Kara woke up in a strange bed. "Who did I sleep with this time?" she wondered.
"How are you feeling, Kara?" a floating robot droid asked her.
"Holy shit!" Kara said becoming wide awake and moving away from it.
"Reflexes are normal," the robot observed.
"Yeah," Kara said staring at the strange medical droid. "What are you?"
"I am Kelex, your medical attendant," the robot answered.
"Alright, you freaked me the hell out. Don't do that," Kara told the robot.
"Oh, is little Kara scared?" the robot mocked.
"Okay, it's on," Kara said ready to fry it with her heat vision. However, nothing happened no matter how much she stared at it.
"Would you care to dress before mental health arrives?" the robot asked.
Kara then realized she was naked under the sheets. She saw a white dress on her bed with her S crest on it. "Maybe, I will," Kara said passive-aggressively.
After Kara got dressed, she found a blue tunic on her bed. "How did this get here?" Kara wondered.
"I gave it to you," Alura reminded her.
"Whoa, where did you come from?" Kara asked startled.
"I have been at your side this entire time," Alura said concernedly.
"I should be back on Earth with my tyrannical boss, my dumb-ass co-workers, and my secret agent adopted sister," Kara said uncertainly.
"Oh, Kara, you must have had terrible hallucinations from the fever," Alura said sympathetically.
"Yeah, I wish they were," Kara muttered.
"You're safe now. You're home," Alura assured her.
Kara looked out the window and saw the capital city on her planet of Krypton. "Well...I'll be damned."
Cat came into the office demanding Kara. "Where is she and why isn't she answering her cell phone?" she demanded.
"There's like this solar flare that's wreaking havoc on cell phones and stuff," Winn said lamely.
"That sounds like bullshit," Cat said dismissively. "Bring her here now," she ordered.
Winn went to James for help. "Have you seen Kara?" he asked.
"Why would I?" James asked.
"I don't know. Maybe the two of you were having sex in the electrical closet again," Winn said bitterly.
"Winn, take a chill pill. I'll give Alex a call," James said.
Alex, James, and Winn stormed Kara's apartment. "She's not on DEO business," Alex confirmed to them.
"Glad you could tell us that after we got here," James muttered.
"Was that sass? I'll throw you in a cell too," Alex raged.
"You bring a key?" James asked condescendingly.
"Yeah," Alex said kicking the door open.
The three went into the apartment and found Kara, dressed as Supergirl, on the floor with a plant monster attached to her chest. "Wow," James said as he saw it.
"What is that?" Winn wondered.
"Don't touch it," Alex warned.
"I wasn't going to," Winn shot back.
"This Agent Danvers, we need a medical evac now," Alex called the DEO.
Kara was rolled into the DEO medical lab and quarantined. "The organism is gripping her torso with 100 lbs of pressure," Alex determined.
"So, basically she doesn't even feel it," the doctor said obviously.
"What the hell is going on around here?" Hank asked as he saw Winn and James.
"We are so sorry. We just wanted to help," Winn said pathetically.
"Shut your hole. Do not even look at me," Hank said to him.
"Okay," Winn said almost on the verge of tears.
"Where Supergirl goes, we go," James said boldly.
"Oh, hi James, how's it going?" Hank said to James giving each other a rehearsed handshake.
"We'll just get out of your hair," James said politely taking Winn with him.
"Oh, a bald joke. I get it," Hank smiled. "Go fuck yourself."
Meanwhile, medical personnel conducted scans on Kara. Hank entered the lab and confronted Alex. "Apparently, you need a refresher course on base protocol," Hank said annoyed.
"I know the regulation. I just decided to break it," Alex said boldly. "James and Winn are family to Kara."
"A loser boyfriend and her fuck-buddy don't qualify as family," Hank said bluntly.
"Do I then?" Alex said hurt.
"Well, yeah, you're legally adopted sisters," Hank said obviously. "So, what's her condition?"
"She's unresponsive to stimuli but her brain activity is still normal," Alex said.
"I'm surprised you found any brain activity," Hank scoffed.
