Lucy led an army of black-suited DEO drones into the command center. "DEO is secure. What are your orders?" zombie Lucy asked Non. In the background was the computer intercom: "Containment override, cell dampeners will shut down in two minutes."
"Release the prisoners," Non ordered.
"It is done," zombie Lucy said.
"All but the White Martian. For everyone's sake, let that one be," Non ordered.
"Well...shit," zombie Lucy replied as the computer had already released it.
Lucy and her drones then went to a specific prisoner. "I know not your face, human," she said. "I am Maxima, Queen of the planet, Almerac. Open this door and you'll find out exactly what that means," Maxima said.
Lucy shrugged and worked the control panel releasing her. Maxima immediately beat down Lucy's guards and put Lucy in a stranglehold. "Do you value your life so little you won't fight back?" she asked disgusted with her.
"Myriad has begun on Earth. Non calls you to his legions. You will be the kings and queens of this world, once you swear your fidelity to him," zombie Lucy said.
"Since Superman refused the honor of marrying me, I will pledge allegiance to your Non," Maxima said.
"Whatever," zombie Lucy rolled her eyes.
Maxima, Lucy, and her drones came back to the command center and were blasted with frost breath. "Early parole is canceled," Kara smirked.
"Containment override deactivated," the computer intercom said.
Lucy noticed that the control panel had been smashed. "Yeah, it was the first thing I did once I came in," Kara smiled.
"We could have been family, Kara Zor-El," Maxima sneered.
"Say what?" Kara thought she had misheard.
"If only Superman had accepted my proposal to mate," Maxima clarified.
"No, he likes the weak and helpless kind, so he can think big of himself," Kara rolled her eyes.
Maxima charged Kara with an angry shout. "Yeah, I'm not in the mood for this," Kara said bored. Maxima swung at Kara missing each time. Kara dodged every attack and gave her one punch to the gut. Maxima was thrown back and slammed into a locked door with enough force that her body splattered like a bug on a windshield.
Lucy then fired a Kryptonite bullet at Kara, which she easily dodged. "Faster than a speeding bullet," Kara smirked as she moved faster than their bullets. Kara quickly knocked Lucy and another agent out.
"I know you're under some kind of mind control...but I'm not apologizing," Kara said to her unconscious body.
Kara then visited the locked-up aliens in their cells with a mic to the intercom system. "My so-called boyfriend decided to become a zombie, last night, so I am kind of pissed off, right now. If any of you think escaping is ever an option, be aware that I don't do any of that capture bullshit. I will turn you into paste. I'm in charge now," she said and then dropped the mic.
Kara flew to the Fortress of Solitude and shouted for the droid, Kelex. "How may I assist you, lady Kara?" Kelex asked.
"Finally, some respect," Kara said peeved. "Where is Kal-El?"
"Kal-El is attending a matter off-world," Kelex replied.
"Oh really? Why am I always stuck on this shithole planet?" Kara raged.
"Is that an actual inquiry?" Kelex wondered.
"Tell me about Myriad," Kara demanded.
"Warning, this construct is not authorized to discuss Myriad," Kelex said.
Kara took Kelex by the neck. "Look, fucker, you're going to tell me what I want to know."
"This construct is not authorized...," Kelex repeated.
Kara crushed the droid's neck destroying it. "I'll destroy this entire fortress if you don't tell me what I want to know. I don't give a fuck if there are extinct creatures, libraries, or artifacts from Krypton here. I...do...not...give...a...fuck," Kara said seriously.
"Hello, Kara," Alura appeared.
"Finally, some results," Kara smirked.
"Myriad was developed on Krypton by your aunt. It was created to prevent the planet's imminent destruction. We had strangled the planet's resources beyond recovery. The politicians argued but could not agree on what to do. Thus, according to high records, Astra implemented her own solution: Myriad. Technology designed to force everyone to her way of thinking," Alura detailed.
"Mind control," Kara rolled her eyes.
"When they were caught attempting to use Myriad against Argo City, Astra and Non were arrested. I used you to bring Astra and Non to me," Alura revealed.
"Well, that makes sense. You see, that wasn't so hard. You could have told me a long time ago," Kara said pissed off.
"Myriad could be used to enslave whole worlds with the push of a button. Such technology could upset the balance of power in the galaxy," Allura said.
