Kara awoke to Twenty-One Pilots on her radio-alarm. Annoyed, she crushed her alarm but the music kept going. "What the fuck?" Kara wondered as she looked around for the source of the music. There was a knock on the door. With her X-ray vision, Kara saw the very thing she needed to see that moment: doughnuts.
"Are those for me?" Kara asked hopefully as she opened the door.
"Yeah, that's why I'm here," Alex said as she entered.
"I noticed none of them are crullers," Kara narrowed her eyes.
"I got you some powdered ones. The crullers were out," Alex admitted.
"It's alright. I'll just snort the powder up my nose," Kara said as she placed the doughnuts on a table. "So, who did you kill that was close to me that I should get this offering?"
"Err...we need you back at the DEO," Alex said awkwardly.
"I'm not going back to the DEO, Alex. I can't. Not with Hank around," Kara said as she ate a doughnut.
"Kara, Hank was just doing his duty, okay. Protecting the planet just like you do every day," Alex said.
"I don't kill," Kara rebuffed.
"Kara, you kill people at least once a week," Alex reminded her.
"Oh, right," Kara smiled as she recalled each one. "I could have brought Astra back to the light side," Kara said sitting across from Alex.
"You know that's bullshit," Alex rejected.
"Expose Hank as an alien and the DEO is yours. We could rule the DEO together, as sisters," Kara said darkly.
"I can't do that. Hank has powers that rival your own. We need him," Alex said.
"As if," Kara scoffed.
"At least he uses his powers. You're always holding back for fun or dramatic tension. It makes me a nervous wreck not knowing whether you're struggling, hurt, or just fucking around," Alex said.
"I have yet to be truly challenged," Kara assured her. "Get rid of Hank and unleash me."
"Don't you have work?" Alex asked wanting to change the subject.
"Yeah," Kara said unmoved.
"Well, unlike you, I have to show up on time," Alex said.
"With Hank gone, you can set your own schedule," Kara tempted.
Alex hesitated but then walked out the door. Kara eyed Alex as she exited the apartment complex. Once she was gone, Kara rapidly ate each doughnut.
Kara showed up late to work as usual and found Siobhan antagonizing Winn. "How's it going, Siobhan?" Winn said pleasantly.
"I'm sorry. I have difficulty making conversation with men under six feet tall," Siobhan said rudely.
"Oh, I didn't hear anything you just said. I was too busy paying attention to your boobs," Winn replied.
"Is that because you're eyes only reach that high?" Siobhan shot back.
"No, its because its only thing interesting about you," Winn said holding his own.
"Is that for Ms. Grant?" Kara asked interrupting them.
"Why yes it is, and I'm going to deliver it to her," Siobhan said proudly.
"Just make sure you open it before Ms. Grant does," Kara warned.
"I'm taking the credit for this one. Buzz off," Siobhan said refusing to do as Kara suggested.
"What are you doing?" Winn wondered.
"It's reverse psychology," Kara smirked.
Later that night, James came by with potstickers. "Is that from Pho'King?" Kara asked hopefully.
"Yep," James said putting the bag down.
"Oh, that's my favorite," Kara said gleefully.
"Hey, do you think Cat did the right thing by not releasing the cheaters' list?" James asked.
"Well, seeing as how her soon-to-be ex-husband is listed, I would say there's definitely a conflict of interest," Kara said as she shoved food in her mouth.
"I need to tell Lucy," James said seriously.
"You're the second person today that's tried to bribe me with food," Kara noted. "Non knows where I live. I don't trust Hank anymore. I'm on the verge of freaking out."
"Hey, planning a surprise party for me or something?" Lucy asked curiously.
"Why does it always have to be about you?" Kara rolled her eyes.
"No, we were talking about...," James said struggling to come up with a decent lie.
"The package from earlier," Kara saved him.
"Don't get me started. There's nothing I hate more than liars," Lucy said annoyed.
The TV monitor then shifted to a blond woman in a blue dress. "Greetings, Catco employees. I'm disappointed in all of you. Especially you, queen of all media," she said.
"Not impressed. Livewire did the same thing. I suppose you're the hacker that gave us that thumb drive," Cat said.
