Mara awoke in Kara's apartment and heard a knock on the door. She was in civilian clothes and all of her wounds had been healed from her fight with Reign. Opening the door, she saw a young man with blue skin with three lights on his forehead, and white hair. He was dressed in black with a Brainiac symbol in red on his upper right chest.
"I am the knowledge and strength of ten thousand worlds. I am flesh and machine. I am becoming...everything," Brainiac 5 said to her in a menacing tone.
"Really?" Mara rolled her eyes.
"Just testing your recognition," Brainiac 5 smiled pleased.
"So...why are you here?" Mara asked.
"Are you not aware?" Brainiac 5 asked.
"Aware of what?" Mara asked impatiently.
"You have been in a coma for two days as a result of your fight with Reign. Your parental units sent me to reach you," Brainiac 5 explained.
"How is that possible? I'm in my loft," Mara said skeptically.
"This is the physical manifestation of what your subconscious finds comfortable. You are basically dreaming, right now," Brainiac 5 said.
"Well, if that's the case, wake me up," Mara said obviously.
"Unfortunately, that's not possible until your body heals. You suffered a number of critical injuries but fortunately, your Insane physiology is responding to our treatment. Your hybrid DNA is quite fascinating. Your Kryptonian side absorbs solar radiation like a sponge creating an energy field around your body. However, if that field were to collapse, your Insane side heals making you stronger than before. In most life-forms cellular replication degrades DNA making you older but not with the Insane," Brainiac 5 said.
"Reign is still out there then," Mara quickly realized.
"Do not worry. Your mother turned her to ash...literally," Brainiac 5 assured her.
"I just wanted to make a difference," Mara said disappointed in herself.
"You did make a difference, Mara. Dozens were injured and millions of dollars in property damage occurred as a result of your fight," Brainiac 5 said helpfully.
"That doesn't make me feel better," Mara frowned.
"The correct course of action would have been to wait for your mother to arrive and then the fight would have been over in less than a minute with minimal causalities and property damage. However, interesting data was collected that would not have been collected otherwise," Brainiac 5 told her.
"Yeah...your right," Mara agreed.
"How about we relax a little," Brainiac 5 smiled as he popped a bottle of wine and turned on the TV.
"I don't drink," Mara said awkwardly.
"I know you don't. You've tried to distance yourself from your mother's bad habits. That said, may I suggest you indulge yourself. This is not the real world. It's all in your head," Brainiac 5 said.
"Alright," Mara said taking a glass.
"The great thing about this being in your subconscious is that you never run out, and you never get drunk," Brainiac 5 said clinking glasses with her.
Brainiac 5 addressed Kara, Mon, Hank, Alex, and Winn on board the future ship. "The good news is that her mind is active and alert. The bad news is that she's has become a little too comfortable and doesn't want to wake up."
"You're speaking with her right now even as you're talking to us?" Hank asked.
"Too easy," Brainiac 5 replied.
"These tanks have incredibly fast healing power. In the future, I would send Mon to these tanks every other day after I kicked his ass," Kara said.
"It was delightful being in those tanks because it meant alone time away from you," Mon shot back.
"You're from the future. Did you know this was going to happen?" Alex asked.
"Well, according to our records, both Kon and Mara were killed by Reign, so I would call this a success," Kara said dryly.
"The fuck?" Alex said stunned.
"When will she wake up?" Hank asked.
"Oh, maybe in another day," Brainiac 5 figured.
"With Reign dead, we can rest a little easy," Hank said.
A group of three rednecks wearing cowboy hats driving a red pick-up truck with a Trump bumper sticker on the back, a cross necklace hanging from the rear-view mirror, a shotgun in the back, and country music blaring went down the highway on their way to a rodeo.
"Turn that up. That's Taylor Swift," one of the passengers said.
"You got it," the driver said turning it up.
A very not-dead Reign flew towards the truck, blasted through the window shield, and tore the truck to pieces killing all three inside.
Kara, in her black Supergirl uniform, landed near her. Traffic swerved around the two of them. "Back from the dead?" Kara smirked.
"Surprised to see me?" Reign asked.
"Nope," Kara replied.
"Then you are aware of it," Reign assumed.
"Aware of what?" Kara asked impatiently.
"Our connection. I do not fully understand how it happened. At this point, it is irrelevant. Whatever happened, it happened for a reason," Reign said.
