Mara drove the 1958 Chevrolet while disguised as Kara. Her new facial mask and Super Insane form made her look identical to the real Kara Danvers. Alex was in the passenger seat completely oblivious. The Super Insane form was taxing on Mara but hair dye and blue contact lenses wouldn't do the trick. They would both disintegrate off her body the moment she powered up or engaged an opponent in battle. She had trained for years to keep the Super Insane form even when not fighting.
There was a long silence between them. "Did you ask Hank permission to drive his car?" Alex asked finally.
"Err...no," Mara said sheepishly.
"He's going to be so pissed," Alex said.
"If he ever finds out," Mara said unconcernedly. She looked at the GPS to see if they were getting close to Midvale.
"You forget how to get home?" Alex asked.
"I usually fly to get there," Mara excused.
They pulled up to the house. Alex immediately went up to Eliza and gave her a hug while Mara looked around intrigued by the surroundings. Alex then went inside. "Yeah, I'll carry all the bags," Mara rolled her eyes as she took them out.
Eliza then gave Mara a hug and the two of them went inside. Alex bypassed Jeremiah who was watching a baseball game and went straight to the shower. "Oh, fuck me, right?" he shook his head dismayed.
Mara gave Jeremiah a hug and looked over his cybernetic arm. "I could help make that arm stronger and more efficient," Mara offered.
"So, one daughter completely ignores me and the other is only interested in my robot arm. I see how it is," Jeremiah said disgruntled.
"Let's arm wrestle," Mara challenged.
"You're on, kid," Jeremiah smiled.
Eliza watched mystified as Mara and Jeremiah went back and forth. Mara finally took Jeremiah's arm down. "You're toying with me," Jeremiah figured.
"Yeah," Mara admitted.
"Want to play catch?" Jeremiah asked.
"I would love to," Mara said.
Eliza watched pleased as Mara and Jeremiah played catch. Mara didn't even use a glove as she caught every one of Jeremiah's fastballs. "I've had to learn how to throw left-handed," Jeremiah said to Mara.
"Why? Your robot arm is so much stronger," Mara wondered.
"It feels like cheating that way," Jeremiah said.
The two of them came together. "You're like the son I never had," Jeremiah remarked.
"That's both insulting and flattering at the same time," Mara smiled.
"Did I trigger you? I hear that's a thing now," Jeremiah joked.
"I don't get triggered. I pull the trigger," Mara replied.
"That's my girl," Jeremiah said and then saw the cross necklace around Mara's neck. "You've kept the faith still?"
"Always," Mara said sincerely.
"When we heard of the fight you had with the Insane, I thought we had lost you," Jeremiah said shaken up.
Mara turned away as she held back tears. "No one is ever truly lost."
At the DEO, Hank was on high alert with his strongest assets missing. Still, there were no immediate threats, so Hank started to get bored. "Agent Schott, pull up voice recordings of Kara before and after the Insane invasion."
"Coming right up," Winn said not questioning the odd order.
On-screen were two voice recordings. "Analyze them for inconsistencies," Hank ordered.
Winn typed in the command and then the computer analyzed the differences in voice patterns. "There's actually a considerable difference between the two. I don't get it. She hasn't sounded differently to me," Winn said.
"To the untrained ear, it is a perfect imitation. However, these two voice patterns are too different to be the same person," Hank said.
"Maybe Kara's voice got tweaked by that black hole," Winn considered.
"Hold that thought," Hank allowed. "Analyze height and weight dimensions from before and after."
Winn pulled up the dimensions. The difference was slight but measurable. "This is within normal perimeters. People lose and gain height throughout the day and when they sleep," Winn said.
"Check video recordings from before and after and then give me the infrared versions," Hank ordered.
"Did I ever mention how it's really creepy that you have cameras recording everything we do and say in this room?" Winn asked.
"You have, but I don't give a shit," Hank said.
Winn put up two videos on the screen from before and after. The first Kara had low infrared while the other was blindingly high. "The energy output on the second Kara is comparable to...," Winn considered.
"A Super Insane," Hank realized.
