Stealing the transmatter portal watch from Lena while she slept was the only thing he could think of to stop her. Myriad had to be destroyed and the only way was to earn Supergirl's trust. He took a deep breath and activated the watch, the portal began opening up and led to a portal at the Fortress' location. When he stepped through, he was inside the ice Fortress. At least the Fortress was in the same location as on his Earth. He rubbed his hands together as the cool air surrounded him. Before he could even take a step forward the Fortress' defense system activated, trapping him in a cage of ice. "Intruder! Intruder! Luthor DNA detected. L-protocol activated!"
"Are you serious?!" Of course, it had to have a security system designed to detect Luthor DNA. The amount of mistrust and fear that this Luthor family produced was frightening. However, the L-protocol was extremely unnecessary on this earth.
The Fortress defense system voice rang out and clear. "Luthor, surrender your transmatter portal watch."
Leo set the watch on the ground. I'm surrendering! Get Kara Zor-el, I need to speak with her. I don't have time for this so go summon Supergirl. I need her help!" He was answered with silence and let out a long sigh. Things couldn't possibly get any worse.
The minutes rolled by and suddenly his eyes rested upon a familiar figure. She stopped in front of his prison, she obviously recognized him from the Donut shop a few weeks ago. "The Fortress said you're a Luthor. Who are you?" Kara remembered people, it was a unique talent. She remembered every single person she saved. This man couldn't be a Luthor, the Fortress must be wrong.
"I know this may sound crazy but I am a Luthor, just from another Earth. I'm Leo. Leo Luthor. You wouldn't happen to be familiar with the Multiverse theory, would you?" He had to try and convince Kara that he could be trusted.
"Another Earth? Are you from Barry Allen's Earth?" That was the only Earth she was familiar with.
"Who?" Leo shook his head. "I don't know any Barry Allen." He'd rather not mention Lena until absolutely necessary. "I need to destroy Myriad. Someone is going to steal it and use it."
"Someone is going to steal Myriad? Why should I believe you? What if you're the one trying to steal it and this is all just some game?" She'd never come in contact with someone from another Earth other than Barry and Oliver. It was possible he was from another Earth, that would explain why the Fortress found Luthor DNA.
"I could be lying, yes, that's true and I know you don't know or trust me. But Supergirl, you can know for sure if I'm telling the truth. You can hear my heart beating; even the best liars can't hide the small effect it has on the human body. The slight difference in my breathing, your super hearing is the ultimate lie detector test." His eyes locked with Supergirl's, and he knew that she was considering his words. Her head tilted just slightly as she strained her ears.
"Where did you get the transmatter portal watch?" She motioned to the watch on the ground in front of him.
"I borrowed it."
His breathing was steady, his heart rate remained consistent with no sudden increase. He was very calm, his stance relaxed. He spoke to her like he'd known her for years and perhaps there was a Supergirl on his Earth. "Fine, but if you make any sudden moves or do anything suspicious I'm locking you back up."
"Deal." Supergirl went toward the nearby console and deactivated the cage Leo was trapped in. He knelt down and picked up the watch before he motioned. "Lead the way."
Supergirl smiled and motioned for Leo to go ahead of her. "Ahhh how about you lead the way? I'm keeping an eye on you, remember?"
"That's fair." He walked forward and headed to the armory, he knew exactly where it was. Seeing Leo's familiarity with the Fortress was unexpected, yet it proved his story about him being from another Earth even more.
"Who's trying to steal Myriad?"
Leo cleared his throat as they stepped into the armory, "I-I'd rather not say."
"Leo, if you want me to trust you, you're going to have to be open with me." Kara placed her hands on her hips, assuming a more authoritative position.
Leo turned to see Kara's hands on her hips, it was remarkable how his Kara did the same thing. The only major difference between these two that he could see was the bangs. His Kara did not sport that same hairstyle. He let out a deep sigh and knew she wouldn't let this go. "Lena."
"Lena?" Her brow furrowed in confusion. "Why would Lena steal from me? Why would she steal Myriad?"
"It's… complicated. Well ummm how do I say this…" There was no easy way to say this. How do you tell someone that their best friend has been lying to them and never actually forgave them? "She hasn't forgiven you for lying to her about your identity, Kara."
Kara's breathing quickened as she began to panic. Her worst fears were becoming reality, she had always dreaded Lena never forgiving her. "What? But-but why? I-I don't understand why didn't she say something? I apologized to her and I tried to explain but she…I thought, I thought we'd gotten past this."
"One apology and one amazing lunch is not going to fix this, Kara."
