Kara took Brainiac 5 by the throat, lifted him off his feet, and slammed him against the wall. "When were you going to tell me that there was a Kryptonian settlement here, asshole?" Kara glared at him.

"I didn't know," Brainiac 5 replied.

"Bullshit. You know everything," Kara doubted.

"I knew of an Argo City, a Kryptonian settlement, but it had already been destroyed by the Blight. I neither knew its location or when it was created," Brainiac 5 said.

"And did you actively look for it?" Kara asked skeptically.

"I did. It was only until now that I discovered a sign of it," Brainiac 5 said.

"You lying piece-of-shit," Kara doubted him. "You were never going to tell me about this until it became a mission priority."

"That's highly speculative on your part," Brainiac 5 replied.

"You probably thought that if I found Argo City, our silly adventures would be over and then I would be useless to you," Kara said angrily.

"You're not wrong," Brainiac 5 admitted.

"Give me one good reason not to melt your brain," Kara said, her eyes glowing red.

Mon came out of the bedroom in his own bathrobe and stared at Kara and Brainiac 5. "What the fuck?" he wondered.

"Stay out of this," Kara hissed at him.

"Alright, whatever," Mon said keeping his distance.

"Destroy me and the ship will automatically fire nuclear missiles at Argo City," Brainiac 5 told her.

Kara stared at Brainiac 5 and then released him. "Well played, asshole," Kara said scornfully.

Brainiac 5 twerked his neck back into place. "I appreciate the compliment."

"FYI, we're caught in a tractor beam," Mon said bored.

"Shall I get back to work or do you have more predictable responses for me to digest?" Brainiac 5 asked her.

"Fuck you, Barney," Kara said pissed-off.

Brainiac 5 went to the controls and engaged a hologram around the ship making it appear as an asteroid. The tractor beam then released them. Brainiac 5 quickly cloaked the ship so the city's weapon systems wouldn't attempt to destroy them.

"What's your genius plan now?" Kara asked him.

"We land outside the city, cloak the ship and investigate. I have sensors that can pick up the mineral we seek," Brainiac 5 said to her.

"Well, time is of the essence. I have zero confidence the DEO can handle Reign," Kara said.

"That's a little harsh," Mon said standing up for his daughter.

"Reign's power-level has tripled. I would think you of all people would realize what that means," Kara said to him.

"Mara just needs to release her hidden power," Mon said.

"Mara is a lover, not a fighter," Kara said doubtfully. "There is no chance at all she defeats Reign on her own."

"I also calculate a low probability of success," Brainiac 5 agreed.

"See? Let's get moving," Kara said as they landed. Kara then went over to Kon's room and opened the door.

"What?" he asked groggily.

"Guard the ship," Kara ordered.

"Whatever," Kon said as he closed the door.

Kara nodded to Mon and Brainiac 5 who now appeared humanoid. The three walked out of the ship, cloaked the ship, and then saw the large city in front of them. "Like Singapore in space," Kara mused.

"Yes," Brainiac 5 agreed as he started recording and analyzing everything around him.

"According to this, the rock is a mile and a half inside the city," Mon said looking at his smartphone-looking device.

Kelex droids ambushed them in the forest and started firing upon them. When the smoke cleared, the three of them remained standing. Mon casually destroyed each of the droids with his hands. "They probably know we're here now," Kara said dryly.

"Maybe not," Brainiac 5 said as cables from his wrist connected to a broken droid. He then hacked into the recordings.

"Are you going to be cool? The last time a Brainiac walked around Krypton, it didn't go well," Kara asked him.

"I am always cool," Brainiac 5 replied.

"Well, you do your thing. Mon and I will find the rock," Kara said leaving him behind.

Alex pretended to be a mom as she walked Ruby over to a wicked ice cream stand. "I could definitely be an astronaut," Ruby said as she ate her ice cream.

"I can see that. Just make sure you get in good shape and lose some pounds," Alex told her. "Oh, and you need to get rid of your motion sickness."

"Funny, I never felt motion sickness until I started getting rides from you," Ruby shot back.

"Why, you little sh...," Alex said and then stopped herself. "So, I got your hair dyed blue. You want a piercing? Maybe a tattoo?" Alex asked trying desperately to be cool.