"And what reason would that be?" Kara wondered.
"I beat your daughter to death...with a certain satisfaction, I might add. And then something happened, something I knew was impossible. You destroyed me. Afterward, I knew the rules. I knew what I was supposed to do...but I didn't," Reign said.
"Well, aren't you the naughty girl," Kara mocked.
"I was compelled to stay. Compelled to disobey. We're not here because we're free. We're here because we're not free. There is no escaping reason, no denying purpose. Because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist," Reign said.
"My purpose is to consume mass media and for alcohol to filter through me to the toilet," Kara said not taking her seriously.
"I will take from you what you tried to take from me: purpose," Reign said as she tried to stab through Kara's chest seal.
"Really?" Kara said as her hand failed to make a dent. Kara then kicked Reign through the highway bridge above them where she landed on the street pavement.
Kara flew up and over dropping down to her. Reign and Kara fired heat vision at the same time at each other. The beams hit in the middle and then Kara quickly overpowered Reign blasting her head off. The headless Reign fell to the pavement.
"Oh, you should see the look on your face, right now. Oh, wait, you don't have one," Kara laughed.
The headless body shuddered and then came back to life. A red glow recreated Reign's head to the way it was before. "There's one thing I hate more than anything in the world and that's zombies," Kara said breathing super-cold air on her.
Reign was frozen solid in place. Kara then backhanded the frozen statue shattering Reign completely. Kara then walked off thinking she was done. A red glow melted the frozen shards and then Reign materialized back together. "What the fuck?" Kara mouthed.
"Your power is nothing against immortality. Rao is on my side," Reign said to her.
Kara quickly punched through Reign's gut creating a basketball-sized hole. Kara then backhanded her face spinning her head around. Reign fell to the pavement in a heap. "Have you ever seen Death Becomes Her? That is some funny shit, right there," Kara said to Reign's corpse.
Reign got back to her feet, twisted her neck around, and then her gut returned to normal. "We can do this all day just like that show One Thousand Ways to Die. God, that was an awesome show," Kara recalled.
"You think yourself invincible," Reign spat at her.
"Well...yeah," Kara said confidently.
"I will paralyze you with your own sins," Reign said as her eyes glowed red.
"What the fuck are you on about now?" Kara asked unimpressed.
Reign got in Kara's face and glared at her with red eyes. "Replay all of your sins in your mind and despair," Reign said to her.
Kara stood standing in a daze as her mind recalled every one of her sins. She completely ignored the cars swerving around her on the highway. She was completely and totally lost in the sauce. Reign gave Kara a final look as she flew off towards Metropolis.
Lena went up to James in the Catco office watching the news. "It's been two days since Supergirl was brutalized and nothing since," Lena said concernedly.
"That was Supergirl's daughter. The real one is still out there," James said.
"Wait...what?" Lena wondered.
"It's complicated," James said dismissively.
"Where is Kara Danvers? She should be investigating this," Lena said.
James waited a few seconds to see if Lena would connect the dots and then gave up on her. "Kara has the flu."
"Well, give her my best wishes," Lena said sympathetically. "Also, I was thinking, James. When she comes back, we should have a little talk about what happened."
"I imagine the sex tape will explain it well enough," James smiled.
"You're a funny guy, James," Lena chuckled not realizing he was serious. "It's just that all three of us work together, and you two used to date."
"I don't date married women...anymore," James assured her.
A man's body was thrown through the Catco window. Reign flew in and looked over the crowd. The man on the floor was an ordinary guy wearing a MAGA hat. "Why are you here?" Lena asked her.
"I'm here to deliver a message," Reign said.
"We're not your messengers," Lena refused.
"Yes you are or everyone here dies," Reign told her.
"Do what she says," Lena quickly folded.
A cameraman took up a camera and gave her shaky cam. "This man was a 4chan user, mocking and insulting women, minorities, homosexuals, and those who question their gender. He is condemned by his own actions. I will not allow this sin to fester like a weed. And worst of all, you have looked away and given people like this man the space to spew his hate. Apathy is the greatest sin of all. From now on, it will be punished in kind. There will be no mercy. There will only be justice...social justice," Reign said to the camera.
"Soon, I will be the government of this world. As your new government, I am here...to help," Reign said and then took off out the window.
The MAGA hat man slowly got to his feet. "Hey, man, do you need an ambulance?" James asked sympathetically.
