The MPD had a bank building surrounded with a helicopter hovering overhead as a hostage situation developed. To make matters worse it was at night and it was raining. Maggie was on the phone negotiating with the hostage-takers.

"We have the hostages, but we don't want to hurt anyone," one of them said to her.

"Well, you don't have to hurt anyone," Maggie told him. "No one is making you do this."

"Actually, we were blackmailed into doing this by...," the hostage-taker said and then suddenly cut off.

"You're choosing to do this. You and your friends chose to go inside that bank. You chose to take those people hostage. But you know what? You can choose to put your guns down. You can choose to let those people go. You can choose not to hurt anyone," Maggie said to him.

There was a long pause on the other end. "Are you even listening to me?" Maggie asked annoyed.

The hostages suddenly exited the bank with Supergirl behind them. Maggie walked up to Kara wondering what had happened. "So, did you apprehend the hostage-takers?" she asked.

"I'm not really the apprehending type if you get my meaning," Kara smirked implying she had killed them.

"They were on the verge of letting the hostages go and telling me who sent them," Maggie said annoyed.

"I'm not here to do your job. I'm here to kick ass," Kara smirked.

"Were they pointing a gun at the hostages?" Maggie questioned.

"Yep," Kara lied.

"Do you have any proof of that?" Maggie asked.

"It's the other way around, sister. You have to prove that it wasn't self-defense, and I can tell you right now no jury is ever going to convict me," Kara smiled arrogantly.

"So, you're accountable to no one then?" Maggie asked rhetorically.

"Uh, yeah. You better hurry up and get a move on. The doughnut shops are about to close," Kara mocked and then flew off.

Kara and Mon arrived at Alex's apartment before Maggie did and delivered pizzas. Maggie came in drenched from the rain and royally pissed off. They sat together at the table and started talking about the bank robbers Supergirl had killed.

"On Mon, the bank owner himself would have killed those bank robbers for stealing from him," Mon said. "I mean, why do you even need cops?"

Maggie glared at Mon. "He doesn't know what he's saying. He's from a different planet," Alex excused.

"No, he's right. Why even have a SWAT team and hostage negotiators when Supergirl can come in and kill them," Maggie said passive-aggressively.

"That is an excellent point," Kara agreed.

"I was out there for seventeen hours talking to those guys and Supergirl comes in, frees the hostages, and kills the bad guys in five minutes," Maggie said feeling useless.

"It took less than five minutes," Kara said knowingly.

"Good old fashion hostage negotiating is out of the window," Maggie said peeved.

"Is this the part where I tell you that your job isn't ridiculously useless? I don't always understand social cues," Kara wondered.

"Neither do I," Mon admitted.

"I would have resolved it peacefully with no one dead," Maggie said.

"But why? Those hostage-takers deserved to die," Kara said.

"I do find it amusing that you feed, house, and provide medical care for murderers for their entire lifetime. You even give them gyms, education centers, and occasionally a sex change," Mon smirked.

"Criminals are starting to use the Supergirl defense now," Maggie said.

"The what now?" Kara wondered.

"It's a thing some criminals use to get their charges dropped, because she doesn't read them Miranda, illegally searches them, evidence tampering, and excessive force," Maggie listed off.

"It doesn't matter if their charges are dropped if the quote-unquote excessive force kills them," Kara smirked and then gave Mon a hive-five.

"Supergirl is becoming judge, jury, and executioner," Maggie criticized.

"Like Judge Dredd," Kara grinned.

"Awesome movie, I mean the newest one," Mon approved.

"Supergirl is supposed to stand for hope, help, and compassion," Maggie said.

"Really? When did this happen? That's so GAY!" Kara said inappropriately.

"I agree, that is really gay," Mon seconded.

"Kara," Alex glared at her.

"I can't handle this," Maggie said leaving the apartment.

"Maggie," Alex called out after her as she left. Once she was gone, Alex came back inside.

"Well...more pizza for the three of us," Kara said brightly.

"Why do you have to be such a bitch to her?" Alex asked.

"Her critiques are rich considering all the complaints that have been lodged against her," Kara said casually taking out a piece of paper from her pocket.

Alex read them over concernedly. "Freedom of Information Act is a bitch," Kara smiled and got another hive-five from Mon.

"When did you get this?" Alex asked.