"Nah, I'm good," Ruby said. "I could use your credit card though."

"Hey, no problem," Alex said handing it over.

Shots suddenly rang out. Alex and Ruby immediately took cover. "I can't have a normal day off, can I?" Alex said annoyed.

Looking around a corner of the ice cream stand, the shooter had disappeared.

Kara and Mon ventured into a village on the outskirts of the city. Their housing construction was simple, their bridges were made out of wood, and they could see simple farms around them. Kara eyed the Kryptonians staring at them. "I don't think we fit in," Mon remarked.

"I'm not sure I give a shit," Kara replied.

"We can infiltrate their society better if we take on their clothes," Mon said.

"Alright, go steal some shit," Kara allowed.

Mon came back shortly with Jedi-looking robes. "Of course you got black," Kara said unimpressed.

"Is that not appropriate?" Mon asked.

"It's the color of priests and priestess," Kara told him. Kara then noticed that the entire population wore white and beige. "What is this? Star Trek Insurrection?

"I actually haven't seen that one, but it sounds disappointing," Mon said.

"It has some good ideas but poor execution," Kara commented. "What if we had to kick all of these people off this rock in order to save trillions of lives with a new medical advancement?" Kara asked him.

"It would take me a nano-second of contemplation before I kicked them off," Mon admitted.

"What if it was between this city and Earth?" Kara asked him.

Mon hesitated at that. "That's a hard decision seeing as how I don't give a shit about either."

"Well, you better start. I'm thinking about making this place my new vacation home. In Kryptonian society, there is no currency. People provide goods and services on the belief that you will return the favor to them later," Kara said.

"I would love to take advantage of such a system," Mon grinned.

"We think alike," Kara said giving him a high-five.

Alex entered a bar and found Ronald Collins drinking his life away. "You look like shit," she remarked.

He finished his drink and got up to leave. "Where you going, sheriff?" Alex mocked.

"Far away from you," he replied.

"That's because you prefer to shoot from a distance, in the back, like a coward," Alex scolded.

"Lady, just let it go," Ronald told her.

"I'm not talking about Kenny Lee," Alex said flashing her FBI badge.

"A Fed? Not surprised," Ronald rolled his eyes.

"You're trying to kill me. You shot at me this morning," Alex accused.

"I was here in this bar this morning, and I'm still here," an obviously drunk Ronald told her.

"You shot at me at the park. There were children there," Alex scolded.

"Everyone goes on-and-on about the children," Ronald said not taking her seriously. "I paid my debt to society."

"How does someone get parole for first-degree murder?" Alex asked.

"Maybe, because I've never been charged with Kenny Lee's death. I got busted for drug dealing at the Canadian border," Ronald revealed.

"But you did kill him," Alex said confused.

"I'm going to say no," Ronald lied.

"You won't get away with this," Alex promised.

"Can you get off my back before I tell everyone your sister is a space-alien," Ronald said annoyed.

"What?" Alex wondered.

"She never told you? She blackmailed me into giving her a cut of the drug money I was taking in," Ronald revealed.

"What cut?" Alex asked.

"Half," Ronald said bitterly. "She threatened to go public and ruin me. I gave her money for ten fucking years before I finally got caught."

Alex put two-and-two together. Kara had been chronically unemployed from high-school to Catco for ten years. She had never asked how Kara had supported herself. She just assumed her mother had. "How much money?" Alex asked.

"I don't know, a few hundred grand," Ronald figured.

"My sister received hush payments from you, a murderer and drug dealer, for ten fucking years?" Alex asked outraged.

"I'm not admitting to the murder part," Ronald clarified.

"She was so shaken up about Kenny Lee's murder. It was all a ruse," Alex realized.

"Your sister is a psychopath," Ronald told her.

"Hey, you can't say that about my sister," Alex yelled at him. "You better not say anything about this," she threatened.

"I wasn't going to but now that you've interrupted my happy hour, I just might," Ronald said annoyed.

"I'm serious," Alex said.

"I know better not to cross your sister. She'll vaporize me without a second thought," Ronald assured her.

