Season 4.5 Episode 8

Alex and Kelly frantically called everyone and anyone on the whereabouts of Connor. "I can handle this. Just stop," Kelly told off Alex.

"I didn't say anything," Alex said peeved at her attitude.

Connor then entered the house shirtless. "Where have you been?" Kelly asked embracing him. "Where were you? What happened to your shirt?"

"I was playing soccer," Connor lied.

"Playing soccer? That sounds like bullshit," Alex doubted.

"Well, as soon as the game started, the guys started pushing me around and being mean. They all started laughing because my shirt got ripped. I just decided to walk all the way home. I know I should have called," Connor lied.

"Well...no shit," Alex replied scornfully.

Kelly gave her an annoyed expression. "Connor, you used remarkable restraint. Even though they were bullying you, you didn't fight back. I'm proud of you."

Alex rolled her eyes. "I'm kind of feeling tired. Can I go to bed now?" Connor asked.

"Yeah, sure," Kelly let him pass.

As soon as he was gone in his room, Alex and Kelly started arguing. "The little shit is lying," Alex accused.

"We don't know that. Maybe we can make some calls to verify the story. In the meantime, we trust him," Kelly told her.

"Fine," Alex relented.

Metropolis

Lena looked over the unconscious James as he slowly healed from his injuries. Brainiac 5 was present monitoring his condition. "You said the Harun-El could kill him," Lena said.

"I did and it still might. However, there was no choice under the circumstances," Brainiac 5 replied.

"How the fuck did this happen?" Lena asked.

"A Kryptonian hybrid has gone rogue. We tried to domesticate him like Superman but our efforts have proven unsuccessful," Brainiac 5 said.

"What's stopping you from killing him right now?" Lena asked.

"The Kryptonian hybrid is only twelve years old and in the custody of Alex and Kelly. If we are not careful, there could be more casualties on our side," Brainiac 5 answered.

Lena was taken aback by Connor's age. "Why would he do this?" she asked outraged.

"The Kryptonian hybrid was discovered in your brother's lab. He is a Superman clone with your brother's DNA as well. In a sense, he is your half-nephew," Brainiac 5 revealed.

"Why wasn't I told?" Lena asked shocked and appalled.

"It was not necessary for you to be involved up until this point," Brainiac 5 said coldly.

"That shit needs to stop. I want to be included more, especially when it involves my family and my boyfriend," Lena said outraged.

"What else do you want to know?" Brainiac 5 asked cryptically.

Lena kept her mouth shut. "Fine, you keep your secrets, and I'll keep mine."

Brainiac 5 eyed her amused. "You have no secrets from me."

Metropolis Suburbs

That morning, another Brainiac 5 unit entered the house and met with Connor as he ate cereal. "James Olsen is dead," he informed him. "He was driving drunk and he hit something. He passed away last night."

"Okay," Connor said without emotion and continued to eat cereal.

"Do you understand the concept of death? Your Uncle James isn't coming back. He's gone...forever," Brainiac 5 said to him.

"Are you expecting me to cry or something?" Connor asked confused.

"Do you know how this could have happened?" Brainiac 5 asked.

"No," Connor lied.

"Let's keep this our little secret. We don't want Kelly to get upset," Brainiac 5 told him.

"Okay," Connor agreed.

"Connor, you're a Vindicator. We look out for each other. We trust each other," Brainiac 5 said giving him a gold ring.

"Cool," Connor said pleased.

"No matter what, Vindicators always have each other's back," Brainiac 5 assured him.

"Good to know," Connor smiled.

"Let's go on a real hunting trip. I'll let you shoot," Brainiac 5 offered.

"How many deer will we kill?" Connor asked excitedly.

"As many as you like," Brainiac 5 replied.

"You're the best, Uncle Barney," Connor gave him a hug.

"Let's get going before your guardians know about it," Brainiac 5 suggested.

"Yeah," Connor agreed.

Brainiac 5 placed the hunting rifle in the back of Kelly's truck. "Ready?" Brainiac 5 asked Connor as he got into the truck.

"Yeah," he smiled.