Mara sat with Eliza looking over the yard. The waves crashed against the coast. The skies were clear. "When Betelgeuse finally explodes, it will be a sight to behold," Jeremiah said looking up at it.
"It will be," Mara agreed.
"Here's some coffee," Eliza offered Mara.
Mara tried to not make a face as she took a sip. "This is what being a parent is all about. When a child is in agony, you show up regardless of the hour."
"Really?" Mara wondered.
"This is going to be hard no matter what. At least here, she can lean into it. Better than pretending she's fine," Eliza said.
"I was taught that laughter was the best medicine for loss," Mara said.
"Who taught you that?" Eliza asked.
"Err...Hank did," Mara lied.
"Hank the alien may not be the real Hank Henshaw, but he's still an asshole. Sometimes, you have to take loss seriously and give it meaning," Eliza said.
"I'm still working on figuring out that meaning for myself," Mara said.
"About Mon? I worry about you more than Alex. You quit your job, you've been acting really strange," Eliza said.
"It's been an awful year, but I feel better now," Mara said truthfully.
"I kind of like the fact that you're not killing people anymore, even if they deserve it," Eliza complimented
"Thanks," Mara smiled.
"What made you change your mind about that?" Eliza asked curiously.
"I saw pure evil in Queen Rhea, and I saw some of myself in her. I didn't want to be like that anymore," Mara said.
"You've thought a lot about this. That's a change," Eliza smiled.
Mara wasn't sure how to react to that statement. "I feel numb to everything. I can't help Alex, because I feel...nothingness myself," Mara admitted.
"Let us deal with that. You just be you," Eliza said to her.
Mara walked into their shared childhood bedroom with coffee she didn't care to drink. "I brought you some," Mara offered.
"What's the point of all this?" Alex asked her as she sipped a glass of Whiskey.
"The point? There is no point," Mara replied.
"Well, what the fuck am I doing here?" Alex asked rhetorically.
"Well, you can get some good sleep and maybe gain a few pounds," Mara said.
"Fuck you. You're the worst person to talk to about this," Alex said scornfully.
"I'm just a driver. You should talk to your mom," Mara said.
"Stop saying that. She's your mom, too," Alex said.
"We could talk about it. It won't help though," Mara said.
"You don't get to shut down for six months and then get to mock me about this," Alex said offended.
"That's fair," Mara allowed. "Look, I didn't sign up for mean drunk. I prefer sad drunk."
"Oh yeah, that's right. Whatever Kara wants, goes," Alex said depressed. "Fuck everyone else. Kara knows best."
"Well...yeah," Mara replied obviously.
"You really are a piece of work. Were you born fucked up or did you have to work on it?" Alex asked.
"My parents did give me a helping hand," Mara admitted.
"You know what? I am going to try to dream about happier times," Alex said turning off her light.
Ten Years Ago
"Girls, you need to wake up. I'm not kidding. Last call," Eliza yelled from downstairs.
"This is bullshit," teenage Kara said sleepily.
"Get your ass out of bed before you get me in trouble again," teenage Alex said scornfully.
"My planet exploded before my very eyes. Why the fuck do I care if I get into trouble?" Kara mocked.
"Why my parents adopted you, I will never know," Alex said to her.
"Well, to be fair, you were an accident too," Kara shot back.
"Fuck you," Alex spat as she opened the door.
Kara zipped by her and got into the bathroom first. She gave Alex a mocking look as she closed the door locking it.
"Open the fucking door!" Alex demanded as she pounded on the door.
"Language!" Eliza yelled at her.
"I hate you!" Alex shouted at Kara behind the door.
"Whiner," Kara mocked.
Kara then looked at herself in the mirror and entered into her inner monologue: I like to take care of my body. 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," 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...," Kara continued.
"Get the fuck out, already," Alex pounded on the door.
"God damn," Kara said as she scrubbed her face, brushed her teeth, and then got out.
Eliza read a self-help book by Cat Grant in obvious foreshadowing as Alex came down for breakfast. "Where's your sister?" Eliza asked.
"I don't have a sister," Alex said dismissively.
"Honey, we issued you one. You have to be accountable for stuff we sign out to you," Eliza told her.
