Svalbard, Norway
Dr. Jones was a no-nonsense climate scientist at Thorul Arctic Research Station. His female colleague got his attention after an unusual find. "Dr. Jones, there's something you need to see," she said.
"Has the permafrost thawing accelerated?" Dr. Jones asked concerned.
"I don't know," she admitted.
"It's already melting at a rate that'll put Helsinki underwater in the next decade," he raged.
"And become a new Atlantis," she said brightly.
Dr. Jones came into the lab and saw a dead wolf on a table. "Is this a joke?" he asked peeved.
"It's been trapped in the ice for five thousand years but still remains warm," she said concerned.
"That's ridiculous," Dr. Jones said and looked over the dead animal. "Bring in everyone," he ordered.
All of the Norwegian scientists came into the room as Dr. Jones conducted an autopsy. As he did, the wolf's head popped off and tentacles went flying. The wolf's gut became jaws trapping Dr. Jones. "Someone, get a flame thrower," a shout went out. The wolf suddenly sprouted clawed limbs. "Not again," Dr. Jones said as he struggled against the Thing.
Metropolis
Meanwhile, Kara and Mon were at the alien gay bar. "Aldebaran rum. Deadly to humans," M'gann said to them.
"Your attempt to poison us is weak," Kara smirked.
"It's actually from Giggles," M'gann pointed out.
Kara looked over and saw a pale-blue skinned alien wave at her. "Giggles?" Kara chuckled. "This is the fourth round of drinks I've been given by lesbian aliens."
Mon downed the drink and struggled to keep it down. Kara also drank it and then burped fire. "Not bad," Mon complimented. "Another!" he demanded, throwing the glass down on the floor breaking it.
"That's the spirit," Kara nodded.
"You want me to work here among these weaklings and deviants?" he asked skeptically.
"Your main job is collecting information. People spill all sorts of things when they're drunk," Kara said.
"When do we train?" Mon asked seriously.
"After we get drunk as fuck," Kara told him.
"I can agree to that," Mon smiled.
M'gann came over to them as the two of them were sloshed. Mon was holding his own albeit barely as Kara could barely focus on anything. "You guys done?" she asked them
"Oh, we've just begun," Mon said and then grabbed her arm. He put two fingers to his forehead and disappeared instantly.
Kara took a good minute to process what had just happened. "Shit!" she realized.
Mon reappeared in the middle of nowhere in an open space with M'gann still held tightly. "Call to your people," Mon ordered.
"I'm not one of them anymore," M'gann said fearfully and then phased her arm out of his grip.
Mon fired in all directions from his hand creating a perimeter of fire. M'gann backed away from the fire as her crippling phobia took over. "Call them," he insisted.
M'gann gave a scream to her White Martian people. In short order, dozens of them burst from the ground and surrounded them staying a distance away from the fire. Mon cracked his knuckles as he readied himself for a good fight.
Mon tensed up, gave a scream, and then overpowered the White Martians with a powerful fiery explosion that could be seen from space. "Pathetic," Mon said as he saw the dead White Martian army.
Kara landed on the burnt field Mon had made. M'gann was on the ground devastated from the explosion. Kara then noticed White Martian corpses everywhere.
"You've had this technique of yours this entire time?" Kara accused.
"Of course," Mon said nonchalantly. "Surprised someone could be faster than you?"
Kara sighed. "A part of me wants to kill you. You're too dangerous for this world."
"And the other?" Mon wondered.
"Wants to have your babies," Kara said thoroughly turned on.
"Why not both?" Mon asked her.
Kara kissed Mon on a battlefield filled with White Martian corpses. Kara then turned to M'gann who was still crawling away. "Mon is going to take one of your bartender shifts. You will remain silent about all this," Kara ordered her.
"Yeah, sure," M'gann surrendered.
"Find yourself a hole to dig yourself into. It's going to get wild," Kara smiled.
Mon tensed up creating red flames around himself. "I call this the King's Fist," he said gaining power and speed instantly.