"I handed you the story of the year," the woman said peeved. "How sinners have turned the Internet into a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. But you failed to act, and so now you're officially on my shit list," she said.
"Computers control everything, communications, banking, and even traffic signals," she continued. "The age of chaos begins now."
"Toyman Jr., fix this," Cat ordered.
Catco employees all started to give Winn dirty looks. "You know what? Fuck you guys. I know what you search in your browser history," he said standing up for himself.
Kara couldn't miss this for the world. She flew around the city witnessing all sorts of car crashes. "Oh, my God!" she said tensing up in orgasmic bliss. The tire screeching, the glass shattering, the metal rubbing against each other, oil squirting out in gushes.
"Supergirl: Liberty Avenue," James said to her through his watch.
Kara flew to the spot and rammed her shoulder into the cargo truck destroying its engine block. "Wow, that was a rush," Kara said as more cars crashed into each other around her. She proceeded to zip around smashing into cars that were about to hit other cars.
"I know this might be too much for you, New Yorkers, but how about you treat each intersection like it has a stop sign, alright," Kara told a group of drivers with cars she had destroyed.
The next morning, world markets were hit with a powerful cyber attack. Kara watched amused as Catco employees freaked out over their retirement fund and bank accounts. "That's why I always invest in gold, real gold. You should talk to Gold Bond," Kara said to Winn.
"Are you being paid to say this?" Winn asked skeptically.
"Yeah, but only in gold," Kara said obviously.
"Kara, in my office!" Cat ordered.
Kara closed the glass door behind her. "What can I do for you, ma'am," Kara smirked.
"Don't call me that," Cat said irritably. "Who or what is causing this?"
"I have no idea," Kara said honestly. "I bet Winn could crack the case."
"I see what's going on here. Remember this: I may not be able to fire you, but I can easily fire your nerd boyfriend," Cat threatened.
"If only...," Kara considered thoughtfully.
"Don't say it," Cat warned.
"I gave a shit," Kara finished.
"It's a good thing you broke up with my son. You're terrible girlfriend material," Cat scolded.
"Coming from you, I must be fucked," Kara shot back.
"You know who is on that list, don't you?" Cat realized. "How? The package wasn't opened. Can you X-ray vision data on a thumb drive, too?"
"Please, I took the package, looked over the contents on my computer, resealed it, and then handed it back to the post office for Siobhan to pick up," Kara said obviously.
"That's a lot of work for something that isn't your job," Cat said.
"Story of my life," Kara smiled.
"Is my soon-to-be ex-husband on that list?" Cat asked seriously.
"I can't say it out loud," Kara said and then whispered into Cat's ear.
"I had no idea," Cat said stunned.
Winn came over to Kara's apartment and went to work on his laptop to isolate the source of the hack. "What's the wifi password?"
"Oh, I'm off the grid," Kara replied.
"Seriously?" Winn said crushed.
"I'm just fucking with you. You should have seen the look on your face," Kara chuckled. "It's 'Kara_is_supergirl!'," Kara told him.
"That is the worst password I have ever heard," Winn remarked.
"Hey, I put an exclamation point in it," Kara excused. "But you know, we could do other things besides work."
"I really have to do this. My job depends on it," Winn said urgently.
"Okay, but maybe you could work on this in my bedroom," Kara invited.
"This desk works," Winn said and began working furiously on his laptop.
Kara watched bored sitting on her sofa. Twenty-One Pilots then started playing in the apartment. Kara scanned the apartment with her X-ray vision for the source but found nothing.
"Did you hear that?" Kara asked.
"Hear what?" Winn asked as he continued working on his laptop.
"Your mumbling," Kara said annoyed.
"I don't mumble. I'm writing code and it helps when I talk it out loud," he said. Kara decided to get more comfortable by taking off her pajama top. Winn continued to ignore her. Kara then stretched out her arms and took off her shirt. Still, Winn was engrossed in his work.
"So, what's happening out there?" Kara asked finally.
"She has created what's called an oscillating variable matrix to cover her footprints," Winn explained.
"I don't understand a word you're telling me," Kara said completely lost.
"I am working on a way to find her," Winn said simply.
