Season 4.5 Episode 2
At the DEO, Connor's eyes suddenly shot open. "Creepy as fuck," Kara remarked putting her smartphone down as she sat next to his bed.
"What is this place?" Connor asked.
"So, you can talk? Great. It was a bitch to get my kids to talk. Granted, they were able to do it in a fraction of the time, but five months of crying and babbling got old quick," Kara said pleased.
Connor looked around at the medical clinic curiously. "This is the DEO, a secret government organization that has prime real-estate in the middle of a major city," Kara told him.
"A lot of what you said doesn't make sense," Connor said.
"Get used to that around here," Kara said dryly.
"Who am I?" Connor wondered.
"Your name is Connor, and you're a clone of Superman. You're a Kryptonian just like me. Unfortunately, you skipped twelve years of needed social development," Kara said.
"Who is Superman?" Connor asked.
"A total tool, but you don't need to worry about him. He's not here, I am. I'm technically your cousin," Kara told him.
Alex then strolled in and found Connor awake. "How are you feeling?" she asked examining him.
"I'm not the boy I should be. I want more, and I know I shouldn't," Connor stared at her intently.
"Never apologize for excellence, kid," Kara advised.
"Leave the parenting to me, Kara," Alex rebuked.
"Well, okay then," Kara gave her a fake smile.
"I'm Director Alex Danvers. I'm in charge of this facility," Alex said to him.
"Human," Connor identified as he scanned her body with X-ray vision.
"That's right. Most people on this planet are humans. We look the same, but you have extraordinary powers. I am going to help you control them and use them for good," Alex said optimistically.
"What is good?" Connor asked.
"An excellent question...," Kara began.
"Whatever I say," Alex interrupted Kara.
"Alright," Connor allowed.
"I'm going to take care of you now as your guardian," Alex told him.
"Why not her?" Connor asked of Kara.
"I'm done with parenting. After seven years of that nonsense, I am so done," Kara said exhaustedly.
"Honestly, I need you more than you need me," Alex said to Connor.
"Okay," Connor said awkwardly.
"I'll be right back. You just stay here," Alex said walking out of the room.
"I forgot to tell you. Alex is a homosexual," Kara said brightly.
"A deviation from the norm," Connor realized.
"That's right. Now, I'm a little old-fashion, so I am going to give you a father-figure to help raise you as well," Kara said and then snapped her finger.
"You asked for me," Brainiac 5 said entering the room.
"I need one of your units to live with Alex and be a father to Connor," Kara said.
"All of my units are predisposed at the moment," Brainiac 5 excused.
"Yeah, bullshit," Kara doubted.
"I suppose I can spare one," Brainiac 5 said reluctantly.
"You're a robot," Connor realized scanning Brainiac 5's mechanical body.
"Cybernetic organism. I actually do have some biological components," Brainiac 5 corrected.
Kara took Brainiac 5 aside. "If he acts up, don't hesitate to kill him," she said in Kryptonian.
"Of course," Brainiac 5 replied in same.
Moscow
Joseph Wilson drank from a bottle of vodka in his shitty apartment in Moscow. In his closet were his armor, mask, and collection of swords. As he watched TV, he heard someone moving towards his door. Reaching for his pistol, the door was suddenly kicked in.
"I suppose it was only a matter of time," he muttered firing off a magazine at his intruder. The intruder took cover as Joseph merely blasted holes in the wall.
Joseph aka Deathstroke scrambled to get to a drawer for another magazine. As he put the magazine in his pistol, the intruder kicked it out of his hand and start punching him to the midsection and face in quick succession. Deathstroke battled back with his own combat skills sending the intruder to the floor. Deathstroke quickly put on sunglasses.
"Hello, Jericho. Long time no see," Deathstroke mocked his son.
Jericho glared at Deathstroke with green eyes. "I'm going to gouge out your eyes," Deathstroke said taking out a knife.
