Kara, dressed in her black Supergirl uniform, Mon, in his Insane armor, Hank, Alex, and a platoon-sized DEO unit surrounded Julia Freeman's house.
"There is one heat signature still in the house. Be careful. She could be as strong as Reign," Winn warned Kara from the van.
"Yeah, right," Kara rolled her eyes. Kara then kicked the door open and went inside. A DEO squad went inside the house and cleared every room quickly.
Kara heard a woman singing in the back room and moved to that location. Julia Freeman was on her knees on a mat listening and singing to music. She was completely oblivious to her home being invaded by government men.
"Is it her?" Alex asked keeping her laser pistol on her.
"Yeah, this is a bit anti-climatic," Kara sighed. Kara turned to Julia. "Hey, you, we're from the government, and we're here to help," she said taking her headphones off.
Julia suddenly realized she was surrounded by armed men. She immediately freaked on them, screaming as she did. "Supergirl...what are you doing here?"
"Are you Julia Freeman?" Kara asked.
"Yes, what do you guys want from me?" Julia asked scared.
"Do you know why we're here?" Kara asked her.
"No," she said shaking her head. "What's going on here? Don't let them hurt me."
"Please, if anyone is going to hurt you it will be me first," Kara said cracking her knuckles.
"Oh my God, whatever I did, I am so sorry. I won't ever do it again. Oh Lord, have mercy on me," Julia pleaded.
"Maybe, you just need some incentive. Alright, I got this," Kara said grabbing Julia by the throat and slamming her against the wall.
"Supergirl!" Alex called out.
"Give me some of that World Killer shit," Kara demanded.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Julia said honestly.
Kara scanned Julia's body with X-ray vision. "She's Kryptonian but genetically modified," she told the group.
"So, she is the one," Alex confirmed.
"Get the squad out of the house, right now," Hank ordered a squad leader.
"I don't have all day," Kara said to Julia as she strangled her.
Julia then began to shake and then her eyes became white. "Bitch, please!" Julia said in a demonic voice.
"Yeah, that's it, right there," Kara said pleased.
Kara broke her neck before she could let loose a scream. "Now, to see if you have resurrection powers, too."
"She better have them or that was just murder," Alex said to Kara.
"Oh, who gives a shit?" Kara scoffed.
As predicted, Julia got back to her feet and let loose a scream that devastated the occupants in the room. "Damn, girl, that's more annoying than a toddler on an airplane," Kara said to Julia.
"Do something!" Alex said as her ears hurt from the intense sound.
"Fine," Kara said creating an ice wall in the doorway. "Hank, you're up," Kara said to him.
Hank went through the ice wall and apprehended Julia with cuffs. Kara then punched through the ice wall and stepped inside the room. Hank placed a muffler over Julia's mouth to prevent her from screaming. Kara stared at the possessed Julia.
"You're going to tell us everything you know one way or another. You can make this easy or hard. Just between us, I like it hard," Kara smirked at Julia.
At the DEO, Alex was in a celebratory mood. "Purity is down. Pestilence and Reign to go," Alex said cheerfully.
"Seeing as how we had Reign yesterday, I see nothing to celebrate," Hank said bitterly. "We're also assuming there are only three World Killers."
"Well, we did find this in the home. It is a Kryptonian crystal, basically the ultimate flash drive," Winn said brightly.
"We all know that, Winn," Kara said impatiently.
"We could potentially find out the World Killer's headquarters by analyzing this crystal," Alex said thoughtfully.
Alex turned to Kara. "Right?"
"Sure, knock yourself out," Kara allowed.
"You're not hiding anything like how to use this crystal or where the headquarters actually is, are you?" Alex asked accusingly.
"Why would you think that?" Kara asked hurt and offended.
"Alright then, the first round is on me," Alex volunteered.
"I will definitely get some chicken wings," Winn said.
Kara turned to Mon. "I noticed you didn't ask me if I was okay," she said annoyed.
"It's not that I don't give a shit. It's that you don't ask a warrior you respect that kind of question," Mon replied.
"Good answer," Kara said pleased.
"Is that why you never asked me if I was okay?" Alex asked scornfully.
"Yes," Kara lied.
"Actually, I looked over the frequency of the scream the World Killer made. The reason why it didn't outright kill the humans in the room is that it's specific to hurting Kryptonians," Winn said.
"Ha! Weak," Kara said dismissively.
"We should run some tests on you," Alex said to Kara.
