(Rated I for Immature)
Kon ate dinner with Japanese businessman, Mr. Ishida Saito, at a fancy Japanese restaurant in Tokyo. "What is the most resilient parasite...I mean, other than Venom? He's awesome as fuck," Kon said to Mr. Saito.
"A bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm?" Kon listed off.
"Really? While I'm eating?" Mr. Saito said displeased.
"An idea," Kon answered his own question. "It's resilient, highly contagious. An idea fully formed, fully understood sticks right here in the mind."
"For someone to steal?" Mr. Saito figured.
"I'm going to extract that idea from your mind. Like business plans for Metropolis, for example," Kon smiled.
"I doubt it," Mr. Saito said skeptically.
"In the dream state, your defenses are down. I'm going to kick your ass. I've never lost," Kon said confidently.
"Why are you telling me this?" Mr. Saito asked.
Kon sipped on his wine. "Because it makes it all that more satisfying when I win. I am the most skilled extractor. In summary, you're fucked."
Mr. Saito finished his meal. "Enjoy your evening, Mr. El." He then went out to converse with a number of rich Japanese people.
Kon casually walked out of the restaurant into the night air. He could feel the cool ocean breeze and hear the waves. He then saw her looking out to sea on the guardrail.
"If I jumped, would I survive?" Kara asked him.
Kon finished his drink. "The fuck you think? You're Supergirl," Kon rolled his eyes. "Mom, what are you doing here? I'm trying to extract some shit from this Japanese guy's head."
"I thought you might be missing me," she figured giving him the classic Kara smile.
"You know that I am," Kon said giving her a haunted look.
Kara and Kon viewed Saito's gallery of Japanese hentai. "Really? What the fuck?" Kara wondered.
"I used to think tentacle monsters were cool," Kon shook his head disillusioned. "Please, take a seat."
Kara took a seat while drinking a glass of wine. "Tell me, does Mara miss me?" Kara asked.
Kon closed his eyes grieved. "More than you can know." He then took out a pistol with a silencer on it. Like a bad-ass, he went around the restaurant dropping fools. He finally found the safe and opened it. Inside was an envelope filled with papers. He replaced the envelope with a false one and then closed the safe.
"Turn around," Mr. Saito ordered with Kara by his side. Kara had a pistol pointed at Kon.
"Now, the envelop, Mr. El," Mr. Saito ordered. "I want to know the name of your employer."
Kon shot Kara in the head dropping her. Mr. Saito went for Kara's pistol. Kon leaped towards him and beat his ass before he could get to the pistol. Kon then locked the doors. Kon opened the envelope and started reading confidential information. Once he was finished, he took the pistol and aimed it at his head.
"Dattebayo," Kon smirked and shot himself in the head.
Inception II
Kon woke up in a hotel room with Mr. Saito sleeping soundly in bed. Kon disconnected Mr. Saito from the dream machine he had acquired from Brainiac 5 and walked out of the hotel. He then texted Mara critical information on Mr. Saito's business plans for Metropolis. Mara read the email at her office at Edge Industries.
"Increase our bidding price," Mara ordered one of her VPs.
"Miss Jade, our bid is already high," the VP said to her.
"Trust me," Mara said to him. "Now, leave me," she ordered him out.
Once he was out, Mara hooked herself up to the dream machine and fell asleep in her chair. In her dream, she saw Metropolis in all of its glory. She was on a rooftop still in her civilian clothes. She eyed the city before her and then started changing it forcing the city to fold into a right angle. Mara could then see the whole city below and in front of her. She eyed the district she wanted to redevelop and blasted it to nothing, so it was a clean slate. Mara then started designing buildings the way she wanted like she was in a Sim City game. She then analyzed how this would affect traffic conditions. She then reworked the subway system by seeing underneath the street.
Mara then blasted L Corp. tower to nothing. "Beautiful," Kara said to her as she worked.
"Nothing like the future," Mara sighed.
"The future had grander cities but the environment was shit. I'm glad you came to this time period, so you can see nature's beauty before it was ruined by humans," Kara said.
Mara heard all the noises of traffic and human activity. She then eliminated all the humans and enjoyed the silence. Mara then turned to Kara. "Everything you say is from my own head only with your voice and appearance."
"Yes," Kara agreed.
"But...I'm so sorry," she said tearfully to her mother.
"It's not your fault," Kara told her.
"Death is the only way to escape this dream," Mara said to her.
Kara nodded and then fired heat vision into Mara killing her. Mara awoke with a start and then looked at her watch. Only five minutes had passed even though she had spent an hour in the dream world. She then looked over a model of her Metropolis development plan.
Kon found Brainiac 5 winning big at a casino. "How's it going, you robot bastard?" Kon greeted him.
"You little shit," Brainiac 5 smiled giving him a hug.
"Let's have some drinks," Kon said to him.
