Kara as Supergirl flew around enjoying the wind through her hair, the sun on her face, and the peaceful atmosphere. "Kara!" Alex yelled at her through her earpiece.
"What now?" Kara grumbled.
"What's wrong? Radar picked you up outside the city," Alex said concernedly.
"Can't I fly around without it being an emergency?" Kara asked sarcastically.
"Not without a flight plan," Alex reminded her.
"Fuck the law," Kara replied.
Kara then heard a random exchange between two drivers down below. "You cut me off, fucker," one driver said.
"Shut your hole," the other replied.
Not wanting to miss this, Kara swooped in and found the two drivers hitting their cars together in awesome road rage. "Hey, who taught you to drive?" the first driver questioned.
"Go to hell, you piece of shit," the second driver shouted.
Kara went super-sonic through the city as she approached the drivers. The two drivers coincidentally were on path to run over a dozen school children. Kara arrived just in time slamming down on their cars before they could hit the kids. The cars flipped over and crashed upside down.
"Cool!" the kids said in unison.
One of the drivers got out and confronted Kara. "You broke my nose and totaled my car!" he raged.
"Yeah, well, that's what insurance is for," Kara said unconcerned.
"You better get out of my face, you stupid bitch," the driver said as he tried to punch her.
Kara easily cupped his fist crushing it and twisted his wrist into a contorted position. "Do you know who the fuck I am? I could stop your heart with one finger," Kara told the driver. "Do you see this 'S' symbol here. It means I can kick any human's ass."
The school children starting taking out their smartphones to record Kara. "I must be in a rich neighborhood," Kara figured.
One of the flipped cars suddenly exploded killing the driver inside. "Well...shit," Kara realized.
Hank watched news reports of the car incident at the DEO. "Road rage? Seriously?" Hank wondered.
"They were about to kill a bunch of school children. I saved the day," Kara said still dressed as Supergirl. "It's always men that get crazy behind the wheel."
"That's sexist, and I'm offended," Hank told her.
"You're fucking with me, right?" Kara smirked.
"You cannot lose control like that," Hank lectured.
"When did I lose control? He attacked me first," Kara said. "Why you mad at me?"
"I'm not mad. I'm controlling my anger like I do every single day you're here," Hank said annoyed. "There are people out there that fear your cousin. It's not just because he has god-like powers. It's because they fear his temper," Hank said.
"Good thing I don't give a shit," Kara replied with her arms crossed.
Hank threw up his hands and left but another analyst came to her side. "You might want to look at this," she said.
Kara watched Maxwell Lord on an interview. "Well, if it isn't my favorite asshole," Kara grinned.
"We're so concerned about police brutality but what about brutality from so-called superheroes," Maxwell said in the interview.
"Yeah, bite me," Kara said to that.
Lucy Lane and James Olsen sat down at the cafe for a chat. "My dad's in town. He wants to have dinner with us," Lucy said.
James spat out his coffee. "You told him no, right?"
"He's kind of a big deal," Lucy grimaced. "Can I tell him yes?"
"Well, I guess dinner with your father is better than having my ass disappear," James replied.
"Great!" Lucy said giving James a kiss and taking off. Coincidentally, Kara entered the cafe at the same time Lucy left. "Thanks for the invite," she said to Kara.
"No problem," Kara said completely lost.
Kara went over to James as he was lost in contemplation. "What's up?"
"Lucy's dad is in town," James said.
"So?" Kara wondered.
"Lucy wants me to have dinner with him. He's army like her. He and I don't get along," James said.
"Is it because you're Black?" Kara assumed.
"Actually no, it's because I consort with aliens," James corrected.
"You mean Mexicans?" Kara asked confused.
"No, Kara, like Superman. He thinks he's a threat to national security," James explained.
"I can agree to that," Kara nodded.
"I hope you don't mind, but I invited Lucy to game night," James said changing the subject.
"What the fuck, James?" Kara asked outraged.
"She thinks she's good," James challenged.
"I'll kick her ass," Kara said confidently.
Kara strolled into the office and found Alex casually sitting. "Why are you here?"
"I need to talk to you about my dad," she said seriously.
"He was my dad, too, sort of, not really," Kara said thoughtfully.
"I need Winn," Alex said.
"Why would anyone need Winn?" Kara wondered.
