When we last saw our hero, she was being confronted by three criminal Kryptonians led by General Astra, her aunt. "Did you think it was over?" Gen. Astra asked rhetorically.
"For a moment there...yeah, I kind of did," Kara smirked. She immediately punched the two Kryptonians away from her.
Gen. Astra then took out the Kryptonite knife that had been used against her and placed it at Kara's throat. "These suits protect us from the harmful radiation," she explained.
"Afraid of a fair fight?" Kara challenged.
"A fair fight? You've been on Earth for years sucking up the star's radiation. I had to find a way to close the gap between us," Gen. Astra told her.
"Tall order," Kara spat back.
"I want to be a family again," Gen. Astra offered.
"It seems that every family I happen to be in ends up hating me," Kara noted.
"I'm sure it's them and not you," Gen. Astra said sarcastically.
"You know what? I'm out. Have a nice evening," Kara said losing patience and flung herself over the ledge.
Gen. Astra watched as Kara hit the pavement below and drilled herself deep into the ground where she couldn't be seen. "She could do that?" one of the Kryptonians wondered.
"Evidently," Gen. Astra sighed at her failure.
Kara went straight to the DEO headquarters. "Wow, I really need to take a shower," Kara said as she got the dirt out of her hair.
"Negative, I like you as a brunette," Hank told her.
"Anyway, Gen. Astra is up to something," Kara said using her detective skills. "And she has your Kryptonite knife, you know, the weapon that can kill me."
"You didn't get that back by any chance?" Hank asked more interested in the knife than Kara's safety.
"Err...no, I didn't," Kara said obviously.
"But how can a Kryptonian use a Kryptonite knife?" Alex wondered.
"Well...," Kara began.
"It should have affected her as much as you," Hank said.
"That's the thing...," Kara tried to say.
"Just being near to it should have caused instant radiation sickness," Alex considered.
"Well, you see," Kara tried to interrupt.
"We need to thoroughly test Kara with Kryptonite to see what their secret is," Hank said seriously.
"Yeah, fuck that. They have suits that protect them," Kara said finally.
"So, why did they attack you now after all this time?" Hank questioned.
"They're recruiting me," Kara said.
"Why in God's name would they want to recruit you?" Hank asked insultingly.
"Hey, I'm an important asset to this organization," Kara said offended.
"Maybe if you did join them, you could accidentally destroy them from the inside as you do to my base every week," Hank said disgruntled.
"According to my research, your power level is many times higher than hers. You could destroy an entire squad of Kryptonians easily," Alex said.
"Oh, we're using power levels now," Kara scoffed.
"Find these Kryptonians and kill them," Hank ordered.
"Yeah, well, hopefully, they end up at my workplace because that's where I'm going," Kara said walking off.
Alex walked Kara out. "We still trying to overthrow Hank?" Kara asked not bothering to even whisper.
"No, we're good now," Alex said vaguely.
"Oh, really? Well, it's your father, not mine," Kara said nonchalantly. "I just hope work isn't too stressful."
Kara strolled into the office finding lawyers gathered around Cat. "In the last hour alone, the Daily Planet has published my real age, my three personal shoppers, and that I asked Idris Elba on a date and he said no," Cat said annoyed.
"That's not surprising after what Elba has said about DC," a lawyer said.
"Shots fired," Kara said obnoxiously as she entered the room.
"Who's this?" a female lawyer asked.
"She's my assistant and the one who is going to fix this," Cat said dangerously.
"Wow, you're not a real blond?" Kara smiled as she read the news on her smartphone.
"You're my lawyers. Can't we just sue everyone that's releasing these emails?" Cat asked.
"No, it doesn't work that way. It's in the public domain now," a lawyer explained.
"So, I'm fucked," Cat realized.
"Basically, yeah," both lawyers agreed.
Cat motioned for them to go away leaving Kara behind. "I need to get ahead of this. I need you to look through all of my emails and flag any that could be used against me," Cat ordered.
"What if it's me that hacked you?" Kara asked smirking.
"You, a hacker? Get real," Cat said dismissively.
"I'll get on it," Kara said having no intention of doing so.
Winn slavishly arrived with several crates of documents of Cat's emails. He happened to witness James and Kara making out as he entered their private office. "That is something I don't want to see," Winn muttered.
"Oh, you actually got them all," Kara said disappointedly.
"Looks like we actually have to work," James frowned.