Kon ordered a pitcher of beer while Brainiac 5 got a margarita. "Really?" Kon smirked.
"I am very comfortable with my asexuality," Brainiac 5 said sipping his drink.
"Speaking of which: Inception," Kon brought up.
"You know, you could always ask Alex what she thinks about this idea. If she rejects it, Mara can just erase her mind of the conversation," Brainiac 5 said.
"As easy as that sounds, I'm not too thrilled with my sister kissing my aunt on the lips all the time," Kon said disgustedly.
"Inception is difficult," Brainiac 5 said seriously.
"No shit. I've tried it numerous times without result," Kon said vaguely.
"You can't turn Neil Patrick Harris straight," Brainiac 5 told him.
"Hey, I'm not giving up," Kon said determinedly. "Anyway, he's not the target. I have to do something subtle, something she will barely notice, something I know she secretly wants."
"Such as?" Brainiac 5 asked knowing the answer.
"The D," Kon smiled.
"I have serious doubts about this proposal," Brainiac 5 admitted.
"Look, according to my sexuality class, humans are more interested in secondary sex characteristics than primary. I mean, I'm not ashamed to admit that I would totally go for a hot shemale over a dude that has a vagina. Does that make me gay? By no means," Kon said.
"Alex and I both like girls. We're the same," Kon said simply.
"Except you desire to dominate your partner while Alex is submissive to her partners," Brainiac 5 pointed out.
"I think that actually works in our favor," Kon said.
"What about Nia?" Brainiac 5 asked.
"What about her? We can get her to do whatever we want. We got her balls in a vice," Kon said. "That part of the equation is dealt with."
"Do you simply want Alex to reproduce with Nia? That's too easy," Brainiac 5 said.
"No, I want more than that. I want them to get together in a loving fulfilling sexual relationship...that I can record on video," Kon said seriously.
"You are concerned for Alex's happiness," Brainiac 5 figured.
"More like my happiness but sure," Kon agreed.
"For this kind of operation, it will take a lot of depth," Brainiac 5 said.
"I love it when you talk dirty," Kon smiled.
"A dream inside a dream inside a dream," Brainiac 5 clarified.
"Let's do it," Kon said enthusiastically.
"There's only one real obstacle: Her," Brainiac 5 said obviously.
Kon sighed and looked away. "I have it under control."
"Oh really?" Brainiac 5 doubted. "I hate to see it out-of-control."
"Hey, what's the big deal? Things go south, I just kill myself and then I wake up," Kon said simply.
"When you go that deep, you begin to think that the dream reality is your reality. When you are convinced you have already woken up but still within a dream, you won't kill yourself. You will be trapped for months, years, or even decades in the dream world. When you do finally wake up, you will think you're dreaming and kill yourself," Brainiac 5 warned.
"When can we begin?" Kon asked eagerly.
"As soon as you get rid of the Yakuza that are trying to kill you," Brainiac 5 said pointing them out.
"Nice," Kon's eyes lit up.
What followed was Kon running around the city blasting Yakuza members in crowded street markets while getting into violent car crashes. "What a rush," Kon said thrilled as he killed the last one. "If you're quite finished," Brainiac 5 said driving up to him.
Mara and Bro were dressed in civilian clothes at a coffee shop. They were at an outside table enjoying the sunshine. "I'm sorry I have neglected you. I have just been so busy at work," Mara said to Bro.
"With this wonderful technology, we can meet even when we're asleep," Bro said amazed.
"Exactly," Mara agreed.
"What shall we do next?" Bro asked after they had finished their coffee.
"I know I shouldn't, but it is a dream after all," Mara smiled. "No harm if it's a dream, right?"
Mara took Bro to her apartment and aggressively made out with him. She tore off his shirt and eyed his scarred chest. "The battles you must have fought all your life," Mara realized.
"Not nearly as impressive as yours though," Bro smiled back.
"You're so much stronger than me. It's not really fair," Mara said seeing his powerful muscles.
"I'm not competing with you, Mara," Bro said to her.
Mara kissed Bro furiously and reached for his belt. "Like mother, like daughter," Kara said amused suddenly appearing in the room.
Mara turned around and gave Kara a haunted look. "She's not real," Bro told Mara.
"Oh, I'm very real," Kara said and then used her Prime powers to blast the apartment away so they were all in the open air.
Bro got off the bed and confronted Kara. "I'm not afraid of you."
"You should be," Kara said and then kicked his leg, breaking it. Bro fell to the floor painfully. "I'm only as powerful as you make me," Kara said to Mara.
"I can't help but see you as all-powerful," Mara said backing away from her. "I can never defeat you, even in my dreams."
"I'm sure you'll think of a way," Kara smirked.