Brainiac 5 then drove Connor away as Alex came out of the house. Alex immediately called Brainiac 5 to ask what the fuck he was doing. Brainiac 5 heard his phone buzz but didn't answer. "Shit," Alex realized and called Kara.

"Yes?" Kara asked feeling extremely hungover.

"Barney just took Connor away with Kelly's truck. What the fuck is going on?" Alex asked freaked out.

"It's just a hunting trip. Cool your tits," Kara replied rudely.

"Only I'm to hunt with him. Barney and Connor will shoot up the entire forest," Alex said annoyed.

"Barney knows what he's doing," Kara yawned and then hung up.

In the forest, Brainiac 5 led Connor deep into the forest away from the road. As he did, he scanned for anyone that would be within the range of a gunshot and might investigate. "These are deer tracks," Connor pointed out.

"Very good," Brainiac 5 said.

Connor continued to look around for more tracks. "There is more than one set of tracks here."

Brainiac 5 ignored him and placed a Kryptonite bullet in the rifle. Without hesitation, he raised the rifle and fired at the back of Connor's head. The boy flinched as he was hit but the bullet didn't penetrate his skull. Connor turned back to Brainiac 5 with a pissed expression. Brainiac 5 shot out cables to entangle Connor. With his Kryptonian strength, he shredded the cables and grabbed a hold of Brainiac 5.

"I thought you were my friend," Connor said angrily and then fired heat vision into Brainiac 5's face-melting his eye optics, drilling into his cybernetic brain, and then blasting a hole out the back of his head.

Metropolis

Lena, Brainiac 5, and Supergirl awkwardly stood around James' bedside. "It's too bad Kara Danvers can't take the time to see James. I mean, they're supposed to be co-workers and best friends," Lena said bitterly.

"Yeah, she's a real bitch. She's probably celebrating right now at her permanent promotion," Kara rolled her eyes.

Brainiac 5 twitched. "Connor destroyed one of my units. He's immune to Kryptonite."

"How the fuck is that possible?" Kara asked.

"He's a Bizarro," Lena figured it out.

"A reasonable hypothesis," Brainiac 5 allowed. "It would require Blue Kryptonite to kill him."

"Let's make some," Kara said obviously.

"It's actually quite difficult to manufacture," Brainiac 5 replied.

"Well...shit, Cowabunga, it is," Kara figured.

"Call Kelly to come to L Tower to see her brother. Tell her he was in a car accident. That way we can remove a player from the situation," Brainiac 5 said to Lena.

"Sure," Lena said calling her up.

"Hello," Kelly greeted.

"Your brother is seriously fucked up...again in my tower. He's stable, but you should be here," Lena said.

"Oh my God. What happened?" Kelly asked.

"He was drunk as fuck...again and crashed his truck," Lena said.

"Sounds like him," Kelly shook her head annoyed. "I'll be right there."

Lena hung up her phone. "She'll be here soon."

The TV monitors then turned on as the news gave live footage of a battle in Metropolis involving the Fatal Five. "Really?" Kara asked unimpressed.

Jessica was working overtime to keep the Fatal Five at bay as a Green Lantern but would likely fall to them quickly. "I'll deal with them. Keep watch on Connor," Kara said to Brainiac 5.

Jessica was getting her ass kicked by Tharax, Persuader, and Mano. "You're coming with us. Resist and my friend here is named the Persuader for a reason," Tharax threatened.

Supergirl landed with a thud breaking the pavement sending the three of them to the ground. J'onn then rose from the surface of the pavement. "Where did you come from?" Kara wondered.

"China," J'onn replied.

"Damn," Kara smiled amused.

"Well...well...well," Mano said condescendingly.

Persuader threw his razor-sharp ax directly at J'onn. He phased allowing the ax to go through him. However, the ax boomeranged towards Jessica behind him. She created a green shield that shattered on impact and sent her to the ground hurt. The ax then magnetically returned to Persuader as he took hold of Kara. Tharax fired missiles at J'onn. He phased just in time allowing them to go through them. However, once he materialized again the missiles detonated behind him stunning him.

