It was night as a prisoner bus went down the street. The bus made itself a target as it went through a red light. Kara dropped down and slammed into the front of the bus stopping it immediately. She then tore off the door and went inside. "You went through a red light," Kara said annoyed.
"Help me," the driver said softly.
"To drive? Can't help you there," Kara said unimpressed.
"For the love of God, help me," the driver said as a prisoner held him hostage with a knife.
"Oh, I see what's going on here," Kara finally realized.
Alex then broke through the roof of the bus and started punching and kicking the rebellious prisoners. Kara watched as Alex kicked ass on all of the prisoners and rescued the captured sheriff deputies. The MPD soon arrived to take care of the situation.
"Those guys mentioned an alien predator. What do you make of that?" Alex wondered as the two of them walked down the street.
"No idea," Kara admitted.
The next morning, Lena and James watched TV at Catco eyeing a new medical development. "At OCP, we have found a way to connect nerve tissue to cybernetic limbs. These children will now have a better life," Morgan said as he showed several children with cybernetic limbs.
"This is years ahead of its time," James said amazed.
"OCP isn't even in this kind of business," Lena said confused. "And he's in my hospital, no less."
"What you going to do about it?" James smirked.
"I have to get down there," Lena said taking off.
Alex came home to her apartment and found Maggie at the table. "I was hoping you would take longer to get home," Maggie said softly.
"I thought about it but the longer we put this off, the harder it's going to get," Alex said sadly.
"I love you," Maggie said sincerely.
"I love you, too, but this is something I have to do," Alex said.
"Whatever happened to no fate but what we make for ourselves?" Maggie asked.
"That sounds poetic, but he's alive. I see him every day. He's a living breathing person. I can't make him disappear," Alex said referring to Kon.
"You've killed scores of people and never gave a shit," Maggie pointed out.
"They deserved to die, alright. He's just a kid," Alex said.
"A kid that could destroy the planet. You can't handle a half-Insane, half-human kid on your own," Maggie told her.
"I was hoping you could help me out with that," Alex said disappointedly.
"You can't just throw this on me," Maggie objected.
"How many more rounds do we have to go on this. He's my son," Alex said.
"This can't be it. This is stupid," Maggie said.
"What's stupid is you refusing to even consider the possibility of kids. Like, what kind of negotiator are you? You could have just lied to me and stalled me out for years," Alex said.
"I won't do that to you," Maggie shook her head.
"We can't be together," Alex said finally.
Morgan looked over his new masterpiece at Luthor hospital. The man was encased in metallic armor except for his head. His legs and arms were all cybernetic. His eyes and ears were cybernetically enhanced. His brain was given a CPU. Lena Luthor barged in, gave the cybernetic man a weird look, and then focused on Morgan.
"Where do you get off writing off hospital expenses for maimed children?" Lena asked him.
"What the fuck did I just hear?" Morgan wondered.
"This is a publicity stunt. How the hell do you even have this kind of technology?" Lena demanded.
"That is my little secret," Morgan smiled.
"He should be ready for the streets soon," Morgan's brunette assistant told him.
"Thank you, Mara. Excuse me, this is Lena Luthor. I am sure you've heard of her," Morgan introduced.
"Of course," Mara said.
"Mara has been an excellent help in assisting me create these cybernetic breakthroughs," Morgan said pleased.
"Another day, another dollar is what I say," Mara smirked.
Lena then saw the cybernetic man get up, put his helmet on, and walk off. "You go get'em," Morgan said as he left.
"Was that a cop?" Lena wondered.
"A Robo-cop," Morgan smiled.
"Bulletproof and explosive resistant armor, a machine gun pistol that automatically reloads from his arm, cybernetic eyes that will give him perfect aim, on-board audio and video recording, and a CPU linked directly to his brain," Mara listed off.
"Did you also install Miranda rights and guidelines against excessive force?" Lena asked skeptically.
"Oops," Mara smiled sheepishly.
"All kidding aside, he will be the perfect cop for our streets, and he's just the beginning," Morgan said pleased.
"You turning cops into cyborgs," Lena said disturbed.