Mara materialized a pistol in her hand and fired a Kryptonite bullet at Kara. She easily dodged the bullet, knocked the pistol out of Mara's hand, and grabbed her by the throat. Kara then lifted Mara off the floor and slammed her against the wall. "How dare you try to be happy again after what you did to me and your father," Kara glared at her.
"This isn't real," Mara said trying to focus.
Bro struggled to get to his feet and then put Kara in a wrestling hold from behind. "Back off," Kara said elbowing him across the room.
"Your line should not continue. You were a flawed experiment. You were not conceived out of love but in a lab," Kara told her.
"You came after me," Mara pointed out.
"I came back for Alex, not you two brats," Kara told her.
"That isn't true," Mara struggled against her grip.
"That is enough," Brainiac 5 said suddenly materializing in the room.
Kara dropped Mara to the floor. "So, you can dream, too?" she asked him.
"Of course," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"You were waiting for the two of us to die, so you could have them for yourself," Kara accused.
"I can't feel grief, but I do miss you," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"Bullshit," Kara glared at him.
Brainiac 5 extended a Kryptonite blade and sliced through Kara's gut. "Do you enjoy killing me every time?" Kara asked him.
"I don't enjoy anything," Brainiac 5 said to her as she faded away.
The city then started shattering to pieces as Mara started to lose concentration. Brainiac 5 took out a pistol and killed Mara and Bro. The two of them awoke in Mara's apartment. As soon as she woke up, Mara rushed to the bathroom to throw up.
"I thought the dreams would help. She seems to be getting worse," Bro remarked.
"I know," Brainiac 5 replied.
Kon, Soara, Mara, Bro, Brainiac 5, and Nia assembled at her apartment. "What up, Bro?" Kon said giving him a high-five.
"I am fine, thank you," Bro replied.
"So, I still don't get it," Nia admitted.
"We're going to go into Alex's subconscious and plant an idea in her mind, an idea she won't be able to shake off," Kon said. "It's called Inception."
"If the idea is too complicated, it won't stick," Brainiac 5 added.
"So, what's this idea?" Nia wondered.
"We need a picture of you...a naked picture," Kon said seriously.
"Bullshit. I'm not doing that," Nia refused.
"It's the only way. It's not enough that Alex like...your type. She must like you on a sexual level," Brainiac 5 said.
"We are exposed to sexual imagery all the time. Why would this be any different?" Nia asked.
"We're going deeper than the average dream. We'll be in a dream of a dream of a dream," Kon explained.
"Whatever," Nia shook her head not even trying to understand it.
"I still don't see why this is all necessary," Soara said helplessly confused.
"Nura Nal must be preserved," Brainiac 5 said seriously.
"I could think of many other ways we could do this," Soara rolled her eyes.
"This will be fun," Kon assured her.
"I shouldn't go," Mara said finally.
"Mara, you're the best architect. You have to go," Kon insisted.
Brainiac 5 eyed Mara but said nothing. "We should be aware at all times whether we're still in a dream."
"How so?" Nia asked.
"You won't have your powers," Brainiac 5 answered.
"How long will it take to get the job done?" Mara asked.
"We can sedate her for ten hours in real-time at her apartment. That's 120 hours at the first level, 1,440 hours at the second level, and 17,280 hours at the third level," Brainiac 5 answered. "Should be sufficient enough time."
"That's like...," Nia tried to count.
"Nearly two years," Brainiac 5 answered for her.
"Nice," Kon said amused.
"That's insane," Nia objected.
"It shouldn't take that long to get the job done," Kon rolled his eyes.
"The human mind is relatively unprotected. We should not face any opposition," Brainiac 5 predicted.
Brainiac 5 got out a chart for all to see titled: "Getting Nia and Alex together."
"This is so weird for me," Nia said honestly.
"This is an idea that Alex would obviously reject," Kon said bluntly.
"Thanks, asshole," Nia shook her head.
"Which is why we need to plant it deep in her subconscious. The subconscious is motivated by emotion, not reason," Kon said.
"Alex's emotional need for a partner and child," Mara brought up.
"So, we make Alex hate anyone other than someone who's like...you," Soara said looking at Nia.
"I believe positive emotion always trumps negative emotion," Kon said expertly.
"We should get the parents involved in this. Jeremiah doesn't approve of Alex's lifestyle. It is a source of contention between them, yet Alex desires his approval," Brainiac 5 said.
"If we can convince Alex that Jeremiah approves of Alex being with a trans-woman, we could have a winner on our hands," Kon agreed.
"Does Jeremiah not approve of this already?" Soara asked ignorantly.
"Fuck no," Kon laughed.
Mara took the elevator and found Kon playing chess with a blond woman in a house. She turned around staying out of sight of both of them. Kon made a chess move on the board. Kara made her move. "You would have beaten me by now," Kon remarked.
"Death must have made me rusty," Kara smiled.
"I know this is a dream, but it feels so real," Kon said to her.
