Kara looked at herself in the mirror and carefully examined herself for any imperfections. As she did her morning routine, she gave herself an inner monologue:
"I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice-pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now within a minute. After I remove the ice-pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser. Then a honey-almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel-scrub. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm, followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. Then I apply an herb mint facial masque, which l leave on all day," she said to herself.
"There is an idea of a Kara Danvers, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me. Only an entity-something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze...and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable..."
"I am simply not there," she finished.
Kon then barged into the bathroom. "Got you breakfast," he said holding a McDonald's bag.
"Get out! This is my bathroom," Kara shouted at him.
"Fine, whatever," Kon said leaving the door open.
Kara then faced the mirror as she perfected herself.
At the DEO, Alex and Maggie got into a heated argument. "It's not a personal attack on your character or taste," Alex said to her.
"I wasn't even thinking that until you suggested it," Maggie said defensively.
"It's a fact. Winn, back me up," Alex demanded.
"Seeing as how you're my immediate supervisor, I will agree with anything you say," Winn said.
"Tool," Maggie called him.
The two women started fighting all over again. "Hey! What's this about?" Hank demanded.
"We can't agree on one important wedding detail: DJ or band," Alex said seriously.
"This is a place of business where we defend the nation against domestic, foreign, and alien threats. Neither I nor anyone else here at the DEO has time for this ridiculous shit," Hank lectured them both.
"Seriously?" Alex asked unimpressed.
"Go with DJ, it costs less," Hank said.
"Nice," Alex said pleased.
There was a sonic boom as Supergirl landed inside the DEO. She gave the super-hero landing, slowly got back up, and gave everyone a cold expression. "What is the emergency?" she asked.
"You mean the general alert? That's only for the analysts," Winn said confused.
"I programmed it into my watch," Kara said to him.
"Well, we do have some suspicious-looking bank robberies. All of the security guards, customers, and employees all make way for her as she steals everything in the vault," Winn said as they all watched the security cameras.
"It's a psychic attack," Kara realized.
"We appear to have one in progress," Winn said as an alert went off.
"I'll take care of it," Kara said taking off.
"Wait...she's most vulnerable to psychic attacks," Alex objected.
"Not anymore, apparently," Hank considered as he couldn't get a read on Kara.
Kara landed inside the bank, breaking through the ceiling right behind Psi, the bank robber. "I have you cornered. You're under arrest," Kara said to her.
"Do you?" Psi doubted.
"That's what I just said," Kara said losing patience.
"Now that you've stopped killing people, I don't feel threatened by you," Psi said.
"There are fates worse than death," Kara reminded her.
"I simply wished to play a game. You see, money is happiness. The more money you have, the more happiness you have," Psi said.
"I know, right?" Kara agreed.
Psi then glared at Kara as she used her psychic powers on her. "You done? Because you're boring me. I'm bored," Kara said unimpressed.
"Impossible," Psi said stunned backing away from Kara.
"Not bad. If I hadn't trained my mind for years, you might have actually won," Kara said to her. "Did you think my mind wasn't as strong as my body?"
"You're not as strong as you think you are. I see the cracks in your mind, and I will eventually shatter your shield," Psi said.
"I can't put you in a cell. You'll disable the guards and unlock yourself. Don't make me have to kill you," Kara said to her.
"Lost your appetite for killing?" Psi mocked.
A sudden impact occurred just outside the cell. Kara glanced back as Kon had entered the bank. He then went inside the vault. "This is an emergency? This is what I missed my Saturday morning cartoons for?" he asked incredulously.
"Get out. This is my thing," Kara said annoyed.
"What's the problem? Do you need me to kill someone else for you, because you lack the stomach for it?" Kon asked her.
Kara stood by with her arms crossed as Kon powered up an energy orb in his hand. Psi backed away to the farthest part of the vault. "Why are you putting so much distance between us? Distance only has meaning in a fight between equals. With you and me, distance holds no meaning at all. Watch...if I do this, my hand is almost instantly at your heart."
Before Psi could even react, Kon's hand was almost at her heart glowing. "Even with your great speed, the mind is faster," Psi said to him.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Oh, I get it," Kon said as he turned towards Kara.
"Don't you dare," Kara narrowed her eyes at him.
Kon fired at Kara blasting her out of the vault, through the bank, and into the parking lot across the street creating a massive explosion.
"Holy shit!" Maggie shouted as the beam nearly took her out. Police officers were on the floor stunned by the near-miss.