"And then I kill her ass," Kara said clasping her hands.
"Right," Winn agreed. "But as far as we know, she could be on the other side of the world."
"No, I could be on the other side of your screen," the blond woman said taking over Winn's computer. "You know, you're quite clever for an ape."
"Wait, I thought all alien races look the same is because we all descended from an ancient humanoid race," Kara said thoughtfully.
"That's retarded," the blond woman replied.
"You're freaking me out, lady," Winn said wide-eyed.
"Then let's meet in person," the blond woman replied.
"Name the time and place," Kara said clenching her fists.
"How about now?" she asked and suddenly appeared in the apartment as a blue-skinned Mystique-looking alien with red hair.
"So...does the carpet match the drapes?" Kara smirked.
"Supergirl, is it? What makes you so super?" not-Mystique asked.
"I can literally destroy this planet," Kara replied. "By the way, that symbol reminds me of someone."
"It is the sign of my people. The fountain of omniscient knowledge. I know everything about you," not-Mystique said.
"What are you? Some kind of living Internet?" Winn wondered.
"You could say that," Not-Mystique smiled at him and then punched Kara through the apartment window. Not-Mystique then took hold of Winn and extended her tongue so that it licked his cheek and neck.
"Oh my God," Winn cried out in terror.
Hank and Alex suddenly barged in with pistols ready. Not-Mystique let Winn go and retreated to the Internet. Meanwhile, Kara rested on a rooftop in quiet reflection. "Can anyone win against the Internet? Is it possible? Should I even try?"
"Kara!" Alex shouted with her shrill voice.
Kara contemplated going back inside wearing only her pajama bottoms and bra. Groaning, she got back up and appeared back in her apartment. She then noticed Winn was still alive. "She retreated back into the computer. I shut it off, so she can't come back," Winn said.
"Basically like Livewire but less powerful," Kara mocked.
"They saved me," Winn said relieved.
"Nice of you to kick in my door again," Kara said peeved.
"We just saved...whatever you are," Alex said referring to Winn's unknown status.
"I'm her...," Winn began and then struggled to articulate the rest.
"Keep going, I believe in you," Kara said condescendingly.
"Boyfriend," Winn finally said.
"Really?" Alex asked unimpressed.
"Unlike you, he fixed my laptop," Kara pointed out.
"You can hire someone to do that for you," Alex said.
"But he did it for FREE!" Kara argued.
"Wow, this is just sad," Hank remarked.
"Almost as sad as you killing my aunt?" Kara glared at him.
"I'll be happy to fight you here and now and demolish what you call an apartment," Hank said towering above her.
Kara gave Hank the crazy eye. "How did you know we were under attack?" Winn wondered.
"We tracked the signal from the traffic lights to this wifi signal," Alex explained.
"The rest is classified. Available only to active DEO agents," Hank said.
"Please, it will be on Wikileaks within the hour," Kara mocked.
Kara woke up to Twenty-One Pilots but no alarm clock could be found. Looking everywhere for the source, she found Winn passed out in his chair. Kara looked over what he was working. It was code but hand-written. Kara snapped her fingers waking him up.
"Are we under attack?" Winn asked startled.
"Yes, by me," Kara said staring into his eyes.
Winn looked at his watch. "We need to get to work," he said alarmed.
Kara rolled her eyes. "I'll get us a taxi."
A flustered Winn and Kara went to the street corner. "We'll never get a taxi," Winn doubted.
"Oh really?" Kara said as she stepped into the middle of the street. A taxi stopped before it could hit her. "Shall we," Kara said to Winn.
At work, Kara was ambushed by Alex and Winn. "That chat you had with Siobhan was hilarious. Her family is almost as fucked up as yours," Kara said to Winn.
"You overheard that?" Winn asked stunned. "Sorry, dumb question."
"So...how can I help you? Kara asked Alex as she walked in.
"I didn't come for you. I came for Winn," Alex said. "He's got a better grasp on Python 6 malware encryption than anybody at the DEO."
"Wow, that says more about the DEO than Winn," Kara mocked.
"You are the worst girlfriend ever," Alex chided.
"Coming from you, I must be fucked," Kara replied.
