The Green Lanterns fired green chains around Kara keeping her in place. The Atlanteans and Kryptonians fired beams of light on Kara from all sides. The Amazonians fired their Kryptonite tipped arrows into the sky by the hundreds blocking out the sun. A sudden explosion of light shattered the Green Lantern chains and absorbed the energy beams of the Kryptonians and Atlanteans. The Amazonian arrows were cast aside.
"What is this?" Queen Hippolyta wondered amazed.
Kara laughed maniacally as she created an energy dome that quickly expanded over the battlefield. Those caught inside were flattened to the ground and incinerated. Superman quickly took Kon and Steel away from the energy dome a distance away. Superman looked behind him and stared in horror as the Atlanteans and Amazonians were quickly overwhelmed and incinerated.
The Green Lantern Corp retreated to the air as the dome got larger. Red beams fired through the dome hitting Green Lanterns incinerating them on the spot. Diana put her bracelets together to create her energy field against Kara's energy dome to shield her sisters. She was quickly overwhelmed and incinerated.
"Oh, fuck," Arthur realized as the energy dome fried all his men including Mera at his side. The Justice League was in full retreat as they were getting slaughtered. Arthur turned his trident against the energy dome only for him and his trident to turn to ash.
The energy dome then faded as Kara went back to normal. Her fellow Kryptonians were alive but nearly dead from their burns. Alura looked upon her people in horror. "My own child," she realized mournfully.
"Let's see what you can do," Kara challenged those left.
"For...the Corp.," a severely burned John Stewart fired his green ring at her. Kara met his beam with her heat vision and quickly overpowered him blasting his upper body off.
"Keep her occupied until we can reprogram the Myriad to Kryptonian. It's our only chance," Alura said to those remaining.
Winn gave Thara a kiss and then activated his wrist device. He suddenly was encased in a suit and became a giant towering above Kara. "Holy fuck," Kara said amused.
Winn slammed his fist down on Kara's position. He then felt his hand being forced up. Kara went between his fingers and upper-cut Winn to the helmet. The giant Winn fell to the ground knocked out. His device then went into emergency mode and shrank him down to regular size.
Mara then landed near Kara. "Reign," Mara said powering up to Super Insane god. Kon watched horrified and fascinated at the same time as Mara's aura became a deep red. Mara fired energy blasts at Kara's chest. Kara absorbed the blasts and slammed Mara to the ground. Mara quickly got up and raised Kara off the ground with red energy. Kara felt a slight burn as the red energy flowed around her. Kara then went Prime blasting the red energy off of her and sending Mara back down.
Bro-Lee saw Mara's fight with Kara and how she was losing badly. He considered the ramifications and what would happen if he lost control. Kara continued to give Mara a solid beat-down with powerful punches and kicks. Kara then punched Mara to the chest breaking her sternum open and blasting apart her heart. Mara quickly lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Kara gave her a sad look and shook her head.
"No!" Bro shouted in rage and flew straight at Kara.
Kara was ready for him. Lowering her power-level to as low as she could, Bro also did the same. Kara then took two fingers in both hands and put all her power into speed. She struck Bro in quick succession all over his body, his chest, his gut, his arms, his legs, and back. When Kara was finished, she had closed the energy pathways in his body. Bro powered down to nearly nothing.
"Just a beast," Kara sneered and blasted his head off with heat vision.
"Her power is low. This is our chance!" Steel shouted as he tackled Kara. She threw him aside. Kon landed and swiped at Kara with his sword actually managing to cut her through her suit. Kon placed his sword at her throat and powered up to maximum. Superman then leaped onto Kara's back to keep her in place. Kara head-butted Kon and threw Superman off her.
Kara then powered up to her usual level. The cuts to her body fizzled and disappeared. Kara leaped towards Superman and punched him to the face knocking him out. Mara came back good as new and punched at Kara repeatedly. Kara threw her to the ground. Mara quickly recovered and put Kara in a wrestling hold. Kara went Prime and the two tried to surpass the other. Kara head-butted Mara to no effect. Mara forced Kara to her knees but then Kara powered up further and punched Mara away.
"This is not good," Flash realized.
"You going to go back in time?" Cyborg figured.