Before he could do so, Deathstroke was shot several times. Crying out in pain, Deathstroke went to his closet to get his swords, and then rushed towards his bedroom. Alina closely followed him using her power to try to hold him. Instead, she hit the kitchen sink causing the water pressure in the pipes to explode. She then aimed her hand at Deathstroke as he retreated into his room. The water in the bathroom exploded from the pipes as she tried to kill him. Finally, she locked onto him and tried to implode him. Deathstroke felt his body turning to mush as he threw himself out the window. Deathstroke then fell several stories where he splattered on the sidewalk.
"That won't kill him," Jericho warned her.
"I know," Alina said throwing herself out the window. As she hit the sidewalk, her body splattered into a puddle of water. The water came together and formed a humanoid body. Perfectly reformed, Alina looked for Deathstroke and found him throwing a cab driver out and commandeering his vehicle. Alina raised both hands as she gave every driver in the vicinity a mini-stroke. Deathstroke's cab slammed into a vehicle in front of him as it abruptly stopped. Alina ran towards Deathstroke's cab only to find the cab empty. She looked around and found a manhole uncovered. Dropping down into the sewer, Alina looked around for him. Seeing nothing, she frowned disappointedly.
"Well...shit," she muttered.
Metropolis
Kara flew into her apartment and noticed Jessica had made herself at home by dumping her stuff all over the place. Kara looked over her textbooks and smirked at how low-level they were. She glanced at her physics book and had a good laugh as she noticed a number of errors. Putting it down, she went to her bathroom and noticed Jessica was in the shower.
"Make yourself at home," Kara mocked pulling the curtain away.
"Jesus!" she shouted trying to cover herself.
"Please, I have X-ray vision," Kara rolled her eyes.
"Do you use it often?" Jessica wondered.
"Only when they're cute," Kara smirked.
"Are you coming onto me? Is that why you invited me here?" Jessica asked.
"Don't be so uptight. Just because we change and shower in front of each other doesn't make it gay," Kara downplayed.
"Oh really?" Jessica doubted.
"More than half the people I know have gone gay at least once," Kara said.
"Well, I'm perfectly straight. I have a boyfriend," she lied.
"Yeah, bullshit," Kara doubted.
"Did you bring me here to mock me all day?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah," Kara replied nonchalantly.
Jessica used her ring to form a green suit around her body and then stepped out of the shower. "Keep your eyes to yourself," she said leaving the bathroom.
Kara smirked amused. "She's got spunk."
Alex, Brainiac 5, and Connor drove to Kelly's farm outside the city limits of Metropolis. Connor stared out the window looking at everything in awe. When they finally reached the farm, Connor stared at the horses. "Do you eat those?" he asked ignorantly.
"No, you ride them. I mean...not sexually. I mean, you get on their backs and they take you places," Alex told him.
"In some cultures, horse meat is indeed eaten," Brainiac 5 brought up.
"Are you here to contradict everything I say?" Alex asked.
"Among other things," Brainiac 5 replied.
"Look, you're a bodyguard, nothing more. I'm the parent. I'm the boss," Alex told him.
"Just how do you intend to do that with you at the DEO most of the day?" Brainiac 5 asked. "It seems you want the benefits of motherhood...without putting in the effort."
"Fuck you, Barney. I'm taking this kid in. That makes me a God damn saint!" Alex yelled at him.
"Let's not fight in front of the child," Brainiac 5 mocked.
Kelly came out, embraced Alex, and gave her a kiss. "And this must be Connor," Kelly said giving the boy a hug.
"Why are you so dark?" Connor wondered.
"Wow, well, it's because my ancestors used to live in Africa near the equator where there was more sunlight," Kelly said.
"I like the sun," Connor said feeling the sun's rays on his skin.
"I do, too," Kelly agreed, smiling.
Brainiac 5 turned to Kelly. "I am here at your disposal as a father-figure for Connor. Marital relations are not required, of course."
"I don't think that's necessary," Kelly said to him.
"I think otherwise," Brainiac 5 disagreed.
Kelly simply stared at him. "Well, okay then," she relented.
"Have fun," Alex said cheerfully and went back to her car. "I can't believe I'm finally a mom," Alex said happily as she drove off back to Metropolis.
