Maggie had to wait to speak with J'onn as he was dealing with other matters. Once he was free, they sat down in an office where Maggie wasted no time getting to the point.

"I get this may be none of my business, but something is wrong with Alex, surely you see this," she said. "She wouldn't just take a leave of absence. Hell, I'm surprised she knows what one is. That alien, Evo, he did something to her, or at least he is the reason she must be staying away."

"I have considered that possibility," J'onn said. "I'm just as concerned as you are about her, but there is very little I can do at this moment. She is justified in taking time off after what happened to her. Maybe that is all she needs – a little time."

Maggie shook her head, "No, it's more than that."

"Have you spoken with her?"

"No," Maggie sighed. "But Kara has and Kara is worried about her and from what she said, I think there is a reason for the concern. You heard what that thing said, it chose Alex. Why? Why her? When she woke, she shouldn't have been able to move yet there she was trying to beat Evo down, how was that possible? And then it says it wants to experience her again, what does that mean? These are questions that it knows the answer to, have you even tried to ask?"

"Evo is impervious to my powers and has essentially remained silent since Alex woke."

"Well, if you aren't going to ask him, let me go in there and have words with him or it or whatever that thing is."

J'onn shook his head no. "That is out of the question."

"Why?"

"Because he is dangerous, dangerous in ways that we perhaps don't understand yet. Alex herself ordered that our highest isolation protocols be put in place to keep him from having contact with anyone. I happened to agree with it. Even the Kryptonians were keeping him isolated and it appears for good reason. One-touch, that is all it took for him to take Alex down."

"He's going to be in a cell, how is he going to touch me?" Maggie said.

"I won't risk it."

"I accept whatever risk is involved," Maggie said. "Look, for whatever reason he was willing to speak to me before. Maybe he would again. Don't you want answers?"

"Of course, I do, but I have to keep the safety of others in mind."

Maggie was getting frustrated with this. It's not as if she didn't understand there was danger but knowing these answers could help not just Alex but maybe prevent any others from being hurt in the future. Evo chose his victims but what criteria was he using to pick them?

"Please J'onn, you know there has to be something else going on with this. Alex wouldn't … she just wouldn't," Maggie said. "And I know she and I aren't together any longer, but I want to help her even if it is from afar."

J'onn considered her plea for a moment. "Ok, but I will be there with you."

"That's fine, whatever you need to do."

It took a while, but Maggie was finally walking with J'onn down to see Evo. She wasn't sure what to expect although she knew that it still looked like Alex.

"So, if Alex said to stay away from him, how have you been feeding him?" Maggie asked.

"I have handled it," J'onn said. "He doesn't seem to require much in terms of sustenance. He hadn't eaten anything while in captivity until a couple of days after Alex left. He asked for a cheeseburger at that point, so I brought one to him hoping it might entice him to open up and talk. He merely thanked me for it in her voice and then he began to eat. It was unnerving to see because it was just like if it was Alex eating it. It's like he just doesn't look like her, it's like he has taken on her mannerisms the longer he has her form. It is subtle but it's there."

"How is that possible? Alex hasn't even been here, and I gathered their contact had been minimal before he did this to her."

"I do not know and that is what worries me the most about even bringing you anywhere close to him. We do not know what he is capable of."

"Well we know he had to touch Alex so believe me, I won't be getting near his cell."

They finally arrived and J'onn asked her if she was sure she wanted to do this. She nodded and he opened the door for her to enter. Despite being warned, Maggie was still taken aback by Evo as Alex because as he stood and walked toward the front of the cell, Maggie could have sworn it was Alex. The stride was just like Alex's and even the smile had changed into something warmer, more expressive- again more like Alex.

"Hi Maggie," Evo said. "It is great to see you again."

Maggie glanced at J'onn more to reassure herself that she wasn't alone more than anything else.

"I have some questions," she said.

"Oooh how exciting," Evo responded. "And what do I get if I answer these questions?"

"Well, you aren't getting out of here if that is what you are hoping for."

Evo laughed. "I wouldn't have thought to ask for my freedom. Besides I'm content to remain here for the time being."

Maggie immediately wondered why Evo was "content" for now.

"Will you answer my questions?"

"Perhaps if you answer mine."

"Fair enough," Maggie said crossing her arms. "What about Alex made you target her?"

"She was … is vulnerable," Evo responded.

Vulnerable was not how Maggie would describe Alex.

"That doesn't answer the question," Maggie pressed.

"You specifically make her vulnerable," Evo said. "Everyone I choose, there has to be an opening and you humans broadcast them seemingly every moment of every day. I could have chosen any of the humans here but Alexandra, well, she was special."

"How so?" She was getting tired of him dancing around the answer.

"Did my file tell you about my last victim before I was captured and turned over to the Kryptonians?"

"No," J'onn answered.

"Hmm, I don't know if that surprises me or not," Evo said. "Anyway, my last victim was my mother. And the bounty hunter who brought me in was my sibling. He was a coward, too afraid to kill me for killing our mother, so he turned me over to be banished to the Phantom Zone instead. The other criminals I was with, they may have isolated me, but I had no desire to be around them anyway. For sure, I could have chosen some as my victims, but it would have been a paltry meal."

Meal. That word stuck out in Maggie's mind. The first time she was here Evo had made a reference to a meal.

"You feed off of them somehow." It wasn't a question so much as an observation. No wonder he hadn't been eating, at least not eating as they knew it.

"Now a question for you," Evo said.

Before he could say anything, Maggie's phone rang, startling her. She was about to shut off the ringer and ignore the call and then she saw who was calling her. It was Alex.

Keeping her eyes on Evo, she answered it. "Hello?"

"Get out of there," Alex said.

"What?"

"Get out of there," Alex repeated. "Stay away from it."

"Wait. How did you …?"

"Damn it, Maggie, just get out now," Alex said, her voice full of anger.

"Tell Alexandra I said hi," Evo said, even as Maggie started to back up. "And I can't wait to see her again."

Maggie grabbed J'onn and left the room. "Alex," Maggie said. "How did you know I was in there with him?"

But her only response was the phone hanging up.

Maggie looked at J'onn. "She knew. She knew I was in there talking with it," Maggie said. "How could she know that?"

"I don't know," J'onn said. "But we better find out."