"Yeah," Flash nodded and then started running. Flash started building speed to break the speed-force. What he didn't anticipate was Kara getting in front of him. She extended her arm out splitting Flash in two at the midsection.
"Damn," Cyborg said horrified.
Kara powered up her hand evaporating the blood off her hand. "I got it," Thara said programming Myriad to Kryptonian.
Kara eyed Alura and Thara with annoyance and walked towards them. Shazam got in front of her and fired lightning at her. Kara blocked the lightning with her left palm and continued to advance. Kara then sliced through the lightning bolt insignia o his chest killing him.
"So, you're supposed to be my best friend, huh?" Kara said to Thara and then backhanded her to the head knocking her out.
Kara then advanced on her mother. "Your machine worked just fine. I can hear your messages quite clearly. Unfortunately for you, I have selective listening."
Alura simply stared at Kara realizing all hope was lost. "You threw me away, mother. You put me in an endless orbit around this solar system's star. You didn't even look for me or visit me. You sent no word as to where you were. You doomed Krypton by jailing those who only sought to save lives. Your husband invented a genocidal weapon," Kara accused.
"I didn't do those things to you. You're not her," Alura said to Kara.
"Well, when you're right, you're right," Kara admitted. "Still, at the very least, I can avenge her," Kara said and grasped Alura's neck.
"This won't be quick. It will not be painless," Kara said angrily as she slowly strangled Alura to death. Cyborg attempted to intervene, placing his robot hands on her shoulder. Kara easily dislodged him and then blasted half his face off with her heat vision.
Mara and Kon looked at each other. "We have to do it," Mara said to him.
"I thought you said it couldn't be done. That it would be too weird," Kon objected.
"We don't have a choice, brother," Mara said to him.
Kara dropped Alura and then turned to Mara and Kon doing the Fusion dance. "What in the world?" Kara wondered.
Mara and Kon did the dance perfectly and merged into one person. There was a flash of light as the two became one. "You can call me Karma, and I am a bitch," Karma said announcing herself.
Karma then felt her body all around. "Breasts, check, dick, check. Alright!" she said enthusiastically. She then powered up to Super Insane god and then did a power-up scream as the red aura slowly turned to blue.
Karma let loose a surge of energy as she unlocked a new form. Her hair, eyes, and aura became blue. "Alright, Reign, invite your sisters," Karma requested.
Kara watched with fascination and some fear as the other angels of Rao came upon Karma. The angels of Purity, Pestilence, and Famine merged with Reign inside Karma. "Let's do this!" Karma said and punched Kara so hard she left the atmosphere and slammed into the moon forming a crater.
Kara got up and quickly realized Karma could breathe in space and was immortal. "We'll wear you down until you're dust," Karma told her.
"Tall order," Kara replied back going Prime.
Karma formed a blue dragon and went after Kara. As the dragon approached, Kara went underneath it and kicked it in half dissolving it. Karma formed an energy sword and split it into thousands of shards surrounding Kara. She blasted the shards away with her aura.
"Any other tricks?" Kara asked.
"Holy shit," Karma realized.
"Your mother died because she couldn't bear to kill you. Because she secretly wished for death and had lost her true love. I, on the other hand, have everything to live for," Kara said. She then punched Karma hard to the gut going through her. Kara waited for Karma to resurrect. As soon as she did, Kara punched her to the face with enough force to break her neck.
"I can do this all day," Kara told her.
Karma formed a scythe blade and swiped at Kara. With her boot, Kara kicked the scythe blade in half and slit Karma's throat with the blade. As soon as Karma resurrected, Kara blasted a hole through her chest with her heat vision. Karma resurrected only to be slammed onto the moon's surface creating a crater. Kara gracefully landed on the moon. Karma then felt the moon's gravity increase until it was stronger than the Earth.
Kara motioned for Karma to come after her. Karma erupted energy tentacles that raced towards Kara and pinned her limbs together. Karma put the squeeze on Kara but then the tentacles were ripped to pieces by Kara's superior strength. Karma created an energy bow and fired hundreds of arrows at Kara. She easily dodged them all. The arrows orbited the moon and shot backed towards Kara. She let the arrows hit her creating a moon dust cloud. Kara walked out of the cloud unharmed.
