Lex regrouped with Leviathan agents at his secret hideout underground near Metropolis. Lex frantically looked through his stash for his mech-suit. "Supergirl is just one enemy. We must focus on the android or no one will be safe," Margot told him.
"Correction: There are two Supergirls," Lex told her.
"Two Supergirls?" Eve wondered.
"Yes, and they have the same powers. I tried to get to her first but the fucking Russians are working with Supergirl against us," Lex said pissed-off.
"The whole world is our enemy, Lex," Margot told him.
"I have to kill her before she kills me," Lex said finding his suit. "She had me tortured and the nearly froze me to death."
"Do not let your emotions cloud your judgment," Margot said condescendingly.
"Leviathan can go fuck itself," Lex replied and then activated his mech-suit. He then flew out of the underground base and into the air.
At the DEO, Brainiac 5 detected a Kryptonite signature. "The bogie is moving towards Shelley Island. It's Lex Luthor."
"I'll get the birds ready," Alex said.
"That will cause needless casualties. Supergirl can face him alone," Brainiac 5 said.
"But you said Kryptonite," Alex protested.
"A minor inconvenience," Brainiac 5 replied and then activated his watch.
Supergirl sped towards Shelley Island at multiple MACH speeds rattling Metropolis as she approached. "There you are," Lex said as he saw her.
The two slammed into each other at high speed over Shelley Island. Lex fired his Kryptonite wrist guns continuously at her. Kara punched at his suit. The two crashed into the lighthouse facility at Shelly Island. Lex's suit deactivated shortly after he landed.
"Well, Kara, how about it? A fight to the end?" he asked her.
"It's more than you deserve," Kara sneered.
Lex then activated the power dampeners installed around the island with his wristguard computer. Kara immediately felt it. "So, this is why you came here. Trying to stack the deck against me, Lex?" Kara mocked.
Lex held up his Kryptonite blasters on his hands and fired non-stop at her. Kara walked closer to him even as she was hit. Lex kept it up, amazed by Kara's tenacity. "Why won't you die?" he yelled at her.
Kara punched him to the floor and started coughing up blood. "You've always wanted a fair fight. Well, now you got it."
Lex nodded and the fight was on as they blasted and punched at each other. At relatively the same strength level, Lex and Kara slugged it out. Lex and Kara fired beams at the same time. Kara pushed harder slamming Lex into the wall. As Lex got back to his feet, Kara punched him to the jaw stunning him.
"This is for Kal," Kara said angrily and then punched him to the gut. "This is for Lionel," she said as she kicked him to the hip breaking it. "This is for Lex," she said as she punched him to the side of the head sending him to the floor. Kara grabbed him off the floor and faced him.
"And this is for me," she said, head-butting him back down.
Kara stumbled back away from Lex as the Kryptonite discharges took their toll. Lex groaned as he got back up. "I'm sorry...Kara. I was scared," he said to her.
Kara simply stared at him with hateful eyes. "Tell my sister...what happened to me," Lex requested of her.
"Yeah, sure," Kara agreed and then advanced for the kill.
Lex suddenly activated his suit and tried to escape. Kara fired heat vision at him as he flew out. "Mother-fucker," Kara spat as she flew after him.
Lex's suit immediately began to malfunction in the air and went back down. Kara flew straight for Lex and fired heat vision at him blasting his suit to bits. "It's finally over," she said tearfully as debris fell down on the island.
Lex exited from an energy portal landing him back into his secret hide-out. He suddenly realized he was not alone. "Lena, what a surprise," he said upon seeing her.
"What can I say, Lex? You've become quite predictable," Lena said coldly.
"I put this place in my journals in code hoping you would remember. To show up when I needed you. It just comes down to this, sis. You can only count on blood. Come on, give me your hand," Lex said to her.
Lena took out a pistol and aimed it at him. "Come on, Lena. This is no time for theatrics. We both know no matter how much you despise me, you're not ruthless enough to pull that trigger," Lex said to her.
"Oh really?" Lena wondered and shot him twice to the chest. Lex fell to the floor stunned as he started to bleed out.
"Bravo, Lena, you did it. You killed me!" he spat. "You finally proved that I underestimated you this entire time," he said as he struggled to get back in his chair.
"For when I am gone, who will be left to be proud of you? Your friends? The jokes on you. It's always been on you," he said and then turned on a remote showing a number of clips showing Kara Danvers using her super-powers.