"Sir, it's like her body doesn't seem to think anything is wrong," Alex added.
"What the fuck is that thing?" Hank wondered.
"No idea, but I'll see if Maxwell knows," Alex said leaving.
Alex entered Maxwell's cell demanding answers. "A plant monster is attached to her chest? That doesn't sound familiar," Maxwell said honestly.
"Let's make something very clear. If she dies, you die," Alex said dangerously.
"Well, I do have experience in medicine. Maybe, I can help," Maxwell offered.
The three of them went into the lab and tried to use a titanium claw to get the plant monster off her. "Who knew this thing would come in handy," Hank said as it pulled on the plant monster.
Kara immediately went into cardiac arrest. "You might want to stop pulling on it," Maxwell said condescendingly.
"If we try to pull that thing off by force, it will kill her," Alex concluded.
Kara eyeballed a statue on her desk of a Kryptonian dragon. "Do you see that? I made that for my father when I was eight. I never did get the wings right," Kara said of it.
"Yes, it was a great disappointment which is why he handed it back to you," Alura reminded her.
"Damn, I'm a failure even in my dreams," Kara realized.
"Language, young lady," Alura lectured.
"And this is happening," Kara muttered. "Hey, is cousin Kal-El around?"
"Of course. Would you like to meet him?" Alura asked.
"You bet," Kara grinned.
James and Winn went back to the office but stopped near the elevator. "When we last talked, I called Kara a slut," Winn said tearfully.
"Winn, she is," James assured him.
"I know that but it's not a nice thing to say. What if she never wakes up," Winn said distressed.
"Don't worry about it. Who we are to one another is the entirety of our experiences, not just our last moments with them. The last thing I said to Superman was that he was an asshole, and I sleep like a baby," James said to him.
"Thanks, man," Winn said appreciatively.
"Any time, loser," James smiled.
"Where is Kara?" Cat demanded, confronting Winn.
"She's got a tick and it caused an allergic reaction. It's really bad," Winn lied.
"Oh really?" Cat said skeptically. "You've been covering for her day-after-day and for what?"
"That's actually a good question. I have been meaning to...," Winn said lamely.
"Silence! Come into my office and tell me the real reason," Cat glared at him.
Winn followed Cat as if he were being led to slaughter. "What's the actual reason?" Cat asked impatiently as the doors closed.
"I know you're not going to believe me, but Kara is Supergirl. She's got an alien plant monster on her body that can't be removed and she's in a coma, basically," Winn said.
"Oh? Well, why didn't you just say that?" Cat asked annoyed.
"I didn't think you would believe me," Winn said honestly.
"I have been aware of Supergirl's identity since her first day. It's how she got the job. Now, is my golden goose going to make it?" Cat asked seriously.
"I don't know," Winn said surprised that Cat knew about Kara.
"Find out and fix my TV monitors," Cat ordered.
Hank came over to an IT worker. "I want our satellites working now!" he yelled at her.
"I know you're concerned about Kara but don't take it out on the troops," Alex advised.
"You don't understand. I'm always an asshole," Hank reminded her.
"I'm going to ask the Alura program for any information on this species," Alex said walking off.
Alex came to the room where the hologram of Alura appeared. "I need information related to the plant monster on Kara's chest."
"I do not have sufficient information regarding this species," Alura replied.
"Well...shit," Alex muttered.
Kara casually walked down the halls until she ran into her father. "Kara, good to see that you have recovered from your fever," he said.
"Yeah, sure," Kara said slightly intimidated by him.
"How is my favorite niece," Astra said from behind.
Kara stared at her evil aunt. "Nice of you to join the party, auntie."
"I wouldn't miss it," Astra said.
"How's Uncle Non?" Kara asked playing along.
"He's very busy on the Council. High Chancellor Zod has been giving him many assignments," Astra said.
"I bet," Kara said amused.
A ten-year-old boy then walked in with a metal globe. "Kara, do you know how to open it?" he asked.