"Around the same time we first met her," Kara said. "I have been waiting a long time for this moment."

"Just say it, you don't want me to be with her," Alex challenged.

"I...don't...want...you...with...her," Kara said slowly.

"We're not having this conversation," Alex snapped at Kara.

"Don't ask if you can't accept the answer," Kara said unmoved.

"So, what's this supposed to prove? That we're all fucked up?" Alex asked.

"If you want this 'relationship' to work, Maggie needs to know the whole truth: the good, the bad, and the ugly," Kara said obviously.

"And what's my truth?" Alex asked.

"You have imprisoned hundreds of aliens without due process indefinitely, you've killed alien and humans alike, and you're complicit in everything Hank has done. Even before I joined the DEO, you were doing some shady shit," Kara reminded her.

"She won't accept that part of my life. She doesn't even ask specifics about my job," Alex said bitterly.

"Mon, on the other hand, accepts everything I do, and I accept him for who he is," Kara said.

"I wouldn't go that far. If you were really accepting of who I am, you would allow me to conquer this planet," Mon said resentfully.

"The two of you jive because you're both psychopaths," Alex said pointing at them.

"What does that mean?" Mon wondered.

"It means you can read minds," Kara lied.

"Nice," Mon smiled.

"I'm going to go get Maggie and when I come back, the two of you better be gone," Alex said angrily.

"Well, okay then," Kara said disappointedly.

Mon took a slice of pizza and walked out with Kara.

Alex then followed after Maggie by taking the elevator. Inside the elevator was a shady individual waiting for her.

The next morning at Catco, Kara was ambushed by Maggie. "Oh, shit," Kara realized.

"I was looking for Alex. I was wondering if she checked in with you," Maggie said concernedly.

"Didn't you come back to the apartment?" Kara asked.

"Yes, but she wasn't there. She didn't go to your place?" Maggie asked.

"Nope, maybe she went to the DEO," Kara suggested.

"Winn said she didn't check in last night or report in the morning," Maggie said.

Kara then felt her phone vibrate. "Did you call her?" Kara asked Maggie rolling her eyes. "Alex?"

"Hello, Kara Danvers," a man's voice replied back.

Kara looked at her phone to make sure she didn't have a second Alex on her call list. "Who is this?" Kara asked.

"Well, the real question is who are you? Everyone around you thinks you're a mild-mannered reporter, but I know the truth," he said.

"Actually, everyone thinks I'm a bitch for some reason," Kara said obliviously. "So...how can I help you?"

"I have your sister," the man said and then showed a picture of Alex lying on the floor. "A man named Peter Thompson is serving a life sentence at Albatross Bay prison. You will free him within the next thirty-six hours or your sister will die. And I know you can because I know...you're Supergirl," the man said.

"Is that all?" Kara asked bored.

"Yeah, that's it," the man replied.

"Well, okay then. I'll get back to you in thirty-five hours because that's how I roll," Kara said and then hung up. "Don't worry. Alex has a tracking device on her body. We should find her at the DEO," Kara reassured Maggie.

Kara and Maggie showed up at the DEO and explained the situation to Hank. "Winn, where's Alex located?" Hank asked.

"Her tracker has been offline since 10 pm. Whoever took her knew how to shut it down," Winn said.

"What about triangulating the phone calls?" Hank asked.

"We're nowhere. The caller used four different arrays to scramble the signal," Winn said.

"You see this, right here? This is how you fill plot holes," Kara said to Maggie.

"Who knows Supergirl's identity?" Hank asked.

"A shit-ton," Winn said.

Kara gave him a dirty look. "Does Peter Thompson have ties to Cadmus?" Maggie asked.

"No," Hank replied.

"So, we're fucked," Maggie concluded.

"Supergirl can just free Peter Thompson. No big deal," Kara said obviously.

"We don't negotiate with terrorists," Hank rejected.

"Yeah, but Supergirl is just a volunteer, so I think she can do whatever she wants," Kara said.

"A volunteer that won't receive any additional DEO help if she goes alone on this," Hank threatened.

"I know Supergirl pretty well and if she were here, she would call you a cold-blooded bastard," Kara said to him.

"Good thing I don't give a shit what Supergirl calls me," Hank shot back.

Maggie stared at them not sure what to make of their exchange. "What are we going to do?"

"Road trip," Hank said finally.

