Mon and Kara sat at a DEO desk staring off into space miserably with sunken eyes. "Who knew that jerking off ten times in the span of a single evening could be so exhausting?" Kara in Mon's body said.
"I didn't get any sleep with that toy inside me the whole time," Mon in Kara's body said.
"Wait...you said you threw away all my toys," Kara said confused.
"I lied," Mon admitted.
"Well, that's alright, I guess. I'm too depressed to talk shit," Kara said exhaustively.
"Same," Mon replied.
"I'm not even motivated to try another swing at James," Kara admitted.
Mon gave her an odd look. "Well, at least I scored."
"Who did you cheat on me with? Tell me it wasn't a dude," Kara said slightly pissed-off.
"It was Maggie," Mon admitted.
"I'm not sure how I feel about this," Kara admitted as the wheels in her brain turned. "Did you go all the way with her?"
"Oh yeah," Mon nodded.
"I only sucked James' dick. He was blindfolded though, so it's not gay," Kara said.
"It's not?" Mon wondered. "Look, I'm sorry I slept with your sister's ex and mortal enemy."
"Well, I'm not apologizing," Kara refused.
"No surprise there. I don't even give a shit anymore," Mon said fatigued.
Hank came into the room looking even more exhausted. "You two done with your temper tantrum?" he asked condescendingly.
"Yes," Kara and Mon said together.
Hank placed his hands on Kara and Mon's foreheads switching their minds back. "Damn, what did you do to my dick?" Mon said falling out of his chair.
"I feel so sore...everywhere," Kara said painfully.
"Go to the infirmary. Alex has a class for you two," Hank ordered.
"Oh joy," Kara rolled her eyes.
Alex looked over a dead pigeon not sliced in half by Kon. Alex had done an autopsy on the bird and was now sharing the results to Hank, Kara, Mon, and Brainiac 5. "I can't find a virus or infection of any kind," Alex said.
"How odd? Almost like it could be from Pestilence," Kara mocked.
"It is Pestilence," Brainiac 5 confirmed. "Pestilence will inevitably become Blight. The plague will eventually cross over to humans. It's one hundred percent fatal and extremely contagious."
"Based off my test, whatever this bird had, it's not transmittable. So, it had to come into contact with Pestilence herself," Alex said.
"Agreed," Brainiac 5 allowed. "However, as Pestilence grows stronger the entire city's population will be at risk."
"Then, we need to find her quickly and kill her," Alex said seriously.
"Whoa, just wait a moment there. Are we seriously discussing killing someone...without even giving them due process?" Kara objected shocked and appalled.
"Have you two switched your minds, yet?" Alex asked.
"Yep," Mon told her.
"Kara, shut the fuck up. I'm sick and tired of your bullshit," Alex raged against her.
"God damn," Kara said taken aback.
Winn entered the room to give his report. "The mayor, five city council members, and the chief of police are all sick. They all have bloody noses and fevers."
"This cannot be a coincidence. It's Pestilence," Brainiac 5 said.
"I want to run tests on these people," Alex said.
"I'll have them round up," Hank said to her. "Can you develop a cure?" Hank asked Brainiac 5.
"I'll need a current sample to make certain my already existing cure will work. I wouldn't want to unintentionally kill anyone," Brainiac 5 said eyeing Kara.
The DEO gang went into the command center. "Mon has seen Pestilence first-hand already when he decided to gallivant in another universe," Hank said.
"She was Asian and she was hawt," Mon recalled.
Hank rolled his eyes. "Let me just take a peek," he said as he went into Mon's mind. Hank then began sketching her face from what he gleaned from Mon."
"Put this on the screen," Hank ordered Winn.
A black-and-white sketch of Pestilence's face appeared on the screen. "This is our target," Hank told the group.
Brainiac 5 recorded the sketch in his mind. "It's not safe for any of you to come into contact with the victims. It may also be possible that Pestilence is already there. There is also the possibility that Pestilence in this universe has taken a different body than the one Mon encountered. I will go to study the victims and retrieve my necessary results," Brainiac 5 said.
"Looking like you do? That could raise some questions," Winn said.
Brainiac 5 changed his appearance giving himself jet black hair, dark brown eyes, and pale skin. "Is it wrong if I think he looks hawt?" Kara said stunned.
"What isn't wrong with you?" Mon wondered.
"I know you can't be infected yourself, because you're not biological but can you be a carrier for whatever this is?" Hank asked concernedly.
"The hologram that gives my appearance is also a force-field. It will sterilize anything that could live on my frame," Brainiac 5 assured him.
"Ha, you're like Mr. Death," Kara smiled.
"Yes, that would be an accurate description," Brainiac 5 agreed.
Brainiac 5 strolled into the city hall and found several sick people quarantined. With his eyes, he studied the mayor. Without saying a word, his eyes detected the mark on his hand. He quickly realized that all the victims had similar markings. Modifying his clothing, he became a police officer and stopped a clerk.
"I need the visitor's log," he instructed her.
"Right away, Sir," she said walking off.
Brainiac 5 then saw a red-haired woman sitting. "Are you sick as well?"
"No, just scared," she said.
"That's very wise. You should be," Brainiac 5 told her.
"Is everything going to be okay?" she asked him.