Kara took a look at the globe and tried to figure the puzzle out. "Got nothing, kid," she said stumped. Kara then looked out the window and saw military ships patrolling the city.
"Whatever happened to the problem with the core?" Kara asked.
"General Zod threw a coup against the Council. He brought all of our skills and talents together to solve the problem. It wasn't easy but under Zod's strong-willed leadership, we were able to save our world," Zor-El, her father said.
"Well, I'll be damned," Kara said amazed.
Hank, Alex, and Maxwell considered another approach. "We know that Kara is indestructible but the plant is not. I suggest we light her on fire," Maxwell said.
"Really?" Alex asked skeptically.
"I'm being completely honest here. I think that would work," Maxwell said.
"Alright, let's do it," Hank said.
"You can't be serious?" Alex doubted.
"We don't have satellites and we've lost our best asset. I'm going to do whatever it takes," Hank said.
Kara was isolated in a room and then lit on fire. The fire roared around Kara but the plant remained the same. "What is happening?" Alex wondered.
"It's the reason why her suit doesn't burn away when she flies around. She's generating an energy shield that is protecting her suit and the plant from damage," Maxwell concluded.
"What do you suggest?" Hank asked.
"We weaken her with Kryptonite. Only then can we kill the plant," Maxwell suggested.
"Out of the question," Alex rejected.
"Well, then we have to get into her head. You willing to volunteer?" Maxwell asked.
Alex used a virtual reality machine to telepathically enter Kara's mind. She quickly realized she was on Krypton. Looking around, she found Kara, Kal-El, Zor-El, Alura, and Astra sitting around talking. "Kara?" Alex wondered.
"Who are you?" Zor-El asked.
"Her sister," Alex said referring to Kara.
"I have no sister," Kara said confused.
"Kara, your suffering from the effects of a plant creature. It's created this illusion to incapacitate you on Earth," Alex explained.
"Oh really?" Kara asked skeptically.
"Its where you've been for the last 12 years. I have come to take you home," Alex said.
"I am home," Kara replied seriously.
"Arrest this spy," Zor-El ordered security.
Alex was taken to a tribunal. "We find you guilty," Alura determined.
"What the fuck? No lawyer, no rights, no evidence, and no witnesses. What is this?" Alex objected.
"You are sentenced to life imprisonment in the Phantom Zone," Alura said without emotion.
"Kara, if you banish me we will both be trapped here until that plant kills us," Alex said.
"Don't listen to her. Once she is gone, we will be happy," Zor-El said.
"I think I can handle this," Kara said stepping closer to Alex.
"Why do you think they're trying to silence me? It is because they're afraid of what I have to say," Alex struggled against her restraints and the guards.
"She's trying to confuse you with lies," Alura warned.
"No, I'm trying to remind you of the truth. Life isn't perfect. I know it can be hard and lonely, especially for you. You have sacrificed and you have lost so much. I wish you would have had a life with your family but even if you did it wouldn't be like this. Because this isn't real," Alex pleaded with her.
"And deep down you know it," Alex finished.
Alex then fought against the guards as Kara watched. "This is some good shit, right here," Kara said to Kal-El.
"You fight every day to keep people from struggling as you have. I know you can remember. Please try," Alex said as she was eventually subdued.
"Because Earth needs Supergirl!" Alex pleaded as she was placed on the platform to take her to the phantom zone.
"Supergirl?" Kara wondered.
"Yes, remember that life. With James, Winn, and even Hank. Your friends need you and I need my sister!" Alex shouted.
Kara suddenly clapped her hands in applause. All of the other Kryptonians did as well. "Bravo," Kara said impressed.
"A most excellent performance," Zor-El approved.
"It was so touching," Alura said wiping away a tear.
"What the fuck is this?" Alex asked confused.
"All of this is Black Mercy. With the Alura program, I was able to genetically engineer the seeds. It took weeks to grow, though, but finally, the little monster bloomed," Kara said pleased.
"The Alura program said there was no information on this Black Mercy," Alex said confused.
"Yeah, who do you think erased the article from the archives?" Kara said obviously.