The three of them made their way to Albatross Bay prison with Hank impersonating an FBI agent. They made their way to Peter Thompson's cell. "Hank Henshaw, FBI, Detective Maggie Sawyer, MPD, and Kara Danvers from Catco magazine," Hank introduced.

"The feds, a pig, and a journo," Peter mocked.

"Ha, he called you a pig," Kara said immaturely to Maggie.

"What do I owe this confusing pleasure?" Peter asked.

"This morning we got an anonymous call asking that you be released from prison," Maggie revealed.

"Someone wants me out of prison? Not used to that," Peter laughed.

"A life sentence can't be that easy. You ever get contact from the outside?" Hank asked.

"Yeah, Mr. JC Penney sent me a letter. Said there was a sale on galoshes," Peter mocked.

"What you got, Hank?" Kara asked impatiently.

"He doesn't know," Hank said reading Peter's mind.

"Any family members?" Kara asked.

"Yes, a son," Hank replied. "But his name is not Thompson. It's Rick Malverne."

"How could you know that?" Peter asked turning ghost-white.

Hank took out his cell phone. "Winn, confirm that Peter Thompson's son is Rick Malverne and then give me his location. Check court transcripts," Hank ordered.

"On it," Winn replied.

Hank then turned to Peter. "If we don't find our agent, I am one hundred percent certain you will be dead and it won't be pretty. Do you have anything to say?"

"I don't know anything. I swear!" Peter said changing his tune.

"I believe you," Hank said. "Thank you for your cooperation."

The three of them headed back in the car and drove back to the DEO. "You got something for me?" Hank asked Winn as they drove off.

"I have a house an hour away from Midvale," Winn said.

"That name did sound familiar," Kara said.

"We're going to have to background check all of your classmates now," Hank muttered.

"Wait, why are you so important?" Maggie asked Kara.

"What he meant to say is that we should background check all of our classmates since Alex and I went to school together," Kara said and proceeded to give Hank a dirty look.

"Well, it's going to be a long drive back," Hank said eyeing Kara.

"Yeah, good thing that guy gave us thirty-six hours," Kara said unconcernedly.

"I recall you needing to get somewhere between here and the DEO," Hank pressed.

"I don't recall any such thing," Kara said taking a nap and reclining her seat back.

"Well...shit," Hank shook his head.

That night, Supergirl punched a door down and went inside the house. Scanning the whole house with her X-ray vision, she found a room with computer monitors showing Alex in a glass cell. "Wow, this is like SAW," Kara said unimpressed.

"I'll take that as a compliment," Rick said behind her.

"I wouldn't," Kara smirked at him.

"Geeze, I haven't seen you since graduation," Rick said looking at her. "You look great."

"I know, right?" Kara smiled. "I'm surprised you did graduate. What have you been up to all these years?" Kara asked casually.

"Well, you know, watching my father get sent to prison for life; the normal stuff," Rick said resentfully.

"It could always be worse," Kara said as she picked him off the floor.

"You break my father out of prison, yet?" Rick asked.

"I still got time," Kara said nonchalantly. "Tell me where she is, or I'll break every bone in your body."

"This isn't how this works. Besides, you're so sloppy you'll probably kill me before I tell," Rick said.

"That's why I'm going to give you up to a real professional: the Bat," Kara threatened.

"Fuck me," Rick realized wide-eyed.

"No, no, no, fuck you," Kara corrected. "Why do you want your dad out of prison anyway? You a glutton for punishment? Didn't get enough bruises and whippings?" Kara asked.

"I want him out of prison, so I can kill him, myself," Rick said dangerously.

Kara dropped Rick to the floor. "The justice system is a joke. My father broke into houses, got DUIs, and murdered people. He deserves to die for what he did," Rick said.

"Is it really that big of a deal?" Kara asked.

"He killed my mother," Rick sobbed.

Kara gave Rick a sympathetic look. "You didn't have to kidnap my sister. All you had to do was ask."

"Really?" Rick wondered.

"Remember when we trolled Alex together. You acted like you didn't know my secret and then Alex had to constantly convince you I was just a weird kid?" Kara smiled.

"I do," Rick smiled back.

"I'll make you a deal, Rick, but you have to trust me on this one," Kara said.

"What's my alternative? You could easily kill me," Rick figured.