"Yeah, piss off with those tests. I'm done with your tests and experiments," Kara said irritably.
"I was just trying to help," Alex said annoyed.
"Hmm...speaking of which," Kara said as they exited the room.
The two of them headed down to the cells where Kara and Alex were looking at live video of Julia. "That woman was scared before she went nuts," Kara pointed out.
"Don't tell me you feel guilty," Alex rolled her eyes.
"Fuck no," Kara grinned.
"What I saw in that house was a very capable actor who wanted to lure you in so that she could kill you," Alex said darkly.
"Yeah, maybe, but its probably the same deal as with Sam. These possessed people don't know they're being possessed," Kara said.
"If I had black-outs that corresponded exactly to a masked version of me killing people, I would have figured it out by now," Alex scoffed.
"Alright, after we get rid of their demons, we kill them for their stupidity," Kara agreed.
"That isn't exactly what I meant," Alex objected.
The two of them entered the cell and approached Julia in her glass cell. "You looked a little scared in that house. How you could not notice a SWAT team breaking into your house, clearing every room, and then surrounding you, I will never know," Kara said condescendingly.
"By the way, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help. You can trust the government," Kara told her.
Julia merely chuckled. "I am the scalding light. I am the flood that sweeps away sins. I am the word and cry of justice," she said.
"Is that your first name or your last name?" Kara mocked.
"I am Purity," she said finally.
"Alright, Purity, can we talk to Julia. I would really like to talk to her now," Kara said.
"Julia isn't here, right now," Purity said demonically.
"I am well aware of your resurrection ability. The reason I am so familiar with it is that I've already killed Reign a few times now. So, I'm not going to kill you, but I will hand you over to my sister, Agent Danvers. She knows how to make people...uncomfortable," Kara threatened.
"You would be hurting Julia as well," Purity replied.
"I don't give a shit," Kara said to her.
"Then neither do I," Purity glared back.
Mon and Hank looked over the Vindicator ship to repair the batteries. The two had brought the battery from Hank's car and some liquor bottles. Brainiac 5 eyed them as they started working. "I do not need your assistance to correct the problem," he told them.
"Yeah, but I'm bored," Mon said.
"I noticed a pattern where you fix things and then I have to undo what you did," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"Unlike you, I have to learn how these things work. What if you get destroyed?" Mon pointed out.
"A fair point," Brainiac 5 allowed.
Brainiac 5 allowed Mon and Hank to tinker around the ship even though the problem had already been solved. The two then rested and drank from liquor bottles. "Cheers," Mon said clinking bottles.
"You know, it was centuries ago, but I was married," Hank said.
"No shit?" Mon wondered.
"Seventy-seven years, in fact," Hank said reflectively.
"I've dealt with Kara for seven years, already. I can't imagine what seventy-seven would be like," Mon said horrified by the prospect.
"So, I'm quite familiar with the marital spat," Hank said knowingly.
"I...trained with her using my new form, the Super Insane Four. I've surpassed every Insane that has ever existed. I even surpassed my own mother. And yet, she still kicked my ass," Mon said resentfully.
"When it comes to the physical, Kara has no limits," Hank said to him.
"With that black hole and the technology that exists in the future, her power is far greater than before the Insane invasion. She's like a goddess now," Mon said bitterly.
"I would have thought you would be happy for her," Hank said.
"I am, but I also hate it. It's one thing to be surpassed by a fellow warrior. It's another to be surpassed by your own wife who can destroy you in front of your own kids. I will never be king of my own castle," Mon said.
"In this day in age, you will find that women are becoming wealthier and more powerful than their husbands. It's just a fact of life," Hank said.
"Sometimes, I think to go to another dimension where Kara is far weaker and take my rightful place as head of the family," Mon said.
"Come on, that's crazy talk. Kon and Mara respect you for your maturity and leadership. Kara is frankly an unstable brat," Hank said.
"In some ways, she's even more Insane than I am," Mon mused.
"You need to find something you're good at that Kara is not," Hank advised. "You need to be complementary, not competitors."
"Well, that's why we're here," Mon admitted.
Kara looked over a piece of paper on Julia Freeman's biographical information. "Julia Freeman, no birth certificate, adopted in 1983, allergic to milk, studied music," Kara listed off.
"Doesn't Julia sound nice?" Purity mocked.
"Well, I'm very open to the possibility she's a total bitch, too. You never know by just reading a person's profile," Kara said knowingly.
"She's very fun to play," Purity said.
"That sounded really creepy. Go on," Kara encouraged.