"Perhaps, you should give him a tour of the place," Brainiac 5 suggested to Kelly.
"Maybe I will," Kelly said passive-aggressively. "Come on, Connor. I want to show you the barn," she motioned for him to follow her.
Brainiac 5 followed behind them with several Kryptonite weapons on his person. At the DEO, another Brainiac 5 unit eyed Connor's location with a satellite.
Lena Luthor joined with Gen. Lane in the desert at a military test site. "I hope this works," Gen. Lane grumbled.
"Of course it will work," Lena scoffed arrogantly.
Gen. Lane came over to recruit Amy Allen. "You sure about this? On the plus side, you get a full presidential pardon and a clear record. On the negative side, you get vaporized."
"I got this, general," the short-haired blond woman said to him.
Lena came over to Amy and injected her with a super serum she had developed. Amy tensed up as she felt her body reacting to the serum. "She's ready," Lena said to Gen. Lane.
"Take her to the test site," Gen. Lane ordered his men.
Amy was taken over to an Insane fighter miles away that had been recovered two years ago during the invasion. She went inside and then the door was locked behind her. Gen. Lane and Lena then watched as a bomber dropped a nuke on the Insane fighter. Wearing sunglasses, the two were still stunned by the awesome power of the explosion.
"Well, what do you think?" Gen. Lane asked.
"I think you vaporized my test subject while violating several nuclear test ban treaties," Lena said dryly.
At the impact site, the Insane fighter had melted into super-hot liquid metal. A humanoid figured emerged from the wreckage covered in red-hot liquid metal. The metal slowly cooled becoming chrome shiny. Amy flexed her fingers and marveled at her new form. She had become a...Bombshell.
Moscow
Deathstroke wandered around the sewers of Moscow until he found his secret lair. There, his daughter, Rose Willson aka Ravager, treated his wounds by pulling bullets out of his chest. "They got to Jericho," Deathstroke said annoyed.
"Well, that's what happens when you're a piss-poor father," Rose said to him as she pulled another bullet out.
"I suppose," Deathstroke considered. "Why do you stay with me?"
"So I can kill people...for money," she said simply.
"God damn," Deathstroke shook his head dismayed wondering where he went wrong as a parent.
"I've located a number of special meta-humans we could use to form a team," Rose mentioned.
"I'd rather work alone," Deathstroke replied.
"Well, fuck me," Rose said offended. "I went to a lot of trouble to find these people."
"Okay, what's the team's name?" Deathstroke humored her.
"Titan East," she said.
Deathstroke scoffed at that. "Lame," he mocked.
"You got a better one?" she asked annoyed.
"It's fine. You kids have fun," Deathstroke allowed.
"I want you to be our leader," Rose said seriously.
"There's a bounty on Supergirl's head. If I kill her, I can finally retire," Deathstroke considered.
"Supergirl? Are you fucking high?" Rose asked incredulously.
"Bitch, I just might," Deathstroke quipped. "There are forces out there all converging on her. She's not invincible. She has weaknesses I can exploit."
Deathstroke got up as soon as Rose pulled the last bullet out. His wounds quickly healed. Going to his armory, he put on his black suit, utility belt filled with weapons, two Samurai swords on his back, two loaded pistols holstered, several magazines on his belt, and orange and black helmet.
"You look bad-ass," Rose complimented upon seeing him.
"I know," Deathstroke replied. "Before we do this, I'm going to pay PATRIOT a visit."
Metropolis
Kara brought Jessica to Catco. "Who's the babe?" James asked Kara as she stepped into his office.
"Jessica Crews, she's a Green Lantern," Kara said.
"Neat, how come this planet has so many Green Lanterns. I thought it was one per sector and each sector has thousands of planets," James said.
"Don't question it," Kara rolled her eyes.
"So, what's her deal?" James asked.
"I'm hiding her from the Fatal Five, a criminal gang that wants to kill her for some reason," Kara said.
"And you brought her here?" James asked incredulously.
"Better here than having her at my apartment," Kara said obviously.
"You're a real piece of work," James muttered.