"I didn't sign up for this shit," Alex said.
"No, you didn't. You were drafted," Eliza said obviously. "Did you not finish your calculus?" Eliza noticed.
"Calculus," Kara chuckled as she entered the dining room. "I find it so ironic they call it advanced placement."
"Says the girl that gets Cs in all of her classes," Alex muttered.
"Hey, I got a perfect SAT score," Kara pointed out. "I simply don't apply myself."
"I knew one of my children would be a genius. I just didn't realize it would be a space-alien," Eliza said giving Kara a hug.
"Why do I even need to go to school?" Kara asked.
"You need to be around kids your own age," Eliza said condescendingly "Or else you'll turn into an anti-social psychopath."
"Like that's ever going to happen," Kara rolled her eyes.
"I would argue it's already present," Alex said.
"I feel like I am in a zoo exhibit surrounded by monkeys so forgive my 'anti-social' behavior," Kara mocked.
"By the way, I'll be working at the lab late tonight, so Alex, I need you to babysit," Eliza ordered.
"You have to be fucking kidding me," Alex refused.
"The amount of trouble I get into will be proportional to your punishment," Kara grinned.
"Fuck my life," Alex shook her head dismayed.
"Go out to the bus," Eliza ordered them off. "Kara, don't forget your backpack and your glasses." She then turned to Alex as Kara took off. "Go easy on her."
"From what the boys tell me, she prefers it hard," Alex replied.
Eliza shook her head as Alex took off.
Kara doodled dicks of various sizes and shapes all over her paper. "Earth to Kara Danvers, who was the general of the continental army during the Revolutionary War?" Mr. Bernard asked.
"Is this a trick question? There were many of them. You want me to list them all?" Kara asked.
"How about the main one?" Mr. Bernard asked, losing patience.
"That would be...oh my God, my mind is so blank right now. Could it be? No, it couldn't be. Maybe, no, how about...George fucking Washington," Kara mocked.
"Look here, you little shit, you're dropping the GPA of the entire class which in turn hurts the funding of the school which in turn makes it more probable I get laid off," Mr. Bernard said fiercely.
"That sounds like a serious design flaw," Kara smirked.
"Off to principal's office, Miss Danvers, again," the teacher ordered her.
Afterward, Kara was at gym class as girls went up and down a rope. "Alright, girls, up the rope," the gym teacher ordered.
"This is retarded," Kara said as Alex quickly went up.
Kara pulled hard on her rope breaking it off from the ceiling. She then touched the end of the rope before Alex did. "Detention," the gym teacher ordered Kara.
Kara then went to lunch and listened to kids prattle on about Superman. "Did you hear about Superman defeating Zod. I mean, holy shit!" one boy said.
"He's not that cool," Kara rolled her eyes.
"What are you talking about? He shoots lasers out of his eyes, he can catch bullets, he can fly, and run super-fast, holy shit!" another boy said.
"He literally walks around with his underwear over his tights," Kara mocked.
"Batman could kick his ass," another boy said.
"Could not," one argued.
"Could, too," the other shot back.
Kara tried to ignore the immature banter as she sat alone from everyone else. Alex sat down with her friends completely ignoring Kara. A total nerd wearing an orange sweatshirt came over to Kara. "Hey, Kenny," Kara called over.
Kenny awkwardly approached when jock quarterback Jake Powell slammed Kenny's tray on the floor. Kara was on Jake in a flash. "You bastard, you killed Kenny's lunch."
"What are you going to do about it?" Jake asked standing up to her.
"I'm going to give you a giant wedgy," Kara promised.
"You see this jacket. I'm a fucking stallion. It means not only am I the toughest guy in school, but it also means I have a giant cock," Jack said proudly.
"Listen very carefully. If you mess with Kenny again, I am going to rip off your dick and shove it up your ass," Kara told him.
"Sounds like you got some penis envy," Jack smirked.
Kara lifted him off the floor, slammed his head into the ceiling, and then dropped him. Kara then gave Kenny a twenty-dollar bill. "Keep the change."