"Everything you have in that file is a character description. There never was nor will there ever be a Julia Freeman," Purity said.
"We are the sum of our Wikipedia page," Kara said sadly.
"For many years, my sisters and I waited for the cosmic alignment to pass. Masks would be necessary," Purity said.
"Yeah, I imagine Sam getting knocked up wasn't part of your grand scheme," Kara mocked. "You can't fool me. I can detect genuine fear. It's the fear I sense from all of my victims right before I kill them."
"You think I care about humans just because you do?" Purity asked.
"To be fair, I only care about certain humans," Kara said.
"I'm going to crush your bones and tear out your soft parts," Purity said to Kara.
"You must be joking. You have no idea how powerful I have become," Kara said to her.
"Afterwards, I will eat your friend's heart," Purity said to Kara.
"Okay, I think we need a break," Alex said taking Kara outside the cell.
Away from Purity, the two discussed interrogation tactics. "You do realize she's just toying with you?" Alex asked Kara.
"Don't worry. It's both ways," Kara smirked.
"Purity is pure evil," Alex reminded her.
"Yeah," Kara agreed.
"This is costing us time," Alex said urgently.
"Why? Do you have some pressing appointment or task we need to do? How about you study the crystal while I chat with her?" Kara suggested.
"It's my turn to take a swing at her," Alex said reentering the room.
Kara watched on as Alex addressed Purity. "Where is your headquarters? Where's Pestilence? We have your crystal. It's only a matter of time before we figure it out."
"You think you're smarter than me? I am an angel of Rao. I have existed since time began. I am eternal and invincible. You can destroy this body as many times as you like, but you cannot destroy my spirit," Purity said to her.
"You think I am powerless to your science? I see right through you, Agent Danvers. I can see inside your mind. I can read your every thought. You want to hurt me because you are hurt. You want me weak because you're weak. Maggie left you. Your father disapproves of your lifestyle. Your mother hates your job. And...your sister doesn't respect you. It's not going to get better for you," Purity said to her.
"Damn, that was an impressive burn," Kara complimented.
"Whose side are you on?" Alex asked annoyed.
"I'm sorry. Continue your expert interrogation techniques," Kara mocked walking back.
"Where is your headquarters?" Alex repeated.
"You're lonely. You had your chance at happiness and you threw it away over some abstract future. The truth, Agent Danvers, is that you will never marry. You will never have kids. You will always be alone," Purity said to her.
"And now, you're just a broken little doll," Purity concluded.
"You finished? Because you're boring me. I'm bored now," Alex said to her and then took out her phone. It showed a video of Vanita in an interrogation room.
Purity stared at the screen interested. Alex then turned the screen away from her. Vanita started screaming as DEO interrogators started shouting at her and supposedly torturing her. Purity tensed up as she felt Julia resisting her. "Your friend is one tough cookie," Alex said putting her phone away.
"Why do you have her?" Purity asked.
"It's all about leverage. You threaten what I care about. I do the same to yours," Alex said to her.
"The petty concerns of this host are irrelevant. I will accomplish the will of Rao, my god," Purity said to her.
Meanwhile, the Kryptonian crystal turned on and started to glow. "That's weird. Who turned you on?" Winn wondered. Kara took the next shift as Vanita's simulated tortured screams were put on loop.
"The three will walk across the land," Purity said in Kryptonian.
"You don't say?" Kara said bored as she read a Catco magazine.
"And the blood of the weak will water the new world," Purity continued.
"Yeah, I tried that on my garden. It did not work. It did not work," Kara shook her head.
The Kryptonian crystal emitted an EMP pulse through the DEO knocking out all electronics. Purity's cell locks became unlocked. Purity smiled and then blasted out the glass with her scream.
Kara blasted her back into the cell with heat vision destroying her heart. Purity then healed and tried to escape. Kara backhanded Purity snapping her neck. Purity cracked her neck back into place. Kara then punched Purity to the right ribs and then to the left ribs cracking them. Kara dodged Purity as she punched at her. Kara kicked her right leg breaking it upon contact. Kara then punched her to the jaw, breaking it.
Purity spat out blood and chuckled. "You think you're winning," she mocked.
"Well, I'm certainly not losing," Kara scoffed.
"You lost the moment you put me in your cell," Purity said as she began to glow.
"You have to be fucking kidding me," Kara sighed.
Purity laughed as she began to rage-quit. Kara punched her hard blasting her body to pieces. Within seconds, the body pieces came together. "Well, at least you're wearing a red sweater," Kara remarked as Purity came back together.