Brainiac 5 stared at her. "No," he replied.
The clerk then gave Brainiac 5 the visitor's log. Brainiac 5 memorized the log in a second and gave it back. "Thank you," he said politely.
Brainiac 5 then morphed his appearance to that of a doctor and approached Dr. Grace Park. "As you can see, most of the patients have scratches but don't remember being scratched," Dr. Park told Brainiac 5.
"So, it would seem," Brainiac 5 allowed. "Do you concur that it is the origin of the infection?"
"Most likely," Dr. Park replied.
"If the infection isn't passed from person-to-person, perhaps the quarantine should be lifted," Brainiac 5 tested.
"No, we don't know that for sure. Until we know for certain how this is being transmitted, the quarantine should remain in effect," she objected.
"I completely agree. My lab is already working on a cure. I should have it within a few days," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"So soon? You must be joking," Dr. Park said skeptically.
"My friends...find me hilarious," Brainiac 5 said deadly serious.
"Some people find humor charming. I find it to be a mask for a lack of confidence," Dr. Park said to him.
"We all wear masks, doctor," Brainiac 5 told her.
"I have work to do," Dr. Park said walking off.
"Of course," Brainiac 5 said staring after her.
Brainiac 5 went to the roof and took out a device from his pocket. Activating the device, he created a blue energy shield around city hall. Individuals trying to get in were kept out. No one could leave. Brainiac 5 then communicated directly to the DEO.
"The shield is up," he reported.
"Whoa, wait a minute, Barney. Are you keeping sick people from getting to a hospital, preventing them from seeing their families, and possibly trapping them with Pestilence?" Kara asked him shocked and appalled.
Brainiac 5 kept an emotionless face and hung up on her.
That night, Mara, in her Supergirl uniform, went through the shield and dropped down on the roof near Brainiac 5. "You shouldn't be here," Brainiac 5 told her.
"The people here are going to die soon," she told him.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 replied coldly.
"You have to lower the shield and allow them to see their families. It's not contagious," Mara said to him.
"You know I can't do that," Brainiac 5 replied condescendingly.
"They're going to die frightened and alone," Mara said.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 agreed.
Brainiac 5 then got a phone call from the DEO. "Hey, Barney, you think you're so smart? We got a lead. Pestilence is the city administrator that made lemon cookies," Kara said victoriously.
"No, she's dead," Brainiac 5 replied and then hung up on her. He then turned back to Mara. "I cannot risk the lives of the entire city for the sake of these patients' comfort."
"What if you don't get the cure in time? What if they all die?" Mara asked him.
"Then they die," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"How can you be so cold about this?" Mara asked flustered.
"In our time, everyone in this city is already dead. Life and death...is a matter of time," Brainiac 5 said to her. "The Brainiac 5 unit I left behind in the 31st century has already recorded the deaths of you, your brother, your mother, and your father. From his perspective, you are already dead. From our perspective, he does not exist yet."
"These people have souls. You should let a priest or pastor inside," Mara argued.
"No," Brainiac 5 refused.
"Please, Barney. Their eternal souls are on the line," Mara said to him.
Brainiac 5 approached Mara and touched her forehead with two fingers. "If I examine your brain, will I find your soul there? He then lowered his fingers to her heart. "If I open your heart, will I find it there?"
"That's materialistic," Mara said flustered.
"The people of this world were so certain they were the only life-forms in the universe. Then later, when they realized other alien races existed, they were so certain that this was the only universe that existed. Then when that too was disproved, they were so certain that travel between the past and future was impossible. In reality, there are infinite universes along with infinite timelines each a mirror of each other. You expect me to believe that God holds a heaven or hell for all infinite versions of yourself, some of which go to heaven, some of which go to hell?" Brainiac 5 questioned.
"Yes," Mara said stubbornly.
"Nothing would satisfy me more than to meet this God and learn His secrets. I find no pleasure in finding doubt in your faith, Mara. I find no pleasure in knowing none of this matters or that my knowledge means nothing in the scheme of things. Still, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," Brainiac 5 told her.
"If there is even a sliver of a chance, even a trillionth of a chance that God exists, shouldn't you entertain it as an absolute certainty?" Mara asked him.
"Pascal's wager?" Brainiac 5 recalled.
"If the priest goes inside and perishes, what does it matter to you? What has small value to you is infinite value to me," Mara said to him.
"Without condoning...or condemning, I understand," Brainiac 5 said to her.
Winn sighed at his desk. "Man, I was so sure it was her. According to the security footage, she is the only one that had contact with all the victims."
"Winn," Alex noticed his bloody nose. "Your nose."
Winn touched the blood leaking from his nose. "Oh my God. I'm fucked," he said freaking out.
"Hey, it's not a big deal, Winn. It's just a bloody nose," Alex calmed him down. "Initiated lock-down," Alex ordered. The doors immediately became shut sealing everyone in the DEO inside.
Winn was placed on a medical bed in the infirmary. "James, what up, man?" Winn said to him as he came in.
"How the fuck did you get passed the lock-down?" Hank demanded.
"I'm kind of a badass," James said using Hank's catchphrase.
"You're a dead badass if we don't find out what this is," Hank told him.
"I should be able to get rid of the infection in two hours," Brainiac 5 said to the group.