Karma powered up to her maximum and then shot towards Kara punching her to the forehead. Kara's boots dug into the ground as Karma hit her. Kara smiled to Karma's horror. Kara then punched a basketball-sized hole in her gut. Karma quickly resurrected from the blow. What proceeded was Kara killing Karma in various ways from splitting in her half at the waist to beheading, to simply tearing her apart. Karma finally fired a famine beam at Kara trapping her in a time warp. The beam fizzled before reaching Kara's body. Karma fired more bursts at Kara all fizzling before reaching her.
"I have a theory that every time I kill your ass, your fusion restarts. That's okay, I can fix that," Kara said breathing super cold air on Karma.
Karma became frozen solid despite her immense power. Kara kept breathing on her keeping her barely alive but not moving. Kara then waited for the fusion to wear off splitting Karma into two. They both powered down as they split. Kon quickly gasped for breath, struggled for a moment, and then passed out hitting the ground.
"No!" Mara shrieked.
Kara then took out a Harun-El shard and rammed it into Mara's shoulder. She then energized it forcing Reign to split from her. Mara then passed out in Kara's arms. Reign, Purity, Pestilence, and Famine took form before Kara. Kara gave the passed out Mara a sympathetic look and let her go to the ground by her brother.
"You are indeed powerful, Kara Zor-El, but you dare to defy your god?" Reign accused.
Kara simply smiled and placed her hands in a cup formation as she flew off into space. Kara focused all her power into her hands. "What are you doing?" Reign asked her.
Kara didn't answer as she passed all her Prime levels to her maximum. The gravity became so immense that the moon began to move closer to her. The four angels of Rao then realized what was happening. "You dare!" Reign shrieked as the four angels were pulled towards Kara.
Kara grunted with effort as she formed a mini black hole in her palm. The angels became sucked inside the black hole screaming as they did. "When you finally get out, tell Rao I called him a bitch," Kara said to them. The angels vanished inside the black hole.
Kara then contained the black hole in her palm and then kicked it away where it shot out of the solar system at light-speed.
Kara landed back on Earth with Kon and Mara in her arms. She laid their bodies down on the ground together. Kara then entered the ruined DEO compound and found Alina. Using her heat vision, Kara melted Alina freeing her. Alex and Oliver shook their heads getting over their mini-stroke. Oliver quickly went for a Kryptonite arrow.
"Yeah, no," Alina said forcing Oliver's body to explode everywhere.
Alex stared at them stunned with blood on her face. Kara snatched away her freeze gun and crushed it to pieces. "Keep watch on her," Kara requested of Alina.
Kara walked over to a near-dead Superman lying on the ground. Kara pulled him off the ground, so he could see the devastation. "Look at this shit. This is my resolve, Kal. I'll kill anyone and everyone to accomplish my goals no matter who they are," Kara said to him.
Superman stared at the bodies of Kon and Mara. "Your own children?" Superman asked her.
"Now, at the end, you finally understand," Kara said coldly. "You must think I'm the Devil, right now. This was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo, you got me out here, kicking your ass on this burning desert. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad. It's alright, though. I'm not mad."
Kara helped Superman back to his feet and whispered into his ear. "I don't know how to do that bullshit where you can reverse time by reversing the spin of the Earth but you do. I'll give you the strength to reverse all this nonsense if you promise to never attack me like this again. Do we have a deal?"
Superman merely nodded. Kara glowed and then zapped Superman with the energy he needed. "Get to it," Kara said to him.
The two reached space where Kara would be immune to the temporal changes. Superman struggled to gain speed but, with Kara's charge, was able to get fast enough to reverse time itself. Kara watched in fascination as the Earth stopped rotating and then went backward. Finally, an exhausted Superman arrived back at the DEO. Kara followed him and then noticed the battlefield had changed back to before.
Kara touched her ear and found herself able to communicate with the US military. "Call off the airstrike," she ordered. The F-35 fighters turned around on her order.
Kara casually walked up to the stunned Superman. "You going to call off your little band?"
"Yes," Superman agreed, realizing what she had done. "J'onn, call off the attack. Call off the attack."
"You sure?" J'onn asked.
"Yes, she's won this round," Superman confirmed.