Kenny came back with a full tray. "They wouldn't be treating me like this if they knew how much dirt I have on them," he said bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Kara perked up.
"It's amazing what people will talk about when you're invisible," Kenny said.
"I wish...I wish I gave a shit," Kara said honestly.
"You're the strongest girl I have ever met. Why do you hang out with me?" Kenny wondered.
"For starters, you're the smartest monkey here. If I had to choose one of you to be a pet, I would choose you. Second, you're a bully magnet. I don't even have to go looking for them. They come right to you, they beat your ass, and then I beat their ass," Kara said.
"Your honesty is so refreshing," Kenny said appreciatively. "What are you doing tonight?"
"Anything and everything to get my sister in trouble while my adopted mother is away," Kara said.
Kara met up with Kenny in the middle of nowhere in the forest. "Welcome, Kara Danvers," Kenny said showing her his telescope and laptop.
"I had hoped we would be doing something a little more controversial," Kara said disappointed.
"I stole this equipment from the school," Kenny said.
"It's a start," Kara allowed.
"Take a look," Kenny said pointing to his telescope.
Kara indulged him and looked through it. With her super-vision, the image was even more enhanced. "It's beautiful," Kara said genuinely moved.
"With this, I can take pictures of whatever the telescope sees," Kenny said.
"So, if we were to use this to spy on a neighbor I could see what they're up to and record it," Kara smiled.
"I suppose you could," Kenny said taken aback. Kenny then looked up at the sky. "Somewhere, in all of that darkness, there are other worlds."
"No shit?" Kara wondered.
"I wonder what's up there," Kenny said.
"A lot of people just begging to be killed, just begging I tell you," Kara frowned. "It's a beautiful view of death."
"It is," Kenny said looking directly at Kara.
"You referring to the stars or me?" Kara asked him.
"Yes," he replied.
"Oh, get over here and kiss me," Kara said as she made out with him.
"Wow, that was something else," Kenny said amazed.
"Let's lose our V card in this forest. I want it all-natural," Kara said to him as she tore off his clothes
"Alright!" Kenny said getting his first score with a girl.
A fully clothed Kara walked on the roof and slipped through the window. "Where were you?" Alex demanded.
"I wish I could tell you it wasn't disappointing," Kara sighed.
"What dumb thing did you do out there?" Alex asked derisively.
"I would call it a public service," Kara applauded herself. "Besides, if you wanted me to stay out of trouble you could have left the door unlocked, so I am not walking on the roof."
"So, thieves can rob us blind?" Alex said paranoid. "If anything happened like that, my mom would be on my ass."
"I don't see how this has anything to do with me," Kara said dismissively.
"Before you crashed in that pod, I had a great life. My dad was still with me. We were a family," Alex said hurt. "All I can say is that you're not worth it."
"The only thing that is keeping your dad away is your dad. If he really wanted to, he could escape," Kara said.
"You take that back!" Alex shouted at her.
"Or you could unleash me, and I could kill every mother-fucker your dad ever met and take him back by force," Kara said. "The only thing keeping you guys from being a family again is your antiquated morality."
Alex punched Kara to face nearly breaking her hand. "Well, I hope that was more satisfying for you than it was for me," Kara shook her head.
"Fuck!" Alex said grasping her hand.
"Look, the promise I make to this family is that I will do my best to keep the rest of you safe even if means the world burns. Is that good enough for you?" Kara asked condescendingly.
Alex ignored Kara and went back to sleep facing away from her.
The next day, Kara listened as sirens filled the air. With her super-hearing, she could hear the sheriff deputies talking to each other on their radios. "Oh my God, they killed Kenny," a sheriff deputy radioed.
Kara left Alex behind and ran after the sheriff's cars eventually getting to the scene of the crime. Using her X-ray vision, she saw Kenny's body under a white tarp. "Well...shit," Kara said as she confirmed the truth.
"You can't go nearer, Kara," Ronald Collins, a sheriff deputy told her.
"I'm standing right here," Kara said.
"I know this is hard for you, but you have to stay this far away," Ronald continued.
"I'm good, really," Kara said to him.