"How you doing, buddy?" James asked Winn.
"You should be at Catco," Winn reminded him.
"Winn, no one gives a shit about Catco anymore," James said to him. "By the way, do you have any information I can give to the public. A lot of people are panicking," James said.
"Nope, it's all classified," Hank shut him down.
"Damn," James said disappointedly.
Brainiac 5 gave Winn a serious look. "Who scratched you?"
"It was a facially scarred man with razor-sharp claws and a hat," Winn said deliriously.
"A Freddy Kruger reference? You're going to die, Winn, if you don't tell me who scratched you," Brainiac 5 said seriously.
"But you said I would be cured in two hours," Winn protested.
"No, I said I would get rid of the infection in two hours. I'll do just that via incinerating your corpse. That's how long you have to live," Brainiac 5 told him.
"Oh my God!" Winn started freaking out.
"Tell me who she was, Winn," Brainiac 5 pressed.
"I don't know! I don't remember!" Winn said panicked.
Brainiac 5 withdrew from Winn. "The symptoms don't seem to manifest until the scratches do," Alex said ignoring Winn's freak out.
"Run whatever tests you want on our lab rat," Hank said to her referring to Winn.
"Hey, I'm still here. I'm still a person," Winn said pathetically.
Brainiac 5 deactivated his hologram as he turned his attention back to city hall.
Sam started walking around the uncanny valley in the dark. A version of herself in a black dress came before her. "I was lost for the longest time with no one to worship or pray to me," Reign said to her. "I was forgotten and called a myth by your people."
"My people?" Sam wondered.
"Kryptonians," Reign sneered. "If not for the family of Zor-El, I would have already purged this planet of humanity. Your body and your mind are weak."
"I thought you only wanted to purge sin," Sam said confused.
"No one is innocent. No one is worthy of Rao," Reign said to her.
"Maybe that's too high a standard. Maybe just faith is enough," Sam said to her.
"It isn't. I demand full adherence to the law," Reign said getting close to her.
"No one can be perfect," Sam said to her.
"There was a time when Krypton was...perfect. A time before they breached their own core and created colonies in the stars. There was a time when they were simple farmers memorized by shinny crystals," Reign smiled at the memory.
"It does sound nice," Sam admitted.
Reign took Sam by the throat and lifted her off the ground. "You conceived a bastard child out of wedlock, failed in your relationship, and made a mockery of what it means to have a family."
"Fuck you, lady," Sam said wide-eyed in fear.
Reign dropped her to the ground. "I will purge the sin and filth in your life. I will make it as if Ruby never existed."
Sam suddenly woke up in Lena's clinic freaked out. Lena gave her a sympathetic look. "We're changing gears. I brought in a priest," Lena said.
Kara stared through the window looking upon a sleeping Winn. "He'll get through this," Hank said to her.
"You really mean it?" Kara asked worriedly.
"No, he's probably a goner. I have already contacted his mother and made all the funeral arrangements," Hank said.
"You're such a considerate boss," Kara said sincerely. "Do you think I'll get through to Pestilence?"
"No," Hank shook his head.
"I need to try, right?" Kara asked.
"There is no try, only do or do not. In this case, you don't," Hank said to her.
"Like your father," Kara smirked.
"I don't want to talk about it," Hank shut her down.
Brainiac 5 took on the appearance of a young priest with Mara next to him in civilian clothes. "Thank you, father," the mayor said as Brainiac 5 gave him a blessing.
"How did you get through the barrier?" Dr. Park asked suspiciously.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways," Brainiac 5 replied.
"Very funny. Your profession is built on nonsense," Dr. Park said to him.
"Everything is nonsense," Brainiac 5 replied.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Dr. Park asked offended.
"I have uplifted the morale of all these people. What have you achieved?" Brainiac 5 asked her.
"I have concluded it's not contagious. The shield around city hall can come down," Dr. Park told him.
"Good news," Brainiac 5 said without enthusiasm.
"So...I'm going to contact the relevant authorities to drop the shield," Dr. Park said awkwardly.
"Good," Brainiac 5 said to her.
Dr. Park then walked off and made a call with her cell phone. "What do you see?" Brainiac 5 asked Mara.
"She's Kryptonian," Mara said to him.
"As we suspected," Brainiac 5 said with a bored expression. He then noticed a cut on his hand. He raised his hand to his eyes to examine the wound, shook his hand, and then returned it back to normal.
"I didn't even see her scratch you," Mara said amazed.
"She's fast," Brainiac 5 agreed.
Brainiac 5 then received a phone call from Kara. "Dr. Park just called the DEO. She says it's not contagious. You can let these people go back to their families and check into real hospitals."
"No," Brainiac 5 replied and hung up.
Winn struggled to breathe in his medical bed. "Just a thought...I don't think...the cure...is working," he gasped.
"Your commentary is not necessary, Winn," Brainiac 5 said to him via hologram.
Alex gave him an injection to stabilize him. "Why isn't the cure working?"
"My cure is meant to treat those infected by the Blight. Pestilence is a more primitive version of it. That is why it is not working," Brainiac 5 said.
"What do we do then?" James asked.
"We require Pestilence's DNA," Brainiac 5 replied.
"So, we need to find her or more people will get infected and those already infected will get worse," Kara said.