Kara then heard a unique frequency alarm. "Watch the kid," she told James and took off.
"The fuck am I going to do?" James wondered.
PATRIOT, Moscow
Deathstroke infiltrated PATRIOT and began shooting the place up. Those he didn't shoot, he sliced up with his sword. Alina confronted him only to be hit with smoke grenades obscuring her vision.
Even so, Deathstroke fell to the floor as his muscles and organs ruptured as the water pressure in his body increased. Fighting Alina's power, Deathstroke stunned Alina with a sonic blaster that rattled her liquid body. Deathstroke then kicked Alina into the large television screen electrocuting her. Alina cried out in pain as the electricity went through her water body.
A Brainiac 5 unit in PATRIOT fired on Deathstroke. He took the damage and with his swords tried to slice into Brainiac 5. The blade stopped as it hit his shoulder unable to go through Brainiac 5's metal body. Brainiac 5 unleashed metal tentacles to capture Deathstroke. With his two swords, he sliced away the cables and ran off. Brainiac 5 then quickly turned off the base's power releasing Alina.
Deathstroke fled the base killing anyone in his way and then reached the surface. Finding his motorcycle, he drove off towards Moscow. As he reached the city, Supergirl landed in front of him. Deathstroke had to slam on the brakes and skid to keep from hitting her. Kara fired heat vision on his motorcycle destroying it. Deathstroke fell to the pavement stunned.
"You got balls. I'll give you that," Kara said impressed.
Deathstroke quickly recovered and threw smoke grenades at her. Kara saw through the smoke and fired heat vision into his back, dropping him. Kara blew the smoke away and casually walked towards him. Deathstroke unleashed his sword and tried to swipe at her. Kara broke the sword in half blocking it. Deathstroke then fired his pistol into her gut without effect. Kara punched at his head smashing his helmet. Quickly taking his helmet off, Deathstroke got some distance between them.
"What difference does it make to create distance between us?" Kara asked rhetorically and then pushed him into a car within a split second. Deathstroke slammed into the car smashing its door on impact.
Kara fired a white beam at Deathstroke forcing him towards her. She then proceeded to punch him to the chest breaking his ribs and then giving him a concussion with a punch to the head. Deathstroke dropped to the pavement devastated. He spat out blood but gave her a defiant look.
Jericho arrived on the scene and saw Supergirl standing over Deathstroke. "High-speed regeneration, huh? I guess I get to play with you some more," Kara said and began pummeling him again.
Eventually, Kara got bored and decided to vaporize Deathstroke completely. A shadowy figure then swung towards Kara with a Kryptonite sword. Kara barely dodged the lethal blade and instinctively looked to kill Rose as she landed.
"No!" Jericho shouted using his power to control Kara before she could kill his sister.
Kara's eyes powered down as Jericho took control of her. Rose took hold of her fallen father to drag him away. Kara shuddered as she tried to resist Jericho's hold. Brainiac 5 then decloaked by Kara's side and fired his pistol at Jericho mortally wounding him. Kara regained control of herself and noticed Deathstroke and Rose were gone.
In desperation, Jericho tried to take control of Brainiac 5. The attack was ineffectual. Kara then blasted Jericho incinerating him completely. "Curious, I have his essence on my hard-drive," Brainiac 5 said.
"Good for you," Kara said pissed-off. "Who was that bitch?"
"Rose Wilson, Joseph Wilson's daughter. You just killed the son. He was a PATRIOT operative," Brainiac 5 said.
"Alina isn't going like this," Kara sighed.
"I'll explain the situation," Brainiac 5 assured her. Brainiac 5 then opened his mouth and spit out a thumb drive and gave it to Kara.
"Give this to the unit at the DEO," he instructed.
"Gross," Kara said taking it.
Kara then flew off back towards Metropolis.
Metropolis
At Catco, Tharok attacked as he looked for Jessica. Using his plasma cannon, he fired randomly inside the office creating chaos. With his left eye, he identified Jessica. Activating her ring, she became a Green Lantern. Tharok fired on her stunning her. James went to his private elevator and looked over his gear. "Cowabunga, it is," he said enthusiastically.