Alex left the bar, got on her bike, and drove off disappointed.

Kara and Mon came over to a Kryptonian shrine. "The rock is definitely in there," Mon said looking at his device. The shrine was made largely of wood with glass windows making it appear as a small greenhouse. Kara looked over the Kryptonian writing on a plaque.

"It's a memorial," Kara said to Mon.

"We have company," Mon alerted her as Kelex droids surrounded them.

"Intruders: identify yourselves," they demanded.

"Well...shit, we don't have Barney to reprogram them," Kara said.

"I'm a little suspicious as to why he's not already here," Mon frowned.

"Caretakers: stand down," a woman's voice ordered. The droids then quickly flew off. The woman came out in the open wearing a light-blue dress with white-dressed security personnel with her.

"Mom?" Kara wondered upon seeing her.

"Kara? Is that you?" Alura asked upon seeing her now-adult daughter. She walked over to Kara with an emotionless expression.

Kara ran over to Alura and gave her a hug. "I've missed you for so long. How are you still alive?" Kara cried like a baby.

Alura hesitated but eventually embraced Kara back. "Your father created a shield to protect Argo from Krypton's destruction shortly after you were sent off."

"I'm so happy you're still alive. I've fantasized about this moment for so long. Please, let this not be a simulation," Kara said tearfully.

"How are you here?" Alura asked not sharing in Kara's enthusiasm.

"I came to Earth's solar system, but I orbited close to the star for thirty years, and then Fort Rozz pulled me away. We both ended up on Earth but by then Kal-El was already grown up," Kara explained.

Alura nodded. "So, Kal-El is alive?"

"Yes, and very well, in fact," Kara said and then began to wonder why Alura was more concerned with him than her. "But...you already knew that," Kara said changing her tone.

"What do you mean?" Alura asked.

"You programmed my ship to not reach Earth but to orbit the star for all eternity. It was only a fluke that I was pulled away by Fort Rozz. You never intended for me to raise and protect Kal-El. And now, I realize you sent me away while you planned this shield around Argo," Kara accused.

"We would never have sent you away if we knew it would have been ready in time," Alura said.

"That sounds...like bullshit," Kara glared at her. "You threw me away. You were ashamed of me. Even now, you don't give a shit about me," Kara realized.

"These emotions you're expressing must come from the humans," Alura said calmly. "You were genetically designed to be a great scientist like your father and your uncle, Jor-El. In your first years, you showed great promise. However, once you became a teenager, your emotions became erratic and unpredictable. You were more interested in pleasure and short-term benefits. You became lazy, apathetic, and you tormented everyone around you with your jokes and puns," Alura explained.

"What are you saying?" Kara asked horrified.

"You made us inefficient," Alura said finally.

Kara gave her mother a stunned look. "We tried everything to fix you. We thought maybe you needed to change professions or that you needed to be put in a special education center. Nothing worked," Alura recalled.

"I was...only fourteen-years-old," Kara reminded her.

"Have you changed at all since?" Alura doubted.

"I don't have to take this. I'm a damn hero on Earth. I've killed a lot of mother-fuckers that deserved to die. I am the most powerful being in the universe," Kara bragged.

"I'm not surprised you've done well on that savage planet, but I doubt you would be much use to us here," Alura said.

"Well, fuck me," Kara realized.

"Watch your language, young lady," Alura scolded.

"It's obvious to me now. After thirty years orbiting the star and then another fifteen years on Earth, you never made an effort to find me. I didn't know you were alive or that this city existed, but you knew exactly where I was this entire time," Kara glared angrily.

"Well...when you're right, you're right," Alura admitted.

"Where's father? I bet he would give a shit about my return," Kara demanded.

"He's dead," Alura said flatly.

Kara looked away closing her eyes in pain. Tears freely flowed as she grieved for him a second time. "You think you're so high-and-mighty? You imprisoned your own sister in Fort Rozz to drift endlessly into the Phantom Zone. You used me to arrest her. You betrayed your family," Kara accused.

"I had to consider the common good. Astra and Non were criminals just like Zod," Alura said simply.

"Had Zod, Astra, and Non succeeded, Krypton might have been saved," Kara said to her.