"So wait, you're not brainwashed?" Alex asked incredulously.
"Fuck no. I am in complete control of everything I experience here," Kara said.
"Kara, you are our pride and joy," Zor-El and Alura said together.
"It's total bullshit, but I love it," Kara said thoroughly amused.
"You led me to believe I was going to be banished to the phantom zone," Alex said still trying to comprehend everything.
"And you should have seen the look on your face," Kara smiled.
"How could you?" Alex asked outraged.
"Well, that's what you get for being a fun-Nazi. I try to have a few days off to get 'high' and you just come in here and ruin it," Kara said peeved.
"You purposefully risked your own life to get high?" Alex asked dumbfounded.
"As if? The plant detaches and dies after a short period of time. Then I wake up," Kara said simply.
"You had us worried sick! Satellites are down. Your aunt could attack at any moment," Alex said.
"Wow, I take one day off and the world comes to an end," Kara said mockingly.
"I would never do that," Astra said to Kara.
"I know you wouldn't," Kara nodded to her.
"You have to get out of this now," Alex told her.
"It doesn't really work that way. It just takes its natural course. Now, you can either enjoy Krypton with me or you can continue to bitch me out and get sent to the Phantom Zone. And if I send you there, it's going to be really boring," Kara said.
"Do you want to have dinner with us, Alex?" Alura asked.
"Yeah, sure," Alex agreed giving Kara the hateful eye.
Alex sat down across from Kara the dinner table. On her plate was a bowl of soup that had a giant spider in it. Kara, meanwhile, had a juicy steak in front of her. "Is this really Kryptonian food or are you still fucking with me?" Alex asked impatiently.
Kara smiled as she ate a mouthful of steak. "Sorry, I'll be nice."
Alex's spider soup turned into a lobster dinner. "To Krypton," Kara said raising her wine glass.
"Krypton forever," Alura said as everyone raised their glass.
Alex half-heartedly raised hers like all the others. She then noticed Kal-El drinking alcohol next to her. "Aren't you too young?"
Kal-El merely shook his head. "What's wrong with him?" Alex wondered.
"Oh, he doesn't get to talk in my reality," Kara explained.
"So, is this the first time you've been high?" Alex asked.
"Oh no, on Krypton I got high all the time," Kara assured her. "Earth drugs got nothing on us."
"Kara, you should have told us about this. We could all have gotten high together," Alura said hurt.
"I'm so sorry," Kara said with false sincerity.
"Can Black Mercy work on a human?" Alex asked curiously.
"I'm not sure. The stimuli could be too much and kill you. Also, you don't have nearly the same experience as I do," Kara said.
The room began to shake a little. "Oh, is it time already?" Kara said disappointedly.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked.
"When reality begins to break, it means the plant is about to die. We don't have much time left," Kara said sadly.
"Well, good. We have things to do," Alex said urgently.
Kara considered her Kryptonian family and then Alex. "Let's take a walk," Kara said and then the world shifted to Earth.
Alex watched in amazement as she saw her mother and father at the family home. Kara was dressed in casual Earth clothes. Alex saw a younger version of her dad walking around the house. "Kara?" Alex wondered.
"Go to him," Kara encouraged.
Alex went over to her mother and father and gave them a hug. "I love you, daddy," Alex said to Jeremiah.
"I love you, too, Alex," Jeremiah said warmly.
"Come inside. I made your favorite chocolate pecan pie," Eliza said to her.
Kara stayed outside and looked up at Earth's yellow sun. Changing reality, she imagined the sun several times larger and a Kryptonian city in the distance. She imagined Kryptonian dragons and ships flying about. "God, I love getting high," Kara said happily.
Kara awoke in the real world and saw the Black Mercy plant crawl away. It went black and died before it could escape out the door. "Are you alright?" Hank asked Kara.
"I think so," Kara said bewildered. "How long was I out?"
"Several hours," James said.
"Alex?" Kara asked.
"I'm here," Alex said taking off the virtual reality.
Kara faked tears. "Who did this to me?" she demanded.