Shortly thereafter, Alex and Kara dragged Winn into an empty office. "I need you to hack the DEO mainframe," Alex said to him.
"Isn't that treason?" Winn figured.
"We're at war, Winn," Alex replied.
"Oh, well, that makes it okay then," Winn said skeptically.
"It's about her dad," Kara said pushing his button.
Winn sighed. "Fine," he relented.
"You're such a good friend, Winn," Kara said giving him a hug.
"Fuck my life," Winn muttered.
A military convoy came up to the DEO base camp. General Lane in his dress uniform approached the DEO group. "Director Henshaw," Gen. Lane addressed.
"General Lane, what can I do for army intelligence?" Hank asked politely.
"You never got briefed on why we're here?" Gen. Lane asked disappointedly.
"Nope," Hank replied.
"I need you to transfer one of your assets to my command. The lady in red here," Gen. Lane said.
"You can have her," Hank obliged.
"He can't really transfer me, because I'm a volunteer. You understand that? I just volunteer around here," Kara clarified.
"I don't give a shit. We've been working on an anti-insurgent device. Its project name is RT. I need your help to test it," Gen. Lane said.
"In fact, you have no choice. This is an executive order from the president," Major Lane aka Lucy Lane in uniform said.
"This is my daughter. She's my legal attache. You have any issue with that, you can take it up with her," Gen. Lane explained her presence.
"Wow, let me get something straight: I do whatever the fuck I want. I'm master to no one including the president," Kara said.
"She'll do it," Hank said interrupting her.
"Fuck me," Kara sighed. "What do you want me to do?"
"Fight my robot," Gen. Lane replied.
"Seriously?" Kara grinned.
"It's not a robot. It's an anthropomorphic pseudo entity with combat capabilities," Dr. Morrow said.
"It's a robot," Gen. Lane repeated himself.
A large chest opened revealing the red-colored robot. "I call it Red Tornado," Dr. Morrow introduced.
"Ha! Gaaaay!" Kara laughed immaturely.
At CATCO, Kara joined Winn as he was working on hacking the DEO. "So, I'm fighting a robot, tomorrow," Kara said excitedly.
"A robot? Like the C3PO kind?" Winn wondered.
"No, more like a Terminator," Kara answered as James entered the room.
"Military?" James figured.
"Yeah, General Lane wants me to test out his new robot. Even Lucy was there," Kara said.
"Did Lucy recognize you?" James asked concerned.
"I don't think so, but I wouldn't mind kissing her memories away," Kara smiled at the thought.
"Wait, you can zap a person's memories by kissing them?" Winn asked.
"Yeah, it's like one of my many powers," Kara said nonchalantly.
"Have you ever done it to me?" Winn asked hopefully.
"No," Kara said awkwardly.
"So, General Lane wasn't here for me but you," James realized. "You can say no to this."
"Why wouldn't I? I can completely destroy it without feeling any remorse or hesitation," Kara grinned.
"Wait, does the robot fight cancel game night?" Winn asked concernedly.
"Fuck no," Kara said instantly.
"Alright, Lucy and I will see you there," James said and then left the room.
"You invited Lucy?" Winn asked disappointed.
"That bitch tried to force me into fighting that robot with an executive order. I'll crush her," Kara said dangerously.
The next morning, Kara flew at super-sonic speed with rage in her heart. Lucy and James had decisively defeated her at game night. It was all Winn's fault! Kara landed with a thud that shook the military base.
"Okay, let's do this," Kara said filled with rage and hate.
"The fight isn't for another three hours," Alex told her.
"Son-of-a-bitch," Kara said displeased.
Three hours later, Alex and Kara eyed Red Tornado as the fight was about to begin. "You got this," Alex said confidently.
"Well, obviously," Kara scoffed in her Supergirl outfit.
"Don't get overconfident," Alex warned and walked off.
Red Tornado spun his hands around quickly creating a wind funnel. Kara felt the wind but her feet remained planted on the ground. Red Tornado then fired missiles from its wrists. Kara didn't bother to move as the missiles hit her. Gen. Lane, Maj. Lane, Hank, Alex, and Dr. Morrow watched the fight inside a tent.
"She's not taking this seriously," Maj. Lane remarked.
As the dust settled, Kara gave Red Tornado a bored expression. "Was that it?" she asked it.