"They broke the law," Alura said bluntly.

"And father? Was creating biological weapons that could wipe out entire alien populations lawful?" Kara asked skeptically.

"Yes," Alura said flatly.

"That weapon nearly killed all human life on Earth," Kara revealed to her.

"Information on the weapon would have only been revealed using your blood. Do not fault us for your mistakes," Alura told her.

Kara shook in rage but was doing everything possible to keep herself composed. Alura turned away from her daughter and faced Mon. "You are Insane, are you not?"

"The Prince of the Insane," Mon said proudly.

"I heard your planet was destroyed by Darkseid and that your race was dwindled down to a handful," Alura said.

"That's true," Mon allowed.

"Did you mate with this Insane?" Alura asked Kara accusingly.

Kara refocused herself as she pushed her pain to the back of her mind. "Him? No, he's just my bodyguard," she denied.

"Very good. Now, what are you here for?" Alura asked coldly.

"We need a rock that is in this shrine," Kara said vaguely.

"The Harun-El," Alura realized.

Alura gave Mon and Kara a tour of the shrine as they descended underground. "As Krypton was on the verge of internal collapse, the fall-out poisoned the air and the ground. We had nothing to protect us. It affected the young and the elderly especially. Once the shield came up, we became detached from the collapsing planet. The shield and our terraforming atmospherics gave us a livable atmosphere. It is what your father gave his life for," Alura said.

"Your father used the Harun-El to power the shield for the city. His legacy is the air we breathe, protection from invaders, and it keeps us hidden," Alura added.

"Would you say this Harun-El is like...a battery?" Mon asked grinning.

"You could say that," Alura allowed not noticing Kara's horrified expression. "We mined all the Harun-El we could. All of it is here and every ounce of it means a moment of life."

"You ever thought to maybe, I don't know, colonize a planet and avoid your existing precarious situation?" Kara asked mockingly.

"There are many that would attack us. The Kryptonian legacy has had its full of controversies. As long as we remain hidden and mobile, we are safe," Alura said.

"Yeah, well, I need a little bit of it to stop the World Killers, angels of Rao," Kara said.

"The angels of Rao are a myth. Even if they did exist, they would never attack a planet like Earth," Alura said skeptically.

"Have a look at this," Mon said showing Alura his smartphone device. It showed a video of Reign, Purity, and Pestilence fighting Kara.

"This is grave," Alura realized.

"No shit," Kara agreed.

"The Harun-El is not mine to give, but I will call a meeting of the High Council," Alura allowed.

"Or...I just take it right here right now," Kara smirked.

"You would take from us the energy source that keeps us alive and shame the House of El forever by corrupting this shrine with your greed?" Alura asked accusingly.

"Well, when you put it like that, it makes me sound like a bitch," Kara said not taking her seriously.

"There is a possibility our powers could end up destroying the entire thing. We don't have the tools to extract a small piece," Mon said to Kara.

"Well...shit," Kara realized. "High Council it is."

Kara brooded on a bench with Mon as she waited for the High Council to gather. The two of them didn't notice Kon walking around in a black leather jacket with sunglasses on. "Well, what were you expecting?" Mon asked.

"I didn't expect anything. I didn't think she would be alive. She's not apologetic at all," Kara said bitterly.

"Now I see where you get it from," Mon muttered.

"No child should feel abandoned by their parent. When Mara and Kon went missing into the past, we didn't hesitate to go after them no matter how much of a pain in the ass they both were," Kara recalled.

"It could be worse. My mother killed my father in cold-blood, turned your cousin against you, tried to kill you, and tried to conquer the Earth," Mon said proudly.

"I would actually prefer that to this. At least, I could smile and laugh with her as I kicked her ass," Kara said thoughtfully.

"Well, I can always steal their battery dooming them all to suffocation and the coldness of space," Mon suggested.

"You better not," Kara scolded him.

"If it comes down to it, Earth is worth more than just one city even if that city is filled with your people," Mon said to her.

"I know you're playing me, but you're right," Kara agreed. "Let's give them a few chances to get their heads out of their asses."