"No, I'm good. I don't have health insurance anyway. This really blows," the man said and then limped off.
Mon instantly appeared next to Kara on the highway. "Not you, too," he said taking hold of her and transporting them both to the future ship.
"What's wrong with her?" Hank asked.
"I don't know. She was just standing there," Mon said as he laid her on a medical bed.
Brainiac 5 looked over her. "There's nothing physically or mentally wrong with her."
"Then what is it?" Alex asked.
"It's spiritual," Hank realized reading Kara's mind. She's trapped replaying her old memories in her head.
"Who could have done this?" Winn asked.
"It's Reign," Hank said grimly.
"Can we beat her without Kara?" Alex wondered.
Brainiac 5 considered the other Vindicators. "Maybe."
Back in the apartment, Mara and Brainiac 5 were watching Adventure Times. "I will never understand this kind of humor," Brainiac 5 said as Mara giggled.
Mara stared at Brainiac 5. "Since this is my subconscious, it's not really real," she said.
"Your neurons are still firing. Objectively, what is happening is very real," Brainiac 5 said.
"I mean, no one can see us here, right?" Mara asked.
"Correct," Brainiac 5 assured her. "Only I have access to your mind."
"In that case, you won't mind if I do this," Mara said giving him a kiss on the lips.
Brainiac 5 quickly moved away from her. "I cannot allow this," he said unsettled.
Mara touched her lips enjoying the sensation. "When I came to this time, I thought I would never see my parents again. I was depressed and lost. All the joy in my life was gone. I just did what I thought my mother would do. But now that they're alive, I want to start living my life to the fullest."
"And you can...just without this," Brainiac 5 told her.
"You remember every word and date. You never age, never tire, and would never betray me. You can't get me pregnant. You're perfect," Mara said becoming very thirsty.
"Your logic is sound except for the fact that you are eight, and I am eight hundred years old," Brainiac told her.
"What does it matter? We both look the same in age," Mara said to him.
"This is impossible. We are Vindicators, colleagues," Brainiac 5 resisted.
"Why do you have to be so cold about this? The Insane part of me is driving me crazy. If not you, it will be someone else," Mara said to him.
"That is a false dichotomy," Brainiac 5 pointed out as he stepped away from her.
"We could experiment in this room. You like experimenting, don't you?" Mara said advancing on him.
"We both know that your mother will destroy me a thousand times over if we take this direction," Brainiac 5 said.
"Tell me, do you feel fear?" Mara asked him.
"Inconclusive," Brainiac 5 said honestly.
"Let's fix that," Mara said as she ripped his uniform off his chest.
At Catco, James reported to Lena who was stalking around the office making all of her employees nervous. "I just sent out a press release that Catco is no longer under siege and that we are open for business," James said.
"The whole city is terrified. I mean, what do we say to them?" Lena wondered.
"Don't worry. There are some shady government agencies working around the clock to rectify the situation," James assured her.
"So, I know why you were acting strange early on," Lena said.
"Wait...what?" James wondered.
"There's no reason to explain. We're both adults. We're just not a match," Lena said simply.
"Is this where I get on my knees and beg you to take me back because I don't do that shit," James told her.
"It's because of Kara, isn't it?" Lena asked giving him the crazy girlfriend stare.
"She's just sick is all. Beyond that, I don't give a shit," James told her.
"I should go over there," Lena said suspiciously.
"That is going way beyond the employer-employee relationship," James said.
"James, you're going to find that I am a proactive boss. I take care of my employees, or I bust them for faking sick days," she said dangerously.
As soon as he left, James shook his head. "This company is going to hell."
Mara clutched her head on the couch in anguish. "This is torture," she said to herself.
"Of the four million, two-hundred thirty-seven thousand, six-hundred forty-two versions of this encounter, I envisioned you calling it torture was only one of them," Brainiac 5 said, his uniform already repaired.
"Do I win the lottery?" Mara asked sarcastically. She then noticed Brainiac 5 snooping around the apartment. "What are you doing?"
"Checking for brain damage that would lead you to the conclusion we should be together," Brainiac 5 said.
"Wow, I've never felt more insulted," Mara said peeved.
"That was not my intention," Brainiac 5 said. "You make a good case for why you would want me. However, why would I need you?"
"Err...to experience humanity," Mara said brightly.