"Officer Murphy was blown the fuck up right outside his house no-less. I saved his life, gave him back his limbs, and made him fucking awesome. You're the one to talk, Miss Luthor. I know all about the Metallo project your mother was involved in," Morgan said.
"No matter how many children you save or how much crime you solve, the public will always know the truth that you're an asshole," Lena glared at him.
"Who the fuck do you think is in the White House right now? People don't care if someone is an asshole as long as he produces results. Now, I'm going to go back to my office, get drunk as fuck, and bang my secretary," Morgan said taking off.
Mara gave Lena a smile and left in the opposite direction.
The next day, Morgan brought the new Robocop to a rally in the park. Mara was at his side as he made a speech about ending crime in the city once and for all. Lena and James were at the rally watching. "Good afternoon, I'm Morgan Edge. You might have heard of me. I'm kind of a big deal."
"Many of you are pissed-off about the crime in Metropolis. I don't blame you. Since Supergirl stopped killing criminals, crime has dramatically spiked. You see, the surrounding cities like Gotham aren't sending their best here. They're sending murderers, rapists, and some, I assume are good people," Morgan said.
"But today, I unveil a new weapon against crime: Robocop," Morgan said pointing to him.
Robocop began scanning the crowd and saw a man with a weapon. "Freeze," Robocop said as the criminal took out his gun.
The criminal shot at Morgan but Mara got in front of him. The crowd dispersed as the shooter fired everything he had at Robocop without result. "Dead or alive, you're coming with me," Robocop told the shooter.
The shooter fled on foot only to get blasted several times in the back. The shooter fell into traffic and was run over by a bus. Robocop twirled his pistol and put it back inside his leg compartment.
"Thank you," Morgan said gratefully to Mara.
"No problem," Mara said dropping the bullet on the ground.
Later that night, Robocop stormed a warehouse by himself. Morgan and Mara watched on a computer monitor everything Robocop was seeing. Looking around, Robocop found a dozen drug dealing cartel members skinned and hanging from the rafters.
"Well, that isn't something you see every day," Morgan muttered.
Robocop's audio scanners noticed a slight sound inside the warehouse. Taking out his pistol, Robocop scanned for the intruder using multiple visual wavelengths. Seeing nothing, Robocop then turned around towards the entrance he came from. A plasma burst went through his back and out his chest.
"What the fuck was that?" Morgan asked stunned.
Robocop's systems went to back-up mode after the severe blow to his torso. Robocop turned around and looked for the source. Another plasma burst went straight for his head blasting away his helmet and half his skull. Robocop then fell over with a thud.
"Well...shit," Morgan said as they lost visual.
"I have to go," Mara said taking off.
Meanwhile, at the DEO, Hank was back to work bossing Winn around. "There have been several incidences of unusual ritual killing. They all seem to have one thing in common," Winn said.
"What would that be?" Hank asked.
"They were all heavily armed," Winn said.
"It appears it doesn't discriminate; it's killing both cops and criminals alike," Hank considered.
"Can I get my sword back?" Kon asked bored as he sat in a chair.
"Not until I know you can be responsible with it," Hank said.
Plasma bursts suddenly went flying through the air hitting DEO personnel killing them on the spot. Television screens and computer monitors were blasted out. "Take cover!" Hank shouted.
A metal net suddenly sprung out of nowhere, took hold of Hank, and pinned him to the wall. A cloaked figure moved quickly towards Hank with a spear in its hand. The creature was about to spear Hank through when Hank phased through the net and got out of the way just in time. The creature sliced through the wall with its spear.
"Can I have my sword now?" Kon asked.
"Winn, get Kon his sword!" Hank shouted.
"Okay," Winn said crawling on the ground to a door.
Hank morphed into J'onn and confronted the cloaked creature. "I know who you are. You don't scare me," J'onn said to it.
The Predator deactivated his cloak and extended his wrist blades. J'onn expertly dodged the Predator's swings and got a solid kick on him. The Predator fired a dart at J'onn's side injuring him. Kon then intervened giving the Predator a solid kick against the wall. The Predator then reactivated his cloak.