Red Tornado walked up to Kara to engage her in hand-to-hand combat. Kara quickly sped behind Red Tornado, elbowed its back forcing it to bend over, and then punted Red Tornado across the horizon.
"Supergirl, you won," Alex said over the radio.
"Well, no shit," Kara smiled.
Dr. Morrow gave his tablet a wide-eyed look. "He's gone into self-preservation mode."
The group left the tent to confront Kara. "This is your fault," Gen. Lane scolded Kara.
"Guilty," Kara smiled unconcernedly.
"Your recklessness has caused an uncontrollable killing machine to land in Metropolis," Gen. Lane told her.
"I'm not apologizing," Kara said defiantly.
Gen. Lane and his staff entered the DEO headquarters in an attempt to track down the missing killer robot. "A billion-dollar investment, eleven years at the R&D," he raged. "I want this thing found or destroyed before it turns Metropolis into a war zone."
"Destroy it? What the fuck?" Dr. Morrow asked incredulously.
"The last thing the army needs is a bunch of wounded civilians on the news," Gen. Lane explained.
"I've invested too much time and effort into this...," Dr. Morrow objected.
"Into what? Did you see how easily Supergirl beat it? You failed. You're fired," Gen. Lane told him.
"You know...you could have fired him before letting him inside our super-secret headquarters," Hank said to Gen. Lane.
"Find the robot and terminate it," Gen. Lane ordered.
Kara casually strolled into the office as Cat screamed her name. "I have been calling you for the last minute in a half," Cat said annoyed.
"Yeah, I noticed with my super-hearing," Kara winced.
"I make more in ninety seconds than what you make in a year," Cat continued.
"Yeah, speaking of which, am I ever going to get that raise?" Kara wondered.
"No," Cat said flatly.
"Why are you so mean?" Kara whined.
Cat put her finger to mouth to shush her. "We're leaving soon."
"Where?" Kara asked surprised.
"To get drunk as fuck again," Cat told her.
Meanwhile, James was having dinner with Lucy and Gen. Lane at a nice restaurant. "Scotch," Gen. Lane said to the waiter.
"Club soda, thank you," James said politely.
"That's a pussy drink," Gen. Lane critiqued.
"Dad!" Lucy scolded.
"I don't trust a man who doesn't drink. That's why all my men end up at AA before their contract is over," Gen. Lane said proudly.
"Alright, Sir. It's on," James said ordering a real drink.
"I'm going to powder my nose," Lucy said exiting the scene.
"I was surprised to hear that you and Lucy were back together," Gen. Lane remarked.
"Surprised or disappointed," James asked.
"Little bit of both," Gen. Lane said honestly.
"Is it because I'm Black?" James asked.
"No, no, no, well, a little bit. Mostly, I don't like you because you hang out with that alien, Superman. He's a threat to national security," Gen. Lane said honestly.
"Superman can do whatever he wants. If he wanted to, he could burn the whole place down," James allowed.
"Exactly," Gen. Lane said vindicated.
"But wouldn't it be best if Superman had human contact to moderate him? Imagine a Superman isolated and alone without a friend in the world. That would be some scary shit right there," James said.
"A good point but do you, James Olsen, make Superman safer for mankind?" Gen Lane asked skeptically.
"Well, at the very least, I get him drunk as fuck. He's totally helpless then," James said.
Lucy then arrived finding both men totally hammered. "What did I miss?" she wondered.
"He's alright," Gen. Lane allowed.
"Your old man is not too bad," James said slurring his words.
"I was gone for only five minutes," Lucy said unimpressed.
At the end of the night, Lucy had to carry her father and James out of the restaurant. Red Tornado then appeared before them hovering in the air. "Shit," Gen. Lane muttered.
"I got this or do you still hate super-powered aliens?" James asked.
"Nah, give him a call," Gen. Lane allowed.
James turned on his watch communicator but Superman didn't pick up. "Well, plan B," James sighed.
Kara was at the bar/cafe with Cat drinking martinis. "I want another vodka martini, shaken, not stirred," Kara said to the waiter.
"No," the waiter shook his head.
Kara frowned as she was denied. "You see that right there. That's anger," Cat noted.
"I think anyone would be pissed off given my circumstances," Kara excused.
"Everybody gets angry and there is no pill for that," Cat said.
"Actually, its called Vicodin but continue," Kara allowed.