As Tharok advanced on the fallen Green Lantern, Steel slammed Tharok through a wall with his hammer. Tharok was initially stunned but quickly recovered firing his cannon at Steel. His beams simply bounced off his armor. Steel slammed Tharok several times with his hammer sending him to the floor. An ax suddenly hit Steel's armor bouncing off. Persuader and Tharok stared at Steel in amazement.
"You done fucked up," Steel said to them.
Mano then entered the room with his glowing red-hot right hand. He rushed Steel and touched his armor. James immediately felt intense heat as the hydraulic and electrical systems in the suit were fried. James was about to pass out inside the suit when a green bubble formed around him.
Mano advanced on Jessica. "Come with us or everyone here dies."
Jessica frowned and relented. Kara then flew into Catco and looked over the damage. "It's her. We withdraw for now," Mano ordered the other two.
"Finally some respect," Kara said and then noticed James' condition. Alarmed, Kara ripped the suit off him and placed James's injured body on the floor. He had been burned from the intense heat of Mano's right hand. Kara then turned to see the Fatal Five members had disappeared.
Brainiac 5, Kelly, and Connor sat for dinner with Alex noticeably absent. "Alex will be at work late. There has been an attack at Catco by the Fatal Five," Brainiac 5 informed Kelly.
"Nice that you know before I do," Kelly muttered.
"Isn't it?" Brainiac 5 replied.
"Does she not want to be my mom?" Connor asked.
"No, that's not it. She does. She just has a lot of responsibilities to take care of," Kelly assured him.
After dinner, Kelly confronted Brainiac 5. "You intend to be here 24/7?"
"Yes," Brainiac 5 said bluntly.
"To guard him from us?" Kelly assumed.
"No, to guard you...from him," Brainiac 5 replied.
Kelly felt a chill go through her as Brainiac 5 then joined Connor in the living room for a game of trivia pursuit.
A few hours later, Lena rushed to Metropolis General to see James. Kara was already there in civilian clothes. "How is he?" Lena asked concernedly.
"He's got some 2nd degree burns all over his body, but he will live," Kara told her.
"What the fuck happened?" Lena asked.
"An alien from the future named Mano used his anti-matter powers on his suit. It destroyed the suit and nearly killed James before Supergirl arrived," Kara told her.
"Well, thank God for Supergirl," Lena said gratefully.
"Yes, she's quite something," Kara agreed.
Lena eyed Kara. "I've been working on the super-human serum. We had a successful test today. Soon, we won't need the protection of Supergirl anymore."
"Sounds great," Kara said giving nothing away.
"In fact, it will allow Supergirl to go back to the future never needing to return," Lena continued.
"She would probably love that. This time period sucks," Kara smiled.
"Well, I better get back to work," Lena said.
"You should," Kara agreed.
Lena stared at Kara awkwardly and then walked off.
Author's Notes: For the longest time, I didn't want to do Invasion because it gave Kara so little to do. I'm happy I reconsidered because it was quite amusing to get through. I'm not well versed on the why and how Barry did flashpoint. I did know that my Kara would be completely understandable and it's up to the reader, themselves, to determine whether Barry's actions were legit. Kara is not a vehicle for my own righteous indignation. She may be right, wrong, in-between, I just write how she would react to whatever comes her way. I knew very little about Wally other than everyone was blocking him from being cool, so I found that lame. I make it a point that every time Kara is involved in a crossover, the heroes end up regretting it. I did another two-episode crossover Elseworld 1 and 2 that I had skipped. That will be posted after Season 4.5 but before 5.
Rumor has it Iris and Barry will get a divorce and Iris will become a villain. So...big middle finger to you all that enjoyed that romance. I don't have too much to say about Flash. I did make a point to make a mockery of Elongated Man's situation in Adventures of Batwoman. I understand they're looking to do another crossover with Flash and Supergirl next season.
Your enthusiasm for Green Arrow makes me nervous as to what I ended up doing for Crisis, but we shall see.