"Well, when I kick Non's ass, I'm taking Myriad for my own purpose. My dream of a world government will finally come to pass," Kara said ambitiously.
"Wait...what?" Alura questioned.
"Oh, you should have seen the look on your face," Kara laughed.
Alura gave Kara a blank face. "How do I stop it?"
"Once it has started, it cannot be stopped," Alura replied.
"Well...shit," Kara muttered.
Kara flew into the Catco building and found all her co-workers working furiously on their computers with Kryptonian language on the screen. "Wow, I haven't seen such efficiency since ever," Kara said amused.
"What you working on, Kelly?" Kara said staring at the screen. "I bet it's really important."
Kara walked over to Winn. "Hey, Winn. I could really use a good friend, right now. You know you're my best friend, right?" Kara teased.
Winn completely ignored her as he continued his work. Kara shrugged and found James also working at his desk. "Hey, loser, I thought you were stronger than this. I was about to do this to you, last night," Kara said and then whispered in his ear.
Still, James said nothing. Kara frowned and went over to the TV showing live reports from Gen. Lane. "The United States Army has taken up positions at every entrance into Metropolis. Until this threat is neutralized, Metropolis has been quarantined."
"Nice, my very own city," Kara smiled mischievously.
General Lane answered his cell phone and got Supergirl on the line. "It's Supergirl."
"How did you get this phone? Where's Lucy?" Gen. Lane demanded.
"Oh, don't worry about her. I kicked her ass and she's currently unconscious on the floor at the DEO," Kara said nonchalantly.
"She's enthralled by Non's weapon, isn't she?" Gen. Lane asked.
"Yep," Kara replied.
"You did what you had to do," Gen. Lane allowed.
"Oh, I figured you would be a little more pissed," Kara said disappointedly.
"Oh, I'm livid I can't see the enemy I'm fighting against," Gen. Lane said. "FYI, the Justice League distress beacon at the headquarters has gone off. They may already be in the city."
"Hmm...," Kara considered. "That might be an issue."
Cat then entered the building as Kara hung up. She walked over to her office oblivious to the situation. "Tell Harrison Ford that Indiana Jones V is a horrible idea."
"Will do," Kara said having no intention of doing so.
"Why are you in your uniform?" Cat questioned.
"You're not a mindless drone. Is it because Non had no use for your talent to talk shit about celebrities?" Kara wondered.
Cat looked over her employees working on their computers on a non-Catco related task. "What is this about?"
"The whole city is being controlled by an alien signal. They're acting like automatons," Kara explained. "Haven't you noticed?" Kara asked her.
"Hmm...they are a bit quieter than usual. Maybe my reign of terror has finally reached them," Cat figured.
Kara noticed she was getting a text message. "I'm on my way," Clark.
"It's Superman," Kara realized. "He's coming to help."
Kara went over to the balcony and looked out. "Oh my God, what is happening to everyone?" Cat wondered looking at the marching people.
"You just noticed?" Kara asked flabbergasted. "There he is," Kara said spotting Superman approaching. Superman then went straight to the ground and started marching with the others.
"Ha! Weak sauce! Loser!" Kara hooted.
"If it's affecting everyone out there, these people inside, and Superman then why are we not affected?" Cat wondered.
"Girl power!" Kara gave Cat a high-five.
"Well, I might not be Superman, but I do have my moments," Maxwell Lord interrupted them.
"Oh, it's you," Kara frowned.
Maxwell walked around the office looking over the zombies. "Do Kryptonians gloat?" he asked rhetorically.
"Well, I know I do," Kara smirked.
"Uncle Non must be feeling pretty good about himself, right now," Maxwell said.
"Your attempts to tie this to me through family ties are weak," Kara critiqued.
"Why weren't you affected?" Cat asked Maxwell.
"Ion blockers," Maxwell said of his device. "I realized the Kryptonians were using my LTE interface system. That's why they broke into my lab. They're using my satellites to beam a signal directly into the minds of everyone in Metropolis. These scramble the signal before they reach the brain," Maxwell explained.
"Why do I get the impression you let this happen, so you could play the hero in the end?" Kara asked.
"That's right," Maxwell smiled like a villain.
"Nice, Max," Kara said genuinely impressed.
"Well, clearly not everyone needs that device because my brain is perfectly intact," Cat said skeptically.