Kara punched Persuader around getting the best of him when she was hit with Tharax's laser cannon. "That tickled," Kara smirked. Tharax fired on Kara which she blocked with her hand. Persuader charged Kara with his ax to slit her throat. Kara pushed back on Tharax's beam redirecting it into a building that exploded. She then kicked Persuader away from her only to be touched by Mano's anti-matter hand to the chest. Kara gritted her teeth in pain as Mano shot energy through her. Mano then clutched her by the throat and burned her with anti-matter. Kara blasted Mano with heat vision compromising his dome head. The Persuader then swiped at Kara's arm getting a cut on her while Tharax hit her square in the face.

J'onn intervened punching and kicking Persuader and Tharax away from Kara. Mano quickly recovered as the protective dome around his skull repaired itself. He then went over to a skyscraper and pulsed anti-matter in it causing the building to collapse.

"Supergirl," J'onn called out.

Kara saw the crumbling building and sighed. She shot into the building's basement to keep it stable. "Ignore the Martian. We only need the girl," Mano ordered the two others.

The three went after Jessica as she tried to fly away. The three of them took hold of Jessica and forced her back to the ground. Mano touched Jessica's chest sending anti-matter into her suit forcing the suit to destabilize. J'onn flew straight for them with his fist cocked. Tharax fired continuously at him but J'onn phased allowing them to go through him. J'onn then materialized as he was about to give Tharax a knockout punch. Persuader cut of J'onn's arm just as he materialized. J'onn stopped his attack stunned. Tharax let loose his flame thrower on J'onn eliciting screams of pain from J'onn.

"Surrender to us or we will destroy the entire city," Mano told Jessica.

"Alright," she conceded. "Just stop hurting people."

Tharax lifted his fire on J'onn. He promptly fell to the ground devastated. "Take us to Oa," Mano ordered Jessica.

Jessica created a green bubble around herself and the three and took off into space. Kara exited the now-vacant building allowing it to collapse around her. She looked up and saw a green flash of light disappear. "Well...shit," she said disappointedly.

Kara walked over to a burned and maimed J'onn. Crying out with effort, he regenerated his right arm. "You going to be alright? I can't lose you too," Kara said to him.

"I'll be fine," J'onn said as he became Hank. "They're going to Oa."

"They're the Green Lantern Corp's problem now. I have personal matters to attend to," Kara said to him.

"Yeah, sure," Hank grumbled.

Oa

Jessica took the three to Oa, the home planet of the Green Lantern Corp. "This won't work. The Corp will stop you," Jessica told them.

"They can try. They're nothing but a legend in our time. Perhaps I am the one that ended them," Persuader said arrogantly.

"Sadly, you won't have that chance. Most of the Green Lantern Corp is away in an obscure war on the planet Rann. Their interplanetary gulag is currently understaffed," Mano told him.

"Yeah, well, the cells are impenetrable. You'd have to be a Green Lantern to open them," Jessica said smartly.

All three of them stared at her. "Shit," she realized her mistake.

"Take us in," Mano ordered her. "Or we kill millions on Earth."

Jessica reluctantly used her ring to take them through the energy field to the surface. There, they came upon the interplanetary prison that hosted the worst criminals. Tharax kept guard outside the facility as Mano and Persuader were led by Jessica inside.

"Release the Emerald Eye of Ekron," Mano ordered.

Jessica pointed her ring at the cells and found the right one. "Go on," Mano insisted as she hesitated. She placed her ring in the cell block and unlocked it. The Emerald Eye of Ekron was then released.

Jessica immediately tried to destroy it as soon as she saw it. Persuader sliced her ring cleanly in half. Jessica was blasted to the other side of the cell block from the energy discharge of her damaged ring. She lost power and her suit dissolved. Mano took the eye in his left hand and fired concentrated green energy into the cell block destroying it. Jessica became covered in debris.

Mano, Persuader, and Tharax then arrived at the Green Lantern battery. "Take all that you can," Mano said to the floating eye.

The Eye absorbed energy from the Green Lantern battery until it was at full power. The three then teleported back to Earth.

Metropolis

At the DEO, Alex was monitoring the battle in Metropolis. She then received a phone call from Connor. "Hi, sweetie. How was your hunting trip?"

"Uncle Barney hurt me badly," Connor lied.

"Where is Uncle Barney now?" Alex asked.

"He's gone," Connor replied.