"If we want to permanently disable this cyber threat, he's our best shot," Alex said.
"My gold holdings are skyrocketing now, so I don't think so," Kara rejected.
"I definitely will not go if you don't want me to," Winn said pathetically.
"Then it is settled," Kara said instantly.
"He can make his own decision," Alex pressed.
"I can?" Winn wondered.
"The moment he leaves the building, I'll get Cat to fire him," Kara countered.
"Yeah, like is this a job?" Winn asked.
"No, you would be volunteering your services to your country like a good patriotic American would," Alex said.
Kara burst out laughing. "You done?" Alex asked impatiently.
"This sounds really cool but I don't want to...," Winn stammered as he saw Kara's crazed expression.
"Its fine, Winn. But when you come back, you're going to be punished," Kara told him.
Alex gave Kara and Winn a weird look. "Okay, let's go," she said taking Winn with her.
"What was that about?" James asked as he saw Alex take Winn away.
"Winn just got drafted by the DEO," Kara said and then crushed her coffee cup.
"Still upset with the DEO? I completely understand," James said smoothly.
"Yeah, but I still need info on aliens. The Alura program is at the DEO," Kara considered.
"I know a place where we can get info on aliens," James said knowingly.
Kara flew James to the Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic. James was dressed warmly but still shivering as Kara wore only her Supergirl uniform. "You're a lot faster than your cousin," James remarked.
"I know, right," Kara smiled. "So, how do we get in? Where is it?"
James brushed off some snow revealing a golden key. "Seriously, he just keeps a golden key under the doormat?" Kara scoffed.
"It weighs a million tons of condensed dwarf star," James told her.
"Wow, that's probably so radioactive it could sterilize the planet," Kara commented.
"He said only a select few could lift it," James said unconcerned.
"Well, I can't. So, I guess we go back," Kara said disappointed.
"You're fucking with me?" James asked hopefully.
Kara gave him a dramatic pause before she easily lifted it. "Amazing how you can lift this, but you had trouble controlling an airplane's weight," James said.
"Is that sass? How about I drop this on your foot?" Kara asked rhetorically.
"Alright, sorry," James backed off.
Kara placed the key in the slot and opened the door. She then dropped the key on the ground where it descended down to the Earth's core. "Well...shit," Kara realized.
The two made their way inside and found a crystal palace. "Can't believe Clark never brought you here," James said as they walked through it.
"Yeah, what an asshole," Kara said as she looked around.
"Is this what Krypton really looked like?" James asked.
"Nope, maybe thousands of years ago," Kara said. "This is like being in the Giza Pyramid."
"Gotcha," James said understanding her meaning.
"Now, how does this panel work?" Kara wondered as she touched it.
"Hello, Kara Zor-El. How can I help you?" a droid asked.
"Tell me everything you know about blue-skinned, red-headed, Brainiac-looking women," Kara ordered.
"She goes by Indigo, and she's very dangerous," Kelex said.
"No shit?" Kara wondered. "Glad we came out here to hear this."
"She intends to wipe out the human race just like she tried on Krypton," Kelex added.
"So, basically Skynet," Kara understood.
"We should run this by Hank Henshaw," James suggested.
"Fuck that guy," Kara rejected.
"I know he killed your aunt...but she was an evil bitch. You know that, right?" James said sympathetically.
"I know," Kara sighed.
"Well, I guess we should get going. It's a little too cold for me," James said shivering.
"Oh, I didn't realize. Kelex: Is this structure made of ice or crystal?"
"Kryptonian crystal," Kelex answered.
"Let's warm this place up," Kara said taking her arms out of her uniform and lowering her top. Kara grinned as her body emitted a gold light that heated up the entire fortress.
"Wow, its actually getting a little too hot in here," James said as the temperature rose.
"Let's fix that," Kara said grabbing hold of him.
Kara and James awoke ass naked in a comfortable crystal bed. "I never knew Kal's bed would be so comfortable," Kara mused.
"Do you think he'll mind?" James asked concerned.
"I hope he does," Kara giggled.
"That reminds me...oh shit!" James realized.
"What?" Kara asked wondering if the world was coming to an end.
"I totally forgot about my date with Lucy. I am so fucked," James said panicked.