"I agree. We should send a team into city hall. It's worth the risk," Hank said.
"I want to go in as well. Maybe, my presence can lure her out," James volunteered.
"I already know who she is," Brainiac 5 interrupted them.
"Who?" Hank asked.
"Dr. Grace Park. She has had ample opportunity to infect everyone at city hall with her being the doctor," Brainiac 5 said.
"She is Asian," Mon pointed out.
"I suspected her from the beginning, but I have only achieved confirmation recently," Brainiac 5 said vaguely.
"Alright, Barney, talk to her and tell her to stop doing this," Kara said to him.
"I intend to subdue her, put her in a permanent coma, tear off her limbs, dissect her while she's still alive, harvest her organs, and then eventually incinerate her body," Brainiac 5 said.
"Metal as fuck," Mon smiled approvingly.
"Wait, you can't do that. We can reach the person inside Pestilence," Kara said to him.
"I agree with Kara," James seconded.
"No," Brainiac 5 replied flatly.
"Alright, asshole, I can penetrate your weak-ass shield and use my X-ray vision to find the shield emitter. And when I do, I am going to put you back in your place," Kara said to him.
"No, you won't. I have your daughter with me. Make a move...and there will be consequences," Brainiac 5 replied.
The hologram showed Mara greeting patients. "Oh, you son-of-a-bitch," Kara glared at Brainiac 5.
"I'll kill all the other patients as well," Brainiac 5 added.
"You're using them as a human shield?" Alex asked outraged.
"Precisely," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"You're just as bad as your father...," Alex said and then collapsed on the floor with a bloody nose.
"No, I'm better," Brainiac 5 said and then signed off.
Lena watched passively as Father Damien entered the force-field and sat down near Sam. "I feel introductions are in order. I'm Father Damien."
"And I'm Reign!" Sam shrieked at him.
Father Damien turned to a worried Lena. "This is actually a good thing. Usually, I have to go through hours of bullshit to finally get them to tell me their names."
"How long do you intend to stay in Sam?" Father Damien asked.
"Until this world is purified of sin," Reign replied.
"You know, we're kind of in the same business, you and I," Father Damien said to her.
"You worship a false god. I serve Rao, a real god," Reign said to him.
"Are there other gods out there?" Father Damien asked.
"There are countless, all with their immortal servants, and all with their pet races to keep them occupied," Reign said to him.
"Is humanity the pet race of Rao?" Father Damien asked.
"No, the Kryptonians and dozens of other races across the galaxy," Reign said to him.
"So, what does it matter if humanity is purified?" Father Damien asked.
"I'm not going to purify humanity. I'm going to purify this world by killing you all," Reign said to him.
"I don't think Sam agrees with that," Father Damien smiled.
"I don't give a shit," Reign said honestly. "When I get out of here, I am going to kill her half-breed bastard. Then, she will be mine," Reign sneered.
"You mean, Ruby?" Father Damien questioned.
"Yes," Reign confirmed.
"Is this truly the will of Rao?" Father Damien asked her.
Reign eyed Father Damien with slight uncertainty. "Of course it is. I hear Rao speak to me. He has revealed his will to me."
"Is it a male or female voice?" Father Damien asked.
"What difference does it make?" Reign spat.
"Is it male or female?" Father Damien pressed.
Reign then splattered Father Damien's face in projectile vomit. "God damn," Father Damien said wiping his face with a cloth.
"You going to spray me with holy water, mutter prayers, and force me to stare at your cross?" Reign mocked.
"Nah, that's the old way. We've advanced considerably since the '70s," Father Damien said as he cleaned his face.
Reign eyed electrode equipment brought into the room. "You keep that away from me," Reign said fearfully.
Father Damien placed the electrodes on both of her strapped hands. "I'm sorry it had to come to this."
"It won't work," Reign said to him.
"Well, can't hurt to try," Father Damien said as he turned the machine on. Sam shook in her bed as she was electrified on high voltage.
Brainiac 5 confronted Dr. Park as she made another fruitless phone call to the DEO. Brainiac 5 was dressed in his black uniform and with his facial hologram off. "What are you supposed to be?" Dr. Park asked him.
"I am the strength and knowledge of ten thousand worlds. I am becoming...everything," Brainiac 5 replied.
Dr. Park's eyes glowed yellow and her fingernails grew into claws. She rushed Brainiac 5 scratching him several times in a second. Brainiac 5 then punched her back. "Your powers have no effect on me," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"I'll just have to rip you apart," Pestilence said to him as she went for another attack.
Brainiac 5 waited for her to get close and then slashed her with two Kryptonite blades extending from his wrists. He then kicked her to the floor and stabbed her behind the shoulder blades pinning her to the floor. Pestilence screamed in rage as she felt the pain of the blades.
Brainiac 5 then fired TASER electrodes from his wrist shocking Pestilence. Her whole body shuddered as a result. Taking out a needle from his pocket, Brainiac 5 slammed it into Pestilence's back getting a blood sample. Brainiac 5 then identified the right vertebra and punched it hard cracking it. Pestilence cried out in pain as she became paralyzed from the neck down.
"How?" Pestilence gasped.