Kara motioned for him to come at her. Mon lifted off and flung himself at her. The two met at the fist creating a powerful shock wave across the entire field. As they fought, the White Martian bodies disintegrated as energy discharges blasted everything around them. Kara punched Mon hard flinging him into a rock formation.
"You dead, yet?" Kara asked him from the hole.
Mon screamed in rage blasting the rock away from him. He fired continuous energy blasts at Kara without effect. Kara's hair moved with the flow of the wind as the fire raged around her. Kara emerged from the fire and fired heat vision on him. He quickly flew away from her heat vision. Kara followed him with her heat vision when he suddenly teleported next to her and swiped his leg through her body.
Kara's image faded as Mon kicked through it. The real Kara gently pushed Mon sending him tumbling across the ground several times before he crashed into a rock formation. Putting his hands together, Mon fired an energy blast at Kara. The light went around Kara as if she wasn't there and blasted a rock mound behind her to nothing.
Mon panted from effort as Kara casually approached him. Defiant to the end, Mon flew at Kara and punched and kicked at her as fast as he could. Kara blocked all of his attacks until Mon's fists, arms, feet, and legs were bruised and bloody. Kara then pointed her finger at him and paralyzed him. Mon gritted his teeth as he tried to move. Kara's index finger became slightly strained as Mon grunted and screamed in the effort. Kara finally released her hold on him sending him to the ground.
Kara lifted him off the ground. Her uniform was fine but her hair was a mess."Take me to my apartment. I have to take a shower."
"Can I join you?" Mon asked spitting out blood.
"Of course," Kara smiled warmly.
Mon took hold of Kara and teleported them both to Kara's apartment.
At the DEO, Hank, Alex, and Winn looked over a report from Norway. "Thorul Arctic Research Center," Winn said showing a video of scientists being attacked. The attacker was unclear from the video. "So, after the SOS went out, nobody has been able to get in touch with them. The government put the whole place on quarantine until the DEO could investigate," Winn said.
"Where's Kara?" Hank asked.
"She was at the alien bar and then disappeared suddenly," Alex said.
"There was a sudden power discharge in New Mexico," Winn said helpfully.
"Probably having fun with Mon again. Alex, you're coming with me in the jet. Get a squad ready to go," Hank ordered.
Hank, Alex, and a DEO squad went through the lab and found only dead bodies. They finally came across Dr. Jones. "Cold...cold," he muttered.
"He's going into shock," Hank judged.
Dr. Jones was brought to the DEO clinic for observation. "They're all dead, aren't they?"
"I'm sorry," Hank said sincerely.
"I would keep you here for observation," Alex said.
"Climate change is not taking a break. Our planet is being destroyed. And not by any invader but us. Just taking it for granted," he raged.
"Holy shit, dude. All of your colleagues are dead, and we don't know why," Alex said stunned.
"My colleagues gave their lives to stop climate change. I have to carry on in their names," Dr. Jones said fanatically.
"We may need to ask you further questions," Hank said sympathetically.
Kara strolled into the clinic as Supergirl. "You nearly froze to death and you're concerned about global warming," she mocked.
"Climate Change," Dr. Jones clarified.
"We just need to push the planet a little farther in its orbit. Problem solved," Kara said obviously.
"Can you do that?" Alex wondered.
"Maybe," Kara smirked.
"Climate Change isn't a joking matter. We will become extinct as a species," Dr. Jones said upset.
"Well, maybe your species," Kara mocked. "Remember when Reverend Dan talked about the End Times. Maybe Climate Change is part of it," she said to Alex.
Alex shivered as she recalled his sermons. "Is this real?" Is this happening right now?" Dr. Jones asked freaked out.
"Don't worry about it, man. We won't live to see everything go to shit," Kara told him.
Dr. Jones looked like he was going to go crazy. "You're stressing out my patient," Hank glared at Kara.
"Fine, whatever," Kara said and then proceeded to throw a Pepsi can in a normal trash can. Dr. Jones was immediately triggered and began thrashing about.