"She's been lying to you from the start. Your boyfriend, Jimmy, Alex, J'onn, Barney," Lex said to her.
Lena twitched upon hearing that even Barney had betrayed her. "Even your own mother," Lex added. "They mocked you, humiliated you, betrayed you, every last one. Denial is a very powerful thing. It's been staring at you this entire time...and you chose not to see it. Kara Danvers...is Supergirl," he revealed.
"I'm about to die but at least I lived without ever being a fool," Lex said and then died before her.
"If only that were true," Lena shook her head sadly and then morphed into Brainiac 5. He placed a thermal grenade into the hideout burning everything to ash and then walked out.
Supergirl flew into the DEO in bad shape. "Oh my God!" Alex said seeing her bruised and bloodied face. She immediately took her to the infirmary and placed her under solar lamps.
Brainiac 5 was at her side. "I killed him. He's finally gone," Kara said softly.
"Yes, but unfortunately, he sent a transmission to L tower," Brainiac 5 said.
"What kind of transmission?" Alex said alarmed.
"Lena Luthor is made aware of Kara's identity," Brainiac 5 said flatly.
"Then scrub her servers," Alex said urgently.
"If we do that, she will know we're trying to conceal it," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"It's fine. It's about time she found out," Kara allowed.
"This is a shitty way to find out, don't you think?" Alex asked her.
Kara chuckled at that. "No, I prefer it this way."
Alex shook her head dismayed and left the infirmary. "I finally have closure. I avenged Lex," Kara said softly.
"That you did," Brainiac 5 lied.
"We have to tell Lena the truth about Lex," Kara said.
"In due time. We don't know how she will react to your identity being revealed," Brainiac 5 said.
"You think she might end up like evil Lex?" Kara wondered.
"It's a possibility. Want to find out if she would?" Brainiac 5 asked.
Kara smiled at him. "How can I resist?"
Moscow
At PATRIOT, Kara, Karina, Brainiac 5, and Alina looked over the video files that had been sent to Lena Luthor. They showed a number of surveillance video clips of Kara Danvers using super-powers. "I don't recall any of this," Kara shrugged.
"This was captured from her laptop," Brainiac 5 said. It showed Lena angrily slamming her glass down on a picture of her and Kara.
"Wow, she is pissed," Kara chuckled.
"This is how you treat your friends?" Karina wondered.
"Oh yeah. The greater the friend the more shit I throw their way," Kara told her.
"I'm glad we're not friends," Alina shook her head dismayed.
"What do you wish for me to do?" Karina asked impatiently.
"You will act as a backup for Supergirl so as to confuse Lena and make her question her sanity. The two of you are 99% identical and will be difficult for a layperson to tell apart," Brainiac 5 told her.
"Why are we not 100% identical?" Kara asked confused.
"You have a scar for when you fell, as a child on Krypton, near your left eyebrow," Brainiac 5 pointed out.
"Damn, maybe that's the reason why I'm bat-shit insane," Kara wondered.
"It's a strong possibility," Brainiac 5 allowed.
"That little detail is too hard. We have to give Lena a helpful clue," Kara said.
"Karina will wear pants while you will continue to wear the skirt," Brainiac 5 suggested.
"Perfect. What does Miss KGB think about our plan?" Kara asked Alina.
"Positively juvenile. My agents would be able to tell you two apart using facial recognition, voice accents, and physical mannerisms within the first day," Alina said unimpressed.
"I still don't see the point of this," Karina admitted.
"I'm really really bored with myself right now. I have plans to get into a contract marriage with Bruce Wayne, run Wayne Industries, and be Batwoman. I have a Pulitzer-prize article to write on Lex Luthor and I have to be there for game night. I'm busy as fuck right now and I need someone like you to fill in as Supergirl every so often," Kara said to her.
"Why so busy?" Karina asked.
"It's to keep my mind off the fact that I can't see my husband and kids, okay," Kara said defensively.
"What do we do with the new and improved Lex Luthor?" Alina asked.
"He can never show his face to the public. Just get him up to speed underground or when his memory returns," Kara said.
Kara entered Lex's room. It was plain and resembled a prison cell. "I'll get you all sorts of stuff for you to work on like a piano, paint-set, pool table, exercise equipment, computer, and such," Kara said lamely.
"So, I won't be allowed to leave is what you're saying," he said.