"For seven years, I trained with a Kryptonian. I analyzed all of her strengths and weaknesses. I am not your worst enemy, because I can kill you. No, I'm your worst enemy because I can hurt you and keep hurting you while keeping you alive," Brainiac 5 said to her.
Brainiac 5 then attached a device to her forehead making Pestilence go unconscious. In her dream state, Brainiac 5 was present in her mind. They were in a dark forest with Pestilence tied to a tree. Despite her best efforts, she couldn't untie herself. Brainiac 5 approached her with a sword and then stabbed her in the gut. Pestilence screamed in pain as he continued to stab her. With each stab, the wound quickly healed. Brainiac 5 continued to stab Pestilence in a consistent manner.
"You sadist!" Pestilence spat at him.
Brainiac 5 continued stabbing her. "I am going to make you feel every death and see every face you murdered."
In the real world, Pestilence drooled as her mind was turning to mush. Mara walked in and saw what Brainiac 5 was doing. Brainiac 5 took a call from Kara. "Have you found her, yet?" Kara asked impatiently.
"I have the DNA sample. I will bring it to the DEO momentarily," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"Alright, you can drop the shield now," Kara said to him.
"No," Brainiac 5 said and then hung up.
"You're torturing her, aren't you?" Mara accused him.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 said.
"What for?" Mara asked.
"What is minutes for us will be hours for her. I will tear her mind apart until she can no longer form coherent thoughts," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"You need to stop it. It's wrong," Mara told him.
"If she escapes many more will perish. In my time, she becomes the Blight and causes the deaths of trillions of people of all different races across the galaxy," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"What about our code?" Mara asked.
"Your parents established that code as a joke," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"I can't be a part of this," Mara said turning away from the scene.
"Then don't," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"I can't allow you to do it, either," Mara said to him.
"If you fight me, you will fail," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"I don't want to fight you. I want to persuade you," Mara said to him.
"I have already calculated every question, answer, response, and argument you could say to me. There's nothing you can say to me that would surprise me or give me revelation," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"That stings," Mara said hurt. "Why are you even talking to me then?" Mara asked.
"Because I respect you, Mara. When you respect an adversary, you listen to them," Brainiac 5 said to her.
The device on Pestilence's forehead cracked and fell off. Pestilence's neck healed allowing her to use her legs. In creepy fashion, she bent her back and stretched her legs behind her shoulders. Brainiac 5 and Mara watched as she used her feet to grab the two Kryptonite swords and pulled them out of her back. She then got back to her feet and glared at Brainiac 5.
"Impressive. You have great mental endurance," Brainiac 5 complimented.
"I will make you pay for that," Pestilence spat at him.
"I feel no pain. I feel no fear. I feel no grief," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
Pestilence gave him a fearful look and then rushed out the doors towards the shield. Brainiac 5 watched passively as Pestilence ran into the energy shield and passed through it. Brainiac 5 turned to Mara. "Give this sample to the DEO, please."
Mara took the test tube and flew off through the shield towards the DEO. Brainiac 5 then called the DEO. "She has escaped."
Brainiac 5 via hologram looked over a very sick Winn. Alex was on another bed sleeping. "After twenty-years I finally made up with my mom and then I get infected by Pestilence," Winn said bitterly.
"I'm rooting for your recovering, Winn," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"I was attacked by a World-Killer. There is no cure," Winn said subdued.
"Your confidence in your own impending demise is a little insulting," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"I'm sorry, man. You're doing the best you can. I'm just preparing my mind for the end," Winn said.
"In that case, carry on," Brainiac 5 allowed.
"This just makes me reflect on my life, and you know what, after we reconnected, my mom and I, I realized so much of my baggage was tied into her abandoning me. All my life, I felt like I didn't deserve anything," Winn said.
"There is no such thing as 'deserving'," Brainiac 5 told him. "You can either acquire what you want or you cannot."
"You know what? I have done great despite my circumstances. I've made some true friendships. That's been the best part of my life. I want them all to know that," Winn said shedding a tear.
"I have recorded everything you have said. I will share it with them," Brainiac 5 assured him.
"I've discovered I can do anything. I could be the next Steve Jobs. Or I could make a rocket for NASA. Or I could build a human transportation device. I'm ready, man," Winn said to them.
"Everything you just said has already been invented in my time," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"But I want to be the one to do it," Winn said eagerly. "But I think it might be too late."
"You are going to do everything you want to do," Brainiac 5 told him.
"How can you be so sure?" Winn asked.
"Because you were cured ten minutes ago," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"Wait...what?" Winn wondered.
"Get some rest, Winn," Brainiac 5 told him and then signed off.
Dr. Park arrived at a private insurance company and entered their board room. "Our patients keep dying on us. You know what that means? Lower revenue and therefore lower bonuses all around," the CEO told the group. "I think we need to raise rates on low-income families to compensate."
The CEO then noticed Dr. Park enter the room. "So...how can I help you?" he asked condescendingly.
"You could have, but you missed your chance," Dr. Park said cryptically.
"I think I speak for the entire board when I ask what the fuck does that suppose to mean?" the CEO replied.
"You sit here wallowing in your own ignorance looking for any reason you can to deny your customers the very service you sold them," Dr. Park said.