"So, what's up?" Kara asked Alex as they walked down a path adjacent to the bay.
"I just wanted to talk to you about something about me," Alex said awkwardly.
"Already bored," Kara yawned.
"Fuck you. This is important," Alex insisted.
"Oh really?" Kara rolled her eyes.
"It's about Maggie," Alex began.
"Your cop friend," Kara recalled.
"She and I started working on a couple of cases together," Alex said.
"I know. I was there," Kara interrupted.
"And, you know, we started hanging out after work," Alex continued.
"I know, I go to that bar, too. By the way, she can't play pool worth a damn," Kara remarked.
Alex paused to gather her thoughts. "And I've been starting to think about her."
"What the fuck does that mean?" Kara asked impatiently.
"I mean...I've started developing feelings..for her," Alex said.
"Like feelings of disgust because she's totally incompetent and slutty?" Kara wondered.
"She's not slutty," Alex said offended.
"Okay, let's agree to disagree," Kara allowed.
"Where was I going with this?" Alex wondered confused.
"I think you were finished," Kara said. "Good talk."
There was a good pause between them. "No, I have more to say," Alex said putting her thoughts together.
Kara rested on a park bench bored. "Just spit it out."
"So...she's gay," Alex said.
"I would hope so. Otherwise, she's a real tease," Kara said amused.
"How do you know about that?" Alex asked annoyed.
"Let's just say Maggie is the engine and there's a train of girls behind her...a very very long train," Kara said.
"Well, many women are unsure of themselves about their sexuality," Alex excused.
"I'm sure it was them and not her," Kara said sarcastically.
"Can you stop talking shit about my girlfriend!" Alex said pissed off.
"And here it comes," Kara said not surprised in the slightest.
"You going to mock me now? Tell me I'm going to hell?" Alex asked her.
"I don't judge people. I just send them to God's courtroom," Kara smirked.
"I'm trying to have a serious conversation with you," Alex said stressed out.
"So am I, and I'm failing, and I'm sorry for that," Kara apologized.
"Alright, I'm gay. Maybe, I don't know. It's complicated," Alex said.
"It really isn't," Kara rolled her eyes.
"I've never felt like this before," Alex admitted.
"Well, now I'm a little offended. Am I not good enough for you?" Kara asked.
"Wait...what? You're my sister," Alex objected.
"We're not blood-related and it's not like we can have children together," Kara said obviously.
"Are you trying to say you're gay, too?" Alex projected back on her.
"I'm saying I'm whatever I want to be and technically I commit bestiality with all the men I've been with," Kara said.
"But you've never been with a girl," Alex pointed out.
"Kryptonians are not born the way you humans are. We are genetically designed from conception to a specific function. All flaws are discovered early and terminated before we are fully grown. We do not incubate in wombs but in pods. Sex was made obsolete and natural reproduction was heresy," Kara said.
"What was your program?" Alex asked.
"To be a scientist like my parents," Kara answered.
"Must have been a malfunction there," Alex mocked.
Kara let the comment pass. "I chose to be something other than a scientist. I went against my programming. I decided my own fate."
"To be a gossip writer?" Alex scoffed.
"No, to be a warrior. There are Kryptonians like Zod and Non that were programmed to be warriors. Non couldn't get past his programming, so he had to die. Once I realized how powerful I truly was, I decided then and there that I wanted to be this planet's protector, to be your protector," Kara said.
"I can't control these feelings," Alex told her.
"I can't control the feelings I have to give people mercy and compassion before I kill them. But that doesn't stop me from doing it," Kara replied.
"So...you don't give a shit about any of this?" Alex realized.
"You want a participation trophy?" Kara asked.
"I want...your acceptance," she said finally.
"I accept that after two years, you're about to explode. Get yourself a man...or a woman for that matter, because life is just a series of moments. It's time for you to take yours," Kara said sincerely. "But don't put yourself in a box and say I must be this way, I have to act this way, or I have to be with this gender or that species. Do what you want and damn the consequences."