Kara suddenly turned her head spotting Mara. Kon rushed over to Mara and entered the elevator. He rapidly took them to the upper floor. "What the fuck are you doing in my dream?" he asked her.
"You've been doing this every night," Mara accused.
"So what?" Kon asked offended. "You act like you've coped better."
"When I saw you doing so well at Argo, I thought you were a cold-hearted bastard. Now, I see the truth. You're addicted to the dream machine," Mara accused.
The elevator stopped with them reaching a sunny beach. Kon exited the elevator and stepped onto the sand. Kara was there playing with Kon and Mara as children. "Why do you do this to yourself?" Mara asked Kon.
"It's the only way I can still dream," Kon replied.
"Why is that so important?" Mara asked.
"In my dreams, she is still alive," Kon said returning to the elevator and dropping them several floors.
"These aren't just dreams. They're memories," Mara realized.
Kon exited the elevator and entered a house. Mara followed him as he went down the hall towards the living room. Mara then saw two children with black hair playing in the grass outside. Soara was with them watching them. "Not just memories but regrets," Kon said to Mara.
"How is this dream a regret?" Mara asked.
"Knowing mother and father will never see it," Kon replied.
While Kon was distracted, Mara went back to the elevator and went down to the basement level. Exiting the elevator, she was on the streets of Metropolis looking up at three figures in the air. "What's the big deal? She can't even go Super," Kon scoffed and then flew straight at Reign.
"Kon, wait!" Mon shouted after him.
Kon sped towards Reign for an attack but was slammed down into the roof of a building. The impact tore through every floor as Kon hit the bottom. Mon grimaced as he saw the building collapse on him. Reality shifted to Kon seeing Kara bleeding profusely in the field.
A bruised and hurt Kon gave his mother a horrified look. "Mother," he gasped.
"My son, I never loved you less. You are your father's son," Kara told him.
Kon started tearing up in spite of himself. "It's okay to cry, Kon," Kara allowed him.
Mara was suddenly shot to the back of the head and disappeared. Kon then turned the gun to his head and shot himself.
The two of them suddenly awoke. "The fuck, Mara," Kon grabbed her and forced her up against a wall.
Mara broke his grip but then Kon punched her hard to the face sending her to the floor. "You stored that memory?" Mara asked disgustedly.
"Of course, I did. It's the last memory I have, seeing her alive," Kon said angrily. Mara got back to her feet and was then punched hard to the gut. "So, how about it, Mara? Let's see your last memory of father alive," Kon said to her.
"Okay," Mara agreed.
In Mara's memory, Kon experienced total darkness and felt like he was floating. Looking up, he saw a small hole in space to the outside world. Squinting, he could vaguely see what was going on. Reign, Purity, Pestilence, and Famine surrounded him as if guarding him. Their eyes were focused on Kon as if daring him to make a move. Their faces were blank. Kon could see Reign fluctuate back-and-forth with Selena.
"When you get to heaven someday, I'll look up from hell just to see your radiant smile," Mon said to her.
"Wait for me. I'll rescue you," Kara promised him.
"Kara, my love, it was...fun," Mon smiled touching her face and then passed away.
"He was a savage warrior but a warrior none-the-less," Reign/Selena said in the darkness. Reign/Selena and the three other angels turned to Kon. "Shut the girl up!" Reign/Selena sneered. The angels then descended upon Kon.
Kon and Mara exited the memory and awoke. "I'm so sorry, Mara," Kon said to her.
"Thanks," Mara said shedding tears. The two siblings then hugged truly understanding each other.
Brainiac 5 came over to Alex's apartment taking on the appearance of Rebecca. "Glad you could come by. I wanted to make it up to you for not calling you for so long."
"I have a few ideas," Rebecca smiled carrying a backpack with her.
Alex smiled knowingly. "Let me get you a drink."
"Thank you," Rebecca said taking the gin. Rebecca quickly poisoned the drink while Alex was turned away. Alex then clinked glasses with Rebecca and took a sip.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Gin just isn't my thing," Rebecca said as she tasted it.
"More for me," Alex smiled drinking both glasses down. She then poured Rebecca a vodka drink. "Much better," Rebecca smiled.
The two sat at a table with Rebecca listening to Alex prattle on about her messed-up social life. Alex then suddenly passed out falling out of her chair.
Rebecca then went back to Brainiac 5. "You have my sympathies," Brainiac 5 said to the passed-out Alex and then let Kon, Soara, Mara, Bro, and Nia inside the apartment.
Brainiac 5 then opened the backpack taking the dream machine out. He quickly hooked up Alex to the machine and then hooked everyone else up including himself. "I will only be able to stay with you at the first level. My biological components are too primitive to go farther."
"We got this," Kon said confidently.
"This is Alex's mind. It could be unpleasant," Brainiac 5 warned the others.
