Supergirl flew around in the deserts of the Southwest enjoying the glorious sunshine. "I think I got a handle on this," she said pleased with herself.
Suddenly, missiles blasted her from all directions. "Oh, fuck!" she shouted as she was hit.
Hank watched with disappointment as Kara plummeted to the ground. "Well...shit," he muttered.
Kara got up and dusted herself off. "Is this really necessary?" she asked annoyed.
"These tests are conducted on all of our agents," Hank replied dismissively.
"Really?" Kara doubted.
"A lame-ass hero can be a liability in the field. I need to know you're in full control of your powers," Hank reasoned.
Kara sped past the camp at super-sonic speed breaking all the glass screens. Hank frowned annoyed by the damage. "She just broke the sound barrier," Alex reported.
"No shit," Hank grimaced. "Fire again," he ordered.
Twin missiles headed directly towards Kara. She let the missiles get close to her and then explode around her. "You're supposed to dodge them," Hank lectured.
"What's the point? They don't even hurt," Kara said as she landed.
"I see you share your cousin's appetite for wanton destruction," Hank said bitterly.
"What was I supposed to do? Gently hold them until they ran out of fuel?" Kara asked referring to the missiles.
"Don't be a smart ass," Hank told her and walked off.
Kara frowned and waited for Alex to approach her. "Is all of this really necessary?"
"The government gives us billions of dollars to blow through," Alex explained.
Kara then got a cell phone ring from her bra. "What?" she asked Winn.
"There's a huge fire in Metropolis," he said urgently.
"So?" Kara wondered.
"It's bad. We need reporters down there to cover it," Winn said.
"I thought we were a gossip news organization," Kara said confused. "Fine, I'll be there soon."
"You sure you can handle it. You've been hit by missiles all day," Alex asked concerned.
"No problem," Kara smirked and flew off.
Kara landed at the Metropolis dock and met with the fire chief. "How can I help?" Kara asked.
"The ship is holding at least a million barrels of crude oil. If the fire reaches it, it will go off like a two-ton bomb," he said.
"Wicked," Kara smiled at the thought of witnessing such an explosion.
"What are you waiting for? Superman would have blown it out by now," the fire chief criticized.
"Hey, asshole! I am volunteering. You get that. I'm a volunteer. You can't talk to me like that," Kara said annoyed.
"For the love of God, help us," the fire chief begged.
"That's more like it," Kara smiled.
Kara looked over the ship and fired her heat vision on the anchor dropping it. She then took hold of the ship and forced it out to sea. As she did, the ship ripped open dumping crude oil into the harbor. "Oops," Kara realized. The ship then exploded in a huge fireball.
"Well...shit," the fire chief muttered.
Kara arrived at the office and met with her boss. "You smell like burning oil," Cat said unimpressed.
"Shit happens, am I right?" Kara said innocently.
"We look bad if we give an exclusive with a ditz superhero. You make all women look bad. You should feel ashamed," Cat lectured.
"Yeah, I'm not into that feminist bullshit," Kara corrected.
"This Maxwell Lord is talking smack about you on all the news programs. He wants to be the new mayor," Cat said as she watched TV.
"I wish...I wish I gave a shit," Kara admitted. "And is that really his name?" she giggled.
"We need experienced superheroes. I know experienced superheroes. They love me," Maxwell Lord said on TV.
"Fix your image or you're useless to me," Cat told her.
Kara sat with James at a bar that night. "You know, Superman made mistakes too, early on," James said to comfort her.
"Like what?" Kara asked miserably.
"He probably cost the deaths of tens of thousands of people when he crashed his ship into the city and fought Zod," James said.
"That does make me feel better," Kara admitted.
"Honestly, I don't know how you could do worse," James told her.
"Thank you, James," Kara said gratefully.
At night at the chemical plant, useless security guards patrolled the area. One of them came upon Fly-Man who was suspiciously operating equipment. "Hey, I'm going to need some ID," the security guard said to the alien.
The alien opened its jaws and leaped after the security guard. "Oh God!" the security guard screamed as he ran away firing bullets randomly as he did.
Fly-Man unnecessarily crawled along the ceiling and leaped around until he tackled the security guard. He then opened his jaw for an off-screen brutal kill.
Soon thereafter, Supergirl was in DEO headquarters. "Basically, he's a bug-man. That's all we know," Hank said.
"Track him down, and I'll kill him," Kara said enthusiastically.
"First, you need to prove that you can handle it," Hank objected.
"How do I do that?" Kara asked impatiently.
"By fighting your sister," Hank smiled.
Alex led Kara to a special room where they could fight. "When I joined the DEO, I would spend 12 hours a day in this room."
"Wow, I can't imagine doing anything for 12 hours," Kara said thoughtfully.
"We need to know you can handle anything the universe throws at you," Alex said.
"I can bend steel. There's no one that can stop me," Kara said confidently. "Last week, I kicked Vartox's ass."
"You really think so?" Alex questioned.
"That's what I just said," Kara said annoyed.