"Maggie is so much more experienced than me," Alex said daunted.
"I'll say," Kara smirked.
"What I mean is to say is that I don't even know how to express myself to her," Alex said.
"You need practice. I got you," Kara volunteered, getting off the park bench and gave Alex a passionate kiss. All the men jogging and biking came to a standstill as they saw it. "Wow, you suck," Kara said to a stunned Alex.
"I have to go," a freaked-out Alex walked off.
Kara sighed and took out her phone. "Hey, James, guess what? You owe me money!"
That night, Supergirl and Alex came into a university lab looking for Dr. Jones. "I'm really amazed you released someone who had a parasite," Kara chided.
"We didn't know," Alex said defensively.
"Well, I did. X-ray vision: It is a bitch," Kara smirked.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Alex asked outraged.
"I didn't know that you didn't know," Kara said obviously.
"Next time, you volunteer important shit like that," Alex scolded.
"Fine, whatever," Kara said as she came upon a dead body. "And he was only two days away from retirement," Kara shook her head sadly.
"You can't stop us," Dr. Jones said from behind them.
"Oh really?" Kara doubted.
"You can't stop what we're changing into," he clarified.
"How about you choose not to change. How about that?" Kara asked him.
"Damn it, Kara," Alex shook her head as she kept her pistol on him.
"The planet is being destroyed by the human race which lives to suck the life out of it. Like parasites. Only we can save it," Dr. Jones said.
"Not if I destroy it first," Kara smirked and went for a killer punch.
Dr. Jones cupped her fist and began draining her energy. "Kara?" Alex wondered.
"I got this. He'll drain me of so much energy, his system will explode," Kara said.
Dr. Jones continued to drain Kara becoming stronger-and-stronger with each second. "Okay...we could be here a while," Kara said after a long pause.
"Fuck this," Alex said shooting Dr. Jones.
The bullets bounced off Dr. Jones. He grabbed Alex's pistol and crushed it in his hand. He then ran out the door into the night. "You just made him stronger, idiot," Alex said scornfully.
"Alright, I'll admit that was a bad plan. My bad," Kara admitted.
The next morning, Alex came into Kara's apartment as Kara and Mon were watching TV. "This programming is amazing," Mon said of the show.
"I know, right?" Kara said eating popcorn.
"Is that the...L Word? Really?" Alex asked.
"It just happened to be on," Kara said innocently.
"On my home planet, it was common for a king to have many wives and some of those wives would engage in these activities when it wasn't their turn to bed the king," Mon said.
"That is fascinating, Mon," Kara said. "Too bad you're only going to have one wife at a time on this planet."
"Then I will have mistresses," Mon said arrogantly.
"Kara, I need to talk to you," Alex said seriously.
"Mon, fetch me some crullers," Kara ordered.
"Yes, my queen," Mon muttered leaving the apartment.
"Are you having sex with him?" Alex wondered as soon as he was gone.
"Is that a serious question?" Kara chuckled and turned off the TV.
"You've been weird ever since I told you," Alex noted.
"I think that has more to do with being zapped by a parasite," Kara doubted.
"Kara, I know when you're sad when you're disappointed. I don't know what I would do if you were disappointed in me," Alex said.
"Wow, making it all about you," Kara said unimpressed. "The only thing I am disappointed in is that you're even considering Maggie Sawyer."
"Okay, I won't talk about if it makes you uncomfortable," Alex said playing the victim.
"I literally do not give a shit whether you do or don't," Kara said sincerely.
"I can't do this without you," Alex said teary-eyed.
"Well, that's a relief. You're saying if I don't go along with this, you'll go back to being a sexless android?" Kara asked.
"No, that's not what I meant," Alex said wiping away a tear.
"Kind of sounded it like it," Kara said confused.
"Can you stop talking shit for just a moment," Alex said frustrated.