Purity screamed at Kara to no avail. Kara punched her again destroying her entire torso. Purity got back up and screamed again at Kara. "That is getting really old," Kara said as she punched Purity's jaw completely off.
Purity resurrected with her jaw intact. Kara punched her to the throat to keep her from screaming and then held her still. "How many times do I have to kick your ass before you stop this?" Kara asked her.
Purity continued to resist and started to glow. Frustrated, Kara took Purity out of the DEO walls and flew her high into the atmosphere. Purity's throat healed as they reached outer space. "Try to scream now," Kara challenged.
Purity silently laughed and then exploded in a red cloud. "Damn it," Kara cursed as Purity did not come back.
Purity resurrected inside the DEO and started screaming at DEO security forces crippling them instantly. She found Winn's lab and took hold of the Kryptonian crystal. As she did, a force blasted Winn to the floor. Purity then floated in the air and flew out a window with crystal in hand.
Kara regrouped with Hank, Mon, Alex, and Winn at the DEO. "Have you found her?" Kara asked pissed-off.
"Yes, indeed. She's at the subway station filled with civilians," Winn said looking at his computer. "No reports of attacks yet."
"She's using the people there as a human shield. She should know better," Kara said dangerously.
"So, same team as before?" Mon suggested.
"Yeah, sure, wait, have you been drinking?" Kara accused Mon.
"Yeah, so?" Mon asked slightly intoxicated.
Kara narrowed her eyes at him. "Without me?"
"Really, Kara?" Alex rolled her eyes.
"I needed some bro-time so back off," Mon said defensively.
"Your so-called repairs were already fixed by Brainiac 5 yesterday," Kara pointed out.
"I was just tinkering around with the ship. Learning how it works," Mon explained.
"Brainiac 5 already knows everything about the ship and if something were to happen to him, I also know everything about the ship. I was born and raised as a scientist. You are an uneducated royal snob that had everything handed to him," Kara said.
"At least I earned my power," Mon pointed out.
Kara scoffed at that. "You required a technological jump to get to the next level. Had it not been for that parasite, you would never have surpassed your mother."
"Bitch, you do not disrespect me like this. I am the king of the castle," Mon said getting close to her.
"I do what I want, bitch," Kara replied.
"Alright, no sex for you until you apologize," Mon told her.
Kara barked out a laugh. "You won't last tomorrow," she said knowingly.
"Uhmm...people are in danger," Winn interjected. "By the way, I have presents. These should protect your ears from Purity's screams."
The team all put the devices on their ears. "Good work, Agent Schott," Hank complimented. "Let's move."
Purity was on the subway wearing sunglasses and hiding her glowing crystal. However, she heard an alien language calling out to her. A Black man noticed her acting strangely as she stood up and took off her sunglasses. "God damn, this city just gets weirder and weirder," the man said of his situation.
Kara crashed through the ceiling. "Purity, I just want to talk," Kara said to her.
"You finally remembered my name," Purity said pleased.
"It's a name that sounds good in theory but will get you bullied non-stop in school," Kara remarked.
Purity let loose a scream at Kara that was blocked out by her earplugs. Kara smirked and then took hold of Purity taking her off the train and onto the tracks in the tunnel. Mon, J'onn, Alex, and Kara surrounded her. J'onn took out cuffs and cautiously approached Purity.
She attempted to scream at them to no effect. Looking around for an escape, she tried to fly up. Kara pointed her index finger at Purity paralyzing her in place with a white beam. "Yeah, no," Kara smiled.
Purity then screamed below her causing the ground to become unstable. "Well...shit," J'onn realized as all five of them fell to another level down below.
Kara quickly realized they were in a subway station filled with people. Purity screamed at a foundation pillar causing it to crack. J'onn immediately went over to it to keep it from collapsing the whole station. Alex went ahead and shouted at people to evacuate the station.
Kara fired heat vision beams at Purity's shoulders to injure her but not kill her. Kara then started to beat the fuck out of Purity breaking bones as she did. She took Purity over her head and then slammed her back over her knee hard. Purity fell to the floor stunned.
Mon then intervened picking Purity up and punching her against the wall. He then fired rings on her ankles, wrists, and throat keeping her still. Alex fired several non-lethal laser pulses at Purity with her laser pistol weakening her. "Mon, take over for J'onn. I have an idea," Alex said.