"I see you have those earrings I gave you, last night. They also block the signal," Max pointed out.
"So many karats and yet so functional," Cat smiled. The two got close to one another as if they were about to make out, sexually attracted to their collective genius and yet disgusted with the other at the same time.
"Didn't seem right for the world to lose Cat Grant's mind," Maxwell said to her.
"I'm both amused and disgusted by this," Kara said immaturely. "If it only affects humans, why was my cousin affected?" Kara asked.
"Nature vs nurture," Maxwell said simply. "He may be an alien, but he grew up on Earth. Seems like environmental factors of him being around normal people made his mind more human. The Man of Steel brought to his knees all because he went to kindergarten and watched Sesame Street," Maxwell explained.
"That sounds like bullshit, Max," Kara said skeptically. "Do you have any idea how much television I consume?"
"I have no doubt," Maxwell smiled.
"So, how about you fix your satellites and stop this? You know, for funsies?" Kara asked.
"I tried. There are some epic force fields around them at the moment," Maxwell denied her.
"You're always ten steps ahead. What's your plan?" Cat asked Maxwell.
"Of course I do. We kill them all," Maxwell said simply.
"And by that, you mean I kill them all," Kara crossed her arms unimpressed.
That night, Hank and Alex sneaked into her parents' place. Eliza heard the noise and confronted them with a shotgun. "No, no, no, it's me, Alex," Alex said putting her hands up.
"Who's the kid? Did you have a son without telling me?" Eliza said hurt.
"Eliza Danvers: Don't freak-out," the kid said and then transformed into Hank.
"What the hell?" Eliza wondered pointing the shotgun on him.
"It's okay," Alex tried to explain.
"That thing killed your father," Eliza accused.
"Your husband is alive at Project Cadmus," Hank revealed.
"This is J'onn from Mars. He's a shape-shifter," Alex explained.
"This is too much to process at once. I'm getting a drink," Eliza said lowering the shotgun.
"Max, we have literally been waiting for hours. How do you plan on killing an army of Supermen?" Cat asked losing patience.
"I'd like to hear this one," Kara said skeptically.
"I'll tell you my plan when you're both on board. I can't have muscles over here stopping me," Max said referring to Kara.
"Glad you can admit when you're beaten," Kara smirked.
"Only when it comes to raw strength," Max said pointing to his brain.
"So, what's your big plan? Kill loads of people?" Kara asked.
"We're at war and the only way to win a war is to kill the enemy before they kill us," Max said.
"Hey, I'm down with that," Kara assured him.
"Looks like someone got past security," Cat muttered.
Non strolled his way over to them. "The son of Jor-El has already knelt before me."
"I know that wasn't supposed to come off as sexual but...," Kara giggled.
"I've had enough of your smart mouth. I don't want to fight you, child," Non said to her.
"Afraid I'll win?" Kara smirked.
"You've already lost. Accept it and embrace Astra's glorious vision. In the end, she defeated you," Non said.
"Making everyone in Metropolis a zombie? I'm not impressed," Kara told him. "I was there at Astra's final moments. We forgave each other. We paid respect to our blood bonds. She didn't want this."
"That's bullshit," Non disagreed.
Kara chuckled. "Damn, I really thought that would work."
"I want what she wanted: Peace on Earth and goodwill towards man," Non said.
"It's a little less like Christmas and more like Dawn of the Dead," Cat said dryly.
"The human race finally has a chance to live, or it would suffer the same fate as Krypton. The same thing is happening on Earth with a populace more interested in reality stars and political circuses than working together to solve the world's problems," Non argued.
"Hey, that reality star and that political circus could be our next president," Kara shot back.
"That's never going to happen," Cat said skeptically.
"So, mind control is the answer to climate change? Why didn't I think of that?" Max asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, Max, why didn't you?" Kara wondered.
"I was being sarcastic," Max said obviously.
"Thanks to Myriad, there are no more racial divisions, no Republicans, no Democrats," Non said.
"What about Libertarians?" Kara wondered.
"No one takes them seriously," Non said dismissively.
"Damn," Kara said feeling disrespected.
"Only one people, working with one purpose, towards one goal: To save the world," Non summarized.
"Except you haven't saved them. You have enslaved them," Cat said.
"Yeah, this sounds an awful lot like communism. As a red-blooded American, I can't let you do this," Kara said resolved.