Kon walked across the street ignoring the cars swerving to get around him. He tensed up as his black hair became a bright blond. Putting his hands together, he fired into the parking lot complex destroying every single car inside it. The building collapsed on top of Kara.
Kara cast rubble off of her as she confronted Kon. Her facial masque was torn from the impact. She glared at Kon and blasted him with heat vision. He deflected the twin beams with his sword scattering it into a dozen beams that sliced into nearby buildings.
Kara backed away from Kon fearfully as he advanced on her with his sword. J'onn suddenly flew in and placed his hands on Kon's head. Kon instantly sliced backward into J'onn's gut. Still, J'onn kept it up until Psi's hold on him was released. Kon then fell to the ground, his hair turning back to black.
Kara turned away from J'onn, so he wouldn't see her face and then took off into the air. J'onn then turned back into Hank and collapsed.
Kon and Hank were placed in the DEO medical clinic. "Is this really necessary," Kon said as he was cuffed to his bed. "You nearly killed Hank and Kara," Alex said to him.
"I wasn't in control of myself," Kon excused.
"Why are you wearing that shirt?" Alex questioned. Kon looked down at his black shirt with a red Superman logo on it.
"What? I got this at Wal-Mart for ten bucks," Kon rolled his eyes.
"I'm fine," Hank waved the nurses off as he stood back up. "We can now confirm that this was a psychic attack. I felt the residual psychic energy in Kon's mind," Hank said.
"Don't think you can read my mind. You freak me the fuck out," Kon said to Hank.
"Did you read anything else from him?" Alex asked softly.
"Yes, but I will tell you later," Hank said grimly.
"You know what? I've assessed the situation...and I'm leaving," Kon said snapping the cuffs off and walking off.
"I'll be keeping your sword until you decide to tell us the real reason why you're back," Hank said to him.
"Sword or no sword, I'm the most powerful being on this planet," Kon said arrogantly.
"Supergirl might have something to say about that," Alex called out as he flew off.
"I don't know about that anymore. Kon didn't just defeat her. He defeated her decisively. Since the Insane invasion, Kara hasn't been the same. She's become a lot weaker," Hank analyzed.
"The black hole must have weakened her powers. Maybe, all of the solar radiation she collected in her cells was sucked out of her," Alex considered.
"We cannot take for granted that Kara is invincible," Hank said seriously.
Kara fixed her face and then saw Kon come in through the window. "That green asshole took my sword," he said annoyed.
"Just take it back," Kara said obviously.
"To do that, I would have to demolish the entire floor to find it," Kon said. "It may not even be at the DEO anymore."
"That's what you get for messing with my thing," Kara said annoyed.
"What would you have done? You weren't going to kill her. She would simply escape again," Kon said.
"Morality is about intent. You had malicious intent to murder her," Kara said to him.
"Morality is about consequences. She would have escaped, robbed more banks, and maybe killed people," Kon glared back at her.
"Stay out of my business and take that stupid shirt off," Kara ordered him.
Hank sat down with Alex in the conference room. "What is this all about?" Alex asked.
"From what I could glean from Kon's mind, I discovered his true parentage. Mon is his father...and you're his mother," Hank said dropping a bombshell on her.
"How is that possible?" Alex asked stunned.
"Did you do anything with him when you were captured on the ship?" Hank asked.
"No, Rhea was watching us the entire time. Wait...oh my God," Alex realized.
"What?" Hank asked concerned.
"Rhea said that she had collected DNA from both Mon and me to create an heir in a pod if need be. What if she actually did it?" Alex realized.
"To know for sure, we have to investigate the remains of that ship," Hank said.
"Right," Alex nodded in agreement.
"Are you going to be okay?" Hank asked.
"So, I have...an Insane son that I couldn't hope to control. That's just great," Alex said overwhelmed.
"There's more to being a parent than being able to physically control them. Be Kon's mentor," Hank advised.
"Alright," Alex nodded. "Please don't tell Maggie," she said seriously.
"You have my word," Hank agreed.
Supergirl sneaked up on Psi in a parking lot. "I'm not used to being surprised," Psi said as she saw Kara.
"No distractions this time," Kara advanced on her.
"You resisted me because I didn't use my full power," Psi said as she tried to break into Kara's mind.
"I see the destruction of your planet as if I was there myself," Psi smiled.
Kara simply stared at Psi as the two of them shared in the memory of Krypton's destruction. "I love you, Kara," Alura said to her as she was about to leave.
"Impressive. You're giving me false memories," Psi smiled.
Kara said nothing to that. "I never had an opponent as strong as you," Psi said to her.
"I get that a lot," Kara replied smugly.