Brainiac 5 found himself in a rainstorm in Metropolis. "Why am I not surprised," he muttered.
A red car then pulled up to him and then the door opened. Brainiac 5 entered the car and found the rest of the gang squeezed inside the small car. "She's going to be looking for a taxi in this weather," Mara said to Kon as he drove like a maniac.
Kon then purposefully rammed a taxi cab. The taxi driver got out. "What the fuck, man?" he asked angrily.
"Walk away," Kon warned holding a pistol.
Kon then took over the taxicab and drove off. Alex came out of the skyscraper that hosted the DEO positively drenched. "Taxi," she shouted.
"Get in," Kon said to her.
Alex got in the taxi only for Soara to enter the cab. "Sorry, I don't share cabs," Alex said annoyed.
Soara took out a pistol. "Give me yours, nice and slowly."
Alex shook her head dismayed and then slowly handed her pistol over. "I'm a Federal officer. Let me go, give me back my gun, and it will be as if this never happened."
"No deal," Soara smirked.
Mara followed Kon's cab but was suddenly cut off by a train in the middle of the street. "That's weird," Mara remarked.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 agreed.
Kon's cab got stuck in traffic with the train behind them. Men with automatic rifles came out of SUVs and began shooting at him. Soara took hold of Alex and held her down as the windows were blasted out. Kon played a game of bumper cars as he hit cars in front and back of him. As he drove back-and-forth, he shot back at the men killing them with accurate pistol fire.
Mara drove around the train and went against traffic as she tried to catch up to Kon's cab. Brainiac 5 fired his pistol at the armed men killing the rest of them. Kon and Mara then drove their respective cars into an empty warehouse. Kon dragged Alex out of the cab. Soara stumbled out of the cab with a chest wound and then collapsed.
"Soara!" Kon shouted after her.
"I fucked up," she hissed in pain.
Kon then turned to Mara. "Where were you?" he yelled.
"I was cut off by a freight train. It happens," Mara said sarcastically.
"You are the architect. What the fuck, Mara?" Kon asked incredulously.
"I don't know," Mara admitted. "I didn't put it there."
"Alex's mind has been trained against extraction," Brainiac 5 realized. "It's been militarized."
"What kind of paranoid freak defends their mind against a dream machine?" Kon asked pissed-off.
"We should abort," Brainiac 5 said seriously.
"Fuck that," Kon said determinedly.
"I vote to abort," Nia raised her hand.
"This doesn't involve you," Kon said to her.
"I feel pretty involved," Nia rebuked.
"What about you, Bro? You in?" Kon asked.
"I vote however Mara votes," Bro said simply.
"We're staying until the job is done," Mara said.
Kon then turned to the wounded Soara. "I ain't no bitch," she said painfully. "Oh wait, I am," she laughed until she spat out blood.
"With ten hours of sedation, it will mean 120 hours on this level. Our odds of surviving Alex's private army are not good," Brainiac 5 said grimly.
"Don't you guys have powers?" Nia brought up.
"If we use our powers, her private army and all her constructs will have powers. Additionally, the weirder we make this dream the more her mind will reject it. We have to rely on our weapon skills and hand-to-hand combat skills at the human level," Kon said to her.
"We must go another dream level down. That will allow you to work faster on Alex while slowing down time on this level," Brainiac 5 said to them.
"But you said you won't be able to join us," Mara pointed out.
"Correct. I will drive you around the city. It will be difficult for Alex's army to lock onto a moving target, and I am an expert driver," Brainiac 5 said looking directly at Kon.
"What?" Kon asked not liking his stare.
"Can Alex recognize us or do we have to put a bag over her head the whole time?" Nia asked.
"I can disguise us all," Mara said taking out a bag with hologram masks. All six of them put on the hologram masks making them appear slightly different but still recognizable to each other. Kon became Leonardo Di Caprio. Mara became Ellen Page. Brainiac 5 became John Travolta. Bro became Tom Hardy. Nia became Maggie Sawyer. Finally, Soara became Rinko Kuchiki.
Mara then took out black burglar hoods to give to Kon and Brainiac 5. The two went over to Alex and took off her hood. "The DEO will hunt you down. You are so fucked!" she said furiously.
"The combination to the safe in your room," Kon ordered.
"Drop dead, asshole," Alex refused.
Kon came back defeated. "The direct approach didn't work," Kon admitted. "You know what to do, right?" Kon asked Nia.
Nia nodded and then screamed like she was in pain. "What is that?" Alex heard the noise.
"Your ex-girlfriend. Now, the safe combination," Brainiac 5 insisted.
"I don't know it," Alex said lamely. "I forgot it."
Nia continued to scream. "Just stop it, damn it," Alex said to Brainiac 5.
Kon brought Nia to Alex and handcuffed her to a pipe. "Maggie? Are you okay?" Alex said seeing her bleeding face.