"You need to get angry sometimes, or you'll snap someday. You never get angry at work or when you save the day. You just don't give a shit about anything. Everything is a joke to you," Cat observed.
"I remember a time when I worked at the Daily Planet and Perry White threw a chair out the window because someone missed a deadline," Cat recalled.
"Was the window already open?" Kara asked.
"No, it wasn't," Cat said annoyed at being interrupted. "It was White's anger that motivated us. It was that culture of fear that made us all excel."
"You want me to get angry all the time?" Kara wondered.
"I just don't want you to be like Bruce Banner and suddenly snap," Cat said simply.
"I'm not the Hulk. I'm Supergirl," Kara corrected.
"Oh my God. You're Supergirl?" a drunk woman said overhearing them.
"Oh, God damn it," Kara said as she went over to kiss the woman and come back.
"How come you never kissed me?" Cat asked surprised by this new power.
"Its how I got this job, remember?" Kara reminded her.
"Oh, right. What I'm saying is that I would rather have you rage against me every so often than shoot up the office one day," Cat said.
"Are you always this paranoid? Maybe, I'm just a chill person," Kara said.
"Your parents are dead, your adopted father is dead, you have a terrible boss, and you have a secret government agency that doesn't appreciate you, and you fight villains every week. There is anger there, Kara, even if you don't admit to it. There is anger beneath the anger if you know what I mean," Cat said.
"I really don't," Kara said as she finished her martini.
"Find a place to release your anger," Cat advised.
"Like a bar?" Kara wondered.
"No, like a sport's gym or something," Cat suggested.
Kara frowned. What kind of gym could possibly contain her power? Kara then saw her watch blink. "There's an emergency," Kara said to Cat.
"But you're drunk," Cat objected.
"Fuck the law," Kara said as she stumbled out of the bar.
Kara landed breaking the sidewalk as she did. Red Tornado had already blasted Lucy into some tables with his wind power. "Nice," Kara said amused.
"I'm ordering you to stop," Gen. Lane said to the robot.
"I got this," Kara said with a goofy grin on her face. She went in for a fatal attack when she missed the robot. The robot dodged her other killer punches as well.
"Wow, I'm drunk as fuck," Kara realized.
Red Tornado proceeded to form a large tornado out of the nothing. "That could be an issue," Kara realized as cars and people were flung about.
Kara tensed up her eyes as she tried to focus on Red Tornado. Through her blurry vision, she punched through the robot's chest. The damaged robot retreated from Kara and flew up into the air to escape. Kara tried to fly to chase after it but ultimately fell on her face.
"I see what you mean," Gen. Lane said to James.
Lucy was treated at the DEO for her injury. James wasn't there because he didn't have clearance. "Thank you for saving our lives."
"No (burp) problem," Kara replied.
"You let it get away. I thought you were on our side," Gen. Lane said angrily.
"I just saved your ass," Kara reminded him.
"You were drunk. That's why it got away," Gen. Lane criticized.
"Forgive me if I have a social life," Kara said sarcastically.
"If any more people get hurt, the DEO will be held accountable," Gen. Lane threatened.
"Sir, this organization doesn't exist and this isn't the first time people have been hurt or killed under our watch," Hank said.
"Or the last," Kara said giving Hank a fist bump he refused to return.
"That robot had lead covering. It wasn't made to fight insurgents. It was made to fight Kryptonians," Hank revealed.
"You've got criminal aliens in your basement," Gen. Lane shot back. "Red Tornado wasn't just for Kryptonians but all the other monsters and abominations you have locked up. What's the difference between her and them?"
"She's blond," Hank shrugged.
"Exactly, she looks hawt and human. It could be deceptive," Gen. Lane said.
"I mean, she's an idiot," Hank corrected. "These criminals are sophisticated, intelligent beyond measure, and they have a mission. She's just a dumb blond," Hank said.
"Thanks, boss," Kara said sarcastically.
Gen. Lane frowned, picked up his hat, and left.
Alex briefed Kara aka Supergirl at the DEO on new information on Red Tornado. "Thanks to Maxwell Lord, we know that Red Tornado is being controlled by Dr. Morrow. That's why its targeting General Lane."
"I thought that was obvious," Kara said unimpressed.
"Fuck you, Kara. I had to have dinner and have ten glasses of wine with him," Alex said visibly hungover.