"Alright, alright, what's Maggie like?" Kara asked pretending to be interested.
"Well, she's tough, smart, and beautiful," Alex said awkwardly.
"She's basically you," Kara said. "You're in love with yourself."
"That isn't true," Alex objected.
"It's not? How about you date a biker chick or a super-model?" Kara asked.
"Because I'm not attracted to that," Alex said flustered.
"Alex, just because you like one woman and only one woman don't make you gay. To know for sure, you have to experiment with others," Kara suggested.
Alex then got a message on her phone. "There's been an alien attack downtown."
"I got this," Kara told her.
Kara flew to the location and found an entire street burned. Cars and stores on the ground level were on flames. On the ground was Mon greatly weakened. Kara went over to him genuinely concerned about his well-being. "Holy shit, dude. What happened?" she asked.
"This puny human managed to get the best of me," he said ashamed. "I hit him with my most powerful attack, and he simply absorbed it."
Kara looked at the devastated street that extended all the way to the bay. "Well...shit," she realized.
That night, Bill O'Reilly went to his car. Dr. Jordan waited to ambush him in the parking lot. "You spread lies and misinformation about the climate."
"Now, you see that's some impressive spin right there," O'Reilly said dismissively.
"Like a record player," Supergirl added.
"What is this?" Dr. Jones wondered.
Bill O'Reilly morphed into J'onn. Kara cocked a punch and blasted a basketball-sized hole in Dr. Jones. Her punch blasted out the windows in the entire parking lot.
"Well, that settles that," Kara said amused as Dr. Jones fell over.
"It's unfortunate it had to end this way," J'onn said regretfully.
Dr. Jones then started moving and got back to his feet. His skin became purple and he suddenly grew a couple of feet taller. His muscles bulked up, his hair fell out, and his jaw was filled with sharp teeth. The hole Kara had made healed instantly.
Parasite roared at Kara. "You are one ugly mother-fucker," Kara said as she hit him a dozen times in a split second. Parasite's body exploded in blood and guts from the punch impacts. Parasite's brain quickly regenerated his entire body in seconds.
"That's a nice trick. I'll kick your ass as many times as it takes," Kara smirked.
Parasite leaped up and threw down an energy blast down on Kara. She cocked her fist and pushed the blast back on Parasite destroying him completely. J'onn strolled up to Kara. "Good work," he said.
"I know, right. Imagine if you had gotten injured and required a blood transfusion from a White Martian," Kara smiled amused.
"Yeah, fuck that," J'onn said immediately.
What the two of them didn't notice was that a small piece of purple slime crawled its way out of sight.
Later that night, the real Bill O'Reilly was suddenly attacked by Parasite. He was tossed out of his limo and nearly killed before a mysterious black knight intervened with an armored suit and shield. Parasite leaped towards Guardian but was thrown back by the Guardian's special shield. Parasite then threw a car at a little girl. She didn't bother to move out of the way. She just held up her hand.
Kara took hold of the car before it could hit the girl. "You want a Darwin Award, kid? Get out of here," Kara said to her and then threw the car aside.
Kara then watched entertained as Guardian fought evenly with Parasite. She waited just long enough before Guardian could get seriously hurt and then punched Parasite off him. Kara pulled Guardian up to his feet. "Having fun, James?" Kara smiled.
"How did you know it was me?" James asked taken aback.
"I may not be able to see through your lead costume, but I can hear Winn scream like a little girl in that van," Kara said.
"Damn it," James realized he had fucked up.
"Don't worry about it. Your secret is safe with me," Kara promised and then walked up to Parasite.
"You want my energy. You can have it," she said to him.
Parasite took hold of Kara's wrists and started absorbing her power. Parasite roared in pleasure as he absorbed more-and-more. "Release restraint level one," Kara smirked going prime. Her body became pure golden sunlight in a flash. James covered his eyes from the intense light. Parasite disintegrated as he absorbed too much energy at once. Kara waited a few seconds to make sure all of the purple slime was vaporized and then went back to normal.