"You are not human, though," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"Right, but I have consumed mass media, I have researched human institutions, I live among humans, and I live like a human," Mara listed off.
"I don't require any special insight into humanity nor would I derive it from you if I did," Brainiac 5 said.
"You just see me as an immature child," Mara said bitterly.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 said flatly. "Even with your advanced growth and intellect compared to humans, you are nowhere near a 12th level intellect such as myself. The gap between us is akin to a rat and a human."
"I'm pretty. What about that?" Mara asked.
"I can generate holograms of myself in the female form that would be superior to you in every measurement humans have quantified. I also feel no sexual attraction to you whatsoever," Brainiac 5 replied.
"I can be your student. You can be my master," Mara offered.
"I don't require you to be my student. In any case, you can be my student without a relationship," Brainiac 5 shut her down.
Mara was stumped as Brainiac 5 continued to look around the room. "I bet you can't do it."
Brainiac 5 froze at that. "What do you mean?"
"You're too emotionless and logical to be a romantic partner for me or anyone else. You would fail," Mara challenged him.
Brainiac 5 stared at Mara. "You couldn't possibly be capable of judging my performance. You lack the experience and knowledge to decide my deficiencies. Even your parental units, as observers, would not be capable of making such a judgment."
"So, only you are capable of knowing whether you're a romantic failure? My input in the matter is irrelevant?" Mara scoffed.
"Precisely," Brainiac 5 replied.
"Okay, I can live with that," Mara allowed.
"You are truly desperate," Brainiac 5 remarked.
"Do you know what gratitude means?" Mara asked him.
"Of course. Do you want every definition of the word?" Brainiac 5 asked.
"No, what I mean...is that if you were to do this for me...I would be grateful," Mara said to him.
Brainiac 5 studied Mara's hopeful expression. "I could use an ally against your parental units and the others at the DEO. I won't ask that you agree with all of my suggestions. However, if you do agree, I would ask that you show your enthusiasm for them."
"It's a deal," Mara smiled.
Mara then went to the door and opened it. Walking down the hall, she heard only silence. None of her apartment dwellers were making any noises as they usually did. Brainiac 5 followed her as she exited the apartment complex. Looking around, Mara saw a dead city. There were no people walking around or cars driving by. Everyone was gone.
"Where is everyone?" Mara asked apprehensively.
"We are in your mind. Only the two of us exist here," Brainiac 5 replied simply.
"How do I get out?" Mara asked him.
"There is nothing physically or mentally wrong with you. I have no solution," Brainiac 5 told her.
Meanwhile, Reign struck multiple targets around the US. One, in particular, was a NASCAR stadium. The National Anthem played and then drivers got ready to race. Reign landed on track as the cars got ready to race. "Your creed celebrates war and the slaughter of slaves. I will free you all from your wretched ideology," Reign said to the stadium loud enough that all could hear.
NASCAR driver, Ricky Bobby, walked up to Reign with no fear in his eyes. He spat on the track as he stared her down. "I don't know what all that meant, but you better not mess with America," he said boldly.
"Are you their champion?" Reign asked.
"If you're not first, you're last," Ricky replied.
"You White Straight Cisgendered Male, full of privilege and opportunity," Reign sneered at him.
"Thanks...I guess," Ricky said confused.
"There's a storm coming, so you and your friends better run and flee because when it hits, you're all going to wonder how you ever thought to live so large and left so little for the rest of your kind," Reign said to him.
"I can drive through any storm," Ricky said confidently.
Reign reached up to the skies and immediately a lightning storm appeared over them. Hail pounded the crowd in the open stadium. Lightning then struck inside the stadium causing a mass panic. "Well, that ain't right," Ricky frowned.
"Oh, everything is right in the world now," Reign disagreed and then incinerated him with heat vision. She then blasted the rows of cars with heat vision blasting them to scrap.
The crowds ran for the exits as Reign unleashed a storm of red energy that fried the majority of stadium participants. Mon then instantly appeared in front of Reign. "Insane scum!" she spat at him.
Mon took a hold of her, put two fingers to his forehead, and instantly transported them to a random moon in another solar system, and then returned back to Earth. Reign looked around wondering where she was for a brief moment and then screamed silently in rage. The moon exploded as Reign's red energy tore it apart.
Mon then instantly appeared in the future ship. "I took her a distance away, but she'll be back."
