Season 4.5 Episode 17
It was night when Special Forces arrived at a drug lab in Syria where the Harun-El was suspected to be. As they quietly made their approach, Superwoman landed on a parked car denting the roof. "Sorry, sorry," she said for the noise.
"How are you guys doing? How about you take a smoke break. I got this," Lucy said to them and then entered the building.
What followed was a massacre as Lucy liberally used her heat vision to slice up and blast apart everyone inside. The Special Forces unit stayed put watching amazed as Lucy cleared every room killing everyone in sight. Once she was done, she went outside only to find one of the terrorists fleeing the scene. Lucy quickly cut him down with her heat vision slicing him in half.
Lucy then recovered a Harun-El viral as proof the terrorist possessed it.
Midvale
Kara gave Eliza a hug as she returned to Midvale. "I haven't seen Supergirl on the TV for a while. You on vacation?" Eliza asked concernedly.
"Actually, I'm Starlight," Kara smiled.
"It all makes sense now," Eliza realized. "But your face and voice? How did you do it?"
"I got this really cool electronic mask that's like a film over your face. I've also had practice modifying my voice. Clark does the same thing," Kara said.
"But why?" Eliza asked confused.
"To show Lena and the world that superheroes shouldn't be about fame and popularity but doing the right thing," Kara said.
"Do you listen to yourself?" Eliza asked her.
"I'm super-serious," Kara said as they went inside.
Alex then entered the house unexpectedly. "What the fuck are you doing?" she asked Kara.
"Love you, too," Kara mocked.
"Supergirl has been gone for months now. I have Lena's bullshit to deal with, super-terrorists, and whatever Hank is up to all at once," Alex said peeved.
"So?" Kara wondered.
"You could fix it all right now," Alex said obviously.
"I kind of want to see how this plays out," Kara smirked.
"I just lost a Special Forces squad to a suicide bomber that didn't die," Alex said angrily.
"Lena has to fail on her own or else she won't learn anything if I go in with brute force," Kara argued.
"What's she supposed to learn, Kara? This is a fucking disaster for everyone. James killed a woman, Winn is a domestic terrorist, and Lena is looking at life imprisonment and bankruptcy," Alex raged.
"You're forgetting the part where I give a fuck," Kara replied.
"Don't you care about anyone other than yourself?" Alex asked.
"I care for this family alone, and I will sacrifice everyone else for it. Right now, you got a cushy desk job at the CIA. That's where you need to be. I'll let everyone fall away as long as that remains the reality," Kara said seriously.
"That's fucked up. I thought these people were your friends," Alex glared at her.
"I do care. It's just a matter of priority," Kara said simply.
"Fix this or I will personally involve myself in it," Alex threatened.
Kara sighed and looked at Jeremiah listening in on the conversation. He gave her a simple nod. "Fine," Kara agreed.
Metropolis
Kara, dressed as Starlight, entered L Tower to open a can of whoop-ass on Lena and the Seven. She entered the conference room of the Seven and found Lena talking to Lucy dressed as Superwoman. "The mission was a success," she informed her.
"You have a meeting with the attorney general in an hour," Brainiac 5 reminded Lena.
"Miss Luthor, I have something I wish to discuss with you," Kara said walking towards them.
Lena pushed a button on her desk activating green lights in the room. A green chain net fell from the ceiling upon Kara dropping her to the floor. L Corp guards in riot gear swarmed into the room. Kara was about to activate her White Lantern ring when it was suddenly gone from her ring finger.
Lucy looked over the ring in her hand. "So, this is the source of your power...Supergirl." Lucy then swung her fist into Brainiac's head destroying it. His robot body fell to the floor lifeless.
L Corp guards surrounded Kara and stunned her non-stop with their TASER staffs eliciting painful cries from Kara. Lena watched in fascination as Kara was getting her ass kicked. She slowly walked over to Kara.
"You thought you were so smart, Kara Danvers. Did you really think I wouldn't find out?" Lena sneered.
"For a moment there...yeah, I kind of did," Kara said painfully.
"You told everyone but me," Lena said angrily.