"Next time you pull a stunt like this, I'll kill you so you can't reverse time again. The deaths will be permanent next time. You see, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. Do we understand each other?" Kara asked him.
"Yes," Superman gasped.
US Army medical teams came out and gathered around Superman. "What happened?" Gen. Lane asked Kara.
"Flying accident," Kara lied.
Superman was quickly airlifted away to the nearest hospital. Kara radioed Alina still in the DEO base. "We sent them a message they will never forget. We can go now," she said.
"Copy that," Alina replied.
At the hospital, Hank, Mara, Kon, Alex, and James visited Superman's bedside. He was severely injured but in stable condition. A Kryptonite needle was necessary to pierce his skin for an IV. "What the hell happened to you?" James asked confused.
"Everything went according to plan. The Myriad device sent the army away. The portals brought everyone to the field. We had her surrounded and everything was exactly as we planned," Superman said.
"But?" Alex wondered.
"She won anyway. She killed everyone. All of you were killed," Superman said still stressed out by the memory. "She spared no one."
"We can still try it again. Maybe have better luck next time," Hank said.
"No, she said she would kill me next time to prevent me from reversing time. She said the deaths would be permanent if we attack her again. J'onn, thousands were killed. Even the two of you fused together wasn't enough," Superman said looking at Mara and Kon.
"Why did she let you reverse time then?" Hank asked.
"It's a game to her," Kon said cynically. "It's always been a game."
"There's still good in her," Mara said.
"Bullshit," Alex doubted. "So, we've lost? We have to accept her rule now?"
"There's one man that might have an answer," Superman replied.
Metropolis
The team consisting of Hank, Mara, Kon, Alex, Bro, and James assembled at the DEO office in Metropolis. "She's a fugitive. She can't be here," one DEO agent shouted at Mara.
Hank gave him a look and immediately he shut up. "All that planning and logistics only for it to fail," Hank said frustrated.
The doors open and death personified walked in. The DEO agents stepped out of the way as the man in a trench coat and black sunglasses made his way to the control desk. "How did you get in?" Alex asked him.
"Is that a serious question?" Bruce Wayne wondered.
"Good to see you alive," Hank said shaking his hand.
"It will take more than Supergirl to put down the Bat. So, I understand you're in a pickle," Bruce smirked.
"You could say that. Superman said you had a plan in mind," Alex said.
"Better than an army trying to fight her with brute force," Bruce said snidely. "Kara likes to toy with her prey. She generally stays at the same level as the opponent she fights against. We should exploit that by engaging her with only a small team."
"We should ambush her with Kryptonite," Alex figured.
"I like your plan but it sucks so let me do the plan," Bruce said condescendingly. "Yes, Kryptonite should be on the table, but we have to be more creative. She's physically powerful but she has weaknesses against mental attacks. That's where J'onn can come in," Bruce said.
"If we contain her, for even a moment, I might be able to put her to sleep," Hank said.
"Once she's asleep, you can stab her through with a Kryptonite blade," Bruce pointed to Alex. "You don't have a problem with that?"
"Why would I?" Alex wondered.
"Well, okay then," Bruce said slightly surprised.
"We need to take her to a low-population area," Mara said. "Kon and I used to train in Iceland. It's desolate and we can use the terrain to our advantage to conceal and take cover."
"Stealth is important," Bruce agreed.
"Will you be fighting with us?" Alex asked.
"Fuck no. I got my ass kicked, got buried alive, and then got dug out a few days later. Besides, I have a Plan B in case you guys fuck up," Bruce said.
"What's Plan B?" Alex asked.
"I'm keeping that close to my chest," Bruce replied.
"We won't need it. We're going to win this time," Hank said confidently.
Iceland
The team got into position on Iceland and took cover. Kon and Mara looked out to the ocean. "You ready?" Kon asked her.
Mara nodded and then crossed herself. Kon gulped and then two of them powered up to Super Insane level 2 creating a stir around the rocks around them. They both yelled as they reached their maximum levels. With Reign gone, Mara had lost a significant amount of power and her immortality. There would be no do-over.
At the DEO desert base, Kara stopped her "treatment" of Nia and sensed the sudden power surge. "They never learn," she shook her head amused.