Psi then focused harder sending Kara to her knees. Finally, Kara passed out and shape-shifted back to J'onn. Psi then made her escape.
Kara waited as Alex dragged Hank back to the DEO and gave him over to the medical personnel. "I'm sorry. I couldn't hold her off. She's more powerful than any psychic I have ever encountered," Hank said.
"I got our girl," Winn interrupted showing Psi's profile on the screen. "Gayle Marsh, authorities nicknamed her Psi after she ravaged a number of banks throughout Illinois," Winn said.
"Where do we go from here?" Alex asked.
"I thought to enhanced our anti-psychic devices," Winn said.
Alex eyed Kara for a witty mock but nothing happened. "I can deal with her. It's best if you all stay away from her," Kara said and then walked off.
"This is nuts. Before the Insane invasion, Kara's mind was as open as an ocean. Now, I can't sense anything," Hank said confused.
"We need to get on that ship," Alex pressed him.
Hank, Alex, and Winn went inside the gutted hull of the Insane battleship. It had been dragged by Superman to a field outside the city. Only those with top-secret security clearances could go inside the ship. The US government was working around the clock to examine the ship but most everything of use had been destroyed by Kara's fight with Rhea. The piloting controls had been fried, the walls were melted, the engines completely destroyed, the weapon systems vaporized, and so forth. The ship was simply an empty shell.
Alex looked over her phone that gave her the schematics of the ship. "It's probably in the medical bay," Alex pointed out as they entered.
"What are we looking for exactly?" Winn asked confused.
"Just look for anything unusual," Hank told him.
The three of them used flashlights as they walked around the dark ship. They finally came to the medical bay. Hank used his fingers to force the melted doors open. The two then looked inside to see more Insane corpses, some of which were patients at the time they were killed.
"It's hard to believe that they cared for one another," Alex said as she saw the corpses of patients and doctors alike.
They then found a vault that hadn't been broken into. Hank phased his hand inside the vault and unlocked it from the inside. With the vault door open, Alex found DNA test tubes labeled Mon and Alex on them. "So, it is true," Alex realized stunned.
"Let's not jump to conclusions," Hank said.
"What conclusion are we jumping to?" Winn wondered.
Alex started having an anxiety attack as she realized the implications. "Alex!" Hank shouted at her.
"I'm alright, just a little overwhelmed," Alex said as she felt the room get smaller around her.
"You done being a drama queen?" Hank asked her.
"What's the big deal?" Winn wondered.
Hank looked over a pod that hadn't been destroyed. "Is it coincidence or fate?" Hank wondered.
"I know this technology. By mixing DNA, it can create an entirely new person from scratch without needing sex cells," Winn said.
Alex pulled out her pistol to destroy it. "Alex, think very carefully what you're doing," Hank warned her.
A beam of light sliced off the barrel of the pistol. "Damn, my aim is good," Kon said walking into the room.
"What are you doing here?" Winn asked as he came closer to them.
"Oh, just going for a stroll, enjoying the outdoors, stretching out my legs, and preventing my abortion," Kon said getting between the equipment and the three of them.
"You should have told us the truth. You're not from a thousand years ago," Hank said.
"Time is a funny thing. If you killed me now, would I not even exist? But then if I never existed, you would never have investigated the ship to find this. And then there's multiverse theory which would suggest that it won't matter if you destroyed all this anyway," Kon said.
"He makes some good points," Winn allowed.
"Everything you said to me was a lie. You lied to your own mother," Alex accused.
"To be fair, you're the greatest liar of them all. You lied to all your friends about who Kara really was. You lied to your parents about your job. You've lied to the media, to law enforcement agencies, to the military, and to everyone you ever worked with. You even lied to yourself about who you really were," Kon replied.
Alex glared at Kon. "I did all of that to protect people. You lied to get a rise out of me."
"I saved your ass. Without me, the Female Furies would have killed everyone on the planet. You can go ahead and stop my existence, but you'd be killing yourself the moment you did," Kon said to them.
"What's to stop you from killing everyone yourself?" Hank asked.
"If I did, I would be killing myself, wouldn't I?" Kon said obviously.
"Submit to a DNA test, so we know for sure your parentage," Hank challenged.
"I don't think so," Kon rejected.
"So...I'm fucked either way. If I don't go through with it, the world is doomed. If I do go through with it, I have to be the mother to Mon's psychotic kid," Alex said.
"Love you, too, mom," Kon mocked.
"At least you won't have to deal with pregnancy," Winn said looking over the pod.
Alex gave him a dirty look. "Let's go," she said leaving the medical bay.