"Look, lady, if we were the total assholes you think we are, we wouldn't get any customers at all. People wouldn't buy our services, and we would go broke. Our marketing team is good, but they're not that good. We have a ninety-five percent satisfaction rate and that ain't bad," the CEO said.
"Life and death decisions are out of your hands now," Dr. Park said to him.
"Do you have any idea how many lives we do save? It's a lot," the CEO told her.
"I wonder if your own insurance plan covers being poisoned by a World Killer," Dr. Park said to him as she extended a nail.
"As a matter of fact...it does," the CEO stared her down.
Dr. Park swiped at his neck and went right through him. "What?" she wondered. The insurance board fluctuated and then disappeared.
Brainiac 5 then entered the room. "You played me for a fool," Dr. Park said enraged.
"Everyone is a fool compared to me," Brainiac 5 replied. "Attacking health insurance officials to gain public sympathy? I have recorded every cliche that exists in pop culture and this is high on the list...like really high," Brainiac 5 mocked.
"If you're so smart, what is the solution then?" Dr. Park glared at him.
"To take talented doctors like yourself and make you slaves to the state, paying you all the same as a miner or farmer, and eliminating health care lawsuits to start with," Brainiac 5 suggested.
"What incentive is there for me to continue working under such terms?" Dr. Park asked.
Brainiac 5 took out a laser pistol. "Work or die," he replied.
"Just work for the common good? My mother used to tell me that good would always be rewarded with grace but when I became a surgeon, I finally saw the truth," Dr. Park said.
"What truth?" Brainiac 5 asked curiously.
"There is no reward for being good," Dr. Park told him.
"True. There are only those with power and those without it. Resist Pestilence and I will train you," Brainiac 5 offered, extending his hand.
"After everything I have done?" Dr. Park asked him.
"The people I associate with have done far worse," Brainiac 5 told her.
"No, I shall bring a plague upon this world killing every living thing," Pestilence said regaining control.
Brainiac 5 punched her through a glass door sending her into a hallway. Pestilence dropped down to the ground floor. Brainiac 5 quickly followed and extended cables that wrapped around her frame. Pestilence resisted his grip but the Kryptonite metal was too strong for her.
Purity then burst through the glass ceiling and landed near Brainiac 5. She proceeded to scream at Brainiac 5. "Was that supposed to hurt me?" Brainiac 5 asked her condescendingly. He extended his cables towards Purity tying her up as well.
"You will tell me what I want to know. You will tell me how you connect to Rao. You will tell me what Rao is," Brainiac 5 said to them both.
"We do the will of Rao. He speaks to us," Purity said to him.
"How does he speak to you?" Brainiac 5 asked of them.
"He speaks to us in our minds," Pestilence said.
A cable arm placed devices on the foreheads of Purity and Pestilence. Brainiac 5 then looked through their memories to the extent that he could. He could see Reign, Purity, and Pestilence kneeling before a shadowy figure.
"What is your will, my god?" Reign asked of the figure.
"You shall...," the voice said and then suddenly cut off.
Brainiac 5 stared at them as he tried to get more information but was blocked. "Is Rao female?" he asked them.
"Rao takes whatever form he chooses," Purity told him.
"Why would he choose to speak to you as a woman when he has always been referred to in the masculine form?" Brainiac 5 wondered.
The two said nothing to that. "I think I understand now," Brainiac 5 said and then tightened the cables so hard around the two that they imploded in his grip.
Brainiac 5 then retracted his cables back into his arms and then walked off back to the DEO.
Father Damien sat patiently as Reign was resisting her restraints. She was shouting in Kryptonian, her face was turning positively ghoulish, and her head would occasionally spin all the way around. Lena watched Sam with concern while Father Damien calmly read a book.
"Is this really okay?" Lena asked him.
"Oh, I see this all the time," Father Damien assured her.
"Your mother sucks cocks in hell," Reign spat at Father Damien.
"Well...when you're right, you're right," he sighed and then electrocuted Reign.
"Is that actually making her better?" Lena asked skeptically.
"It couldn't hurt," Father Damien figured.
Mon then materialized inside the building with Kara and Hank with him. Kara went up to Lena. "Lena, the World-Killers are coming. There may already be one in your building."
"Yeah, I know," Lena said obviously.
Kara then noticed Sam lying in bed inside the force-field. "Well...fuck me," Kara realized.
"I was going to tell you," Lena said embarrassed.
"Hey, we all have our secrets. It's cool," Kara said giving her an inappropriate fist-bump.
Kara then went up to the force-field and felt it tickle her skin. "That tickles," she said immaturely. "Don't tell me this weak-ass force-field kept Reign inside."
"It did," Lena admitted.
"That is so ridiculous," Kara laughed as she played with the force-field. Kara then turned to Sam. "I have always known you were Reign since I got here. X-ray vision: It is a bitch."
"I'm not afraid of you," Reign said to her.
"Well, that makes two of us," Kara smirked.
Lena activated her Ipad sending Kryptonite energy into Reign weakening her. "Some angel of Rao you are. Even a human managed to capture you and imprison you for weeks," Kara mocked.
"I don't think that's helping," Father Damien said to Kara.
Kara tensed up as she saw the Catholic priest as if she had a demon in her as well. "Did you uncover something that couldn't be solved by pure violence?" Kara asked him.