"They've had me for two days torturing me," Nia said.
"Well, that's what you get for dumping me," Alex said bitterly.
"Wait...what?" Nia asked genuinely surprised by her reaction.
"They think I know the combination to the safe, but I don't know it," Alex admitted.
"How could you have a safe and not know the combination?" Nia questioned.
"Kara...gave me the safe. She never told me the combination. She said it would be in her will," Alex said.
"So?" Nia pressed.
"I didn't have the stomach to ever read it," Alex admitted sadly.
"These people are going to kill us if we don't give them the combination," Nia reminded her.
"Well, it was nice knowing you," Alex said dryly.
Kon walked away from Alex and Nia and looked over Soara. "The pain will lessen as we go to deeper levels," Kon assured her.
"It's not nearly as painful as when you kicked my ass," Soara smiled giving Kon a kiss.
"That's my girl," Kon said, proud of her.
Kon then went back to Alex. "You knew Kara the best. What combinations would it be?" Kon said pointing a pistol at her.
"Probably something retarded like 1,2,3,4,5,6," Alex rolled her eyes.
"Alright, bag them. They're going for a ride," Kon ordered Brainiac 5.
Kon brought Alex and Nia to a van and then put drops on Alex's bag knocking her out. "Could she be telling the truth?" Kon asked Brainiac 5 and Mara.
"This is Alex," Mara reminded him.
"Good point," Brainiac 5 agreed.
"What the fuck do we do now?" Kon wondered.
"We need to get moving," Brainiac 5 warned. Brainiac 5 then turned to Nia. "You have the power of dreams. We need you to dream up weapons."
"Okay," Nia said uncertainly and then imagined a large stack of rifles and ammunition. "Sweet," Kon said picking up an M4 rifle.
"You squeamish about killing?" Kon asked Mara.
"This is a dream. They're not real," Mara said to him as she picked up an identical rifle.
Bro picked up a grenade launcher gun and a Gatling machine-gun. "Excellent," he said pleased. Soara also took up a sniper rifle. Without fear, Bro looked for targets and fired grenade shells at enemy positions tossing men from the explosions. When it seemed clear, Brainiac 5 drove the white van out into the open.
Kon, Soara, Mara, Bro, Nia, and Alex then went under as Brainiac 5 evaded Alex's army.
Alex found herself at a hotel bar ignoring a woman prattle on about herself. "Bitch, leave," Kon said sending her away.
"I'm sorry. I don't like men," Alex said to him.
"I know," Kon grinned. "I'm Mr. Charles. I'm in charge of your dream security. That bitch just stole your wallet and your phone."
"Damn it," Alex realized he was right.
"Don't worry about it. My people will find her soon and kick her ass," Kon assured her.
"Thanks," Alex muttered. "Wait, if this is a dream, why do I give a fuck?"
"That bitch is trying to extract sensitive information from you about DEO secrets," Kon told her.
"Yeah, good luck with that. I've been trained by the best," Alex said confidently.
"I noticed," Kon said dryly. "You're not safe here. They're coming for you."
"Who?" Alex wondered.
"The Ruskies," Kon said seriously.
"Fuck me," Alex realized.
"Yes," Kon nodded.
Bro and Mara watched as Kon went to work on Alex. Other dream constructs were watching them. "Kiss me," Mara said to Bro. The kiss didn't seem to matter.
"Did it work?" Bro asked.
"Who cares," Mara smiled at him.
Kon pulled Alex away from the bar and rushed her into the woman's bathroom. Two security men entered the bathroom and were immediately shot down by Kon. "What are you doing?" Alex shrieked at him.
"They were trying to abduct you. They're the Russians I was telling you about," Kon said.
"Oh, okay," Alex said calming down.
Kon then gave Alex a pistol. "Work with me."
Alex put the pistol to her head. "The fuck?" Kon wondered.
"If I kill myself, I will simply wake up, right?" Alex said.
"I believe they have you under sedation. If you pull that trigger, you will be in limbo," Kon lied.
"Sure," Alex said putting the pistol in her pocket.
"Okay, what is your last memory before you came to the hotel?" Kon asked.
"There was gunfire, I was in the back of the van, and Maggie was there," Alex recalled.
"What did the Russians want?" Kon asked.
"The combination to a safe," Alex said.
"What is the combination?" Kon pressed.
"I don't know, I think it starts with 5,2," Alex guessed.
"We're in a hotel. Let's go to room 52 and see what we can find," Kon suggested.
Kon met up with Bro and Mara at room 52. "They're with me," Kon assured Alex. Kon and Bro took out pistols and busted down the hotel room door. Upon entering, they found a case with a dream machine.
"The damn Russians were trying to use this on you," Kon said to Alex.
"A dream in a dream?" Alex wondered.
"Exactly," Kon told her.