Kon waited for them all to leave and then sighed with relief.
Kara was on her knees in prayer as Alex entered the apartment. "What you doing?" Alex asked her.
"Prayer," Kara said obviously.
"I could use one right about now," Alex said dropping onto the couch.
Kara opened her eyes and put her Bible aside. "Did that black hole give you a conversion experience? Is that why you're acting so good recently?" Alex asked.
"Sure," Kara said unconvincingly.
"I just had a chat with Kon," Alex said.
Kara froze wondering what Alex would say next. "So?"
"Did you know I was Kon's mother?" Alex asked accusingly.
"I knew that Kon was a descendant of yours but what you're saying is impossible. Kon said he was from a thousand years ago," Kara said.
"Kon's a liar. He's hiding something. Hank can sense it, too," Alex said.
"What are you going to do?" Kara asked.
"I have no choice. I have to make sure he's born, so he can save us all from the Female Furies," Alex said.
"Who's the father?" Kara wondered.
"Mon," Alex answered. "That's how he's half-Insane, half-human," Alex said.
Kara stared at Alex. "So...you're the one to start a family with Mon in the end."
"It's not like that, Kara. I don't have a choice. You failed to stop them," Alex said frustrated.
"There were other Justice League members there," Kara recalled.
"They would have been defeated, too. Only Kon could have defeated them," Alex said.
"The Female Furies also came from the future. Maybe, the Female Furies could have been stopped from going into the past," Kara considered.
"Kon may be a punk, but he's still a person. He's still my son. I can't just blink him out of existence," Alex said.
"You never had a problem with others doing it," Kara said bluntly.
"That's different," Alex said.
"It is?" Kara wondered.
"I can't raise a child on my own," Alex said bitterly.
"But you're not alone. You have Maggie," Kara pointed out.
"She's going to freak when she hears this," Alex predicted.
"Then don't tell her. Not yet anyway," Kara advised.
Meanwhile, Psi broke into another bank, stole some cash, and was then confronted by the police. She proceeded to freak out a crane operator causing damage to nearby buildings as the wrecking ball slammed into them. Cops were on their knees before her.
"Why?" a devastated cop asked her as he saw a Krispy Kreme destroyed in his mind.
Supergirl suddenly dropped in and confronted Psi. "I hope you brought your A-game because I brought mine," Psi said as she fired off a psychic burst.
Kara went through the burst unaffected and went for a strike. Before she did, she stopped herself. In front of her was Mon. Kara stayed still as she couldn't bring herself to punch him. "I wonder what it is that has brought the Girl of Steel to her knees," Psi mocked.
"It's okay. You can punch me," Mon said gently.
"I can't," Kara said breaking down.
"It's just like practice," Mon smiled at her.
"I miss you so much," Kara cried.
"We will see each other again. I promise," Mon said embracing her.
Alex fired off a few shots at Psi missing her. "Really?" Psi said unimpressed and then created Alex's greatest fear. Alex saw Maggie in front of her. "You know how I feel about kids," she said to her.
"I have no choice, Maggie," Alex said to the image of Maggie.
"You always have a choice, Alex. We can be free or you can be a slave to that little shit," Maggie said scornfully.
"I have to save the world," Alex shook her head.
"What are you? Sarah Connor now?" Maggie mocked.
"This isn't real," Alex shook her head and activated the psychic dampener freeing herself of the illusion.
Psi then noticed Alex charging her psychic dampener in her hand. Psi focused on Alex and threw her across the street into a church. Kara glanced at the church where Alex had landed. She was injured but still conscious. Kara then snapped out of it and faced off against Psi.
"Kick her ass," Mon said in her head.
Kara cocked her fist back and the air picked up as she was about to give Psi a killer strike. Psi stared at Kara horrified as she couldn't affect her any longer. Kara then shot her arm forward and at the last possible moment flicked Psi with her index finger. Psi was on the ground knocked out cold.
Maggie arrived as paramedics took away the wounded. A headband was placed on Psi to keep her from using her abilities. "Such a shame. So much talent and she used it only to get money," Maggie said to Kara.
"She was good practice," Kara said turning away and then flying off.
Alex then came up to Maggie. "You alright?" Maggie asked concernedly.
"Yeah, hey, I was wondering. How do you feel about kids?" Alex asked.
Later that night, Kara and Kon watched a movie on the TV. "This is so boring," Kon complained of the Wizard of Oz.
"It's a classic, you idiot," Kara shot back.
"If someone took my dog, I would kill them," Kon said referencing the movie.
"Don't underestimate the power of witches, Kon," Kara told him.