Kon and Mara felt lightning flash around their bodies as they enjoyed showing off their power to each other. "It's cool, isn't it?" Kon smiled.
"Yes, yes it is," Mara agreed.
An astral projection of Nia appeared before them. "She's on her way." She then faded from view.
Kon and Mara held hands. "Whatever happens, I love you," Kon told Mara.
"Don't make me have to do the killing blow again," she requested of him. Kon nodded and then took his position.
Kara landed on the Iceland volcanic field shattering the ground as she impacted. Mara sat on a rock anticipating her arrival. Kara looked around for any obvious threats. She soon discovered that there were significant lead deposits around them interfering with her X-ray vision.
"So, you couldn't defeat me with a big-ass army. Now, you hope to use stealth against me," Kara said as she cautiously approached Mara.
"Disappointed?" Mara asked.
"With the snap of my fingers, I could annihilate this entire island," Kara snapped her fingers for emphasis.
"There's more to governing than just raw power. You have no moral leadership," Mara chided.
"My morality is ending war, starvation, disease, poverty, and corruption through force. Not only that but I will unite the world under one political ideology, one religion, one mission. I call that...mercy," Kara said to her.
"And then what?" Mara asked.
"Create a grand castle on the beach and enjoy a beautiful sunrise," Kara imagined. "The hardest choices require the strongest will."
"Then, you will find our will is equal to yours," Mara said powering up to Super Insane level 2.
"Our?" Kara wondered looking around and then up.
Steel used his rocket boots to push an oil tanker ship down on Kara. The ship buckled as it slammed on top of Kara and hit the ground. "Too easy," Steel said confidently.
"Yeah, if you want to piss her off," Kon warned powering up to Super Insane level 2.
The oil tanker suddenly exploded creating a massive fireball as all the oil was burned up at once. Steel was thrown backward stunned by the blast. Kara emerged from the flames unharmed. Grenades were thrown near Kara. They opened up and flashed Kara with scatter-field rays. Kara closed her eyes and shook her head painfully.
Bro slid towards Kara and sliced at her with a small blade at her legs. Kon swung his sword at Kara's head. Kara blocked Bro and Kon at the same time. Kara kicked Bro to the ground, grabbed Kon's sword from him, and kicked him away.
Alex fired continuous shots from her laser pistol as she leaped around the rocky terrain, flipped over Kara's head, and placed an explosive on her back. Alex then quickly took cover as the explosive went off. Kara cried out in pain as the explosive had Kryptonite shards in it. She slowly got back up weakened.
Kon used his fast speed and whacked Kara from different angles in quick succession with punches and kicks. Kara finally took hold of Kon and slammed him to the ground. "Punk," Kara spat. She threw Kon away where he slammed into Bro. Both of them fell to the ground in a heap.
Mara fired multiple energy shots on Kara creating explosions around her. Kara fired back with her heat vision blasting Mara into a rock formation. Kara was suddenly dragged across the ground until an invisible ship became visible as it tore apart on the ground. Kara slowly got back up. "What the fuck?" she wondered.
J'onn leaped out of the ruined ship and punched Kara to the face. "Well, well," Kara said annoyed. J'onn attacked Kara with expert kicks and punches. Kara retaliated with a killer punch of her own only for it to go through him. J'onn then materialized once more and punched her to the face. Kara punched at him missing each time as he phased in and out. Kara finally fired heat vision on J'onn.
"Missed me," J'onn glared at her with intense red eyes.
"Did I?" Kara replied back as the area around them was now in flames.
J'onn became distracted for a brief moment by the flames. Kara took advantage and gave J'onn a Falcon Punch. As he went down, Mara fired off energy ropes around Kara's right arm. Bro slid in and grabbed Kara's left leg keeping her in place. Kon and Steel came in and grabbed each of Kara's arms. Mara released her energy ropes and swooped in taking Kara's right leg. All four of them struggled to keep Kara from moving. J'onn then suddenly appeared behind Kara and placed his hands on her head.
"Sleep," J'onn said to her as he reached her mind.
Kara resisted for a moment and then calmed down. "She is very strong," J'onn gritted his teeth.
Alex walked over to Kara with a Kryptonite blade. "I thought you would be harder to catch. Just so you know, this was my plan."