The door opened with Soara bringing in Nia into the room still disguised as Maggie. She was forced to her knees with a pistol to her head. "Maggie? You were being tortured," Alex said confused.
"Did you actually see her being tortured?" Kon asked.
You're working for the Russians?" Alex asked stunned.
"You got me," Nia admitted.
"You're trying to get that safe open? What the fuck, Maggie?" Alex asked scornfully.
"Kara fucked me over so many times. I figured she owed me something," Nia said playing along.
"Kara's dead. She was my sister. And you tried to steal from her, from me," Alex accused angrily.
"Whatever is in that safe probably isn't important," Nia rolled her eyes.
"You don't know that," Alex said becoming upset.
"Let's get into her head and find out what she knows," Kon suggested to Alex.
"Alright, let's do it," Alex readily agreed. Kon then pulled a fast one by actually going deeper into Alex's subconscious. "You three have to go deeper. I will stay behind to defend this room," Kon said.
"Are you going to be alright?" Mara asked him.
"I'll be fine," Kon said taking out his sword.
Mara, Bro, Soara, Nia, and Alex appeared in cold-weather white clothes in the snowy mountains a distance away from a heavily armed fortress. Nia reprogrammed her hologram mask to appear like Nura. Soara looked through her scope and saw guards patrolling. "A fortress in the snowy mountains? That is so like her to be a cold-hearted bitch," Alex said scornfully.
The other four looked at each other trying not to snicker. Humvees with 50 Cal. machine-guns fired down on them. "Let's move," Mara said to the group.
Using skis, the five went down the slope towards the fortress. Mara stayed with Alex as Bro, Soura, and Nia tried to undermine Alex's army. Soara expertly used her sniper rifle while on skis to take out several security agents also on skis. Bro used his grenade gun to blast Humvees apart. He then used his Gatling gun to take out the snowmobiles. Nia simply led the security personnel astray as she stole a snowmobile.
Meanwhile, Kon was slicing and dicing fools in the hotel corridors, in room #52, and in the stairwells. Brainiac 5 still continued driving evading fire from security personnel on his level. Brainiac 5 finally lost control of the van and toppled off a bridge down towards the water below.
"Well...shit," Brainiac 5 muttered.
Mara noticed the large avalanche taking out the rest of Alex's security personnel. "This is not good. I figure Kon has two minutes, and we have twenty-four," she said to the team as they regrouped.
"Plenty of time to mind-fuck Maggie," Alex said determinedly.
"Right...," Mara agreed.
Bro fired a grenade shell at the ventilation door blasting it open. "I need you to take out the reinforcements," Mara said to him.
"Yes," he said running off. He proceeded to steal a snowmobile and began taking out Humvees and other personnel with accurate fire, grenades, and hand-to-hand combat.
The three then went inside. Upon reaching the upper floor, Soara took up a sniper position and began dropping fools one-by-one outside. Alex and Nia cautiously approached a secure vault. Soara was suddenly shot again and dropped. "Sorry," she apologized.
Mara took up the sniper and looked for the opposing shooter. She then saw none other than Kara dropping in. "Hello, Alex," Kara said holding a pistol.
"How can you be here?" Alex asked spooked.
"The kids are up to something devious," Kara smiled. She then shot Alex to the chest dropping her. Mara fired into Kara's shoulder dropping her. "I couldn't take the shot," Mara muttered.
"Oh my God," Nia said freaked.
Mara and Soara arrived on the scene. "Well...shit," Soara realized.
"So, we failed?" Bro wondered.
"Bro, come with me. We're going another level down," Mara said taking the equipment out of his backpack.
"What do we do?" Nia wondered.
"Stay alive," Mara said simply.
Mara and Bro found themselves on a warm beach. Looking around, they saw a glorious future city extravagantly lit up with flying cars and monorails. "What is this city?" Bro asked amazed.
"This was my home," Mara smiled recognizing it.
Mara became enthralled by the environment. They passed by City Hall and saw a statue of Kara as Supergirl. Mara went up the statue and embraced it lovingly. "The love...and the pain you feel: I have never felt it like you have," Bro admitted.
"Let's go see her," Mara said taking Bro to an apartment on the top floor. Mara went inside and found Kara sitting as if waiting for her.
"Hello, Mara. Is this Insane man your father's replacement?" she mocked.
"He might be," Mara allowed. "They say women end up marrying men like their fathers for better-or-worse."
"You could stay with me in this city forever," Kara offered.
"You know I can't do that, mother," Mara replied sitting down next to her.
"Why go back to a reality that has death, pain, and guilt?" Kara asked. "Choose to be here. Choose to be with me, my daughter."
"You're not real. Alex is real," Mara said to her. "I have to make her happy."
"What is real, Mara? The difference between life and death is time," Kara shook her head. "In the future, I am alive and Alex is dead. In this time, Alex is alive...and I am dead," Kara said sadly.