Winn came back with Kon's sword. The Predator immediately targeted him with three red dots to his head. "Shit!" Kon realized.
Kon got in the way just in time shielding Winn from the plasma burst with his hand. Kon then tensed up as his hair went bright blond. The room became lit up from his golden aura. The Predator's infrared scanners were blinded by the light. Switching to a different visual scanner, the Predator threw blades at Kon.
Kon took his sword and swiped at the blades deflecting them. The deflected blades went everywhere nearly hitting a cowering Winn. Kon smirked victoriously and then suddenly went back to his normal form. "Oh, fuck," he said as he fell to the ground.
The Predator decloaked in front of him with wrist blades ready. Kon weakly swung at the Predator with his sword. The Predator expertly twirled his sword out of his hands. The Predator then grabbed Kon by the throat and examined his skull. Kon attempted to power up but his body refused to do so. A bright green Kryptonite blade was in his gut.
The Predator retracted his blades and then gave Kon the beating of his life. Winn then stepped in spraying the Predator with a fire extinguisher. The Predator growled in irritation and backhanded Winn across the room. The Predator then ignored a crying child as he advanced on Kon. The crying child morphed into Hank, phased his arm through the Predator's back, and stopped his heart. The Predator fell to the floor dead.
Hank then offered Kon a hand off the floor. "It would seem you're half-Insane, half-Human, and half-Kryptonian. That math doesn't add up."
"Put a piece of radioactive metal in a human and see how well they fight," Kon excused.
"If you're telling the truth, why are you shielding your mind from me," Hank glared at him.
"I don't have to take this shit. I'm going home," Kon said walking off painfully.
Supergirl landed inside the warehouse and looked around. "I'm here. You want the ultimate trophy? Well, here I am," she said to the night.
Kara then heard a slight movement coming towards her. Taking her two hands, she formed two dozen energy orbs that floated around her. The Predator attempted to navigate through the floating energy orbs to get to Kara. One of the energy orbs exploded decloaking the Predator as it impacted. Kara put her hands together sending all of the energy orbs to that one point. The energy orbs hit the Predator all at once creating an explosion that rattled the warehouse.
A metal net suddenly hit Kara throwing her against the warehouse wall. The metal net glowed green from Kryptonite. Kara struggled in vain against it as it tightened on her. What had been hit from her energy orbs was the Predator's chest armor and mask. The Predator stared down at Kara with his real face.
"You're one ugly beast," Kara said as the Predator extended a Kryptonite tipped spear.
Just as the Predator was about to spear Kara through, a black blur slammed into the Predator knocking it off balance. "If you're going to hunt, you better hunt this mother-fucker," Guardian said.
The Predator roared at Guardian and extended his blades. Guardian extended his shield and the two fought hand-to-hand. Kara could only watch as Guardian held his own for a brief moment. Alex and Maggie barged into the warehouse guns ready.
"We got your call, James," Alex said as Guardian was being thrashed.
"Get rid of your guns," Kara shouted at them.
"Wait...why?" Alex asked confused.
The Predator aimed his plasma cannon at the two of them and fired a burst at them. The two women scattered as the burst exploded where they were. "Holy shit," Alex said as she took cover.
"He only fights with the weapons you bring to the fight," Kara told her.
"This is bullshit," Maggie disagreed.
"Just trust her," Alex said to her.
Alex and Maggie dropped their pistols on the floor. "What we supposed to do now? Cuff him?" Maggie asked incredulously.
Alex looked around and saw the Predator's spear. "Free Supergirl," Alex said to Maggie.
Alex ran over to the Predator's spear and it then became a one-on-two battle. The Predator blocked the two of them at the same time as he towered over them. Maggie went over to Kara with a smug look on her face. "I know you did everything you could to separate us. Well, congratulations, you succeeded," Maggie said bitterly.
"You doing this now?" Kara wondered.
Maggie looked at the metal net. She attempted to slice it with her knife without success. She then grabbed the net only to cut her hands. "Damn," Maggie said uncertainly.