Mon and J'onn switched places with Mon easily holding up the broken pillar. J'onn morphed into Vanita and approached Purity. "This isn't real," Purity said to J'onn.
"Julia, I can sense you in there. Come back to me," J'onn said using Vanita's voice.
Julia then reasserted herself for a brief moment. "Save me," she gasped.
"I will. Just focus on me and my voice," J'onn said to her.
Reign then tore through the ceiling and eyed the struggling Julia. "Care to join your friend?" Kara said to her.
"I will have you kneel before me," Reign said to her. Alex fired her laser gun at Reign but each shot was simply absorbed by her suit.
"You, I kill," Reign said angrily as she quickly knocked Alex down to the floor and put her boot on her chest.
"Hey, stop!" Kara shouted at Reign.
"I may not be able to kill you, yet, but your feelings betray you...especially for sister. So, you have an adopted sister. A sister for a sister," Reign offered.
Kara frowned at Alex. "God damn it," she realized.
"Don't do it," Alex said to Kara.
"Do I have a say in this?" Julia wondered still pinned to the wall.
"No," Mon told her.
Kara sighed and then ripped Julia off the wall. "We can't trade lives. Julia is innocent," J'onn told her becoming himself again.
"No one is innocent," Kara replied and then threw Julia to Reign's feet.
"Soon, we will be joined by our sister, Pestilence. Then, we will have the ultimate power to purge this world of its sin," Reign said to her.
"I just...wanted to play the trumpet," Julia said freaked out.
"And you shall, the first trumpet sound shall burn the forests of this world to ash. The second shall send a mountain into the sea turning the ocean blood red. The third shall poison all the freshwater of the Earth. The fourth shall darken the skies forever. The fifth shall bring plague and famine. The sixth shall bring the armies of Rao to Earth for a great slaughter. The final trumpet sound shall bring Rao to this Earth in all of his glory and all those who survived will be judged," Reign said to her.
"What the fuck?" Julia squeaked.
Reign then lifted her boot off Alex and took Julia with her through the ceiling. "Damn...it," Kara shook her head as she looked up at the hole in the ceiling.
The DEO gang circled around Alex in the clinic. "Just a couple of bruised ribs. That's all," Alex downplayed.
"You could have been killed," Hank said concernedly.
"Just...calm down," Alex said to them. "Winn, tell them something else other than about me."
"We lost track of Reign and Julia the moment they flew away," Winn said lamely.
"It's only a matter of time before Reign forces Purity back into Julia," Hank said grimly.
"These World Killers cannot be beaten physically. We must discover their weakness, something they cannot do," Mon said reflectively.
"We need a Rao priestess," Kara said finally.
"Where can we get one of those?" Mon asked.
"They're all dead and the real Rao Bible is lost," Kara said.
"Perhaps, what we need is some religion," Hank considered.
"A good old fashion exorcism," Kara smiled.
Kara had dinner with Alex at Buffalo Wings. "Okay, start with this," Kara said bringing over some buffalo wings. "And then we can work on the Tequila."
"I can't have alcohol while on pain meds," Alex said bitterly.
"Well, more for me then," Kara said unsympathetically.
"I just thought things would get easier, but it's not. On this phone, I have two people on speed dial: you and Maggie. And every day, I notice you don't pick up your damn phone," Alex said pissed-off.
"Sorry, I have T-Maybe," Kara excused.
"I want to delete Maggie's phone number so badly, but I am scared and weak," Alex admitted.
"You want me to do it for you?" Kara asked condescendingly.
"No, it's something I have to do for myself, but I can't get over it. I've lost hope for myself, and I'm so angry all the time. I know that my future is to be alone and childless. I know I will accomplish great things, but I will never be happy," Alex said bitterly.
"Hey, no fate but what we make, remember?" Kara smiled.
"When I saw Reign and Purity, people possessed by demons, I thought to myself: What if we all have our own personal demon inside of us," Alex said.
"Well, he must be working overtime with me," Kara joked.
"How can you be so happy being completely batshit crazy?" Alex asked.
"My planet is destroyed, my parents are dead, and my god hates me. The truth is that I am always in great pain, and I thought that being away for seven years would free me from my fear of losing you. But now that I am back, that feeling has returned to me. You have to leave this job," Kara said seriously.
"Find me a woman that wants to have kids, and I'll think about it," Alex said not taking Kara seriously. "I'm glad you are the way you are. You make life fun," Alex smiled.
"To fun," Kara said toasting herself and downing a Tequila shot.