"It was Non," Alex said immediately.
"I'm going to murder him," Kara pledged.
"Are you really fit to go out there?" Hank asked concernedly.
"I think so," Kara said shaking her head to regain her senses.
Winn awkwardly stood in front of everyone to give a class. "So, I found a hidden signal within our own satellite transmissions. They're using our satellites against us, you see. And the clock is ticking." A video of a clock ticking down appeared on the screen.
"This sounds like Independence Day," Kara recalled.
"Funny you should say that," Winn smiled.
"What's the connection?" Hank asked.
"They're all using Lord Technology servers which happen to be at the same base Non's troops attacked," Winn determined.
"Now, you know why they hit my facility. They didn't take anything from me. Instead, they added their own technology to my own," Maxwell said.
"It almost sounds like you knew this would happen," Hank said crossly.
Maxwell merely shrugged. "My company has six other satellite farms outside the city limits. They have to be the next target."
"Scramble to each of these locations," Hank ordered his men.
"This wouldn't be a genius trap of yours?" Kara asked Maxwell.
"I've been in this cell the whole time," Maxwell said innocently.
"If it didn't stop the Joker, it shouldn't stop you," Kara smirked at him.
"You've been an excellent help, Maxwell Lord. Now, back to your cell," Hank said to him.
"This is bullshit!" Maxwell shouted as he was taken away.
"Non is mine," Kara said seriously to Hank.
"Yeah, sure, fuck strategic planning," Hank rolled his eyes.
DEO helicopters and Kara took off to each of the six satellite farms. Kara found Non at one of the large satellite dishes and tackled him to the ground. "Do you have any idea what you did to me? I was trying to get high, but you had to fuck it all up," Kara raged.
"What the fuck?" Non wondered as he was punched repeatedly to the face.
Kara brought Non to his feet while keeping a firm grip on his neck. "Do you think I'll let you stop me? Never!" Kara shouted insanely.
"What are you talking about, you crazy bitch!" Non shouted back.
Kara punched him a few more times and threw him aside.
Alex repelled down from a helicopter while shooting at Astra as she worked on a control panel. Astra fired her heat vision at her rope snapping it. Alex fell to the ground with a thud. "Did not think that one through," Alex groaned.
"I'd be willing to let Kara live for the sake of our family and race but that does not extend to you, bitch," Astra smirked. Astra used her super-speed to get close to Alex and grabbed her by the throat. J'onn suddenly arrived punching Astra off of Alex.
"I thought all of your kind were dead?" Astra said confused.
"I am the last," J'onn told her.
"Wow, that's going to make me feel like shit when I kill you," Astra said remorsefully. Astra then flew at J'onn and started beating his ass all over the rooftop and onto another building.
Kara looked around as if she sensed something far away. Non took the opportunity to attack, pummeling Kara with punches to the face and torso. Kara simply allowed Non to punch at her for a good moment until Non was tired. Non stared at Kara wondering what damage if any he had done to her.
Kara leaped up and punched Non to the ground. Non got up only to be hit with a powerful punch to the gut that sent a shock wave through the woods. Non coughed up blood devastated. "How can you be this strong? I've trained for weeks under the most brutal conditions. You're but a mere child."
"You lost the moment you arrived on this planet," Kara said simply. She then kicked Non through the satellite dish blasting a large hole through it. With her heat vision, she blasted out the base of the satellite dish in a powerful explosion. The satellite dish came down with a thud.
Non cried out in rage and fired his heat vision at Kara blasting her several feet back.
Meanwhile, Astra loaded up her Myriad device not realizing Non had already failed. Alex fired her pistol at the control panel creating a spark fire inside. "No," Astra realized in horror.
J'onn pulled her away from the control panel and continued the fight. He used his special ability to allow Astra to flow right through him as if he were a ghost. Astra finally got the better of J'onn with a knife to his throat. "Fear not, Martian, I will give you a soldier's death," Astra said to him.
"Bitch, please," J'onn replied as a glowing green Kryptonite sword went through her chest. The blade severed her spine and nearly went through her heart.