The paranoid Alex came up with a plan to draw out her attacker. Hank took Alex's form, dressed in jogging clothes, and ran around the park. The real Alex looked through her binoculars hoping the shooter would take the bait. Looking around, she saw no one around. Hank continued to jog seeing no one suspicious. After a good hour, Alex frowned impatiently.

"I'm thinking we should go back in," Hank radioed her.

"Give it another hour," Alex said determinedly.

After another hour, nothing happened. "This is getting a little boring," Hank radioed to her. "Maybe, it was just a random shooting that happened to be near you."

Alex looked for any sign at all for the shooter and saw nothing. "Well...shit."

Kara came before the High Council in their central government building. She was wearing her black Supergirl uniform as she came in with Alura. In contrast to her, the Council members were all wearing white robes. They were made up of a "diverse" cast of individuals. "High Council, allow me to introduce my daughter, Kara Zor-El."

"Kara, welcome home," Selena said to her.

"Thanks for seeing me on short notice. It must have been...taxing," Kara mocked.

"Is this Insane man your mate?" Selena asked Kara referring to Mon who was standing in the back.

"Oh, him? No, no, no, he's my bodyguard," Kara lied.

"Then he must leave these chambers," Selena ordered.

Mon nodded not surprised and walked out. "Alura is a high member of our society. We would be remiss to not give her daughter an audience," Selena said.

"So, if I was a peasant, I would have no chance?" Kara figured.

"Precisely," Selena smiled.

"You must forgive my daughter's lack of manners. She has lived many years on the savage planet, Earth. She has apparently adopted their way of speaking," Alura apologized.

"No offense given...none taken," Selena allowed.

"The World Killers, angels of Rao, have descended upon Earth murdering and destroying everything in their path. Take a view for yourself," Alura said activating a hologram on the floor.

The High Council then saw the three World-Killers facing off against Kara in Metropolis. "I had always thought the World-Killers were a myth," not-Tuvok said.

"Honestly, I've seen a lot stranger shit than this," Kara said.

"Profanity: you are fined five credits," the intercom went off.

"What the fuck?" Kara wondered.

"Profanity: you are fined five credits."

"Profanity is punishable by a fine," Alura told her.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me," Kara said amused.

"Profanity: you are fined five credits."

"This is some bullshit. I should be able to say whatever the fuck I want without being fined by the fucking government. Which asshole set this up? I'll personally kick his ass. This is total shit," Kara said.

"Profanity: you are fined five credits," the intercom said six times in a row even as she was still talking.

"Kara, please," Alura interrupted her rant. "I'll take care of the fines," she assured the High Council.

"I traveled across the stars to come here because even though I have defeated these World-Killers many times, they just resurrect each time I kill them. With each battle, more innocents are killed," Kara said controlling herself.

"An unfortunate situation if true," Selena said.

There was a long pause between them. "I really thought you were going to say more," Kara said awkwardly.

"We are a recovering city. How can we help? We can't send troops or aid beyond our city," not-Tuvok told her.

"It isn't troops we need," Kara smirked taking her sweet time to reveal her actual demand.

"Then what is it that you seek?" Selena asked impatiently.

"A gift of goodwill," Kara said vaguely.

"What kind of gift?" not-Tuvok asked.

Alura eyed Kara to get on with it. "I need the Harun-El," Kara said finally.

"You would have us give away our precious resource? Our only life-line, to an alien species? Did you really think we would agree to this?" not-Tuvok asked her.

"For a moment there...yeah...I kind of did," Kara smirked.

"Humanity is more like us than you realize. They're also prone to destroying their environment, denying the problem, doing nothing about it, and passing the problem to the next generation," Kara said.

"Perhaps, you have become more like them than you realize," not-Tuvok shot back.

"My teenage diary would suggest otherwise," Kara mocked.

"With all due respect, Councilman, this disaster on Earth is of Kryptonian making," Alura reminded him.

"Krypton is dead. Argo is all that remains. Whatever happened during the age of Krypton has no legal bearing on Argo," not-Tuvok told her.

"Well, ain't that a...," Kara said and then stopped herself.

"Think of our legacy," Alura said.

"Argo is not about legacy but survival," not-Tuvok said.