"Actually, I learned a great deal about the nature of this Reign entity," Father Damien began. Reign went full berserk and blasted Father Damien with her heat vision killing him instantly.
"Well...shit," Kara sighed.
The doors across from them then blasted off their hinges. Purity and Pestilence, both in their black uniforms, entered the room. The force-field then went down releasing the weakened Reign. Kara and Hank rushed Reign before she could escape. Purity used her scream to keep them at bay.
"Fuck, that's annoying," Hank said painfully.
"You said it," Kara agreed.
Pestilence took out the Kryptonite device off Reign's chest freeing her. Reign then fired heat vision into Hank dropping him. Reign took her place with the other two and morphed her clothes into her black uniform. "This is where the fun begins," Kara smiled.
"You're no match for the three of us," Reign said confidently.
"Oh really?" Kara said cracking her knuckles.
"You will kneel before us, daughter of Zor-El," Reign said to her.
"Come at me, sis," Kara challenged.
Reign sneered at Kara and threw herself at her. Reign took hold of Kara and took her through the building to the outside sending debris down to the street level. Kara got free of Reign and rested on a rooftop. Reign looked down on her from a higher skyscraper still under construction. Using her heat vision, she blasted cables keeping a large piece of concrete in place. Reign caught the concrete piece and threw it at her. Kara blasted the concrete piece to dust with her heat vision. Metropolis civilians down below watched the fight stunned.
"We are so fucked," they realized.
"Wow, you might have gotten something in my eye," Kara blinked a few times. "So, you did that," she allowed.
Kara took to the air above the city. The three World-Killers followed her up. Kara went straight for Reign and punched her so hard she was flung across the bay and tore through the flame tower on the Statue of Liberty. Pestilence grabbed a hold of Kara's neck scratching her. Purity then came in and punched Kara to the face as hard as she could.
"I didn't even feel that," Kara smirked. She threw Pestilence off and punched Purity across the city. Purity slammed into a skyscraper antenna. The antenna then came down and threatened the civilians down below. Kara ignored the situation and continued punching at Purity.
Reign and Pestilence eyed the fight as Kara and Purity slammed through skyscrapers. "This Supergirl is nothing of a kind. She truly does not give a fuck about these people," Reign observed.
"Then why does she fight us?" Pestilence wondered.
"I suppose it's all about her ego," Reign assumed. "She wants to challenge the angels of Rao."
Mon instantly transported himself to the street, grabbed a hold of the antenna before it could hit the ground, and then instantly transported himself and the antenna elsewhere.
"I have discovered her weakness. It's her arrogance," Reign said of Kara.
Reign then fired heat vision at the cars in traffic causing them to explode. Civilians fled their cars as they were blasted apart. Reign then targeted a tanker truck. Before it could explode, Mon instantly transported himself and the tanker elsewhere. Kara fired her own heat vision at Reign frying her. The billboard behind Reign was completely scorched. Reign was on her knees stunned.
Kara greeted the stunned civilians. "I'll sign autographs after I kick their asses," she assured them.
Purity then slammed down on Kara's shoulders forcing them through the pavement into the sewer level. The civilians above could hear them scuffle. "The sewer? Eww," Kara complained as they fought. "You done fucked up," Kara said as she punched Purity through the pavement, into the air, into a skyscraper, and out the other side.
Kara leaped up and landed on the pavement. "Supergirl," Pestilence called out as she threw a manhole cover at her.
Kara used her knife hand and cut the cover in two before it could reach her. Pestilence backed away from Kara surprised. Kara grinned but then saw Reign land on the roof of a car behind her. "With every day, we become stronger," Reign said to her.
"You're going to need to because I haven't even broken a sweat yet," Kara smirked.
Kara landed on the roof of the car and wrestled with Reign. After a brief struggle, Kara tossed Reign into a marijuana dispensary truck. Reign quickly got out and rushed Kara. Taking her by the arm, Kara grabbed Reign and swung her around several times before throwing her into a Coca Cola billboard causing a shower of sparks.
"Damn, that makes me want a Pepsi, right now," Kara smiled. She then went over to the driver of the marijuana truck. "Hey, man, hook me up with some of that good shit."
"This is for sick people," the driver objected.
"It may not look it, but I'm really depressed," Kara said to him.
"Well in that case," the driver said getting some from the truck.
Kara used her heat vision to light up the joint. "You have no idea the kind of month I have had. My marriage was falling apart, my kids were acting up, and I was even a man for a moment," Kara said to the driver.
"Just listening to you makes me depressed," the driver said lighting a joint himself.
Reign, Purity, and Pestilence came together on the street. "We must combine our strength," Reign said to them. Kara and the driver continued to smoke not taking the three World-Killers seriously.
"You give this to old people? God damn," Kara said totally baked.
"The whole thing is a sham, you know. Just go into a clinic and say you have a headache," the driver said to Kara.
Their joints suddenly blew away as a powerful wind hit them. "Well, ain't that a bitch?" Kara said as she realized the three World-Killers were using super-breath on them.
Kara stumbled onto the street with red-shot eyes and feeling a little sick from Pestilence's scratch. She stood her ground as her red boots were planted firmly on the pavement. Reign, Purity, and Pestilence continued with their super-breath sending civilians, cars and any other debris flying backward. As a car went straight for Kara, she split it in half with her heat vision.