"Honestly, it was a joke that just went way too far," Kara admitted.
"Don't worry, Kara. I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to hurt you really really badly," Lena said and then gave Lucy the nod.
Lucy lifted the Kryptonite chain net off Kara and placed Kryptonite handcuffs on her wrists and ankles. "This is for taking James away from me, you bitch," Lucy said as she repeatedly kicked her to the midsection.
"This is for making a fool out of my father," Lucy said angrily as she punched Kara to the face several times.
"Yeah, get it all out, Lucy," Kara mocked.
Lucy beat on Kara until she was satisfied. Kara was then taken away to a Kryptonite cell.
"It's just you and me," Lucy said to Lena.
"That's all we need," Lena replied.
Lena sat down with the attorney general to discuss the confiscated Harun-El from Syria. "The Islamic State is not exactly a hotbed for scientific expertise, but they counterfeited your Harun-El shit of yours?" he asked skeptically.
"It would seem that way," Lena lied.
"How did they get the formula," the AG asked.
"Honestly, we have no idea," Lena lied.
"Well, you must have some idea. Some tourist shoplifted from your lab, maybe an inside job," the AG figured.
"Sir, we would like to get to the bottom of this as much as you would," Lena lied.
"Miss Luthor, if I had my way the justice department would haul your smug ass into congress and make you testify to corporate fraud," the AG said bluntly.
"You know what the patriot missile, B-2 stealth bomber, tomahawk missile, and M-1 Abrams all have in common?" she asked rhetorically.
"What?" the AG wondered.
"All of that military hardware, as of today, is shit. Because now terrorists like Captain Jihad can flick away all of that junk as if it were a flea. So, it doesn't matter where I get my heroes. It doesn't matter where they got the Harun-El. What matters is that they got it. It's a whole new ballgame now and there is only one product that can fight back, my company, my product," Lena said.
"Well...shit," the AG realized.
L Corp squads located the safe-house and busted inside. They found the Asian woman in the bathroom and tried to take her down. She started breaking their bones with superior strength and then fled out the window. Heat vision beams blasted half her face off dropping the hologram and revealing her as a drone. Question used a lighter and hairspray as a flame thrower against them forcing them to back off. As he tried to escape the building, he was surrounded. Question fought them off for as long as he could before he was tackled to the ground and had his mask removed.
"My face!" he screamed as they took him away.
Hank became J'onn and started beating on the L Corp squads. Superwoman entered the building and gave J'onn a quick beat down. "I may not be as strong as Supergirl but I can still kick your ass, J'onn," Superwoman said as she punched him through walls.
"I have all of her strengths and none of her weaknesses," as she continued to beat on him. J'onn phased through her to escape. Superwoman fired heat vision all around them stopping J'onn from moving further. She calmly basked in the fire as the structure burned around them.
"Lucy, this isn't you," J'onn implored her.
"You're right," Superwoman smiled.
"No, it can't be," J'onn realized.
Superwoman blasted J'onn with heat vision burning him until he was gone.
Lena came to visit Kara in her cell. "Do you know how I figured it out?" she asked her.
"Do tell," Kara said condescendingly as the Kryptonite made her sick and weak.
"I would play Taylor Swift over the intercom speakers every so often. I've known you long enough to know you're not devoid of emotion. Your subtle facial twitches wouldn't have been noticed by the layman, but to me, you might as well have been sobbing," Lena revealed.
"You got me," Kara allowed.
"I could kill you right now. I could shoot you in the head with a Kryptonite bullet or stab you with a Kryptonite blade. It would be so easy. Or I could keep you in this cage forever until you starve," Lena said to her.
Kara rolled her eyes at her. "And yet, here you are without a care in the world. Do you think your friends are going to rescue you? I'll send you somewhere they will never find you. What's your master escape plan, Kara? Why do you have such a confident smug face?" Lena asked disturbed by her demeanor.
"Oh, Lena, it's only a matter of time before some big bad villain comes to Earth that you and your so-called heroes can't handle. Then, you'll be begging me to help you, and I'll say no," Kara smirked.