"I actually agree," Kara said sincerely. "Look, I don't really need a lot. Maybe a piece the size of my hand."

"That small piece, as you say, amounts to years of time," not-Tuvok told her. "Let us be done with this debate. Who votes with me?"

The Japanese Kryptonian, the Indian Kryptonian, and not-Tuvok raised their hands. "And who votes with Earth?" Alura asked raising her hand. The African Kryptonian and Arab Kryptonian voted with her giving Selena the deciding vote.

"And what say you, Selena?" Alura asked.

"Are you sure this plan will work?" Selena asked Kara.

"Without a doubt," Kara lied.

"Then...I must vote no," Selena smiled. "Earth is where we send our criminals, our mentally insane, and our trash. Let the World-Killers do what they wish to it."

Kara nodded amused to confront a cunning intellectual adversary. "Well, I was never good enough for the debate team. But I am good enough for this," Kara said going Prime. Her body glowed brightly overwhelming the chamber. The Council members were blinded by the intense light and heat.

"You're going to give me what I want, or I am going to destroy this city from the inside out," Kara threatened. "So, let's take a new vote."

"You can't get what you want by threatening us," not-Tuvok told her.

"I think I just did," Kara smirked.

"Kara, stop this!" Alura demanded of her.

"If you thought I was such a disappointment, you shouldn't have sent me to Earth under a yellow sun," Kara glared at her.

"But there is no yellow sun here," not-Tuvok said confused.

"It's called reserves," Kara said condescendingly. "I have absorbed solar radiation close to a yellow sun's surface for thirty fucking years. I then lived on a planet under a yellow sun for another fifteen. I absorbed the power of a black hole. I have designed and utilized the most intense solar power plants for seven years, and I have absorbed solar radiation for twelve thousand years while I slept in a pod," Kara informed them all.

"So...I wouldn't fuck with me," Kara said angrily.

The room became hotter and the ground underneath Kara's feet began to shake. "We will not yield. It is the principle of the matter now," not-Tuvok said to her.

"What about all that shit about survival?" Kara asked.

"I've changed my mind. Our legacy will not be capitulation, to you or to anyone else," not-Tuvok said to her.

"You have to be fucking kidding me. I'll turn your city to ash," Kara threatened.

"Then you'll have to turn me to ash as well," Alura reminded her.

"That's where you're wrong, mother. I always have my trump card," Kara said activating her watch. Mon then instantly appeared in the room and squinted from the intense light.

"You rang?" he asked painfully.

"Take my mother back to Earth. I'm about to introduce freedom to Argo, American style," Kara said to him.

"As much as I would love to see that, I have something important to tell you," Mon said and whispered something in her ear.

Kara quickly went back to normal. "Well...I'll be damned."

"Profanity: you are fined five credits," the intercom said.

"Is that for real?" Mon grinned.

"Alright, apparently the World-Killers have been defeated, and we no longer need the Harun-El. Good talk though," Kara said embarrassed.

"You think you can just walk in here, threaten our existence, and just walk out?" not-Tuvok asked outraged.

"Yeah," Kara said nonchalantly.

"You are certain that the World Killers have been defeated?" Selena questioned.

"Why? Do you know something I don't?" Kara asked her.

"Well, no," Selena said befuddled.

"Alright people, this is going to be weird for me. I can only hope it's weirder for you," Kara said as she kissed each of the councilmen one-by-one like she was Poison Ivy.

Kara then came upon Selena as the other council members remained stunned. "Oh, I want you to remember what happened here today. You're going to democratically grant me whatever I want no matter how small or petty. For example, these bullshit fines are going away."

"Profanity: you are fined five credits."

"As you say," Selena allowed.

"I think I'm going to stick around here for a while longer and make up for lost time with my mother," Kara said to Mon.

At the Vindicator cruiser, Brainiac 5 entered the ship and noticed Kon wasn't around. Not surprised, Brainiac 5 analyzed the status report for the ship. Finding nothing unusual, he took out a small hand-sized sample of Harun-El from a bag.

"Analyze sample," Brainiac 5 ordered the computer.

"Analysis has begun," the computer replied back to him.

Brainiac 5 stared at the black rock as it glowed purple.