"Before we leave, I need to train your mind to block out a particular Martian," Kara said deviously.

Rick was taken to the DEO and placed in cuffs in an interrogation room. "I tried to read his mind, but he appears to be blocking me somehow," Hank said.

"You see, that's a plot hole," Kara said to Maggie.

"Let me in there. Let me talk to him," Maggie volunteered.

"Alright," Hank allowed.

Maggie went into the cell with Supergirl watching. "Detective Sawyer," Rick said smugly.

"How do you know me?" Maggie questioned.

"I know everything about you two. I took a whole year to prepare for this. I must say, it has been quite disappointing until very recently," Rick smirked.

"You have cameras in our apartment?" Maggie asked stupefied.

"And the apartment hallways and the elevator," Rick added.

"You sick fuck," Maggie said getting angry.

"Let's cool it down a little," Kara said to her.

"I had no idea Alex would be playing for the other team," Rick shook his head dismayed.

"You got a problem with that?" Maggie asked offended.

"Do you have any idea how many boys Alex dated in high school? It was a lot," Rick said.

"Nobody gives a fuck about high school," Maggie said unimpressed.

"How about college and graduate school?" Rick asked.

"It's not relevant," Maggie said trying to stay cool.

"Supergirl knows it to be true, don't you?" Rick said to her.

"It's true," Kara said sadly.

"How would you know?" Maggie asked becoming upset.

"Please, I work with Alex at the DEO all the time, and I'm BFFs with Kara Danvers. She's such a smart girl," Kara said of herself.

"What do you owe your dad that you're willing to risk it all?" Maggie asked.

"My mother and I used to be part of the circus. My mother was a cold-hearted whore. I told her, be a whore, even be a drunken whore, but don't be a nagging drunken whore. Don't tell me to do the dishes...while you're banging a clown in the NEXT ROOM!" Rick shouted as he slammed his fist on the table.

"What the fuck?" Maggie wondered.

"My father took me away from all that noise," Rick said gratefully. "Why are we still talking about me? You only have twenty-four hours. Do what I am asking you to do. Free my DAD!"

Kara escorted Peter Thompson into the interrogation room. She gave Rick a wink as Peter embraced him. "Ricky, my boy," Peter said giving him a hug.

"The DEO moved heaven and earth to free this man. We did what you wanted. Now, free Alex," Maggie said.

"I think we're still both in a cell," Rick said obviously.

"You're both free to go once you give us Alex's location," Maggie said frustrated.

"Yeah, bullshit. I'm not telling you anything until my father and I are far away from here," Rick said.

"No way," Maggie rejected.

"How about a clue? Can you give us one...as a token of goodwill?" Kara asked.

"Yeah, Ricky, that's how it works," Peter said.

"He's not my dad. You're the Martian," Rick said unimpressed.

"Damn," Hank said as he changed back to his normal human form.

"Worth a shot," Kara said to Maggie.

In her cell, Alex used a broken credit card to slice into her own skin, dislodge the tracker, and connect it to the video camera circuitry to reactivate it. A DEO IT worker noticed the software update to her tracker. Kara noticed the IT worker wondering what to do. "It's a hack. Kill it," she ordered.

Two hours to the deadline, Maggie entered the interrogation room to talk to Rick a final time. "Under two hours, the clock is ticking."

"I know," Maggie said softly. "And if it ticks down completely, we both lose."

"That is the prisoner's dilemma," Rick nodded. "I was wrong about Kara. She's too noble to do what needs to be done, but I may have discounted you. You see, when the chips are down, we all fall to our baser instincts. You say you follow these rules and regulations, but you'll drop them as soon as a sister or loved one is in trouble. You'll get me what I want," Rick said confidently.

"You're a cop. You can break into that prison and free my father if you really wanted to," Rick tempted. "You care for her. I've seen it."

"Love can make people do what they wouldn't ordinarily do. So, please, help us bring back the people we love," Rick said to her.

Maggie stormed the prison evading prison guards and using high-tech shit to avoid detection. She used a hologram emitter to disguise her walking down the hall. She then used another device to break into Peter's cell. "We're moving," Maggie said urgently.

Peter didn't move. "You want to get out of here. Let's go!" Maggie shouted.

Maggie then realized that Peter was a hologram and that he was not in the cell. "What the fuck is going on?" she wondered.