"Not so strong now, are you?" Alex mocked.
Kara groaned as she tried to resist J'onn's hold on her. "My...Alex," Kara gasped.
"No, bullshit," Alex rebuked.
"Help me...Alex," Kara said softly as tears went down her face.
"Don't listen to her," J'onn said to Alex.
"I'm so sorry," Kara said to her.
"It's a trick," Kon told her.
"Alex, this is our only chance," Steel told her.
Alex readied her blade for a strike. "It's me, Kara Danvers, your sister. J'onn took away your memories of me. He took your sister away from you," Kara said to her.
"What?" Alex stared at J'onn. "Tell me you didn't do it."
"I had to, Alex," J'onn tensed up as he tried to keep his hold on Kara.
"No, you didn't," Alex shook her head upset.
"Alex...save me," Kara begged.
"Alex!" Steel shouted at her.
Kara unleashed her fury and blasted them all off her. Putting her hands out, she clapped them creating a shock-wave that sent all of them to the ground stunned. Steel engaged Kara only to get head-butted to the ground. Kara went Prime and let loose an energy discharge that knocked out everyone that wasn't Mara and Steel.
Mara escaped the energy discharge and landed on a rock formation above Kara. She fired beams that deflected off the ground making it impossible for Kara to predict where it would strike. Kara leaped up and fired heat vision at Mara. In turn, Mara put her hands up and created an energy wall to block it. Mara then pushed the energy wall back on Kara. With her right fist, Kara punched the energy wall shattering it. She then formed a mini black hole and threw it towards Mara. The black hole became larger as it sucked material around it. Mara loaded up an energy attack behind her back and fired on the black hole extinguishing it. The collapse of the black hole blasted the both of them with intense energy.
Mara formed multiple copies of herself that surrounded Kara. They all fired energy ropes down on Kara to keep her still. Kara looked around for the original with her X-ray vision and then fired heat vision at the right one. Mara cried out as she fell to the ground, her copies disappeared as she lost focus. Kara sped to Mara and picked her up by the throat.
"You're full of tricks, Mara," Kara complimented. She then threw Mara into a rock formation knocking her out.
Steel landed in front of Kara. "Only a human can slay a monster, is it?" Kara mocked.
"You dishonor her memory by having her face," Steel said to her.
"You're out of your league, Jimmy," Kara smirked.
Steel fired a string of missiles at Kara. She put her hand up to shield her face. "Come on!" she shouted as the missiles hit her creating a dust cloud.
Steel used his rockets to fly towards Kara and landed his feet on Kara's chest sending her backward. Kara quickly recovered getting back upright. Steel took both fists and slammed Kara backward into a boulder. Kara punched Steel hard to the ground with her left arm. Kara then fired heat vision of her own. Steel put up his arms to shield himself as he was hit. Steel was dragged across the ground several meters from the beam.
Kara kept up firing a continuous beam at him. Steel pulled away from the beam, flew towards Kara, landed his right boot on Kara's left hand pinning her down to the ground, and hit Kara to the face as hard as he could with his hammer. Kara felt her face with her right hand and saw a drop of red blood.
"All that for a drop of blood?" Kara mocked. She lifted her left hand up flipping Steel to the ground. Kara then punched at Steel's head which he barely blocked with his arms. Kara punched his face continuously tearing his helmet apart, pulled Steel to his feet, and then punched him hard to the chest several meters away.
Kara advanced on Steel with a pissed-off face. Steel activated the lasers in his palms and fired on her which she easily blocked with her hand. Kara continued her march and then swat Steel to the head. Stunned, Steel put up his hands to shield his face. Kara took hold of his right arm keeping him still.
Steel reached out with a magnetic wrist guard. His hammer was summoned to him. Steel caught the hammer with his left hand and went to slam her. Kara grabbed Steel's hammer from him, broke it over her knee, and then quickly sliced James through with the jagged edge of the hammer's metal pole.
James gasped as he felt the pole go through him like butter. Kara kept her hold of the pole and slowly walked James over to a rock where he could sit. "You have my respects, James. You have become a true bad-ass," Kara complimented.