"Is Kelly home?" Alex asked.

"No, she said she was in Metropolis to see Uncle James," Connor said without emotion.

"Alright, I'll be right there. Don't go anywhere," Alex said to him.

"Okay," Connor said and then hung up.

Alex sighed as she teared up. "What did I do wrong?" she blamed herself.

DEO Desert Base

Emerald Empress who had been sitting on her ass this entire time was finally reunited with her eye. "About time," she said scornfully. "Let's break out Validus."

"As you wish, Empress," Mano said obediently. He charged his right hand and melted the DEO door down. The DEO agents opened fire on them. Emerald Empress fired several green beams slicing into the DEO agents killing them instantly. Tharax also opened fire killing a few more agents.

The four charged forward killing all opposition and blasting down the door that held Validus' brain. "Now, we just need a body," Persuader remarked.

Tharax connected his cybernetic body to the DEO mainframe. "It's here," he told the group.

"Too easy," Emerald Empress smiled.

The four of them found Validus' suit and then placed the brain inside it. Validus connected himself to the suit and then roared. "We are now together at last," Emerald Empress said pleased.

Metropolis Suburbs

Alex got home as quickly as she could and found two sheriff deputies waiting for her. "Can I help you?" Alex asked showing her own badge to them.

"We just wanted to ask your son some questions," the black sheriff deputy said.

"About what?" Alex asked impatiently.

"We found this symbol at the diner and again at a crash site. In both cases, no body was ever recovered, but we did find blood at the scene," the black sheriff said to Alex showing her pictures of the swastika-looking symbol.

"So?" Alex asked.

"We have student witnesses that say Connor obsessively writes this symbol in his notebook," the black sheriff said.

"This is shit. Come back to me when you have some actual evidence," Alex said deep in denial.

"Now, listen here, Miss Danvers," the black sheriff said and then suddenly he was hit by a blur. The sheriff was violently slammed into a pillar from the house, the guardrail to the porch, onto the ground, and then through the fence leaving a trail of blood.

"Take cover," the female sheriff deputy said to Alex and locked her shotgun. "Requesting backup at the...," the female sheriff said and was then slammed about the house several times like a rag doll breaking all of her bones and then thrown through the house window before she could finish her sentence.

"Fuck!" Alex hissed and then ran out of the house. Connor with his red mask on tore through the house and looked at Alex running towards the barn.

He descended towards the barn tearing through the roof and landing inside. Alex ran to the basement door and went inside. She turned on her flashlight and found Erica's naked decomposing body pinned to the wall. Her torso had been ripped open like the diagram she had found under Connor's mattress.

"Holy shit!" Alex gasped horrified.

She quickly scrambled for a chest and found it unlocked. All of her Kryptonite shards were gone. Connor dropped down into the basement with creepy red eyes. "Looking for this?" he asked showing her the glowing green Kryptonite crystal.

"Yeah," Alex nodded.

"Uncle Barney thought he could kill me with this. I feel fine," Connor said and then threw the crystal away.

"Connor, I've never stopped loving you. Even now, I see you as a blessing," Alex said to him and then gently took off his creepy as fuck red mask.

Alex took a knee and put her hands on his face affectionately. "When we found you in that lab, you were so helpless. All I've ever wanted was to keep you safe. Whatever you've done, I know there's still good inside you."

"I want to do good, mom," Connor said on the verge of tears. "I do."

"And you will," Alex said giving him a hug. "You will always be my baby boy," she said heartfelt with tears freely flowing. As she hugged Connor, she activated her watch sending Kara her signal.

Connor detected the signal as well and stared at Alex in rage. He grabbed hold of her and flew them both through the roof of the barn high into the air. Alex was bleeding profusely from her face and scalp from the impact of hitting the roof. Dazed by the blow, she could do nothing as Connor took her above the clouds.

Realizing this could be her death, Alex put aside her anger and anguish to give her adopted son one last act of love. She gently touched his face and recalled all the fond memories they had had during the last several months. Connor gave her a cold unsympathetic look and then dropped her to her death. He then eyed a jetliner approaching him. Smiling, he powered up his eyes to take it down. A blue and red blur suddenly hit him before he could take the shot. Supergirl and Connor tumbled in the air with their respective capes flapping in the wind as they landed in a dense forest. The two slammed down hard on the ground with Kara putting Connor in a headlock.