Alex was called into to the CIA Director's office. "You've done good work, deputy director. No one is denying that. But this situation in Syria ties my hands. If ISIS has super-terrorists, our conventional weapons don't mean shit. We're going to need L Corp.'s heroes if we want to win," he said.
"Lena supplied the terrorists the Harun-El formula. She's playing both sides of the chess game," Alex said obviously.
"We don't have proof of that. Not yet, anyway," the CIA director told her.
"We have the Justice League," Alex pointed out.
"They're all banged up from that race debacle," the CIA director told her. "And they've never been the type to follow orders."
"What about...Supergirl?" Alex asked finally.
The CIA director gave her a haunted look. "We haven't seen her in months. She's never been reliable. Yes, she's saved our asses a few times, but we can't rely on her."
"If I find Supergirl and bring her to you, will you reconsider?" Alex asked.
"Sure, but, in the meantime, all of your work is classified. It doesn't exist," the CIA director told her.
Washington DC
After the Seven Bill had passed the Senate, the bill went over to the White House to be signed by President Trump. Superwoman was in the Oval Office for the signing ceremony. "Great fan of yours," Trump shook Superwoman's hand.
"Thank you, Mr. President," she said smiling.
Alex abruptly entered the room with VP Pence at her side. "You can't sign that bill, Mr. President," Alex objected.
"What the fuck is this?" Superwoman demanded of her.
"I have a shit-load of intel that L Corp and their heroes have been supplying Harun-El formula to terrorists," Alex said.
"There's no proof of that," Superwoman said angrily.
"You're going to want to see this," VP Pence said as he turned the TV on. Fox News showed blurred out pictures of Superwoman killing and eating babies while in costume.
"This is truly outrageous if confirmed," Shepherd Smith said
"It's photo-shopped," Superwoman said stunned.
"How about we let this whole thing wash over and come back to this next week," Trump said delicately.
"No, it has to be signed now," Superwoman insisted.
They then heard screams and bullet fire down the halls as the Secret Service battled something. The door to the Oval Office was punched out revealing a second Superwoman in costume. "Laura," Lucy realized as she saw her.
"You have a twin that has the same powers as you do?" Alex demanded.
"I'm going need a coke," Trump ordered, spooked by the two of them.
"I did...things," Laura said wide-eyed.
"Why?" Lucy asked her.
"I put on your suit...and I did things," she said crazily.
"This is pretty fucked-up, right here," Alex remarked.
"I pretended to be you. Lena gave me the formula thinking I was you. Now, I am going to replace you," Laura said.
"I don't think I will be signing this, after all," Trump said
"You fucked up everything! You fucked up my life!" Lucy yelled at Laura as she blasted her with heat vision.
Laura was unphased by the intense beam of light that scorched the oval office walls. She punched Lucy's jaw off mortally wounding her. Laura then took Lucy's body above her head and tore her in half.
"Holy fuck, do something," Alex implored of Pence.
"I can't interfere," he said to her.
Laura threw Lucy's remains aside and advanced on Trump. "I still think we can make a deal here," he said. Laura went to punch Trump when she was blasted out of the oval office by an electrical surge from Pence. Laura ended up on the White House lawn stunned. The US Army was already ready with their guns aimed at her.
Laura merely smiled at the assembled force as she was fired upon. Machine gun fire all targeted her without result. Pence formed an energy shield around the broken oval office window to shield Trump. "You have all this power but you do nothing," Alex accused Pence.
"I can do almost anything, but I can't change human nature," he said to her.
Laura clapped her hands sending the army soldiers to their feet and shattering the windows of their vehicles. Laura then went up into the sky and flew off escaping. US fighters pursued her firing missiles at her. Laura fired heat vision at the missiles destroying them and then sped off beyond the fighters' range.
Metropolis
Oblivious to the news, Lena got home only to find Manchester Black hiding in the shadows. "Put your phone on the table," Manchester ordered her with a pistol in his hand.
Lena complied putting the smartphone on the table but not before activating her distress beacon. "Manchester Black. What do you want?" she asked him.
"You know what I want," he said cryptically.