James went into shock through the pain and blood-loss. "When I am done, humanity will reach new heights as a unified people exploring and dominating the galaxy. I'll make sure they remember you," Kara told him.
James coughed up blood and shuddered in pain. "Don't worry, Jimmy. I got you," Kara said taking off his metal glove and taking out the Harun-El shard.
"Kara! This is wrong. Stop this. Think about your faith. Think about the values of your country," Mara appealed to her.
Kara hesitated to zap James and make a clone of him. "You're creating clones of people you know because you're hurting the people that were once your family and friends. All because of politics," Mara said to her.
"You should have just let me be," Kara replied.
"You're less than a year old. You have passion but no sense of moderation or restraint," Mara said.
"Extremism in the pursuit of virtue is no vice," Kara quoted.
"But patience and understanding is also a virtue," Mara said.
"Justice delayed is justice denied," Kara sneered.
"This is not our world. This world belongs to the humans. They can't be our pawns. This isn't our game," Mara said. "I have seen the future. It doesn't matter what we do now in the scheme of things. Everything passes away in time."
Kara gave Mara an uncertain look. "This campaign...has made me feel lonely," she admitted. "But things cannot be as they were. I have caused you too much pain."
"No, stop this now, and it will be all forgotten. My mother did controversial things, even insane things, but we always were able to come together as a family. Be my Aunt Karina," Mara said.
Kara placed the Harun-El shard back into her belt. "You nearly fucking killed me today. If I die, the game is over. I want peace between us."
"I want the same," Mara said as the two came closer to each other.
"Once Russia triumphs over the West, the game will be over. I promise you," Kara said.
"Stop, you're holding on. Just let go!" Mara pleaded with her.
Kara sneered and turned away shaking her head. Brainiac 5 then decloaked near them. "There is a matter of huge importance in Metropolis."
"I thought we had an agreement?" Kara said annoyed.
"We do. I am merely here to observe," Brainiac 5 said. He then showed her a hologram of a large alien saucer ship hovering over the city.
"How long has it been there?" Kara asked seriously.
"The last hour. The center of the ship has opened and appears to be charging a weapon of immense power," Brainiac 5 said.
"Tell me, Barney, why should I give a shit?" Kara asked.
"The world is yours for the taking. Americans are still part of that world, are they not?" Brainiac 5 asked her. "You can show them you are the world's hero."
"Have the US military take it out," Kara refused.
"The ship has powerful shielding. None of their missiles are getting through," Brainiac 5 said.
Kara looked at a weak and injured Kon and Mara. "Very well," Kara said with little enthusiasm. She then flew away from Iceland and sped towards Metropolis.
Metropolis
The giant saucer-shaped ship was dark in color, had alien designs across its hull, and was charging an energy weapon at the center. F-35s fired continuous missiles at the ship. As the missiles got close to the ship, they exploded off the ship's green shield. Kara reached the saucer and fired heat beams at it. The heat beams hit the green shields protecting the ship.
Kara then received a radio message through her ear-piece. "There's a giant saucer ship in Moscow. Our fighters can't penetrate their shields. Come at once," Alina said to her.
Kara flew around the giant saucer ship and sped away into the distance. The people of Metropolis stared up at the sky stunned as Supergirl left them to die. The saucer's main weapon showered the Catco building with light ready to strike. Kara accelerated towards Moscow leaving Metropolis to its fate.
"Where's she going?" a US fighter pilot wondered as Kara disappeared over the horizon. NORAD tracked Kara's movements away from Metropolis, over the Arctic Ocean, and down towards Moscow.
"I thought she was our hero?" the NORAD commander wondered.
Moscow
Russian Su-35 fighters fired on the saucer ship without success as the missiles exploded on its shields. Kara fired heat vision against the saucer ship without result. Kara flew under the saucer and arrived at the financial district featuring Moscow's skyscrapers. A green light showered the financial district and everyone down below. The Russians evacuated the city in a panic, but it would be too late.
Brainiac 5 hacked into Kara's ear-piece. "I understand your sympathies, but Metropolis has a higher population. The priority should be there."
Kara ignored Brainiac 5 and flew up towards the saucer's main weapon. As she got closer to the beam, she felt the effects of Kryptonite. Kara immediately felt weakened by the beam and fought to keep climbing. The main weapon consolidated its energy through multiple prongs and was on the verge of firing. Kara climbed upwards bearing the pain of the Kryptonite. The saucer ships then fired on Metropolis and Moscow at the same time.
