luthor and took the medallion she offered to her. "I want you to scan this and translate the markings."

Hope gave a firm nod. "Right away, Ms. Luthor."

"My mother never did that. Apparently, there are a few differences between us. I understand why you wanted it." Leo began as he leaned against the table. Lena tilted her head slightly as she met Leo's gaze.

"I thought you said you weren't going to assume anything more about me."

Leo smiled lightly. "I did say that but it's the only thing you have of her. I have nothing to remember her by, except for my memories. I'd give anything to have something that reminds of her. I'd give anything to have her back."

He didn't judge her for what she'd done, no instead he understood. For the first time, she actually found someone else other than Kara who understood. Perhaps they weren't so different after all.

Hope had begun scanning the medallion for any substance as well as translating the markings. "Ms. Luthor, any properties the medallion may have had are gone."

Lena shook her head. "That doesn't matter; I'm more interested in what the translation says." The computer began to scroll through the markings and slowly the letters appeared on the screen before finally revealing the word, Leviathan. "Now access the memories of Eve Teschmacher and tell me everything she knows about Leviathan."

Hope began to explain. "Leviathan, is an organization that tasked Eve Teschmacher to work with Lex Luthor. She was to assist him in his plans to help control humanity. They have a large number of funds and many assassins are placed worldwide. Margot Morrison recruited Eve Teschmacher. They pride themselves in making the world believe they are a myth. They will come for the Medallion, Ms. Luthor."

"Wait… Leviathan?" Leo sighed. "Only one I know is Talia al Ghul but that was on my Earth and there was no Medallion. They had assassins worldwide and were trying to place their people in influential positions in governments. They wanted to take over the world, literally, they believed they knew what was best to rule over everyone."

"I'll remember that name in case this Leviathan has the same leader." Lena crossed her arms over her chest. "When they do, I'll be ready. I still need a way to disperse Non Nocere and I think Supergirl has it. Lex theorized that Superman kept every weapon that was ever used against him in a special facility, a fortress. Although he never found it, I think Lex was right. I think the perfect dispersal device for Project Non Nocere is hidden there, gathering dust. Before I came to National City Supergirl stopped Kryptonians from using a device called Myriad. It could send neural signals to the brain via a satellite. Using this and Non Nocere, we can send across one single thought to the entire world. Do no harm." She still needed to get Supergirl to take her to this facility. Perhaps, she could use Leviathan to meet her goal. No doubt they'd come for the medallion and Supergirl didn't want anything to happen to her. She could use that to her advantage.

The Fortress of Solitude, he'd been to the one on his Earth a few times with Kara. He had asked Kara, before why they didn't just destroy the weapons. Superman and Kara believed that they could be used for good if the time called for it. Even though most of those weapons were created for evil means. He knew exactly where it was the problem was getting inside. The only way in was key, something he could never lift on his own. "Stealing, from the Supers? You'd need a way to easily escape and what's to stop Supergirl from coming after you. She could easily take it back."

"Not if there was Kryptonite involved, and escaping is no issue. I can easily use Lex's transmatter portal watch to make my escape. All I need is for Supergirl to willingly take me there." She wouldn't hurt Supergirl if she didn't have to. A small rock of Kryptonite would be enough to keep her at bay without actually killing her. Maybe she wouldn't understand why she was doing this, but how could she think that apologizing once and a fancy lunch would make amends for what she's done? How naive of Kara, how foolish she was that she hadn't seen the signs. Kara never really trusted her, it was all a lie. She didn't believe in her, all those times she'd promised to be a true friend. It was all for show, just so she could use and manipulate her like everyone else.

If Lena stole from Kara and used Kryptonite on her, that would send their relationship spiraling out of control. Leo couldn't let her make another mistake, not for this. She hadn't come to terms with her feelings and was just lashing out.