Kara rolled her eyes. "Just tell her you were with me discussing cyber terrorism or whatever," Kara said.
"Like that's going to fly," Jame shook his head.
Kara and James rushed to get back to the office the next morning. Lucy was noticeably pissed-off that James had forgotten about their date and was with Supergirl instead. Kara decided to calm the situation by talking to Lucy personally.
"I got you some green tea," Kara said giving it to her.
"That's disgusting, thank you," Lucy said taking it.
"Are you okay?" Kara asked curiously.
"If James is going to stand me up for anyone, at least its Supergirl," Lucy said feeling sorry for herself.
"I know, right?" Kara agreed.
"Kind of hard to compete with that," Lucy continued.
"Yeah, it would be hard," Kara agreed.
"I mean, what do I have that's better than her? I mean...I have a master's degree in law, I'm an Army veteran, I'm legal counsel to the most powerful woman in media, and I even have bigger boobs than her," Lucy listed off.
"I'm not so sure about that last one," Kara said defensively.
"Please, we did a whole magazine cover to it," Lucy said handing her the magazine.
Kara eyed some of the headlines. "How Supergirl gives renewed confidence to small-breasted women," was one of the headlines. "Wow, we actually printed that," Kara said stunned.
"Look, I know that you think James doesn't make your relationship a priority but...," Kara said and then lost her train thought.
"But what?" Lucy asked.
"I honestly lost my train of thought on that one," Kara said truthfully. "Did he ever tell you about how his dad gave him his first camera before he died in combat?"
"No, he didn't," Lucy said awkwardly.
"Well...shit," Kara said realizing she was making things worse.
"He never told me," Lucy said offended.
"Well, I'm just trying to say that he's an amazing guy, maybe not to you at the moment, but in general," Kara said lamely. "I mean, he could be with anyone else, literally anyone else, and he chose you."
"Thanks, Kara," Lucy said sarcastically. "For sharing this. It helps a lot."
Kara winced as Lucy left the balcony.
Later that day, Kara and James were working on leads into cracking the case against Indigo. "So...I might have fucked you when it came to Lucy, FYI," Kara warned him.
"Kara, what did you do? Are you trying to sabotage me?" James asked freaked out.
"I was trying to defend you and it didn't come out right," Kara said honestly.
Lucy then entered the room and gave them both the evil eye. "What if the hack on Diamond Discretion was just a diversion? What if it was bigger than just embarrassing people. General Mathers, he was one of the names listed," Lucy discovered.
"So?" Kara wondered.
"He's the only one that has access to nuclear missile silos," Lucy explained.
"Well, it sounds like Indigo intends on nuking someone," Kara smiled excitedly. "Wait a minute. You expect me to believe that Indigo created all of this chaos, so we wouldn't realize she was after this one compromised general? Then we are expected to believe that this general would be clumsy enough to bring a cell phone to a missile silo?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, basically. Generals act like idiots all the time," Lucy said knowingly.
"Like your dad, huh?" Kara smirked.
"How dare you say that about my father. He's a God damn war hero," Lucy said pissed off.
"Who, if I recall correctly, lost control of a robot and fired your ass," Kara shot back.
"You want some of this, bitch?" Lucy said ready to fight.
"Let's fight about this after we prevent the apocalypse," James said getting between them.
Fort Pemberton
General Mathers entered the silo headquarters. Immediately, his soldiers gave him the salute as he entered. "You don't salute indoors. Holy fuck!" the General said agitatedly. "What's our situation?"
"We're at Defcon 5. All systems are normal," an officer reported.
"There's reception in here?" the general wondered as his phone went off.
"Well, Sir, you shouldn't have a phone in this highly sensitive facility," the officer lectured.
"Do you know who the fuck I am...," the general raged and then Indigo teleported herself into the facility.
Soldiers immediately took out their pistols on her. She easily overwhelmed them with physical attacks, took a pistol from one of them, and shot everyone dead. "How do you like that?" Indigo asked a fallen soldier.
"Mystique...did it better," he said before passing out.
"Oh really? Did Mystique cause a global apocalypse?" Indigo asked him as she took two sets of keys from him and another.