Alex then punched Kara to the face nearly breaking her hand. "Damn it," she hissed.
"So...what was that supposed to prove?" Kara wondered.
"Give it a sec," Alex winced in pain.
"For what?" Kara asked impatiently.
Green lights then came on. Alex tried again punching Kara onto the platform. "Wow, didn't expect that," Kara said surprised. "How the fuck did you do that?"
"Kryptonite emitters," Alex explained.
"Ah, yes, my one and ONLY weakness," Kara rolled her eyes.
"So, before we both become sterilized and full of cancer from the radiation, I am going to kick your ass," Alex told her.
Alex proceeded to beat Kara with punches and kicks. "This is so therapeutic," Alex said as Kara groaned on the floor. "I remember every time you put the blame on me for something you did. I remember never having the power to do anything about it."
"Yeah, get it all out while you can," Kara grimaced.
"You have zero martial arts skill," Alex critiqued.
"So?" Kara wondered.
"So, what if you face an opponent just as strong as you are, like another Kryptonian?"Alex asked.
"Well, I guess the planet is fucked anyway. Did you see how much damage Superman and Zod caused?" Kara pointed out.
"If Superman had any kind of training, he could have broken Zod's neck in the first minute of that fight and saved thousands of lives," Alex said.
"Alright, I'll take this seriously," Kara rolled her eyes.
Kara came into work sore as fuck. "Why are you walking like that?" Cat asked her.
"Well, funny thing, I was kickboxing with my sister and...," Kara began.
"Already bored, don't care," Cat said dismissively as she looked over a news layout. "Get this to posting."
Kara read the article with the headline "Failure to launch" referring to her. "Oh, come on," Kara said to her.
"Be more competent and you can get better headlines," Cat told her.
"Whatever," Kara said taking the layout out of Cat's office.
That night, Fly-Man was ambushed by three criminal Kryptonians. He proceeded to throw up on one of them. "Gross as fuck," the Kryptonian said disgustedly.
"What do you want? I need to eat," Fly-Man said.
"We're supposed to work together, ass," the Kryptonian replied.
General Astra then arrived by air. "I don't want any part in what you're planning," Fly-man told her.
"There's a Kryptonian working with the humans, my niece, in fact. She calls herself Supergirl," Gen. Astra told Fly-man.
"That' so lame," Fly-man commented.
"I know, right," Gen. Astra agreed. "You will make excellent bait to capture her."
"I have seen what happens to people who take on that S," Fly-man said fearfully.
"This is not an invitation. It's a command," Gen. Astra told him.
Kara continued her crime-fighting routine. She entered a pizzeria being robbed and nearly killed all the robbers. She then picked up an ambulance stuck in traffic and slammed it down near a hospital. The ambulance was totaled and the patient nearly died. "My bad," Kara winced.
Kara then used her heat vision to bring down a pet from a tree. The pet and the tree branch fell to the ground with a thud. "My snake," a little girl said as Kara brought it to her.
"You have a pet snake? What the fuck is wrong with you? You named your pet snake, Fluffy? God damn!" Kara remarked.
The little girl smiled and went on her way.
Kara watched the TV as she was receiving positive press for the first time. "All of this doesn't come anywhere close to the financial and ecological disaster Supergirl caused to the bay," the news anchorman said.
"Oh, kiss my ass," Kara scoffed.
Hank and Alex attempted to lure Fly-man to them by following a truck filled with chemical barrels. As they predicted, Fly-man leaped onto the truck. The two took out pistols and started firing recklessly at the truck.
"Wow, this is unsafe. We could cause a chemical explosion this way," Alex remarked.
"Or kill the driver," Hank agreed.
Fly-man retaliated by throwing barbs at them that took out their entire squad. Fly-man then leaped onto their vehicle, ripped through the roof, and grabbed Alex. Fly-man then took off with Alex.
"Well...shit," Hank realized.
Alex was dragged to an abandoned warehouse by Fly-man. Gen. Astra was on the scene to question Alex. "Where's the Kryptonian?" she demanded of Fly-man.
"She didn't show but this is one of the human agents," Fly-man replied meekly.
Gen. Astra sniffed the air. "I can smell her on you," she said of Alex.
"Hey, man! I should have been there," Kara raged. "If I was there, I would have kicked its ass but instead you make me do these lame-ass tests."
"Or maybe you would be captured and dead too," Hank said unimpressed.
"To you, she's just an agent but to me she's family," Kara said seriously. "Does that mean anything to you? Do you have a family?" Kara questioned.
"I did," Hank answered somberly.
"Well...now, I feel like shit," Kara said awkwardly.
"Good. We got every satellite and drone looking for her," Hank assured her.
"Now, you have me too," Kara said.
Gen. Astra waited patiently for Kara to arrive while noticing that Alex was bleeding from her leg wound. "You're bleeding. You're so fragile. It's amazing any of you get past infancy," she commented.
"Well, to be fair, that is still a problem," Alex said dryly.
Kara suddenly heard Alex's voice. "I got her at an abandoned warehouse," Kara reported in.