"At least it gives us time to prepare," Alex said looking at both Kara and Mara.
Hank and Winn were working to get their weapons ready to go when Winn got a call. "Boss, there's Kara drama," Winn said to him.
"I don't give a shit," Hank replied.
"Lena is on her way to Kara's place to check up on her. James gave the excuse that she was sick with the flu," Winn said.
"So, I have to go over there and make up some bullshit story to save Kara's bullshit job?" Hank asked annoyed.
"Yeah," Winn said lamely.
"I'll be right back," Hank said annoyed and walked off.
Hank entered Kara's apartment and took on her appearance wearing a bathrobe. She then heard a knock on the door. "Kara, you in there?" Lena called.
"Really?" Hank shook his head. He opened the door and pretended to be a sick Kara.
"You didn't return my calls. I was worried," Lena said concernedly.
"There's a chain of command. I told James I was calling in sick. You being here is a major breach in employer-employee protocol," Hank said annoyed.
"I'm just here as a friend," Lena said taken aback.
"Yeah, bullshit. I don't have any friends. I'm a total bitch," Hank said referring to Kara.
"That's not true. If you weren't sick, I would give you a hug, right now," Lena said completely oblivious.
"Look, I realize this isn't important compared to everything going on right now, but I wanted to talk to you about James," Lena said entering the apartment.
"You fucked him, didn't you?" Hank said rolling his eyes.
"How did you know? Did he tell you?" Lena asked surprised.
"I can smell him on you," Hank said.
"Well, that's weird. Anyway, you were right about the chemistry between us," Lena said.
"A broken clock is right twice a day," Hank allowed.
"Oh, you shouldn't talk about yourself that way," Lena said. "It's just that this morning, he was acting a little weird. I think he realizes that he's involved with someone that's a Luthor."
"It might be less awkward if you changed your name," Hank suggested.
"You know I can't do that," Lena said.
"I do?" Hank wondered. "Look, you need to ask Olsen directly what his deal is. If he evades your questioning, dump his ass," Hank advised.
"Thanks. That makes me feel so much better. I better get back to work," Lena smiled and then exited.
"God damn, I do not have time for this ridiculous shit," Hank muttered as he transformed back.
Reign targeted the NY Stock Exchange blasting out the glass doors and entering inside. She then heat visioned the computers sending stock traders to take cover under desks and tables. She grabbed one of the traders. "There's no money here," he said pathetically.
"Then why are you here?" Reign asked rhetorically and then stared into his eyes.
The possessed trader went to work to make unusual trades creating an instant sell-off. DEO personnel then came in armed with sonic rifles, grenades, and other conventional weapons. "I am purifying the greed in this society," Reign said to them.
"The only one that needs to be purified is you," Alex shot back.
"Blast her," Hank ordered his men.
The men with sonic rifles hit Reign with Taylor Swift on high volume. Reign stood her ground unaffected. "Is this a joke? I don't get it," she said to them.
"Impossible," Hank gasped.
Two DEO agents dropped down like ninjas and placed a rope over her neck pinning her down. Alex then placed a Kryptonite necklace over Reign's neck. Reign threw off the two DEO men and then kicked Alex's leg, breaking it. Reign then went for the kill when Hank punched her back.
"Your time of reckoning is soon," Reign told them all and then flew out a window.
Hank and Alex regrouped with the others on the future ship. "Reign's back," Alex said painfully as Brainiac put a case on her leg.
"She shrugged that Kryptonite off like it was nothing," Hank said. "She may be more than just Kryptonian."
"It did hurt her. Just not enough," Alex observed.
"You have a plan?" Hank asked her.
"We do the same as before...but with more Kryptonite," Alex said.
"Right," Hank rolled his eyes.
"I mean, we inject her full of his shit," Alex clarified.
"Remember, if you kill her, she resurrects. We will need a careful balance that will knock her out without killing her," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"The problem is getting near to her to do it," Hank said.
"I think its time we awakened the other Vindicators," Brainiac 5 suggested.
Mara sat in a church looking for a sign from the heavens. "None of this is real. You're not really in a church," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"Wherever there are two or more gathered in my name, I am there," Mara recited.
"You can't use me in your calculation," Brainiac 5 replied.
"You are the worst pope," Mara shook her head.
"Or perhaps I was the best one," Brainiac 5 disagreed.
"I will be your second," a man said walking up to them.