Later that day, Kara stared at Kenny's locker filled with memorial notes. "It's drugs, it's always drugs. I bet it was a serial killer. Those bastards, they killed Kenny!" students said as they passed by it.
"And they call me the psychotic one," Kara shook her head.
"Kara, what's your deal?" Alex asked as she was staring.
"None of these fucks knew him but now that he's dead, they suddenly care," Kara observed.
"Well, at least they cared a little bit more than you did," Alex pointed out.
Kara gave her a dirty look. "Let's go," Alex's friend pulled her away.
"Oh my God, they killed Kenny," Jake Powell said as he saw the locker.
"That joke is getting old now," Kara told him.
"Haven't you ever watched South Park? It never gets old," Jake told her and then went down to the boy's locker room.
Kara followed him into the boy's locker room and slammed Jake against a locker. "Whoa, trying to get a peep show?" Jake asked.
"Maybe I identify as a boy now," Kara glared at him.
"And here I thought you identified as a bitch," Jake shot back.
Kara took hold of Jake, twisted his arm, and forced his face into the locker. "Oh, Jake, you're the one that taught me how to shit-talk but the apprentice has become the master."
"Yeah, bullshit," Jake doubted.
"Bitches, leave," Kara ordered the other boys. They did so without question. "Pray, brother, pray," one of them said as he left.
"What's your problem? On your period?" Jake asked her.
"You're going to tell me what you did to Kenny, or I'm going to peel your dick like a banana," Kara threatened.
"Okay, he caught me smoking pot. He said he was going to tell, so I gave him shit," Jake confessed.
"He had leverage against you, and you bullied him even harder? You have my respect," Kara said impressed.
"I know, right?" Jake grinned.
"Where's the shit?" Kara demanded.
"The pot?" Jake wondered.
"No shit, Sherlock," Kara said obviously.
"I have some, back home," Jake admitted.
"It better be the good shit, because I'm coming over to your place," Kara told him.
"What the fuck?" Jake wondered.
"You're dumping that Vicki bitch and replacing her with me," Kara ordered.
"The fuck I will," Jake protested.
Kara twisted his arm tighter. "Alright...alright," Jake agreed.
"Your dick better not be as limp as your throwing arm," Kara said releasing him.
Kara came back home late. "Where were you?" Alex asked.
"I was at Kenny's place. I told the parents I'm pregnant with Kenny's baby," Kara said nonchalantly.
Alex spat out her soda. "What the fuck?" she asked stunned.
"They seemed really happy about that," Kara observed.
"Why would you say that, Kara? You can't get pregnant with humans," Alex said.
"Right now, they need some good news. By the time they figure out its a lie, they'll be over it," Kara said.
"They're going to be so pissed with you," Alex predicted.
"It's better to be angry than to be sad," Kara figured.
"Jesus Christ. The school is all the talk about how Jake Powell dumped Vicki for you," Alex said.
"How are these two things related?" Kara asked confused.
"Jake bullied Kenny every day and you just told Kenny's parents you're carrying his baby," Alex said obviously.
"You're right, this is getting complicated," Kara realized.
"Wait, you were with Kenny last night," Alex remembered.
"That's true," Kara allowed.
"Did you kill him?" Alex accused.
"Err...no, that's like a household rule," Kara reminded her.
"Your physical evidence is going to be on his body, you idiot," Alex said alarmed.
"Well, how was I supposed to know someone would kill him that night?" Kara rolled her eyes.
"You're in serious shit, right now," Alex told her. "You better fix this before my mom finds out."
That night, Kara walked around the crime site. Using her X-ray vision, she looked for any clues. Suddenly, she turned her head and fired heat vision beams at a tree. "What the hell?" Alex said peeved as she was nearly hit.
"What are you doing here?" Kara asked.
"Searching for clues, too. You know, I have a secret too. I was failing calculus," Alex admitted.
"My secret is better," Kara smirked.
Alex let the comment pass. "Kenny would tutor me out here away from everyone else. It allowed me to get the help I needed without the stigma of being around him at school."
"And you didn't bother to ask me for help," Kara said hurt.
"I wasn't interested in being criticized and taunted non-stop," Alex glared at Kara.