Kara kept her footing and then advanced towards them one step at a time. The World-Killers kept it up as Kara came closer to them. Reign glared fiercely as Kara kept coming towards her despite the hurricane winds they were blowing. "Could you like...stop?" Kara asked annoyed.
The three World-Killers ignored her. "Well, okay then," Kara said as she punched Reign's head off, knife chopped Purity's neck, and punched Pestilence's sternum into her heart. The three World-Killers fell at her feet.
Within a few seconds, the three World-Killers started moving again and got back to their feet completely healed. Kara stared at the three of them. "Does it depress you how weak all three of you are to me?" Kara mocked.
Reign glared at Kara and then eyed her two sisters. "If only I had a stronger body. Then you would truly understand Rao's grand plan."
"Have Rao talk to me. I'll set him straight," Kara said boldly.
Reign gave Kara a shocked look. "We may not be able to kill you, but you cannot kill us. With every battle, more of your humans will perish."
"Do I look like I give a fuck?" Kara asked.
Reign eyed her two sisters with uncertainty, her resolve shaken. "Very well. Next time we meet, it won't be so easy for you."
"Fingers-crossed," Kara mocked.
The three World Killers flew off into the air retreating from the city. "Hey, why don't you go after them?" the crowd asked Kara.
"It's complicated. You see, they're Kryptonians possessed by angels of Rao, the Kryptonian god that guided our society towards peace and enlightenment, and you see their goal is to purge this planet of all humanity," Kara explained to them.
"How does that make any sense?" the crowd asked.
"Well, you see, in the Rao religion...you know what, fuck it," Kara said to them. She then went Prime increasing her temperature killing Pestilence's infection. Healed from the sickness, she flew off into the air.
Kara dropped in at the DEO and walked up to a hologram of Brainiac 5. "You have some nerve hanging up on me," she said scornfully.
"You should learn from your daughter how to articulate your moralizing," Brainiac 5 mocked.
"Would it matter?" Kara asked.
"No," Brainiac 5 said flatly.
"You think you can do whatever you want, don't you?" Kara asked him.
"Do you listen to yourself?" Brainiac 5 asked her.
Mon instantly appeared inside the DEO. "Who saved the civilians? This guy," he said, proud of himself.
"Good for you, Mon. Ten times as many were killed in the battle," Kara mocked.
"I appreciate what you did," Mara said as she gave her father a hug.
"Isn't that sweet?" Kara rolled her eyes at them.
Kon then approached his father with a smug look on his face. "I'm still king of the Insane."
"Then I challenge you. Tomorrow, we shall settle this," Mon said to him.
"Cool," Kon said walking off.
Kara confronted Mon. "You think you two can own me like I'm your property?"
"Just go with it. It's Insane tradition," Mon said to her.
"A tradition that ends with this generation," Kara insisted.
"You know what? I've had enough of your shit," Mon said to her.
"What you going to do about it? I just kicked ass on three World Killers," Kara said proudly.
"You will not disrespect my Insane pride," Mon told her.
"I think I just did," Kara smirked.
Mon grabbed her and the two instantly disappeared. Kara suddenly found herself inside a cave. "What is this supposed to prove?" Kara asked.
The cave glowed green. "This is my own Fortress of Solitude where I don't have to listen to your mouth," Mon said.
Kara immediately fell to her knees as the Kryptonite crystals in the cave weakened her. Kara gave Mon a look of horror and punched him to the face. "I didn't even feel that," Mon mocked.
Kara fell to the ground weak and sick from the intense radiation. The entire cave was filled with Kryptonite crystals. "It took me a long time to study Kryptonian crystals before I got it right. As it happens, if you use a small shard of Kryptonite crystal and put in standing water, it will grow exponentially. Then use old-fashion plutonium to make it all radioactive," Mon explained.
"How long did it take for you to do all this?" Kara asked stunned.
"I started building it the moment we awoke. While you were still asleep in your pod, I did some reading," Mon said.
"Who else knows about this place?" Kara asked painfully.
"Just Barney and I," Mon answered.
"You fucks conspired against me!" Kara raged.
"You're out of control, Kara. Coming from me, that's pretty bad. It's time you became a team player and got this marriage back on track," Mon said to her.
"I'll kill you," Kara spat as her mind became fuzzy.
Mon created an energy orb on his palm and aimed it at Kara. "Who's killing whom?" Mon asked her.
Kara gave him a terrified look as she realized how vulnerable she was. "Okay, I yield," she said finally.
"You act like a bad girl again, and you're getting another time-out," Mon told her. "All it takes is a simple touch, and we're back here again."
Mon powered down the energy orb in his hand and touched Kara. The two instantly transported back to Kara's apartment. Mon picked up the weakened Kara and brought her over to her bed. "You nearly killed me, Mon. You could have ended my existence."
"Yeah," Mon confirmed.
"No man has ever stood up to me like this. No man has ever used his mind and skills to truly scare me. I'm so lucky to have you. I'm so sorry. Don't ever leave me," Kara said sincerely and passionately kissed Mon.
"When you're feeling a little better, you can show me your appreciation," Mon said to her as he laid her in her bed. Kara fell asleep feeling content for the first time in a great while.