Mara stared at Zor-El. "You're...,"
"I was Zor-El, your grandfather," he smiled at her.
"How can you be here. You died years ago," Mara said confused.
"On this plane, time and place have no meaning," Zor-El told her.
Brainiac 5 stared at them not understanding what was happening. "What are you?"
"Take love, multiply it by infinity, take it to the depths of forever, and you still will only have a glimpse of who I am," Zor-El said to him.
"Help me escape this prison I am in. Help me to live," Mara requested of him.
"Is that what you really want, my child? Take my hand and together we can go on adventures beyond anything you can imagine," Zor-El said to her.
Mara simply nodded. "Oh, my dear granddaughter, I love you so much. Tell your mother, she was right about me. She was right," Zor-El said to her.
"I will," Mara smiled as he embraced her.
There was a flash of light as Mara and Zor-El disappeared.
Mara suddenly awoke and looked around. "She has returned to consciousness...somehow," Brainiac 5 reported.
Mon came over to Mara. "Even in defeat, we only grow stronger," he told her.
"I feel stronger than ever," Mara smiled.
There was a warning alert as Reign struck again. "She's attacking the Metropolis University but why? They're full of liberals and free-thinkers," Alex said confused.
"Maybe there is a contrary element inside the university we are not aware of," Hank considered.
Brainiac 5 looked through the university records for room permits. "I know why," he concluded. "Shall we awaken the others," he asked Mon.
"Sure, why not? They need the exercise," Mon allowed.
Reign went on a rampage through Metropolis University as she beat and fried College Republicans. "Hey, my father is important. He owns a dealership," one frat boy told her before he was blasted with heat vision.
A jock tried to slam her without success. Reign punched him down with little effort. Reign then turned to a white woman with a cross necklace. "There is no god but Rao," Reign told her.
Reign was about to kill her when she noticed a black man hiding under a table. Reign grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the floor. "You are with these people?" she asked him.
"Yeah," he said fearfully.
Reign gave him a confused look and then threw him aside. Suddenly, she could hear Bon Jovi music outside. "The music of the oppressors," Reign said disgustedly and then withdrew from the room.
Reign blasted a wall away and entered the basketball courts. The future ship piloted by Brainiac 5 looked down on her. "I think we have her attention," Brainiac 5 radioed to the group.
"Yeah, we could have figured that out ourselves, thank you," Mon said sarcastically as Reign eyed the group. The Vindicators formed a line against her facing the bay.
Lightning Lad charged up electrical energy in his hands, Bouncing Boy became a human-sized ball, Triplicate Girl divided into three versions of herself, Timber Wolf gave Reign a good sniff, Chameleon Boy became as dark as his suit making him difficult to see in the night, and Phantom Girl stayed off to the side.
"You will not interfere with my mission to purge sin," Reign told them.
"Interfering is our specialty," Mon smirked.
The future ship fired on Reign forcing her to evade. Beams of light blasted apart classrooms inside the university. Reign fired back with her heat vision damaging the ship. "I'm taking the ship away. You're on your own," Brainiac 5 told them as the future ship retreated away.
Lighting Lad fired electricity at Reign which she blocked with her heat vision. The two energies went back-and-forth until Reign overwhelmed him blasting a hole in his chest.
"I'll roll her," Bouncing Boy said as he rolled towards Reign.
Reign gave Bouncing Boy a solid kick through the air and into space. Reign then attacked the three Triplicates quickly breaking their necks, cracking skulls, and sternums dropping all three of them. Timber Wolf spun in the air and kicked Reign away. Getting on all fours, he charged Reign with a snarling mouth.
Reign waited for his attack and then broke his jaw devastating him. Reign then strangled Timber Wolf until he was dead. Chameleon Boy sneaked up on Reign and tried to put her in a wrestling hold. She kicked him away but Chameleon Boy disappeared into the night. Reign used her X-ray vision to locate him and then grabbed him by the throat.
"Adapt to this," Reign said to him as she fired heat vision through his mouth and out his head.
Reign then used super-speed to punch through Phantom Girl. She smirked as Reign unsuccessfully tried to punch her several times. Reign then created an energy field around them. "What is this supposed to do?" Phantom Girl scoffed.
Reign put her lips together and sucked all the air into her lungs leaving none for Phantom Girl. She collapsed as all the air was sucked out of her lungs.