"It could be fun looking at Cat's deepest darkest secrets," Kara said brightly.
"It would be if I gave a shit," James shook his head.
"Is there like any way you could...," Kara said delicately.
"Use my Daily Planet ties to get them to stop posting Cat's emails?" James finished for her.
"Yeah," Kara said awkwardly.
"No chance, especially after Cat, exposed Superman's love interest as Lois Lane," James said.
"So, can you trace the hack?" Kara asked Winn.
"Yeah, because one can do anything on a computer. I'll just type randomly and boom it happens," Winn replied sarcastically.
"Great," Kara said not detecting the sarcasm.
"Just wondering, should we be looking into General Astra's sudden appearance?" Winn asked.
"Is this true?" James asked hurt he hadn't been told yet.
"The DEO is handling that," Kara said.
"Isn't the world more important than our jobs here?" James asked.
"Whoa, let's not get too crazy," Kara objected.
At the DEO, Kara practiced with Alex in the Kryptonite room. Alex royally kicked her ass with coordinating punches and kicks to the face. "Wow, that felt good," a frustrated Alex said as she took Kara to the floor.
"I don't feel this is really helping me," Kara groaned.
"It makes me feel better though," Alex said smiling.
"Again," Kara challenged.
Alex did a number of combinations. Kara winced as she allowed Alex to punch her all over. Finding an opening, Kara punched Alex hard to the chest. Alex fell to the floor wheezing. "I'm so sorry," Kara said giving Alex a hand.
Alex kicked Kara away and quickly stood up. "Why did you hesitate?" Alex demanded.
"Come on, we're just training," Kara said.
"What if I was the enemy?" Alex asked darkly.
"I would...turn you into a paste," Kara replied.
Alex turned off the Kryptonite ray. "Anything you want to tell me?"
"Nope," Kara said.
"Astra is your family, she's the twin of your mother. Can you really put all that aside?" Alex asked.
"Look, how do I put this? My mother was...a bitch to me while I was growing up. So, seeing my aunt actually makes me more motivated to kick her ass," Kara said.
"Well, in that case, great," Alex said slightly disturbed.
"Don't worry, Alex. I'll kill her for sure," Kara promised.
Kara went back to work and found James and Winn still working on Cat's emails. "Anything?" Kara asked them.
"Nope," Winn said.
"Some of these emails are a little weird but nothing too controversial. She did call Lois Lane a bitch 317 times," James said amused.
"Like in one email?" Kara asked.
"No, one time over 317 emails," James clarified.
Kara winced. "That might be why the Daily Planet is publishing all of these emails." Kara met up with Cat as she exited a board meeting.
"They smell blood in the water," Cat said angrily.
"I got this," Kara said cracking her knuckles.
"No, none of that...for now," Cat said.
"I am going to destroy that bitch, Cat Grant," board member Dirk said to his staff as he exited the building.
"So...Dirk did it," Kara said relieved.
Cat eyed Dirk as he exited. "You could hear all the way over there?"
"Of course," Kara said obviously.
"Then why do you not hear me when I'm in the same room?" Cat asked accusingly.
"I have selective listening. It's a condition," Kara lied.
"Whatever, I have found the source of the hack and now I am going to bust his balls," Cat said fiercely.
"My alien ears cannot be used as evidence," Kara reminded her.
"True but you can make his life a living hell," Cat said vaguely.
"Got it," Kara smiled.
"By the way, someone you know?" Cat said looking at the TV monitor. It featured live news of a flying woman above the city.
"She's my aunt. I have to go kill her if that's alright?" Kara requested.
"Sure, you've done more in five minutes than a team of investigators could have found out in a week. Go have fun," Cat allowed.
Kara got a phone call from Alex. "She's calling you out. You don't have to go," Alex told her.
"Oh really? That's a relief," Kara sighed.
Astra then started using her heat vision on the city causing explosions everywhere. People immediately panicked in the streets. "Okay, you need to go," Alex changed her tune.
Kara, dressed as Supergirl, confronted Astra in the air. "You've kept me waiting an hour," Astra said annoyed.
"What's an hour after spending years in the Phantom Zone?" Kara smirked.
"I really want there to be peace between us, but you're making it really hard," Astra told her. "I am alone. I am unarmed."
"Good," Kara said blasting her with heat vision.
Kara then punched Astra all over the city. Astra fired her own heat vision at Kara. She absorbed the energy with her hand and flung it back at her. "Weak," Kara smiled.