"With these people? These are the best your world has to offer?" Non pointed to Cat and Max.
"Hey, you can go fuck yourself," Cat said to him.
"I agree with that sentiment," Max chimed in.
"All you do is amuse the populace to death. If anything, they laid down the groundwork for me," Non said.
"You've already turned us into drones," zombie Winn said entering the conversation.
"Is that really Myriad because that's something the real Winn would say," Kara said amused.
"Your inventions have drowned out sense and turned it into nonsense," zombie James said.
"But now everyone is united, everyone's creativity and thought, dedicated to eradicating famine, disease, climate change," zombie Winn listed off.
"You're harvesting the brainpower of everyone in the city to solve the world's problems? Metropolis is a giant think-tank?" Max asked actually impressed.
"Hey, climate change isn't real, alright. I've been to the Arctic, and I can tell you it's COLD there," Kara said shivering from the thought of it.
Non, Cat, Max, and even the zombies stared at her incredulously. "What?" Kara said to them all.
"Your heroics have done nothing to save the planet," zombie Winn said.
"Damn, that's harsh," Kara said wiping away a tear.
"This is the inevitability of Myriad," zombie James added.
"Non, stop this. I'm starting to get bored," Kara said with her arms crossed.
"These are your friends, are they not?" Non asked.
"These fuckers? I don't even know their names," Kara lied.
"I have suffered loss because of you. Now, let me return the favor," Non threatened.
James, Winn, and Kelly walked away from their desks and went towards the balcony. "Non has ended crime in Metropolis in one day," Winn said as he marched to his death.
"Don't you see, Non? Where's the fun in that? You can't kick ass if there isn't anyone out there to kick?" Kara said hoping he would see reason.
"Supergirl, if you may, save my employees. They're difficult to replace," Cat said pointing them out.
"You won't order them off the roof. No balls," Kara said to Non.
"Oh really?" Non replied.
The three of them jumped off the ledge. "Well...shit," Kara realized.
Kara rushed out the window and caught James and Winn before they could hit the ground. Poor Kelly wasn't so lucky. Kara let go of the two zombies and went over to Kelly. "I'll avenge you," she said seriously.
"You missed one," zombie James said.
"You don't have to rub it in," Kara said smarting.
"Do not stand against me or more will die," zombie Winn told her.
"Fine, whatever," Kara frowned.
"Everyone you know, love, and care for will die. Accept defeat, Kara Zor-El. I have already saved Metropolis. Next, I will save the world," zombie James said.
"Know this, if you manage to succeed in enslaving the whole world, I will burn it down," Kara said to zombie James. "Better dead than red."
Kara flew back up to the Catco office. "Are you finally ready to hear what must be done?" Maxwell asked dramatically.
"Yes, Max, we've been waiting for twelve hours. God damn!" Kara said impatiently.
"Before we suddenly became friends, I was working on a weapon that could destroy you," Maxwell began.
"I'll humor you," Kara scoffed.
"A bomb filled with Kryptonian dust. It would irradiate the city and kill them all. I was going to use you to lure them all into the city. Choke them all," Maxwell said.
"Won't that kill Supergirl and Superman?" Cat asked.
"Not if she detonates it over the city center. You won't be able to come back to the city in around fifty years but that's a small price to pay," Maxwell said.
"But I like this city," Kara complained.
"What about human beings?" Cat asked.
"The concussive force to properly displace the Kryptonian dust will result in some losses. A few hundred thousand maybe," Maxwell said.
"Now, you're talking my language," Kara smiled dangerously.
"Versus the seven billion on the planet," Maxwell argued.
"Are you seriously considering this?" Cat asked Kara.
Kara shrugged. "The only other thing I can think of is that I kill every Kryptonian individually. Even if they escape, the planet is only so big."
"Even with your experience, you can't kill them all. They'll kill you first," Maxwell said.
"Oh really?" Kara doubted.
"Look, you either start giving a shit about this world or this is going to happen," Maxwell told her.
"What if I throw you out the window? What happens to your plan then?" Kara asked.
"I've already given the US military the plans, and I know they have their own Kryptonite supply," Maxwell revealed.
"You son-of-a-bitch, I knew it was the right decision to not have you die on that train," Kara said pleased.