Kara struggled to go Prime and took the brunt of the beam. "No!" she shrieked as she failed to stop the beam. The beam went straight to the ground and then disappeared. Kara suddenly felt relief as the beam dissipated harmlessly. The saucer ship fluctuated and then disappeared. All that remained was a small drone with a Kryptonite and hologram emitter.
Kara flew up to the human-size drone and looked it over. The drone resembled a human satellite in nature with a Kryptonite core. Kara gave the drone a confused look. The saucer ship fluctuated on-and-off around her. "What the fuck?" she wondered.
"Metropolis is secure. It was just a drone," Brainiac 5 reported.
Kara considered the ramifications of what had just occurred. She had been tricked into helping Moscow believing the entire city to be in danger. The Americans had seen it. They knew now that she wasn't their hero anymore. She had been given a choice between Metropolis and Moscow, and she chose Moscow.
Kara angrily swiped at the drone cutting it in half destroying it. Clutching her hair, Kara screamed in frustration and anger. She slowly came down to the ground and was surrounded by grateful Russians. Kara was in tears realizing her plot had been unraveled. The Russians reached out to her to comfort her.
"I failed you. I fucked up," Kara said to them with tears in her eyes.
"You've shown us your love. That's more than our leaders have ever shown us," an old man said to her.
"I will make Russia great again," Kara promised them.
"My dear, make Russia love again," a woman said to her.
"I love you guys. I really do," Kara said touched.
"Let's get drunk as fuck," a young man said to her.
"Really?" Kara asked wiping away a tear.
"Supergirl! Supergirl! Supergirl!" they chanted for her.
Kara looked over the chanting crowd and smiled feeling content and loved.
Metropolis
At the DEO, Bruce and Brainiac 5 looked over the news reports of Supergirl's betrayal and revelation that she was allied with the Russians. "A most excellent Plan B," Brainiac 5 complimented.
"I know, right?" Bruce smiled. "Mind over muscle."
"Indeed, but she is still a threat to the world," Brainiac 5 said concerned.
Bruce looked at live footage of Kara hugging and shaking hands with Russians in Moscow. "I think she'll be alright," Bruce predicted.
Iceland
James found himself in a hospital in Reykjavik recovering from his abdominal wound. With the Harun-El still in his system, he was healing rapidly. Kelly took the next flight to visit her brother in the hospital. Alex stayed outside the room deep in thought. Mara came out to see her.
"I fucked it all up. I nearly got James killed," Alex said softly.
"You're not the only one," Mara sighed.
"But I'm a trained agent. I should be better than this. I let my emotions get the better of me too many times," Alex said.
"Do you really want to be like Barney?" Mara asked rhetorically.
"Was she telling the truth? Is Supergirl, the original one, my sister, Kara Danvers?" Alex asked.
"Yes," Mara said.
"Why did I forget? Why wasn't I told?" Alex asked wiping away a tear.
"It was for your protection. Your job at the DEO depended upon you not knowing. Probable deniability and all that," Mara said.
"Fuck the job, I would never want to forget I had a sister, especially a sister that was Supergirl," Alex said.
"When my mother died, you nearly killed yourself. That's why J'onn did the mind-wipe on you," Mara revealed.
Alex stared at her in disbelief. "Was I really that weak?"
"You're not weak. You just became overwhelmed, and you naturally hid your feelings from others until you suddenly exploded. You haven't had a partner you could trust your thoughts and feelings with for a while now," Mara said delicately.
"How did you get through it when I could not?" Alex asked.
"I...didn't get through it," Mara said sadly referring to Reign. Mara then got up and walked away as Kelly exited James' room.
"He's going to be just fine," Kelly said overjoyed.
"That's great," Alex said still shaken up.
"What's wrong?" Kelly asked.
"I need to talk to J'onn," Alex said and proceeded to go look for him.
Alex found Hank in the chapel simply staring forward lost in thought. Alex sat down next to him. "Do you mind if we talk?" she asked him.
Hank gave her a haunted look and then nodded consenting.