Kara then punched Astra through a building blasting it open. A piece of the building fell towards some civilians. Kara took hold of it and bashed Astra with it. Astra fell to the ground with a thud. Kara landed near the fallen Astra. In a desperate attempt, Astra threw a car at Kara. She used her heat vision to slice it in half. The two halves fell harmlessly around Kara.
"You're a better woman than Alura ever was," Astra said.
"I know, right? Thanks," Kara said appreciatively.
"I mean, she was a murderer and a liar," Astra accused.
"Well, you're one, too, so let's call it even," Kara smirked.
Astra flew up to Kara and punched her hard to the forehead. The wind picked up from the impact. Kara eyed the fist still on her forehead. "Really?" she asked unimpressed.
Astra backed up stunned. That was her strongest punch. "Have you been toying with me this whole time?"
"Well, it wouldn't have been any fun if I had defeated you in the first second," Kara shrugged.
"You're just as bad as your cousin," Astra realized.
"Well, at least, I don't act holier than thou," Kara pointed out. "Alright, this family reunion was fun and all, but I have some emails to go through," Kara told her.
"Are you for real?" Astra wondered.
Kara sped up to Astra faster than she could react and punched her hard to the gut. Astra opened her mouth in pain and fell to the ground devastated. Kara picked up Astra by the collar and punched her to the face knocking her out.
Kara dragged Astra's limp ass to the DEO where she was quickly handcuffed with Kryptonite cuffs. "That's not necessary. I killed her," Kara said proudly.
"She's still alive," Alex reported.
"What?" Kara asked surprised.
"I guess I shouldn't have expected better," Hank muttered. "What made you think you killed her?"
"I punched her really really hard," Kara said.
"Unbelievable. Put her in containment," Hank ordered his men.
"I have to get back. I got emails to read," Kara said to Hank and took off.
Kara went back to work and was greeted by Winn. "I am so thankful your aunt didn't murder you," Winn said seriously.
"Oh, Winn, you're a great friend for saying that," Kara said appreciatively.
"Right, so I have a plan to get Dirk's files with this device. Once it is planted on his computer, I can discreetly and remotely read all of his files," Winn said.
"How do we get it on his computer?" Kara asked.
"Well, one of us is going to have to go over there and do it, someone who has experience breaking into things, someone who can hide in the dark," Winn said delicately.
"Wait, you want me to do this? Is it because I'm Black?" James asked offended.
"No, no, no, well, a little," Winn admitted.
"I'll do it. It doesn't matter if I get caught. It's not like anyone can arrest me," Kara volunteered.
"Yeah, but if you bust down his door and someone sees you it ruins the whole discreet part of the plan," Winn said obviously.
"It's alright. I'll do it," James said finally.
Kara casually walked onto the office building's balcony and eyed corporate headquarters a few skyscrapers away. Using her heat vision, she blasted through a window and caused an office fire. The fire alarm instantly went off. With her X-ray vision, she saw Dirk leaving his office.
"Now," Kara said through her earpiece.
James entered the office and placed the bug on Dirk's computer. Immediately, Winn began downloading all of his files. "Wow, we make a good team. Corporate espionage has never been easier."
Dirk then realized he had left something in his office and attempted to use the elevator to go back up. Kara eyed Dirk rising alone in the elevator. Using her heat vision, she snapped the elevator cable. Dirk felt a shudder and then fell a few stories before the brakes kept him still.
James exited Dirk's office and followed the rest of the crowd out of the building. "Mission accomplished," he reported.
"Well gentlemen, we may have trapped the chairman in an elevator for a few hours and wasted millions in lost productivity but at least we have Dirk's files," Kara said pleased.
Kara then got a phone call from Alex. "Astra is awake," Alex told her.
"I wish I gave a shit," Kara replied.
"She says she will only talk to you," Alex clarified the situation.
"So?" Kara wondered.
"Just get down here," Alex told her.
Kara sighed. "Hell of a day," she muttered.
Kara entered Astra's cell dressed as Supergirl. "So...how can I help you?" she asked sarcastically.
"You need to know the truth," Astra said.
"About what?" Kara asked curiously.
"Your mother used our last meeting to arrest me. I was trying to save our world from destruction. Now, I'm here trying to prevent Earth's ecological disaster," Astra said.
"The apocalypse," Kara realized.
"Exactly," Astra agreed.