"So, either I use this weapon with your help or the US military will do it eventually anyway and probably fuck it up," Maxwell said. "Time to save the world, Supergirl. Are you with me?"
Kara sat waiting for Maxwell to make calls to military leaders. "The president agrees with your assessment. You will be promised a pardon if shit hits the fan on this," Gen. Lane assured Maxwell.
"Thank you, general," Maxwell said pleased.
"May God have mercy on our souls," Gen. Lane said gravely.
"If there was a god, she wouldn't have allowed this in the first place," Max said signing off.
"You don't have to flatter me with that feminist bullshit," Kara told him.
"I did it to piss you off," Maxwell said condescendingly.
"How did you become like this?" Kara asked.
"You mean, a godless heathen?" Max said.
"Yeah," Kara said.
"My parents were killed with defective suits trying to cure people. How is that for justice?" Maxwell asked.
"They're in heavenly bliss and you're in this shithole called Earth," Kara reasoned.
"Or I keep making millions while they rot in the ground," Maxwell countered.
"You know, there were atheists like you on Krypton that denied the sun god Rao. They're space dust just like everyone else. All of Krypton's cities, libraries, art, and literature, and all of our inventions are gone. The same will happen to the Earth when humanity goes extinct and the sun swallows it up," Kara mused.
"So, there's no point to anything?" Maxwell asked.
"The only point is having fun. Did your parents have fun curing diseases? Did they enjoy their work?" Kara asked rhetorically.
"You and Superman do all your good works with a frown believing it's some kind of moral obligation and the both of you look you wish for the sweet embrace of death," Kara noted.
"I have fun trying to stop you," Maxwell admitted.
"And I have fun stopping you," Kara smiled back.
Later that night, Kara and Cat looked over the balcony of the Catco building. "I've always liked the view out of this window. I wish I had it from my office. I like looking at the park. All the people. Mothers pushing their strollers. Kids playing," Cat said.
"Uh-huh," Kara said wondering where she was going with this.
"I wonder which of them will die in Max's moronic attempt to save the city," Cat said finally.
"Bravo. Superb guilt trip," Kara mock applauded.
"Find another way or you're fired," Cat threatened.
"Damn," Kara realized. "What am I supposed to do about this? I can't punch through this."
"You're more than just killing things," Cat said to her.
"Not really," Kara frowned.
"How is it that Superman inspires hope and you only inspire fear?" Cat asked.
"Because he's completely whipped," Kara replied. "Still, this gives me an idea."
Kara took a stroll among the zombies of Metropolis that walked by her. Eventually, she came upon the Justice League all controlled by Myriad. "Ready for another ass-kicking?" Kara challenged them.
Superman, Green Lantern, and Hankman came forward. "It's her, the anomaly," Superman said with a monotone voice. "Do we proceed?"
"Yes, she is still...," Hawkman answered.
"Only Kryptonian," Hal finished with a sneer.
"Nice, did you rehearse that?" Kara mocked. Hawkman flew up and with his new mace fired lightning at her. Kara fired back with heat vision so that two beams hit in the middle and exploded.
Wonder Woman launched herself at Kara with her lasso. Kara dodged her attacks but got her neck caught in Wonder Woman's lasso. Kara was then thrown about as Wonder Woman whipped her around. Wonder Woman then tugged her lasso hard in an attempt to strangle Kara.
"You will fail, young one," Wonder Woman said to her.
"No, I won't...wait, I guess I'm not lying," Kara said with renewed confidence. Taking hold of the lasso, she spun Wonder Woman around in a circle hitting cars and street posts with each swing. Kara then released herself from the lasso and tossed Wonder Woman into a building.
Flash suddenly came onto the scene and gave Kara a look over. Smiling approvingly of her outfit, he then punched her hard to the face. A stunned Kara went sailing as Flash repeatedly punched her across the street. Just before she was about to hit the ground, Flash hit her again keeping her in the air. Kara focused on Flash and blasted him with frost breath slowing him down just enough for her to catch his punch.
"You have speed but no punching power," Kara told him. She twisted his right arm out of its socket and then broke his right leg. Flash went down unable to move.
Wonder Woman leaped into action to defend Flash with her sword. Kara caught the sword with her teeth and shattered it. "No fucking way," Wonder Woman said stunned.