Indigo then expanded her arms, so she could unlock the nuclear missiles. Once she accomplished this, the doors on the silo began to open. However, Indigo saw a fast-moving bogie headed right towards her.
Kara landed at Pemberton and tossed the heavy door aside like it was nothing. Kara sped towards Indigo and engaged against her hand-to-hand combat. "It's over, Indigo," Kara told her.
"For the human race, I agree," Indigo smiled and then racked her fingers over a console. "Nuclear launch sequence activated," the intercom informed them.
"Well...shit," Kara realized.
Indigo took hold of Kara on the floor locking her legs and pinning her arms to her chest as the countdown continued. "I calculate the death toll at seven million," Indigo told her.
"You know, that's still just one-thousandth of the Earth's population," Kara said dismissively.
"Don't pretend you don't give a shit. I know better," Indigo hissed.
"You should know that this hold isn't going to keep me," Kara said rolling her eyes. She easily pulled Indigo's hands away and snapped her legs to free herself. She then elbowed her to the face for good measure. Once free, Kara went after the missile that was headed to Metropolis.
Hank, Alex, and Winn worked frantically as the missile went up. "Estimated time to Metropolis is in three minutes," Hank said as he saw the missile on the map.
"President has ordered us to Defcon 2," Alex said getting off the phone.
"I guess we should now be super on alert now," Hank said dryly.
"James, I'm too late. You got maybe three minutes tops before it hits," Kara said through her phone earpiece.
"Well, I guess we're all fucked then," James replied not bothering to move.
"We got a bogie," Alex said as a new signature appeared on the map.
"About time," Hank grumbled.
Kara flew alongside the missile and pushed it away from Metropolis. The missile, however, was self-correcting and went back towards the city.
"Well...shit," Kara realized.
"I have Supergirl on the line," an analyst told Hank.
"What the fuck did you do this time?" Hank raged.
"Look, I need your help. You can be an asshole to me later," Kara told him.
"You need to shut down its onboard computer," Hank told her.
Kara scanned the missile with her X-ray vision. "Found it," she reported in.
"Input the kill code 11747," Hank said as he read from a manual.
"That's way too many numbers for me to memorize at once," Kara said as she accessed the flight computer.
"It's one-one...," Hank said slowly.
"Oh, I have an idea," Kara said brightly.
In a flash, she was ahead of the missile stopping it completely by holding its nose. She then gently tilt the missile upwards and gave it a good kick into space. Kara followed the missile before it could self-correct and kept it going until it ran out of fuel in space.
"That wasn't the plan but good job," Hank said to her.
"Well, I just figured that shutting off its engines would still have it land inside the city limits and still detonate. What did you think would happen? That it would actually overshoot the city and land in the bay without fuel?"Kara asked.
"It's your fault it launched in the first place," Hank reminded her.
"Maybe if you fools didn't bring a cell phone into a missile silo," Kara shot back.
"Get over there and kill Indigo. That silo has a lot more missiles than just that one," Hank reminded her.
"Fine," Kara said speeding over to it.
Kara landed back into the silo headquarters and took Indigo to the floor. "I bet you didn't calculate that," she smirked.
"Who are you talking to?" Indigo wondered as she heard voices coming from Kara's earpiece. "I knew you were too stupid to work alone."
"Says the one working with Non and his whole gang," Kara shot back.
Indigo took hold of the general's phone and inserted her arm through it. James was minding his own business at Catco when Indigo started choking his ass. "What the fuck?" he gasped.
"I am beyond a body. I am beyond time and space. All I have to do is squeeze my fingers, and your friend dies. I'm invincible. I am a god," Indigo said proudly.
"Release restraint number one," Kara said holding out her hands like a square and glowing yellow.
"Restriction number what?" Indigo wondered and then got hit with a nasty computer virus.
Indigo fell to the floor severely damaged from the virus. Kara powered down as she saw Indigo try to crawl away from her. "What have you done to me?" Indigo shrieked.
"No idea but the Internet is a scary nasty place. In the end, the Internet always wins. You tried to argue with the Internet with all its trolls and malcontents. The Internet is like the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded," Kara told her.
"I'm the reason you're here," Indigo spat.