"Too easy. We kill Dr. Morrow," Kara said cracking her knuckles.
"How do we find him?" Hank asked.
"We need to get Red Tornado out in the open to find the signal," Alex said.
Kara rolled her eyes. "I'll just destroy Red Tornado then."
"Think you can handle it?" Hank doubted.
"I am completely sober, right now," Kara told him.
"General, I need your help to lure Red Tornado out," Hank requested of him.
"What do you have in mind?" he asked openly.
Red Tornado landed near Gen. Lane just as Alex stormed Dr. Morrow's lab. Red Tornado sped towards Gen. Lane and tried to kill him with a punch. However, Gen. Lane was merely a hologram. Alex discovered Dr. Morrow's computers and considered shooting it up.
"That won't do anything. Telepathic relay interface, to control his cerebral matrix," Dr. Morrow said from behind. If you want to stop him, you'll have to cease neural function from his creator. You'll have to kill me."
"You don't have to throw your life away," Alex said keeping her pistol on him.
"Red Tornado is my life," Dr. Morrow said sadly and then reached for a pipe iron.
Alex fired into his head killing him instantly.
Meanwhile, Kara readied herself for a good fight when Red Tornado suddenly became inactive. "Oh, come on," Kara said displeased.
Red Tornado then twitched and became active again. "It's become sentient," Alex warned. "I don't think its right to kill him. He didn't know what he was doing. He can grow and learn."
"Yeah, I already killed him," Kara said bored. Red Tornado was already in a thousand pieces from Kara's heat vision.
"Supergirl? You okay?" Hank asked.
"Too easy," Kara smirked.
Alex arrived at Kara's apartment only to find Kara and Winn playing against each other on their computers. "What is it?" she asked annoyed.
"Oh, your father's death, right," Winn said turning off the game. "So, basically your father and another agent went down to South America to apprehend a hostile alien. Both agents were presumed dead except one of the agents came back," Winn detailed.
"Who's the agent that came back?" Alex questioned.
Winn paused for dramatic tension. "It was Hank. His digital signature is all over these files, and he was the one that deleted them."
"Why would he delete the files?" Kara asked cluelessly.
"Because he's hiding something. Because maybe the man I have been working for these last two years killed my father," Alex said darkly.
"That's cold but why would he hire the daughter of the man he killed?" Kara wondered.
"All we know is that Hank Henshaw was the last person to see your father alive," Winn said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, I mean maybe Hank and your father were best buddies and he's just covering up his death to protect you, Alex," Kara said optimistically.
"Kara, just stop," Alex said losing patience.
Kara casually strolled into the office only to be ambushed by Cat's mother. "Where the fuck is my car? Who the fuck are you? What is your malfunction, little girl?"
"Bitch, you better sit your ass down," Kara told her.
"Did you hear what she just said?" Cat's mother raged.
"I heard," Cat said unconcernedly facing away with her sunglasses on. She had the worst hangover.
"How am I going to get to the airport on time?" Cat's mother demanded of Kara.
"Try Ubber," Kara suggested.
"Honestly, is this creature of yours an unpaid intern?" Cat's mother assumed.
"Almost," Kara muttered.
"How do you justify paying a salary to such an unreliable person?" Cat's mother asked.
"First of all, I don't pay her very much," Cat began.
"That's for sure," Kara chimed in.
"And second, you don't get to talk that way to my assets," Cat said assertively. "Just so you know, she's an excellent assistant."
Cat's mother cowered at Cat's crazed expression. "I think I need to pee," she said as she ran off.
"Thanks for saying I'm an excellent assistant. That really brightened my day," Kara said appreciatively.
"It was just for the effect. I've never had a worst assistant than you," Cat sighed. "Now, get me an Advil," she ordered.
"I'll quickly go to the store and get one," Kara said having no intention of following through.
"Don't bother, I have one here," Cat said getting one from her desk. "I always have a fresh supply for having to put up with you."
"Need a glass?" Kara asked helpfully.
"Please," Cat replied.
Kara walked over with the glass and accidentally crushed it in her hands. Cat sighed in annoyance. "Remember what I said about anger."
"This isn't anger, this is...," Kara said and then saw her blood for the first time in a decade. "I'm bleeding."
Cat also noticed her bleeding. "Holy shit."