"Hurry up and kill that mother-fucker," Hank ordered.
"I thought you guys would do the tracking, and I would do the fighting. You guys really are useless," Kara chided.
Hank ignored Kara and turned to his men. "Supergirl is very likely to fuck this up, so I want a strike team ready to go right now," he ordered.
Kara entered the warehouse and casually strolled towards the fallen Alex. "Get out of here. It's a trap," Alex warned.
"Really? You should have kept your mouth shut then," Kara told her.
Gen. Astra suddenly bitch-slapped Kara across the warehouse. "It's been a long time, little one," Gen. Astra said to Kara.
"Mom?" Kara wondered.
"No, your mother is dead. I'm your aunt, remember?" Gen. Astra reminded her.
Oh yeah, wait, I thought you were dead like everyone else," Kara recalled.
"I wasn't on Krypton when it blew. I was a prisoner on a spaceship," Gen. Astra told her.
"Right, we put all of our worst criminals on spaceships before all the innocent people died when the planet was destroyed. Probably should have been the other way around," Kara said thoughtfully.
"Probably," Gen. Astra agreed.
"So, how can I help you?" Kara asked condescendingly.
"Your mother imprisoned me for telling the truth, for being a hero, for trying to save our world," Gen. Astra said angrily.
"Sounds like her," Kara nodded.
"Let me educate you to the truth," Gen. Astra said to Kara.
"Yeah, that's not going to go anywhere," Alex chimed in.
"Really? You're doing this now," Kara bristled.
"Your alliance with the humans is misplaced," Gen. Astra went on.
"Oh really?" Kara asked skeptically.
"Do not stand against me," Gen. Astra warned.
"So, what do you even stand for?" Kara wondered.
"You know what? I'm done with this," Gen. Astra said losing patience and punched Kara through some walls.
Kara got up and did a beam war with Gen. Astra with her eyes. Meanwhile, Alex went over to her phone to give Hank her position. Fly-man grabbed Alex and threw her around. "Worst day ever," Alex grumbled.
"Nothing personal. Just trying to survive," Fly-man said to her.
Alex kicked him square in the dick. "We also desire to survive."
"Why? Why did you have to kick me in the dick?" Fly-man asked as he fell.
Alex ignored him and took hold of his hand which had a poisonous barb in it. She forced his hand into his chest sending the barb straight into his heart.
"Join me, little one," Gen. Astra said to Kara.
"How about no? And stop calling me that," Kara replied annoyed.
The two fought in midair inside the warehouse in a ferocious cat-fight. "Might want to re-think the cape," Gen. Astra said as she flung Kara out a window. Kara shot back into the warehouse and the two slammed together to the floor. Gen. Astra went on the offensive overwhelming Kara with punches to the face.
"You have no idea how therapeutic this is," Kara said as she fought her aunt.
"You should have allied with your own blood," Gen. Astra spat.
"Okay, the warm-up is over," Kara said cracking her neck.
"What?" Gen. Astra asked confused.
Kara went faster than Gen. Astra could see and punched her hard to the gut. Gen. Astra glared at Kara as she was flung out of the warehouse upon impact. "Piece of cake," Kara smiled.
Hank and his squad then entered the warehouse with rifles at the ready. "I already got her," Kara said nonchalantly.
Gen. Astra suddenly reappeared and lifted Hank off the floor. "There is no weapon on Earth that can hurt me," she told him.
"Bitch, please," Hank said as he stabbed her with a Kryptonite blade.
Gen. Astra shrieked in pain and retreated away through the warehouse ceiling. "Any other family I should know about?" Hank quipped.
At DEO headquarters, Alex nursed her leg wound. Kara strolled in to check up on her. "I can't imagine what you're feeling right now," Alex said to her.
"I'm all good. I didn't even remember I had an aunt," Kara said.
"She's family," Alex pointed out.
"You're my family," Kara said giving Alex a hug.
"Ah, that's so sweet," Alex said appreciatively.
"So, do you now have faith in me?" Kara asked hopefully.
"I have this impression you could have ended the fight as soon as it began, so no," Alex replied.
"Come on, it's not every day I get to fight someone of my own race. You managed to kill Fly-man all on your own," Kara excused herself.
"Next time, snap her neck, like your cousin," Alex advised.
"Sure," Kara rolled her eyes.
"Let me show you something," Alex said bringing Kara to a special room. Inside the room was a hologram image of Kara's mother.
"What's this?" Kara wondered.
"It came with your pod. It's an interactive simulation. It's not really her but its the next best thing," Alex said.
"And you tell me this now?" Kara asked annoyed.
"I'm going to leave you two alone now," Alex said sheepishly backing out.
Kara waited for Alex to leave the room. "Ask anything of me," Alura, the hologram said.
"I would ask for a hug," Kara said becoming emotional.
"No," Alura shook her head.
"Damn it," Kara cursed.
"Watch your language, young lady," Alura lectured.
"Is this really happening?" Kara wondered. "Okay, tell me about Aunt Astra and how to kill her," Kara requested.
"That I can do," Alura smiled.