Astra gasped in pain and collapsed to the ground as Alex retracted the blade. "Kryptonite, it is a bitch," Alex said to her.
Kara watched dispassionately as Non tried to crawl away from her. He had multiple bones broken, a concussion, and his guts scrambled by her attacks. Nothing Non could do had any effect on her. "Kara, come over here quick. It's Astra," Alex radioed her.
"Well, it looks like you lucked out," Kara said giving Non a good goodbye kick.
Kara shot up and sped to Alex's location. She arrived slamming onto the rooftop and found Astra on the floor motionless. "Looks like you got it handled," Kara said confused.
"There was a fight," Alex said vaguely putting her sword away.
"I killed her ass," Hank lied.
"Oh yeah, how did you manage it?" Kara asked skeptically.
"It helps to be a badass," Hank replied.
Kara casually strolled over to the defeated Astra. "Hello, little one," Astra said to her.
"No, you can't be like this. Tell me how you hate me or that your men are going to make me pay," Kara said sadly.
"I'm so happy to see that your sister brought you back from that bad habit," Astra said pleased.
"Really? It's so harmless," Kara shook her head. "I have to tell you when I was high, I saw you there and you weren't a bitch to me."
"Kara, listen to me. Non cannot be stopped," Astra said putting her hands on the sides of Kara's face.
"Well, I just did," Kara said unconcernedly.
"If you stand in his way, he will kill you," Astra warned.
"Yeah, as if," Kara doubted. "Before you die, you can redeem yourself by telling me everything you know about Myriad," Kara told her.
"I'm not...a cliche...Kara," Astra gasped and fell dead.
Kara frowned and shook her head. "Not like this...not like this."
"Kara, we have to leave," Alex said as Kryptonian soldiers sped towards them.
"Yeah, sure, whatever," Kara said, her fighting spirit gone.
At the DEO, Hank came over to Kara who was lost in thought. "We cool even though I killed your aunt?" he asked her.
"Yeah, we're cool. Imagine if I took it personally and threatened global security by quitting," Kara mused.
"If you ever feel you want to file a complaint against me, make sure you spell my name right," Hank told her.
"Your fake human name?" Kara asked.
"That's right," Hank nodded.
Kara got close to Hank and whispered in his ear. "Mother-fucker, I know you didn't do it."
Hank felt a human-like chill go down his spine as Kara walked off.
Kara came upon her apartment door and noticed it had been kicked in. "Great," she muttered and then found her co-workers cleaning her place up. "Wow, how embarrassing," Kara said as she realized her co-workers had seen how messy her place was.
"You shouldn't have," Kara said with false sincerity.
"You mean this wasn't mandatory?" Winn joked.
"It is if you're my boyfriend," Kara reminded him.
"Kara, we don't need to discuss the plant," James said gently.
"Good, because I don't care to talk about it," Kara said awkwardly.
"Well, I got you some potstickers," Winn announced.
"And I got you your favorite ice cream," James added.
"Oh, this is too much," Kara smiled guiltily.
"Yeah, it really is," Alex said knowingly. "Kara, I have something to tell you," she said seriously.
"Oh really?" Kara wondered.
"Don't get high again without inviting me," Alex said eventually.
"Alright," Kara agreed. "Hey, what do we do when a relative dies?"
"What?" Alex asked afraid of the answer.
"We get drunk as fuck," Kara said opening a beer and clinking with James and Winn.
Author's Notes: So, the twist was that Kara was never brainwashed by Black Mercy and was in complete control the entire time. I wonder how many readers predicted this before the reveal as Adventures is often the inverse of the CW version. Looking back on all this, Adventures Kara seemed a bit cruel to Astra but there is a lot of hurt and resentment there between Kara and Alura that was then placed on Astra fair or not. Alex killing Astra is IMO the most significant event that occurred in Season 1 as a matter of consequence and how it affected the relationship between Kara, Alex, and Hank. For me, this is the true mid-season finale and my favorite episode of the season.