"Let me go!" Connor shrieked and then blasted the forest around them with his heat vision.

Kara maintained control of Connor keeping his feet firmly on the ground. As Connor tried to lift himself up, his muscles and bones began to tear and break from the stress. The forest was now lit up from the intense firestorm around them. "Believe me, I was the last one that wanted this," Kara told him.

"I'll take the world!" Connor repeated non-stop as he struggled against her.

"What did I fucking tell you? What I don't give to you, you are not to take by force," Kara told him.

Connor changed his tune and stopped struggling. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I'll be good," he said with false sincerity.

"You really mean it?" Kara asked brightly.

"Yeah," Connor lied.

"Forgive me, Alex," Kara said softly and then snapped his neck killing him instantly. Kara let Connor's body fall to the ground.

Kara didn't bother to put out the forest fire. She just stood there in deep reflection. Looking at the body, she knew the fire wouldn't be enough to burn it away. She fired heat vision at his body incinerating him completely. Kara then blew out the forest fire and then sped towards Alex who was sitting against a tree. She was staring off into space unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Kara took a knee next to her. "You need to go to the hospital," she said softly.

"Connor?" Alex gasped struggling to speak.

"At the end, he was sorry," Kara told her.

Alex nodded and then began to sob hard. Kara gave her a sympathetic look. This was no time for jokes or mockery. "It wasn't your fault, Alex. He was a bad egg from the start," Kara told her.

"I was a fool to think I could parent...someone like you," Alex said looking bitterly at Kara. "If he were your son, would you have killed him?"

"I would have had someone else do it," Kara admitted.

"Is that what we are to each other?" Alex wondered.

"You're hurt," Kara said dismissively.

"I've been hurt for a long time," Alex said sadly. "Now, I know why Cable never brought up Connor. I was destined to fail," she said angrily.

"We succeed or fail together," Kara told her. "Soon, you will be the mother of a defenseless innocent baby."

"Take me to a hospital before I bleed out," Alex said finally.

At the hospital, Kara was dressed in civilian clothes as she stared at a sleeping Alex through a glass window into her room. Kelly confronted Kara with tears in her eyes. "Did you really have to kill him?" she demanded.

"He nearly killed your brother and your partner, so yes," Kara replied.

"There could have been another way. We could have reached him," she said angrily.

"You're right. I made the call. Blame me," Kara said to her.

Kelly gave Kara a flustered look and then went inside Alex's room. Brainiac 5 then walked up to Kara. "Don't say shit about how we could have done an autopsy on the body. I'm not in the fucking mood," Kara said to him.

"I don't have emotions, but I understand them," Brainiac 5 replied.

"I can listen to your assessment later," Kara said dismissively.

"You believe force kept your son good and the lack of it turned Connor bad," Brainiac 5 surmised.

"Yeah," Kara admitted.

"Allow me to tell you a fable: A fox and a scorpion wanted to cross a river. The scorpion asked the fox to ride on his back. The fox objected believing the scorpion would sting him and then he would surely drown. The scorpion replied that this would be foolish as they both would drown so the fox agrees. So midway across the river, the scorpion stung the fox and they both drowned," Brainiac 5 said.

Kara eyed Brainiac 5 in wonder. "The dying fox then asked the scorpion why he did it. The scorpion replied that it was simply in his nature," Brainiac 5 concluded.

"Kon was raised by two loving parents and a twin sister while Connor was raised in an isolated tube, the product of a primitive genetic experiment. It was just in his nature and no amount of force or self-interest could control him," Brainiac 5 finished.

"That doesn't make me feel better," Kara said.

"Of course not. Get your head straight and your heart will eventually follow," Brainiac 5 said to her.

"Sure," Kara agreed.

"There was an attack at the DEO desert base. The Fatal Five are now united with Emerald Empress having taken her Eye of Ekron back from Oa and Validus back in his body," Brainiac 5 reported.

"And Jessica?" Kara asked.

"I have no information on her fate," Brainiac 5 admitted.

"Playtime is over," Kara said resolved.