"I don't know how breaking into my home and threatening me brings Fiona back," Lena said softly.
"I'm not here to bring her back. I'm here to avenge her," Manchester said getting up and advancing on her.
At L Tower, Red Hood made his way to Kara's cell. He encountered two guards at the door. "Let me enter," he ordered them.
"Lena's orders. No one goes in or out," one of them said.
Jason quickly slashed them down with his sword and took their ID cards. Unfortunately, the ID cards failed to work on the system. Only Lena could open the containment cell. Jason punched opened the key code and began to re-wire the security system. In doing so, the alarm bells went off.
L Corp. squads rushed to the scene and fired on Jason as he opened the door. Jason took out two pistols and fired back at the L Corp. squads as he moved further inside. He took two grenades and threw them down the hall scattering the L Corp. squad. He then proceeded to unlock another door only to find an L Corp. squad ready for him as he entered.
"On the floor, scumbag," the L Corp squad leader ordered.
Jason proceeded to use his pistols in a gun-fu manner moving in such a way that he wouldn't likely get hit but also hitting every one of his targets accurately. He reloaded a number of times until all the L Corp squad members had been dropped. Entering the last door, he finally found Kara's cell.
Kara gave him an odd look as he entered. He looked around and found no access code on her door and with no way to open it. He considered the green light around him. "This is going to hurt," he told Kara.
Jason then detonated himself with an explosive vest that knocked out the Kryptonite emitters and blasted open Kara's cell door. Kara was thrown to the back of her cell hurt and bleeding from the blast. Still handcuffed on her hands and knees, she couldn't move out of the cell.
Winn then came in gawking at the bloody scene. "Why would he do that?" Kara asked dazed and confused.
"He was under Barney's control," Winn said looking over the restraints. He took out a torch and went to work on them.
"Thanks, Winn. I'll sort this whole thing out. I promise," Kara promised him.
Manchester put the finishing touches on Lena's suicide vest as Laura dropped by. "About fucking time," Manchester muttered.
"I know you can see through the ceiling and hear my voice. You try to kill me and my trigger finger goes soft," Manchester threatened. "So, how about you come down and join us."
Laura strolled into the room unconcernedly. "Let's take it easy," she smiled at Manchester. "You alright?" he asked Lena.
"No," she said obviously.
"I got this. Don't worry about a thing," Laura assured her.
"Manchester Black, you're pretty damn impressive. I mean, for one of you. See, even now, most people where you're standing would be pissing their pants, terrified. But you, you're not afraid. It's anger. A new one for me. All because of your lovely fiancee, Fiona," Laura said condescendingly.
"I wasn't responsible for her death. That was A-Train," Laura said. "So, now, you have a hostage I care about, right? Someone I love, right? So, what's your plan? What do you want? What's your endgame?"
"I'm just going to hurt you. I mean, really fucking hurt you and that will be good enough for me," Manchester replied.
"So, you don't really want anything? You just want to blow her up...in front of me, right?" Laura asked confused.
Manchester merely nodded. "Wow, fuck! You are dark. I kind of like that," Laura chuckled.
"Can you please just take care of him?" Lena glared at her.
"Apparently, you two haven't been following the news. I'm not Lucy. I don't give a fuck about Lena, here. You have no leverage against me, Manchester. We're both her victims here. So, you go ahead and blow her up, right now. Make my day," Laura smiled.
Lena gave Laura a horrified expression. "Oh, you didn't know?" Laura mocked her. "I'm Lucy's twin sister. It must not have come up in the background check. Now that dear Lucy is gone, I can have James all to myself," Laura said insanely.
"What have I done?" Lena realized.
"You're not a villain, Lena. You're just...stupid," Laura smiled getting close to her.
"You're bluffing. I know you two are tight," Manchester doubted.
Laura looked Lena in the eye. "Unlike my sister, I don't swing that way," she said and then fired heat vision into her eyes burning the sockets out and vaporizing her skull cavity.
Laura then faced an actually stunned Manchester. "Now, what was that plan again?"
"Well...shit," Manchester said as he detonated the suicide vest exploding Lena's body and killing himself in the process.