Taking out her cuffs, she placed a cuff ring on the net and then placed the other cuff on her wrist. Gripping her wrist hard, Maggie pulled on the net. Grunting with effort, Maggie finally tore the net off the wall freeing Kara. Meanwhile, the Predator lifted Guardian and Alex off the ground at the same time choking them out.
Maggie went over to Robocop's remains and took his machine gun pistol. She took careful aim and fired into the Predator's back. The Predator roared in pain, threw Alex and Guardian aside, and fired a plasma burst straight at Maggie. Kara got in the way just in time blocking the burst. Kara coughed up blood as she fell to the floor.
"Kara!" Maggie shrieked as she went down. The plasma burst had gone through her suit and created a hole in Kara's chest.
"It was never personal," Kara said to Maggie.
"It felt personal to me," Maggie replied angrily.
"I'm sorry," Kara said to her.
Alex swiped off the Predator's plasma cannon off his shoulder. Guardian took the sharp end of his shield and rammed it into the Predator's gut. The Predator roared in pain as Guardian kept pushing his shield farther into the alien's gut spilling bright green blood on the floor. The Predator finally fell to his knees defeated.
"You're terminated mother-fucker," Alex said as she slashed the Predator's neck with the spear.
The Predator pushed buttons on his wrist band as he fell over dead. Alex noticed a countdown of a sort was counting down. "Is that what I think it is?" Guardian wondered.
Kara got back to her feet and stumbled her way over to the Predator. She used her heat vision to slice off the Predator's arm. "It's his rage quit device. It will destroy half the city," Kara said.
"How do you know so much about these creatures?" Alex asked her.
"Really? You're asking me this now?" Kara rolled her eyes.
"How much time do we have?" Guardian asked.
"Oh, a few minutes maybe," Kara said nonchalantly.
"Shit!" Alex realized.
"I'll take it away," Kara said to them.
"You're injured," Alex objected.
"You three have to live. I don't," Kara said taking the device.
"Don't go all emo on us," Alex said to her.
"I'll be able to see my mother and father again," Kara said wiping away a tear.
"I can't lose you again," Alex said to her.
"I never really returned," Kara replied and then shot off through the warehouse roof into the sky. Kara winced in pain from her wound as she worked to get the bomb as far away from the city as possible. The countdown was nearly done as Kara reached near space. The cold and lack of air started to affect her as she continued to climb. Finally, she let go of the bomb as it exploded. The blast tore Kara's uniform to shreds and burned her body red.
Kara lost consciousness and plummeted back to Earth. Kon saw Kara descending down to the Earth from Kara's apartment. "No," he said softly. He rushed over to her catching her at the last moment before she could hit the ground.
Alex, Guardian, and Maggie sighed with relief as Kon caught Kara and took her away. "Well, I'm going to miss all this fun," Maggie said to Alex.
Guardian quickly realized what she meant and decided to back away into the darkness. Alex embraced Maggie and kissed her. "If you ever want a near-death experience again, give me a call," Alex said to Maggie.
"I will," Maggie smiled.
Kon took Kara into the apartment and placed her on the bed. She was bleeding and burned all over her body. "The fuck, girl," Kon said concerned for her.
"Make sure you put three million saved on the tally," Kara said weakly.
Kon looked back to a whiteboard that had Kon's kill count and Kara's save count. "Damn," Kon realized. He looked around their stuff and found a jar filled with green beans.
"Eat this," Kon said putting the bean into Kara's mouth.
Kara chewed the bean and then within seconds her body was healthy again. Kara got up and quickly changed out of her torn uniform into civilian clothes. "After all that, I might be stronger than you, now," Kara said to Kon.
"Doubt it," Kon rolled his eyes.
Kara looked at herself in the mirror and took off her malfunctioning facial masque revealing Mara's face underneath. Her hair and eyes were dark brown. Mara then noticed a tear in Kon's superman t-shirt. "Looks like you had some fun of your own, brother."
Author's Notes: Maggie will continue to get occasional appearances and references in later seasons. So, the twist reveals itself that Kara had never returned and had been impersonated by this original character, Mara. The twists and turns will continue until a full explanation is revealed. The episode involving the Rao believers has not been cut. It's just been pushed back for reasons that will become obvious later.