Kara looked at the timer as it counted down. "Fetch Alex for me," she ordered Mon. He put two fingers to his forehead, disappeared, and then reappeared inside Alex's cell.

"Time to go," Mon said grabbing her and then both of them disappeared to the DEO medical clinic. Mon then disappeared and reappeared inside the DEO interrogation room. He grabbed Rick and the two of them disappeared.

Kara smirked as she took off from the DEO to the prison.

Kara, as Supergirl, used her super-speed to get through the prison before the guards even knew she was there. She came upon the cell and saw Maggie staring into an empty cell in disbelief. Kara took out her phone from her bra and started playing the SAW theme. Maggie turned around and saw Supergirl smirking at her.

"What is this all about?" Maggie wondered. "Where is Peter? Where is Alex?"

"Don't worry, she's fine," Kara said nonchalantly.

"You knew the entire time," Maggie accused. "Ever since you captured him. You were fucking with me this whole time?" Maggie shouted at her.

"It was a test and you passed with flying colors," Kara said clapping for her.

"A test?" Maggie wondered.

"I have already shown that I will do whatever it takes to keep Alex safe. I'll let Cadmus kill every alien on this planet. I'll allow all sorts of terrible things to happen for Alex. I will break every rule, every law, every code of ethics to ensure it. But, maybe, I won't always be there. I needed to know that her partner felt the same way," Kara said.

"I take the law and my badge seriously," Maggie said angrily.

"And yet here we are," Kara noticed where they were.

"Your father has his own code, does he not? He sacrificed you for that code. Admirable perhaps but a sacrifice I wouldn't be able to make. Are you like your father: unable to bend the rules a little to keep that which is important?" Kara asked.

"How the fuck do you know about my father?" Maggie demanded.

"Assume I know everything," Kara smirked dangerously.

"What did you do with Peter Thompson?" Maggie asked.

"I made my decision as soon as Rick made the demand," Kara said.

"So, Peter Thompson, the murderer, is free?" Maggie asked disgustedly.

"Not for very long," Kara smiled knowingly.

Rick and Mon looked over a cliff. Peter Thompson's body was at the bottom splattered on the rocks below. "God, that felt good," Rick said, pumped.

"I hope I feel the same way when I slay my mother," Mon said coldly.

"Man, is anyone not fucked up?" Rick wondered.

"Hard to say. When you're a bartender you get the impression everyone is," Mon said grimly.

"Well, what now?" Rick wondered.

Mon then pushed Rick off the cliff to his death. "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves," Mon said softly and then disappeared.

Maggie entered the clinic to find a peeved Alex getting a bandage for her shoulder. "Oh, my God, Alex, you're okay," Kara said to Alex dressed in civilian clothes. "I was worried sick about you," Kara said.

"I'm fine," Alex assured her.

"You sure you want to keep this job?" Kara asked.

"Absolutely," Alex replied.

Kara frowned and dropped the act. "I better let you two be alone," she said to Maggie and Alex and left the room.

Alex turned to Maggie. "Mon told me that you did everything you could to find me. I love you, Maggie Sawyer," Alex said to her.

"And I love you, Alex Danvers," Maggie said and then they kissed.

Maggie then brought Alex out of the clinic to the command room. "Don't you ever pull that shit on me, again," Hank raged at Kara.

"I couldn't keep her in the clinic," Maggie said obliviously.

"Well, she only got a scratch. You'll get a new tracker before you leave here," Hank said to Alex. "That is, if you still want to work here."

"Absolutely, Sir," Alex said resolved.

"You did good, Alex. You never gave up," Hank said pleased. "You, too, Maggie," Hank added.

Maggie then went up to Kara. "I know this must have been really stressful for you."

"I knew you could do it," Kara said.

"Everything I have been taught went out the window these last two days. Supergirl was right. It's all about leverage and pressure," Maggie said.

"At Catco, we sometimes have to bend the rules a little to get the story," Kara said knowingly.

"I'm sorry about the other night. I was a bitch for leaving," Maggie apologized.

"Don't sweat it. I was the one that was insensitive," Kara downplayed.

"See you at game night," Maggie smiled and then left Kara with Mon.

"So, she passed your test. Are you happy?" Mon asked Kara.

"Not really. It will just make her fall all that worse," Kara shook her head sadly as Alex and Maggie walked off holding hands.