"I can't leave knowing Alex dies alone and childless," Mara said to her.
"I am your mother. Can you really leave me again?" Kara asked her.
"This is all in my head. I could never imagine your complexity or your perfection," Mara said adoringly.
"Well, finally some respect," Kara agreed.
"But you're a shade of my mother. I tried really hard to remember and imagine you the way you were, but you're simply not good enough," Mara told her.
Kara shook her head annoyed and then turned towards the hallway. "Mon, come over here and talk some sense into your daughter," Kara called him over.
Mara gave Mon a haunted look as he entered the room. Mon smirked at Bro and then stood next to Kara. "Tell her to stay with us. That her decision to go back in time was a mistake from the very beginning," Kara said smugly.
"If you leave, you will break your mother's heart," Mon said to Mara. "But if you don't, you will break mine," Mon said to her.
"The fuck?" Kara asked Mon outraged.
Mara got up and grabbed the wounded Alex from the balcony. "Bro, let's go," Mara ordered. All three of them dropped from the balcony to their deaths. Kara rushed to the balcony and saw all three disappear from view.
Mara, Bro, and Alex woke up in the fortress. "We're getting our asses kicked," Nia reported to Mara.
"It will be over soon," Mara said as Alex walked up to the vault.
Alex inputted 5 and 2 to the vault and opened the door. "You have to be shitting me," Nia said incredulously. Alex had known the combination from the very beginning.
Alex found her father, Jeremiah, on his deathbed. Alex stood over him sympathetically. "I'm diss..," Jeremiah struggled to say.
"Disappointed? Got it. Message received, dad. It's not enough that I got my degree, become a biologist, and saved the world a few dozen times," Alex said peeved.
Jeremiah simply stared at her. "It's because I'm gay. Is that it?" Alex questioned. "I didn't choose to like women, alright. I tried men. I really really tried."
"I'm disappoint...," Jeremiah gasped.
"Disappointed I don't have a family, yet? I'm working on adoption. I've just been kind of busy," Alex said to him. "I just haven't found the right woman."
"I'm disappointed you haven't tried a shemale," Jeremiah finally got out.
There was a long awkward pause. "Wait...what?" Alex wondered.
Jeremiah pointed to the safe. Alex inputted 52 into the safe and found Kara's will. Inside was a number of legal papers but then a photograph of Nura fell out. "Who is this?" Alex wondered.
"It is...Nura Nal. She's your distant descendant. A Dreamer," Jeremiah told her.
Alex looked over the picture memorized and realized the implications. "Make love, not war," Jeremiah said to her and then passed away. Mara watched from afar controlling Jeremiah's image.
Mara then detonated a grenade killing them all. Kon then led everyone inside an elevator and detonated charges dropping the elevator to the ground floor killing everyone. They then all found themselves in the van submerged underwater. Alex and Mara got out of the van and got onshore. Mara wore a hologram mask of Maggie as she helped Alex get onshore.
"I'm going to do what my father suggested. I'm going to open my mind to shemales," Alex said to her.
"It doesn't make you any less of a Lesbian," Mara assured her.
"I'm going to start a family, naturally," Alex said resolved.
"No balls," Mara challenged.
Alex embraced Mara. "You'll see, Maggie. You'll see."
The gang all woke up before Alex and quickly put the equipment into the backpack. "Was it a success?" Brainiac 5 asked Mara.
"Maybe," Mara said unsure.
"Maybe is good," Brainiac 5 smiled.
"I don't know if that was right or wrong, but it was weird," Nia remarked as she left.
Kon embraced Soara. "You were a good sport after getting shot a few times."
"I'll never disgrace the House of Ul, Son of El," Soara smiled flirtatiously.
"I want your genes," Kon said turned on.
"Behave, savage," Soara chided.
Mara and Bro looked at each other. "You're strong even without your powers," Mara complimented.
"It is you that is strong," Bro said of her.
Mara then noticed Brainiac 5 was not leaving. "Are you staying?" she asked him.
Brainiac 5 nodded and then turned his hologram back to Rebecca. "I must finish what I began."
Kon came to Hank's PI office. "And just like that, I got Alex to consider something new and exciting," Kon said, proud of himself.
"If you wanted to get Alex to exclusively like shemales, you could have just asked," Hank said pointing to his head.
Kon simply stared at Hank, the thought had never even occurred to him. "Well...fuck."
Mara and Bro looked over the future Metropolis enjoying the tall buildings, flying cars, and beautiful holograms. They were on the top floor of the tallest skyscraper where she was raised. Mara then turned to Bro. "Whatever we do isn't real. It's a dream. But we are so deep that we could stay here for two years if we wanted to as long as we don't die, and it will only be ten hours in the real world," Mara said to him.
"Do you think two years will be long enough to get to know each other?" Mara asked him.
Bro smiled. "Too short," he said kissing her.