"Well, my adopted father, Jeremiah, taught me all sorts of interesting things before his untimely demise. He said that the End of Days was at hand when God would destroy the world and divide the good from the wicked," Kara said thoughtfully.
"Really?" Astra wondered.
"Yeah, so, fuck it, am I right?" Kara figured. "Drill, baby, drill!"
Astra was speechless for a few seconds. "You can't be serious."
"Oh, it's not just an idea. It's policy," Kara smirked and proceeded to walk out.
"Kara!" Astra shouted after her as she left.
Kara casually strolled over to her mother's hologram. "So, did you like, use me to arrest Astra?" she asked it.
"Yes," Alura replied.
"Nice," Kara smiled. "By the way, was she right about the whole planet's core is going to explode and what not?"
"She was a criminal," Alura said flatly.
"Yeah, not really answering my question," Kara pressed.
"I'm not programmed to give you that information," Alura replied.
"Well, isn't that a bitch? So, I either trust a hologram that won't give me the information I need or I trust my crazy aunt," Kara said.
"I'm not programmed to give you that information," Alura repeated.
"Yeah, got that," Kara said annoyed. "Did my mother believe the planet was doomed?"
"No," Alura said simply.
"So, I was sent here just to look after Kal-El, not to save my life or anything like that?" Kara asked.
"Correct. Alura didn't agree with Jor-El's conclusions but she respected his decision to send his son to Earth. You were originally sent to protect Kal-El," Alura, the hologram said.
"Well...that's just sad," Kara said bummed out.
"Look, Kara, we don't know for certain what your mother was thinking during her last moments with you," Alex said.
"I need to get back to the office. Those emails aren't going to read themselves," Kara said flicking a tear away.
Kara entered Cat's office with new information. "Do you have a hired male gigolo on the side?" she asked bluntly.
"No, if I wanted a man do you think I would have to pay for one?" Cat asked.
"Is that a trick question?" Kara asked.
"What have you found?" Cat asked losing patience.
"I have monthly bank transfers to Opal City addressed to an A. Foster," Kara revealed.
"Adam Foster is my son," Cat said finally and got herself another drink. "His father is someone I didn't know very long. He's not Carter's father."
"Adam was kind of an accident. My ex said I didn't care about anything other than my business and why should either of them stick around," Cat continued.
"Was he right?" Kara asked.
"Don't interrupt me," Cat said annoyed. "I sued for custody, I had a high-powered attorney, and I threw everything I had at him. But I still lost."
"Wow, you must be a really terrible mom for that to happen," Kara said.
"Fuck you, Kara. I had a business to run. You have no idea what it's like when you realize your child is better off without you," Cat said.
"I'm kind of understanding it more-and-more," Kara muttered.
"I'm going to step down from Catco," Cat said somberly.
"Uh, you can't do that. I kind of need this job," Kara objected.
"You can get a job anywhere else. Why is it so important to you that you keep this one?" Cat asked.
"Well...my mother sent me away, so I could look after my cousin when I was just fourteen. My aunt wants to kill me and my foster mother hates that I'm flying around saving people. I guess you're the only middle-aged female figure I have that appreciates who I am with or without the glasses," Kara said reflectively.
"That is so sweet," Cat said condescendingly.
"I'll do anything to save you. Even if it means having Supergirl hang Dirk out a window," Kara said.
"Well, I don't think it will come to that," a male voice said from behind.
Kara quickly turned around and found a middle-aged man with a strong chin, piercing brown eyes, and an expensive suit walk in. Cat stood up as soon as he entered. "Mr. Wayne, so nice of you to visit," Cat said politely.
"Pleasure as always, Miss Grant," Bruce Wayne said.
Kara stared at Bruce. There was an aura of death and destruction beyond anything she had ever experienced before around this man. Bruce winked at her as if he knew what she was thinking. It was as if death personified was in Cat's office.
"It would seem our interests coincide. Here's the target," Cat said giving Bruce a profile page of Dirk.
"I'll take care of it," Bruce said putting the piece of paper in his pocket.
Cat then walked Bruce out of her office. Waiting outside were James, Winn, and Lucy. All three of them gave Bruce plenty of space. "You'll be sure to tell me if you find any other Owls," Bruce said softly to Cat.
"Of course. Anything for you, Bruce," Cat smiled fearfully.
Bruce gave Kara one last smile and walked down the hall out of sight. "Well, glad that's over with," Cat said relieved.