Kara threw Flash aside and then took hold of Wonder Woman's throat lifting her off the ground. Wonder Woman briefly struggled before Kara forced her to pass out. Kara then saw Green Lantern approach with Superman and Hawkman.
"We must combine our powers," Hal said to the others.
"You finally understand that you'll never win one-on-one?" Kara mocked. "By the way, how's the arm?"
Hal's right arm was encased in a green energy cast from before. "I only need one arm to kick your ass," he told her. With his ring, he formed an energy shield around himself.
"So, Hal, do you ever feel fear?" Kara antagonized.
"Inconclusive," Hal replied without emotion.
"Let's fix that," Kara smirked.
Hal formed a debris field of scrap metal constructs around him and then started throwing them forward. Kara tensed up as she created a solar shield around her incinerating the green constructs before they could hit her. Hal kept up the pressure giving Kara an unlimited supply of green scrap metal. Superman fired his heat vision at Kara from a different angle. Kara tensed up as she kept her shield up from both attacks. Hawkman rose above Kara and used his mace to fire lightning down on her.
"You all lack strength," Kara said to them as they kept up their attacks. "You're finished."
"You will never win," Hal said to Kara.
"And why is that?" Kara asked skeptically.
"Because you are alone, and I am not," Hal said to her.
"Oh, that's sentimental bullshit," Kara scoffed and then expanded her shield against them. Hal, Superman, and Hawkman were thrown aside from the force of her shield. Within a second, Kara chopped Hal's left arm disabling both arms and taking off his ring, punched Hawkman to the face putting a punch mark in his helmet, and punched Superman to the gut dropping him.
Kara gave Superman a sympathetic look and then kicked him high into the sky. Kara launched off the ground after Superman and continued to punch him higher into the atmosphere. Non and Indigo watched intrigued as the two went higher into the sky.
Kara and Superman continued to punch and kick at each other as they went higher. Kara grinned as she took Superman by the throat and launched him towards space.
"What is she doing?" Non asked Indigo.
"She's taking him outside Myriad's wave," Indigo quickly realized.
Superman shook his head as he regained his senses. It was too late as Kara punched him hard towards the ground. Superman hit the ground outside the city like a bullet creating a massive crater in the ground. Kara then landed back to Metropolis and looked over the fallen Justice League. Satisfied, they were all defeated she suddenly noticed a device wrapped tightly around her neck.
"What the fuck?" Kara wondered as she fell to her knees. With her fingers, she tried to pull it off only to have her fingers burn as they touched it.
Batman towered over her. "A collar enthused with Kryptonite. It will gradually strangle you until your head pops off."
"You're under Myriad's control, too?" Kara asked surprised.
"Fuck no," Batman said obviously.
Batman gave Kara a good look over with his fierce eyes. "So, you're not under Myriad, either. Interesting," Batman said.
"How?" Kara gasped.
"Because I'm Batman," he said simply. "So, whose Batman's bitch?"
"I...am," Kara struggled.
"That's right and don't forget it. Fix this mess," he ordered and then casually walked off.
The neck collar continued to get tighter on Kara and then deactivated falling off her. Kara gasped for breath and then fearfully looked around for him. Finding nothing, she flew away from the scene.
J'onn flew Alex into the city limits. J'onn immediately transformed into Hank but was struggling to resist the Myriad wave. "What is it?" Alex asked concernedly.
"The Myriad signal is strong. It's taking a lot of mental energy to shield myself and you," Hank said feeling the worse headache of his life.
"If you have to sacrifice me...," Alex said and was suddenly tackled by a blue blur.
"Consider it already done," Hank muttered. He took out his pistol and fired on Indigo but the bullets simply went through her as if her body were liquid.
"The T-1000 has nothing on me," Indigo grinned. "I calculated a 25.6% chance you would be a dumbass and come here."
Hank phased through Indigo, took her from behind, and slammed her into a vehicle. Hank slammed her repeatedly until she morphed her front to her back. Hank then punched through her head. Indigo's head morphed into an arm and a new head grew from her shoulder. Taking Hank's arm, she sliced it off with her bladed hand. With his remaining arm, Hank dragged Indigo across the ground and threw her against an electrical tower creating a shower of sparks and fire. Hank then regenerated the lost arm.