"I wonder if he took other girls out there. Maybe, he was a real player," Kara considered.
"What do you hope to find out here?" Alex asked.
"His telescope and laptop. He had them out here when we were stargazing," Kara said. "The laptop took pictures of what was seen on the telescope."
"Maybe Kenny saw something he shouldn't have and it was recorded on the laptop," Alex suggested.
"Sounds good," Kara agreed.
"We should fan out and look for it. You can use your X-ray vision to find it," Alex said taking charge in the search.
The two searched around the forest for a good hour enjoying the outdoors and each other's company. "Well, this is pointless. I guess whoever killed Kenny took his laptop as well," Alex sighed.
"You mean this laptop," Kara said pulling it out of the ground.
"How long have you known?" Alex asked accusingly.
"That's not important. What's important is that we shared a sisterly moment," Kara grinned.
"I...hate you so much," Alex said clutching her hair.
The two girls brought the laptop back to the house. Kara played on her phone as Alex did serious detective work. "A lot of these files are encrypted," Alex said.
"Uh-huh," Kara said not listening.
"I'll check his emails," Alex said looking through them all.
"Yeah, you do that," Kara said as she focused all her attention on the game.
"Look at this one. Oh my God, it's Josie," Alex said stunned.
Kara looked over and saw her history teacher, Mr. Bernard, kissing Josie. "Nice."
"Not nice. She is a minor," Alex said obviously.
"I'm so confused about your sexual consent laws. What's the difference between seventeen and eighteen?" Kara asked.
"I admit it's arbitrary but a line has to be drawn somewhere," Alex said.
"If you say so," Kara shrugged.
There was a long pause between them. "Why? Are you fucking a teacher?" Alex asked her.
"What? Me? Why would you think that?" Kara asked hurt and offended.
"Unbelievable," Alex shook her head.
"At least, if I did, I wouldn't be stupid enough to have it in plain view through a car window," Kara said.
"I'm sending the encrypted pictures to an FBI agent I know," Alex said sending all the files away.
"Yeah, you go do that," Kara said disinterestedly.
The next morning, Kara confronted Josie in the bathroom. "I know what you did last summer," Kara smirked.
"Look, creepy bitch, don't think you can intimidate me," Josie said as she worked on her make-up.
Kara took out a picture and placed it on the mirror showing Mr. Bernard kissing her. Josie immediately tore it up. "That was just a copy," Kara said obviously. "Or was it?"
"Look, bitch, this doesn't prove anything," Josie said ignoring Kara.
Kara slammed her fist on the mirror cracking it over its entire length. "Did Mr. Bernard kill Kenny?"
"No, because that night I was with him sucking his dick," Josie revealed.
"A solid alibi," Kara allowed. "What Mr. Bernard did to you was wrong. Children should be allowed to laugh and play and not grow up too soon."
"What the fuck?" Josie wondered as Kara advanced on her.
"This is going to be weird for me. I can only hope it's weirder for you," Kara said as she kissed Josie on the lips. After Kara had broken the kiss, Josie was in a trance not remembering anything Dr. Bernard had done to her.
Kara then put a note on Mr. Bernard's desk. "The Danvers girls know."
That night, Kara and Alex walked down the street back home. "We've never walked back home before," Alex said surprised by Kara's initiative.
"Well, you are getting a little fat," Kara said.
"Fuck you, Kara," Alex said, her mood ruined.
A car came racing towards them. "Right on schedule," Kara said unconcerned.
"Wait, you set this up, didn't you?" Alex accused as the car was about to hit them both.
"Watch this," Kara said getting in front of Alex.
The car slammed into Kara stopping immediately. Mr. Bernard was thrown out the window shield, hit the guard rail, and flipped into the river down below. Kara gave a savage smile as she saw his dead body being carried away by the river. "Good form but a little rough on the landing. He may have to settle for the bronze," Kara chuckled.
"Holy shit, you just killed that guy," Alex said stunned.
"To be fair, he wouldn't have died if he had worn his seat belt," Kara rolled her eyes.
"We are in so much trouble," Alex said freaked.