Alex and Hank entered Astra's prison cell. "Your troops haven't come looking for you. There's only one reason for that. Those aren't their orders," Hank said.
"You wanted us distracted. What is their real plan?" Hank questioned.
Astra ignored them. "Let me make this clear. I will come in there and beat your ass until you tell me," Alex threatened.
"You're the one that defeated the Hellgrammite," Astra recognized. "I like you."
"You're a little too old for me," Alex shot her down.
Hank eyed Alex. "Wait...what the fuck?"
"It's too late to stop what's happening, right now," Astra told them.
"Oh really? Just so you know, this whole being captured to throw us off doesn't impress me. Loki did it better," Alex said.
"The Joker, too," Hank added.
"I didn't get captured on purpose. Your Supergirl has a power above anything we have ever encountered before. She makes us look human in comparison. You're dealing with a monster beyond your comprehension," Astra warned.
"Well...that's fair," Alex agreed.
Kara found Cat on her balcony drinking liquor. "Oh, Kara. Another week, another crisis averted," she said.
"You referring to super-powered aliens threatening the world or your emails?" Kara wondered.
"My emails," Cat clarified.
"It was nothing, but I will take all the credit for it," Kara smiled.
"You know, I have noticed something. You overheard Dirk across the entire office. You went to Hawaii when Supergirl was MIA. You show up to work with random injuries that disappear within a day. Whenever Supergirl is out fighting who knows what, you're gone," Cat said figuring it out.
"Are you drunk?" Kara wondered.
"Just because I'm drunk doesn't mean I can't figure it out. You are Supergirl," Cat accused.
"Yeah, I literally told you that on my first day. That was how I got the job," Kara reminded her.
"Oh, right," Cat said a little embarrassed.
"While you're totally intoxicated and forgetting important details, I have a form for you to sign," Kara said handing her a form.
Cat immediately wrote her signature on it. "I want to see you without your glasses off."
"Why?" Kara questioned.
"I want to see if its enough of a disguise," Cat said curiously.
"Fine," Kara said taking her glasses off.
"Well, you look like hell without the suit," Cat said unimpressed. "I recommend you wear a brunette wig."
"That isn't happening," Kara shuddered.
"I want to thank you, Supergirl," Cat said finishing her glass.
Kara checked her phone. "Well, it's been great, but I have people to kill so I'll be going now."
Four Kryptonians and two criminal aliens under Non strolled through Lord Technologies with total confidence. Maxwell Lord and two bodyguards entered the lobby ready to fight. The Asian Kryptonian powered up his eyes to fry them to death. Maxwell fired his high-tech gun at him getting an exact hit on his eyes.
"What the fuck is this?" the Asian Kryptonian screamed as his eyes were covered in black gue.
"It's concentrated super-heated radioactive shit," Maxwell replied.
"Oh, it smells!" the Asian Kryptonian cried out.
"You are a champion of this world, shit thrower?" Non asked.
"I'm kind of a big deal, yes," Maxwell replied arrogantly.
Maxwell went to reload another shit canister when Non used his super-speed to knock his bodyguards down to the floor and pick Maxwell off the floor by his neck. "You should know, I'm kind of a big deal, too," Non told him.
"Oh really?" Maxwell gasped.
"Stop, stay where you are!" Hank said as he led a DEO team into the lobby with rifles at the ready.
"Kill them all," Non ordered and unnecessarily tossed Maxwell aside.
The DEO team fired bullets at the Kryptonians with no effect. The Kryptonians flew around firing their heat vision into the men. "This was a terrible plan," Alex chided Hank.
The two non-Kryptonian aliens did their part with one dividing himself into two and the other using poison gas out of her mouth. "X-men…did it better," a DEO soldier said before he passed out.
The only one to hold his own was Hank using his Martian powers to deactivate a Kryptonian's suit and then use a Kryptonite rifle on him. Just before Non could laser Alex to death, Kara slammed through the ceiling and created a crater on the floor.
Cracking her neck and then her knuckles, Kara grinned at the Kryptonian squad. "Time to open a can of whoop-ass."
"You remember me, little girl?" Non asked.
"I remember you used to be a mute," Kara smirked.
"I got that fixed," Non said sensitively.
"You also have white hair. How was your trip in the Phantom Zone?" Kara asked.
"Not as bad as where you're going which is straight to hell," Non glared.
"Let's do this," Kara said confidently.
The two flew at each other hitting at the fist. The glass in the building shattered upon impact as the floor shook.