"Say what?" Kara doubted.
"I saw your pod orbiting this system's star endlessly. With my mind, I took control of your pod and brought Fort Rozz out of the phantom zone. I discontinued your pod's program and brought you here to Earth. If not for me, you would have orbited the sun forever...just as your parents intended," Indigo revealed.
"My parents may have been assholes, but they would never have left me orbiting the sun forever and ever," Kara disagreed.
"They were going to have you orbit the sun for thousands of years until humans became technically advanced to rescue you. You were never meant to protect your cousin. You were a nuisance and a burden but here you are playing hero because I rescued you," Indigo said.
Indigo then shrieked as she was torn apart into bits of data. "Well...good thing most of that went over my head," Kara said to herself. She then looked around for life signs with bodies everywhere.
"Good thing none of you guys heard that. So embarrassing," Kara said to them.
"Are you okay over there, Supergirl?" Alex asked.
"Yep, good thing our communications are encrypted," Kara said.
Kara strolled into the Catco office as Cat was watching TV with James behind her. The news was giving some BS report about how the nuke was in fact a piece of a satellite that had routinely broken off in the atmosphere. "That was no rocket was it?" Cat asked James.
"Nope," he replied.
"How close were we to death?" Cat asked.
"Like, really close," James answered.
"Good thing for Supergirl," Cat muttered.
"So, since I saved the city and everyone's lives I was thinking maybe a raise is in order," Kara said interrupting.
"Oh, don't worry, Kara. I have something special planned for you," Kara assured her.
"Can't wait," Kara said brightly.
"Cancel my dinner reservations. I'm going home to hug my son and cook him chicken," Cat said.
"But...you can't cook for shit," Kara reminded her.
"Figure of speech, Kara. Of course, I have my own chef," Cat rolled her eyes and left the office.
"Can I tell Lucy now? I'm trying to get laid tonight," James said bluntly.
"Wasn't I enough for you?" Kara asked offended.
"It's different with Lucy. It's the crazy angry kind of sex, you know," James said.
"Fine, tell her I guess," Kara sighed.
"Thanks," James said gratefully.
James walked onto the balcony and found Lucy brooding. "I got some really cool news to tell you," James began.
"We are so over," Lucy said teary-eyed.
"Wait...why?" James asked stunned.
"Kara came to talk to me to try to fix things between you and me. She mentioned a story about your camera, how your father gave it to you before he died," Lucy said.
"The only reason I told her that was because I wanted her to retrieve it from Maxwell Lord. It's not even true," James excused.
"We've been together for so long, but I don't know a thing about your dad," Lucy said hurt.
"My dad was an asshole. End of story," James said.
"You told Kara because you love her," Lucy concluded.
"Love is too strong a word for it," James said honestly.
"I know you've been cheating on me with her, James. I've read all your text messages and emails," Lucy said outraged.
"Okay, now you're being a crazy bitch again," James told her.
"You have no idea how crazy I can be," Lucy said and walked off.
"Fuck me," James sighed.
Kara casually watched Alex and Hank spar in the training room. "That was so slow, you made me sleepy," Kara said to the two of them.
"It's good to see you, too, bitch," Hank replied.
"Well, the world almost ended, but I saved the day on my own," Kara said.
"That's bullshit. James, Winn, and Lucy helped you," Alex corrected.
"I think I did ninety-nine percent of the work," Kara rolled her eyes.
"We're that one percent, Kara. Without the team, the world is in danger. I know you don't give a shit, but I do. I've seen what happens to a world when all life is extinguished. My world is now a dead cold desert," Hank said.
"Alright, that's fair. Perhaps, I can forgive you for killing my aunt, my last remaining relative," Kara said glaring at Hank.
"Besides Superman," Hank reminded her.
"Oh, fuck that guy," Kara said dismissively.
"I saw Astra...standing over Hank. He was defenseless. She said she was going to give him an honorable death," Alex said.
"Sounds like she kicked your ass, Hank. How did you manage to kill her then?" Kara asked.
"Hank didn't kill Astra. I did," Alex admitted.