"Don't worry about it. It's probably not the last time I kill someone protecting you," Kara told her.
Sheriff's deputies questioned the two girls shortly after the wreck. "Mr. Bernard tried to run us off the road," Alex explained.
"It looks like his car hit something big and suddenly stopped," Ronald, the sheriff deputy noted.
"It was a bear. Like...a really big bear," Kara said raising her arms to demonstrate.
"Uh-huh," Ronald doubted.
"Girls...thank God," Eliza said hugging them both.
Eliza took them both home and sent Alex away to do her homework. "Kara, what if you were discovered?"
"Well, the only witness died, so I think we're good," Kara said unconcerned.
"I've been trying to tell you, it's not your job to protect people," Eliza stressed.
"I don't protect in so much as I kill," Kara said honestly.
"Don't kill people either. Remember the sixth commandment," Eliza said.
"To be fair, there are a lot of loopholes to that commandment like...," Kara said.
"I don't want to hear your sass. Look, if you won't listen to me maybe you'll listen to the government," Eliza said throwing Kara to the wolves.
Kara stared at the FBI agent that looked exactly like her mom. A quick glance told her otherwise. "They always told me the government was fucked up, but I had no idea they would go this far."
"What are you talking about?" the FBI agent asked.
"X-ray vision: It is a bitch," Kara smirked.
The FBI agent frowned and gave Kara a serious look. "Let's play a game where you see me as Agent O'Neil," she said.
"Alright, I'll bite," Kara smiled amused.
"We are aware of you and your cousin," she said.
"I would hope so seeing as how you took Jeremiah away because of it," Kara said.
"I understand you've taken it upon yourselves to solve Kenny Lee's case," Agent O'Neil said condescendingly.
"It was Colonel Mustard with a wrench in the library," Kara mocked.
"Under no circumstances can you use your powers," Agent O'Neil ordered.
"Look, I don't know how to put this delicately...but I do whatever the fuck I want and not even the president of the United States can tell me what to do," Kara told her.
Agent O'Neil took out a green bullet. "You know what this is?" she asked putting it close to her face. Kara felt sickly as it got close to her.
"Now, you see this," Agent O'Neil said taking out her revolver. She opened the cylinder. Kara watched intently as Agent O'Neil slowly placed the bullet in the cylinder and closed it inside the revolver.
"Do we understand each other," Agent O'Neil said to Kara.
"Crystal," Kara replied no longer looking smug.
"Don't fuck with the Deep State," Agent O'Neil told her and then left the house. She got into her 1958 Chevrolet and transformed into Hank Henshaw. Smirking, he drove off.
Kara met up with Jake at the game. "So, we good for tonight, maybe drink some alcohol, smoke a little weed, eat some buffalo wings, and a little sex on the side?" Jake asked.
"Only if you win. I don't date losers," Kara told him.
"Oh yeah, what makes you think you're so high and mighty," Jake said pissed off.
Kara took his football and threw it several miles away. "Fuck me," Jake said stunned.
"No, no, no, fuck you," Kara corrected.
Ronald walked up to Kara as Jake took off. "Were you aware that Mr. Bernard had an alibi in Kenny's killing? Josie gave us a sworn statement before she mysteriously lost her memory," he said to her.
"I wish I gave a shit," Kara said sincerely.
"So, this is all a game to you?" Ronald asked pissed-off.
"Yeah," Kara said nonchalantly.
"That means the real killer is still out there," Ronald told her.
"I suppose," Kara said unconcerned.
"How did you know of the affair between Mr. Bernard and Josie?" Ronald questioned.
"We found this laptop in the woods. It had an email attachment with the picture. We also found a shit-ton of encrypted files," Kara said.
"Let's go inside," Ronald said leading her inside the stadium.
"Nothing creepy about this," Kara said as the two of them walked alone together.
"You two are quite the detectives," Ronald complimented.
"I think that says more about you than about me," Kara mocked.
"Let's go in here. I don't want us to be interrupted," Ronald said taking Kara to another room.
"Nothing nefarious about this," Kara rolled her eyes.
"So, where is that magical laptop full of pictures?" Ronald asked.