"I need to, I need to go talk with her. I need to fix this." Before Kara could even turn away Leo grabbed her hand firmly.
"Listen to me. Don't go rushing off yet. Calm down, take a deep breath. First things first, I'm going to destroy Myriad. She'll be utterly furious with me but it's for the best." He let his grip go from Kara.
"How do you know so much? About Lena? About us? About me?"
Leo picked up Myriad and firmly slammed it down onto the ground repeatedly until the device was broken. It was useless now. "Well, I mean, I have a Kara back on my Earth. She's very similar to you… but when I landed here by accident, I needed some help to get back home so Lena was willing to help me as long as I helped her out with her projects."
"But you're not helping her anymore. You're destroying Myriad." Her hand extended out toward the now broken device.
"I'm not helping her the way she wants me to. She doesn't realize it yet, but I think she needs you in her life just as much as you need her. Right now she's just hurt and doesn't know how to process it. Why didn't you tell her that you're Supergirl?"
"I've wanted to so many times but she was furious with Supergirl and I convinced myself that it was for the best to keep her in the dark. That I was protecting her from my enemies, but that wasn't true at all. I just didn't want to lose her. I'm horrible."
"You're not horrible, just imperfect. You made a mistake. She's made them too." Supergirl's eyes widened as soon as she heard the familiar signal from the watch she'd given Lena.
"It's Lena, she's in trouble."
"Kara, be careful and bring her back here!" Leo shouted after Kara as she took off into the air and she was gone
Lena pressed firmly on the Supergirl symbol, closed the watch, and jumped off the cliff. Rama Khan extended his arms outward, sending a flurry of rocks hurling toward Lena. The rocks missed her completely as she jumped, and for a split second, she thought that she might slam into the rocks below. She instantly felt Supergirl's strong arms underneath her catching her. Lena gripped onto her tightly, her eyes fixed on the ridge where Rama Khan stood looking down at them. "Who is that?"
"Leviathan!"
Supergirl's eyes glowed a deep red before the blue beams of her heat vision extended out toward Rama Khan. She aimed perfectly, hitting him squarely in the chest. However, his body transformed into rock. Her heat vision had no effect on him. He growled and raised his hands up, a large boulder hovered in front of him before he chucked it toward Supergirl and Lena.
Supergirl's eyes widened, she couldn't fight like this and besides, Leo was waiting for her. She dodged the boulder and flew off toward the Fortress. "Where are we going?"
"Someplace where you'll be safe." Was all Kara could say, she had every intention of talking to Lena about everything.
When they landed in the Fortress, Kara led Lena inside. Lena soon saw Leo walking up toward them. "I told her. I told her everything."
"You…" Lena couldn't hide her anger. "How could you! We had a deal! I trusted you!"
"You've let yourself become consumed by your emotions, you don't even realize what you're doing." He stepped toward Lena motioning toward Kara. "You need to talk to her and not drown in your emotions. Myriad is destroyed, I destroyed it." Before Leo could even react Lena's hand rose up and struck him across the face. The sound of the slap echoing throughout the Fortress, his hand slowly rose up and held his cheek. She hadn't held back; she'd hit him as hard as she could. She left a large red mark on his cheek, his face would sting for some time aftward.
"Lena, don't blame him. This is all my fault."
"You're right, it is your fault."
Those words stung, hurt more than she thought possible. Lena looked at her with such distaste. "How long did you know?"
"I found out the day I killed my brother."
"Lena, you didn't kill Lex, that was me." She motioned to herself. "I watched him… I saw him fall."
"Lex used his transmatter portal watch. I knew exactly where he'd go. The cabin we'd go to when we were children so I was there waiting for him. I had the gun already loaded and I could feel the weight of it in my hands." Lena's fist clenched. "Every fiber in my being rebelled, I- I didn't want to do it but I knew I had to because if Lex lived, the world wouldn't be safe and my friends wouldn't be safe… you wouldn't be safe." She'd protected someone who'd lied to her for years. Killed her own brother for someone who'd manipulated her. "So I forced myself to pull the trigger. I shot my own brother in the chest. His final words to me were that I was a fool and that my best friend and that every friend I had was lying to me. With his dying breath, he told me that you were Supergirl!"
"Lena, I never meant to humiliate you. I never meant to lie to you. I made the biggest mistake of my life and I am truly sorry for what I've done to you." Kara could feel her eyes welling up with tears.