Kara then marched over to James. "You still owe me money."
Kara marched into the Climate Denial Summit stunning the group present. She went to the podium to speak to the group. "Bill O'Reilly couldn't be here, because he was attacked by a One-Eyed, One-Horned, Purple People Eater. Rest assured, he is fine and the monster has been put down," Kara told the crowd.
Many in the crowd took out their phones and cameras as she spoke. "This device I got here is from the DEO. It's an EMP device. So, let's keep this between us, shall we," Kara said activating it. Suddenly all of the phones and cameras became deactivated.
"Look, folks, the planet is getting warmer, alright. It's not that big of a deal. I live in Metropolis, and it gets cold, right? I even got me an apartment in the Arctic. But the weather is not climate. Just because I froze my ass off today doesn't mean the climate isn't getting warmer. Now, that hurricane that hit Florida and the wildfires in California are not climate either. What indicates the planet is getting warmer is not isolated events but hard data and the data is in folks," Kara said to them.
"We have to be smarter than this. We must recognize the obvious. We're at a disadvantage when we don't even acknowledge the truth that is happening," Kara said.
"So, we should accept carbon taxes, environmental regulations, gas taxes, and restrictions on oil?" a random member of the crowd asked.
"Fuck no," Kara replied.
"We can acknowledge that the planet is getting warmer...and not give a shit about it. That's right. You must have the courage to acknowledge the other side, look them in the eye, and tell them you don't give a fuck. I saw a man lose his job, his colleagues, and everything he fought for because of his obsession with this cause. I see some of you risking everything for this cause as well. Your reputations and jobs are on the line over this. Is it worth tearing us apart as a nation?" Kara asked the hushed crowd.
"We are Americans and it has always been our philosophy to not give a shit what other nations think about us. So, we should act or not act in accordance with our own interests. We cannot forget the little guy that drives a car to work every day that has shitty gas millage, who struggles with his utility bills, and who gets half his pay taxed away. If we are to fight the other side and win the day, we must acknowledge the truth of what's going on. That will give us credibility in this fight. So, climate change is real but..." Kara said pointing the mic to the crowd.
"...we don't give a shit!" they shouted in unison.
"Thank you," Kara said receiving applause from the crowd.
Alex was having a cry as Kara knocked on the door. "I know you're in there," Kara said through the door.
"Go away, Kara," Alex said upset.
Kara then went through the window. "You didn't come to work. What's wrong?"
"Did Hank send you?" Alex asked.
"Well, yeah," Kara said obviously.
"I don't go to work one single day and its a catastrophe," Alex said bitterly.
"But you always go to work. It's who you are," Kara said.
"I'm a person, damn it, not a machine. I have needs and desires," Alex said tearfully.
"Is this about you getting rejected by Maggie?" Kara wondered.
"How do you know about that?" Alex asked stunned.
"Please, you didn't notice the bartender was Mon?" Kara smirked.
"That is private," Alex said pissed off.
"Wow, you got rejected by someone that dates a new girl every week," Kara rubbed it in.
"How can you be so insensitive?" Alex glared at her.
"You think that just because you came out, you're immune from shit talk?" Kara asked.
"Forget I said anything about this," Alex said depressed.
Kara frowned and came over to Alex. "This isn't how your coming out should have been. I'll fix that," Kara said and then kissed Alex on the lips.
Alex stared at Kara confused as if she were dazed. "You're late to work. What the fuck, Alex?" Kara asked her.
Alex looked at her watch. "Damn, you're right," she said getting her stuff together.
"Let's go kill some shit," Kara said as the two marched out the door.
Author's Notes: This episode is linked to the prequel Midvale episode "Persuader". Kara's sense of respect and compassion are different than most. She respects Alex by keeping up the shit-talk regardless of her status and does not pander to her. She shows compassion by erasing the memory of her rejection. Kara rejected Climate Change in Season 1 most likely to piss-off Non and wasn't serious. Or she's simply being practical here.