"It doesn't really matter. I emailed all the files to myself including this one," Kara said showing a picture of Ronald receiving cash for bags of cocaine.
Ronald took out a revolver and pointed it at Kara. Kara's cell phone then rang. "If you'll excuse me," Kara said answering the phone.
"All the encrypted files are gone on the laptop," Alex said freaked out from home.
"That is really unfortunate," Kara said unconcerned.
"What are we going to do?" Alex asked her.
"What can we do? Maybe, you can come down here and watch the game. There's a lot of cute girls here," Kara said.
"What the fuck?" Alex wondered.
Kara hung up the flip phone. "Sorry about that. My sister can be a handful. Now, where were we?"
"The part where I have a gun to your heart," Ronald sneered.
"Oh, yes," Kara remembered and then snatched the revolver away from him faster than he could react. Kara then tore the revolver to pieces.
"So, it is true," Ronald said backing away from her.
"I want a cut. Nothing too unreasonable. How about...half," Kara said.
"You must be joking," Ronald rejected.
"No, no I'm not. You're going to give me half of what you make from this side adventure of yours or I am going to expose you," Kara said.
"You blackmailing me?" Ronald asked outraged.
"Yeah," Kara confirmed. "These pictures will send you to prison for the rest of your life assuming the gangsters in Canada don't kill your ass first after I leak it to them."
"How do you know about my contacts?" Ronald asked her.
Kara grabbed the phone out of his pocket. "Because, I have this," Kara said looking over the contacts. "You were a schemer, you had plans, and look where that got you? You became a murderer and now you're my bitch."
"What are you?" Ronald asked horrified.
"Super...girl, yeah, sure, let's go with that," Kara said smiling. "Enjoy the game, sheriff," Kara said as she walked off.
Kara didn't go home with Jake as his team did, in fact, lose that night. The next morning, Alex sat down across from Kara. "So, we found out our quarterback is smoking pot and solved a teacher-student affair. Too bad we'll never know what happened to Kenny."
"Yeah, too bad," Kara agreed.
"Let's hang out," Alex suggested. "We could go flying."
"That's against the rules," Kara reminded her.
"Fuck it," Alex smiled rebelliously.
"Whatever you do, don't become a cop or anything like that," Kara said to Alex.
"I'm not planning to. I want to be a biologist, remember," Alex assured her.
"Good," Kara said pleased.
That night at home, Eliza came in with a brand new telescope. "Look what I got. Sheriff deputy Ronald Collins brought it over."
"He is so cool," Alex said looking it over.
"Lights out," Eliza said after she gave them both a hug.
As Alex fell asleep, Kara went to the laptop and looked over the pictures in her email. She saw one picture of her shadow in the night sky. Kara sighed at the injustice of it all and signed out of her email.
For the next several years, Kara stayed in a humble apartment never getting a job. She spent her days watching movies, listening to music, going to concerts, clubbing, traveling the world, and entertaining herself off Ronald's drug money. Eventually, all good things must end as Ronald was taken out in a drug deal gone bad stopping the money flow.
"Well...shit. I guess I have to get a job," Kara realized.
Present Day
Alex awoke to find Mara looking through the same telescope Kara had received ten years prior. "Nice telescope," Mara said as she looked at ships at sea through it.
"Yeah, the best thank you gift we could have received for solving a case," Alex recalled. "Kenny Lee was the first classmate we lost together."
Mara gave Alex a blank look. "That was the first time I really understood what I had in you. What it could mean to have a sister. It's crazy to think that I thought you were the worst thing to happen to me. After that case, I knew then that you and I could get through anything together," Alex said.
"It was a good thing coming here. I didn't think I could sleep in any other bed without Maggie. I'm sorry for punishing you for trying to help," Alex said.
Mara said nothing to that. "Well...we should get back."
"Yeah, I'll pack my things," Alex agreed and went inside.
Mara stared out at the ocean and shed a tear. "I am so sorry, Alex." Mara put on black sunglasses to hide her eyes and joined up with Jeremiah and Eliza before leaving with Alex in the 1958 Chevrolet.