Kara turned away from Hank and Alex and closed her eyes as she heard the rest. "When you got there, Hank saw how devastated you were. He didn't want you to get angry with me, so he took the blame and I let him. Because I was afraid of losing you, and I can't lose you," Alex said filled with emotion.
Kara gave a slow clap. "Bravo. Great performance."
"Wait...what?" Alex wondered as she wiped away her tears.
"I knew the entire time. What really grinds my gears is that the two of you lied to me about it," Kara said.
"No, that's bullshit. You couldn't have known," Alex doubted.
"She knew," Hank said softly.
"I got the eyes of an eagle," Kara said wide-eyed.
"Then, what the fuck was all this about?" Alex asked pissed off.
"I didn't want you to know that I knew. I didn't want you to feel guilty and sad for what you had to do to save Hank and the world. I thought that if I kept going with this charade against Hank, it would make you feel better," Kara said.
"You put Metropolis and the world at risk, you know that?" Alex said.
"I realize that the game has changed," Kara allowed.
"The game has always been the same whether it be Zod trying to terraform the Earth, to Lex Luther creating Doomsday, to Steppenwolf opening a portal to another world. This planet is constantly under attack, and we need heroes like you to save us," Alex said seriously.
"I can't be the hero you want me to be. The temptation is just too great. I can't afford to lose control," Kara told her.
"That's what we're here for, so you don't lose control," Alex said.
Kara gave Alex a sad look and the two sisters embraced, crying as they did. "Alright, enough of that. Back to work," Hank said gruffly.
Kara reached out to Hank. "I'm not into that sentimental bullshit. I expect both of you to be composed within five minutes."
"Hardass," Kara said as he left.
Wayne Enterprises, Gotham
Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, dressed in expensive suits, entered the Wayne Enterprise boardroom for a surprise visit. "Mr. Wayne, such a pleasure," the chairman said as he entered.
"I'm here because I have a thumb drive of this board's sins on Diamond Discretion. As it happens, none of you pass for a decent human being. Your continued existence is a mockery of morality," Bruce began.
"Come on, Bruce. It couldn't be that bad," the chairman doubted nervously.
"Oh really? Mr. Burton, you cheated on your wife eight times. You even had sex with her best friend while you were supposed to be watching the kids," Bruce accused.
"In the bed that you and your wife share no-less," Dick added.
"Mr. Newman, you got your girlfriend drunk, paid a guy from the mailroom to have sex with her while she was passed out only for you to break up with her when she sobbingly confessed in the morning. She killed herself," Bruce continued.
Mr. Parker, you flew to Thailand on company travel, so you could have sex with an eleven-year-old boy!" Bruce said as he walked around the table.
"Mr. Fox...," Bruce began.
"Kiss my ass," Lucius Fox told him off.
Bruce decided to skip him and went to the next person. "Miss Tate...," Bruce considered. "You are an innocent. You led a good life. Good for you," Bruce said sincerely.
"Mr. Daggot, you have more skeletons than this entire party combined. I can not even mention them out loud," Bruce said somberly.
Bruce then whispered what he did in his ear causing the grown man to cry. "You're his father, you sick fuck," Dick remarked.
"Alright, that settles that. Good work, Dick," Bruce said giving Dick a high-five. "See you sons-of-bitches at the next quarterly meeting."
"Whose house? Say what? Run's house. Whose House?" Dick chanted as they exited the room.
"Okay, that's enough of that," Bruce told him as they exited.
Non played with a spinning omegahedron as he contemplated Indigo's remains. "I merely broke your heart, but Supergirl...she really fucked you up."
"Now, are you ready to do things my way?"
Non turned on the intercom system to the Frank Sinatra's My Way and proceeded to give Indigo an "I told you so" dance around the computer console.
Author's Notes: Indigo was played by Laura Vandervoort, who played Kara Zor El on Smallville Season 7. I appreciated her Smallville performance as it seemed more "alien" than Melissa Benoist who plays Kara as a normal human that happens to have Kryptonian powers. Indigo's explanation of how Kara got to Earth plays into Kara's abandonment issues leading to her obsess over those close to her and her general craziness. The scene with Bruce is from Dogma with Ben Affleck's dialogue. Seemed appropriate due to the subject matter of the episode and Affleck's connection to Batman.