Indigo emerged from the fire as a chrome being and slowly became herself again. She pointed at Hank hitting him with a long metallic spear. Hank was slammed into a vehicle with the spear in his shoulder. Indigo calmly walked up to him. "Call to Alex Danvers. I know this hurts. Call to her," Indigo ordered him.
"Fuck you," Hank stared her down.
Alex then slammed a piece of rebar through Indigo with a pipe. "Really, Alex?" Hank rolled his eyes.
"There you are," Indigo said taking the rebar out of her gut and slamming Alex to the chin with it. Indigo gave Alex a good beating with it and then pulled her up to her feet.
"You're going to be my little pawn now," Indigo smiled as Alex was taken over by the Myriad signal.
Kara and Cat strolled into Maxwell's lab as he was carefully placing bomb canisters together in a case. "Good. You changed your mind," Max said pleased.
"We're not using your bomb. Supergirl has a plan," Cat said confidently.
"Which means Cat browbeat you," Max said unimpressed.
"More like threatened to fire," Kara muttered.
"Wait...you work for her? But she's your harshest critic. You're...the assistant," Maxwell figured it out.
"Really, Kara?" Cat glared.
"I can fix this," Kara said realizing her mistake.
"Do you realize how unethical this is? That's how you're able to know everything about Supergirl before anyone else. You've been writing editorials against Supergirl while having her on your staff," Maxwell said amazed.
"Spare me, Max," Cat rolled her eyes.
"Can we get back to business?" Kara asked feeling uncomfortable.
"Yes, what...is...your...plan?" Maxwell asked condescendingly.
"Hope," Kara nodded.
"You know what? I'm gonna go with the plan that has the bomb and kills the bad guys instead," Maxwell said unimpressed.
"I told you this was stupid," Kara said to Cat.
"This is the only way to win," Maxwell said.
"But what are we winning?" Kara asked rhetorically.
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," Maxwell replied.
"You hated me for months because I kill indiscriminately. How is this any different?" Kara asked.
"Because I'm killing people like you that would lord over us. And when I am finished with these Kryptonians, you're next," Maxwell smiled.
"Oh really?" Kara scoffed. "Detonate the bomb right here, right now, and let's see who survives."
"Are you going to present an alternative or are you just going to bitch me out for taking the necessary action to win?" Maxwell asked.
"We're going to need some broadcast equipment," Cat said finally.
Kara, Cat, and Maxwell went looking around for the necessary equipment. "Will any of this work?" Kara wondered.
"Well, no reason why it shouldn't," Cat said.
"I can think of a dozen reasons why old, dusty, unused equipment may not work," Kara said pessimistically.
"So, you brought us out to an out of the way TV station so we can dust off your daytime Emmy?" Maxwell asked sarcastically.
"Actually, my last Emmy was last year, so you can go fuck yourself, Max," Cat shot back. "We are going to broadcast a symbol of hope."
"We can transmit a signal by calibrating it to Myriad's frequency without leaving any online fingerprints," Max analyzed the equipment.
"That sounds like bullshit," Kara doubted.
"Max, how did you know I would wear these earrings?" Cat asked.
"I had hoped you would," Maxwell smiled.
"Now, you see, that's bullshit," Cat pointed out.
The three of them heard a thud outside. "Well, it looks like we're busted," Kara said amused.
"Deal with whatever is out there," Cat ordered.
"Yes, ma'am," Kara said obnoxiously and left.
Kara walked outside the television station and found Alex in a mechanical suit with Kryptonite imbued in it. "Really, Alex? I said not to come here. This is my show."
"I warned you what would happen if you worked against me," zombie Alex said.
"I thought we were on the same team," Kara said impatiently.
"I found your ultimate opponent," zombie Alex said without emotion. "One that knows your every weakness."
"Oh really? Where?" Kara said unimpressed.
"Your sister, idiot," zombie Alex said scornfully.
"Oh, I see what's going on," Kara nodded. "Couldn't face me yourself, could you? You had to take control of my sister's body. You're just one step away from having no balls, Non," Kara said.
"You have no choice. Kill Alex Danvers or let her kill you. Either way, you lose," zombie Alex said. She then took out a Kryptonite sword. "Remember this? It's the same sword your sister used to kill Astra. It's almost justice."
"Almost being the keyword," Kara smirked. "This isn't going to bring back Astra."
"I don't want to bring her back. I want you to join her," zombie Alex said as she charged forward.