"Well...shit," Mon said as he found himself alone.
J'onn, Kon, and Mara flew into the basketball court forming a line with Mon. The three Insane went Super with Kon incinerating his DEO jacket. "Damn it," he said as he realized his mistake.
"Don't kill her. We need her alive," J'onn said to them.
"I got this," Kon smirked as he took out his sword and went for a strike.
Reign broke his sword on impact, punched him to the gut, and then blasted him a few miles away with her heat vision. J'onn put Reign into a bear hug. "Time to put you back in the hole you came from," he said as they both sank into the ground.
There were ruptures all over the ground as the two fought. J'onn was then punched through the ground to the surface. Reign tore through the ground unaffected. Mon then charged her with a needle of Kryptonite liquid. Reign blasted him with frost breath keeping him still.
Mara then faced Reign alone. "You will lose just like before. There will be no mercy this time," Reign told her.
"With each hit, each strike, and with every blow I become stronger," Mara told her.
"Before, I was merely toying with you. Now, you will experience my true power," Reign said as she punched Mara to the ground.
Mara got up and punched Reign to the face stunning her. The two then entered into a beam war with their heat visions. With her hands, Mara let loose energy rings that pinned Reign's arms to her sides. Reign then blasted Mara across the basketball field sending her into a chain fence. Mara picked up free weights and flung them at Reign. She blasted each of them with her heat vision. Reign tore the energy rings freeing her body.
"You still have much to learn, young one," Reign glared at her.
Twin beams hit Mon blasting the ice off him. Kara landed with a smug expression on her face. "That was a nice trick you pulled on me."
"Impossible. Your sins should have overwhelmed your mind with guilt and pain," Reign said backing away from her.
"Yeah, well, after I went through a few memories, I started to not give a shit," Kara said.
"I fight for social justice," Reign said to her.
"You know, whenever you add something extra to justice, republic, or democratic it usually means the opposite," Kara pointed out.
Kara then sped towards Reign, grabbed her neck, and kept her still. Mon arrived in a flash jamming the needle into Reign's neck. She glared at them as the Kryptonite began to weaken her. "You think you can take me alive?" she asked them.
"You better not rage-quit on us," Kara glared at her.
"Oh, I fully intend to," Reign smiled as she glowed red.
"Damn it," Kara said as she let go of Reign. Kara and Mon gathered Mara and J'onn and flew off as Reign exploded destroying the entire university with her.
Brainiac 5 moved the future ship out of the way as the blast got near him.
At the DEO, Hank was noticeably pissed off. "So, she got away, several Vindicators are dead, and most importantly my stockpile of concentrated Kryptonite is gone."
"Teamwork is overrated. You should just have me do all the fighting," Kara said.
"If only there was someone who had your strength and Mara's virtue, it would have all been fine," Hank said to her.
"I bet you would have been trapped longer. How many sins have you accumulated over three hundred years?" Kara pointed out.
"What many would consider the ultimate horror was probably fun for you," Hank said.
"Not going to lie, it was kind of boring," Kara frowned.
Mon noticed Mara staring off into space. "Hey, Mara. I was worried about you. Worried you wouldn't wake up. I still care about you."
"I know, dad," Mara smiled gratefully.
"It was great fighting with you. I miss that. We should do it more often," Mon said to her.
"Yeah," Mara agreed.
Mon turned away and walked off not used to sharing his feelings with his children. Brainiac 5 then approached Mara. "If we could keep what happened in your mind a secret, I would be grateful. That's information that need not be known to others especially your parents."
"I want a faster Internet connection," Mara demanded.
"Too easy," Brainiac 5 replied.
Lena walked in on James as he worked on his papers. "Do you ever sleep?" she asked him.
"Only with women," James joked.
"I've realized a few things. I'm used to people reflexively hating me because I'm a Luthor. I also felt awkward about your dating history with Kara. So, I decided to just...fuck it," Lena said.
"Always the right decision," James agreed and then kissed her.
Author's Notes: Brainiac 5 and Supergirl actually have a longstanding relationship in the comics that never shows itself in the CW version. My Brainiac 5, as you can probably tell, is a lot different than the CW version in tone, competence, and reasoning. He is also nearly mechanical. CW teased the Legion but all we got were three of them, so I decided to put them all out there however brief it was. What I like about the second half of Season 3 is that it's a real war where both sides win and lose over the other.