"When I came to this city, I promised myself that I would never trust anyone again and then I met you. And you chipped away at my armor with your warmth and your earnestness and you convinced me to trust in people, in friendship again and against my better judgment, I did. I confided in you that everyone in my past had betrayed me and about how much it hurt to have someone you love lie to you and betray you. I spelled it out to you over and over again. Essentially begging you not to violate my trust, begging you not to prove once again I was a fool. You reassured me that you would never lie to me and you'd never hurt me. But all the while there was never a single honest moment in our friendship." It happened with Kara and it even happened with her own doppelganger. She never thought Leo would sabotage her project like this. Never thought her plans would unravel.
"No! No, that is not true." Kara shook her head.
"No, I killed my brother for you! For our friends! Don't you understand what you've done!" Lena yelled her tears running down her cheeks.
Kara could only see the pain and hate in those green eyes. Those eyes that she looked into so many times before and she hated that she was the cause of this. She swallowed hard; her fears of Lena never forgiving her were becoming reality. "If you hate me so much, why not out me at the Pulitzer party? Why pretend to still be my friend all along?"
"Because I wanted you to experience what you did to me, feel what I felt." Lena admitted.
The Fortress was filled with silence afterward and all Leo could do was stand there while the truth came pouring out. Both Kara's and Lena's cheeks were stained with their tears. The tension was so thick in the air you could almost cut it with a knife. The path to forgiveness was not easy. At least they were both expressing their feelings, even though the words hit like a punch in the gut.
The ground began to rumble breaking the silence. "What was that?" Leo asked as his eyes darted between both women.
"Leviathan. They're coming back for Lena." Kara took a deep breath, regaining her composure. She ran her sleeve over her cheeks drying up her tears. "My powers had no effect on him. He was bending the rock and earth."
"You distract him. Lena and I will find something in the armory that can help." Lena was upset but she could put aside her feelings about Kara to deal with Leviathan. The Luthors ran deeper into the Fortress and headed into the armory.
Most of the weapons were designed by Lex, Lena recognized his handy work anywhere. "What do you think?"
Lena pointed toward the sonic cannon. "The sonic cannon, it sends concentrated blasts of high-frequency ultrasonic waves at whatever you aim it at. With a few slight adjustments, we can maybe use it to destabilize this Earth Bender." Leo nodded his head and pulled a small zipped case from his back pocket. When he opened the case it had some tools that they would need to modify the cannon. "Stealing my tools and my transmatter portal watch."
"I was going to give it back." He handed the watch back to Lena. "Look, you can yell at me all you want after this."
"After this, I don't want to see your face at L-Corp ever again." Lena snapped, before she took the watch and one of the tools and began to help Leo with modifying the sonic cannon.
The rumbles became louder and more frequent. He was here, "I'm done. Let's go." Lena picked the sonic cannon up and headed back. Following the sounds of Supergirl and the Earth Bender fighting. When they finally emerged in the room the man was on his knees before slowly standing back up. His eyes narrowed at Supergirl.
Lena grinned, "Forget about me?" She raised the sonic cannon up and fired a beam straight into Rama Khan's chest. Supergirl took in a deep breath before she blew a blast of her cold breath at him. Both the sonic cannon and Supergirl's cold breath had disrupted his attacks. The man slammed his fists into the ground, causing the ice to crack.
"You won't survive me again, Kryptonian!" He hissed before he disappeared, his body transforming into small particles of earth and vanishing into the cracks of the ground.
Kara let out a sigh of relief and turned to Lena. "I didn't think you'd come back."
"I couldn't let you face him alone." She couldn't let Kara die. No matter how much anger she held she couldn't bear the thought of Kara not being in this world. She shoved the sonic cannon into Leo's arms and pulled the transmatter portal watch out. Her fingers turned the dial on the watch to set coordinates for L-Corp, before activating a portal.
Lena took a step toward the portal only to stop as Kara called out to her. "Lena, wait!"
"Kara, spare us both the drama and leave me alone." Lena walked through the portal leaving Leo and Kara in the Fortress. Kara's eyes were glued on the spot Lena had been a moment before and she soon began to cry. Her eyes clamped shut and she couldn't keep her pain hidden anymore.
She could hear Leo walking to stand next to her, she'd completely forgot about him. "I can't fix it."
"She's hurting right now but you just need to give her time."
"Lena would be better off if we never met."
"Don't say that. You two became friends, you found something special in each other. That is something worth fighting for. Lena is upset right now, but give her time and she'll forgive you. She'll see it eventually. You just need to be patient." Kara had completely shut down; he could see just how vital Lena was to her. She'd lost it all within moments.
Kara opened her red, puffy, tear-filled eyes and looked at Leo. "I hope you're right." She wanted to believe that Lena would forgive her. Desperately, and now she was going to lose her after one mistake. One massive mistake.