"You're a wanted man, Lex, and if you were seen in Moscow it would embarrass the Russian government. Unfortunately, your former self fucked you over," Kara told him.
"Even with all this hair?" he asked referring to his long red hair.
"Yeah, that won't be enough," she smiled amused by it.
"I've decided to shave it off," Lex said.
"Why?" Kara asked.
"So as to remind you of him," Lex replied.
"You're not him. You don't have to be him," Kara told him.
"But he is still apart of me. Maybe I am him...just without the memories," Lex said thoughtfully.
"There are people out there that would take you from me. You can't show yourself until I take this weed out of the ground from its roots. Then, I can explain your story and reunite you with your mother and sister. I can make you a free man and we can be the best of friends," Kara said hopefully.
"Friends, huh?" Lex smiled sadly.
"There was a time when I would kill for you. I would die for you. I would sacrifice the whole world for just you. But I moved on and had a family with someone else. Even if your memories return, we can never be like before," Kara told him wiping away a tear.
"I understand," Lex nodded.
"You wouldn't want me anyway. There's so much baggage with me. I'll always compare you to my old Lex and you shouldn't have to deal with that," Kara said.
"But your clone sister doesn't remember me?" Lex asked.
"No," Kara shook her head.
"Then, with your permission, I'd like to make her acquaintance," Lex requested.
Kara chuckled at that. "Yeah, sure."
Lex and Karina walked down the halls of the PATRIOT facility. "I understand there is a shared history between us that both of us may never remember. You are the most beautiful and the most powerful being in the universe and all I can offer you, in turn, is my thoughts. I hope that can be enough to be your friend," Lex said to her.
Karina stared at him in wonder. "I'd like to visit you and listen to you."
"What is your favorite drink?" Lex asked, pleased by her acceptance.
"Just tea. I want to be completely sober when I am with you," Karina smiled.
"Tea, it is," Lex agreed and extended his hand to her.
Karina shook his hand. "To a fresh start."
Gotham
It was a relatively normal day in Gotham as Bane had taken the entire city hostage with a neutron bomb that Wayne Industries had secretly manufactured to end the energy crisis and make billions of dollars. Now, Talia Al-Ghul of Leviathan had the bomb trigger that could detonate the bomb immediately. The GCPD organized a march towards the captured city hall ready to charge against machine-gun fire.
At the DEO, Alex and Brainiac 5 monitored the situation. "The blast radius will consume Gotham and send radiation our way. We must evacuate you from the city, director," Brainiac 5 insisted.
"I'm not going anywhere. Have you located the bomb's location?" Alex asked.
"Yes, it is mobile," Brainiac 5 said showing the bomb moving around the city.
"Contact Supergirl and get her down there," Alex ordered.
"She's been ignoring my calls," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"Try again, damn it," Alex said frustrated.
The Batwing circled the city and went low between the skyscrapers. The jet went past the cops as it headed towards the city hall. "The bomb signal is jammed," Gordon informed Batman via radio.
Batman activated his weapon system and fired machine-guns and missiles at Bane's forces. Massive explosions took out their tumbler tanks and blasted Bane's fighters to pieces. The Batwing pulled up just in time as the GCPD charged forward. Supergirl smirked as she saw the battle from afar on a skyscraper.
Batman dropped out of the Batwing and glided down to the ground where he went after Bane who had barricaded himself inside the city hall. After a ferocious fight, Batman sliced up Bane's face mask and beat the shit out of him. As Bane was defeated, Talia escaped in a tumbler and took off.
Three tumbler tanks and an armored truck sped away from the city hall with the bomb inside. Catwoman, riding the Batcycle, and the Batwing followed after them. A battle ensued as the vehicles fired at each other. Catwoman took out a tumbler from behind but was forced to back off as the other two tumblers fired on her. The Batwing swooped low and traded machine-gun fire with the tumblers.
"You have ten minutes," Brainiac 5 radioed Kara as she watched.
The tumblers fired anti-aircraft missiles at the Batwing forcing it to break off around the skyscrapers creating explosions as they hit the buildings. Catwoman fired again taking out another tumbler. The Batwing flew low and led a missile to hit the last tumbler disabling it as it crashed.
"Five minutes," Brainiac 5 radioed Kara.
The Batwing fired missiles and machine-guns at the armored truck from the front. It was able to keep moving through the fire but crashed as it fell to a lower street level. A disoriented Gordon tumbled out of the armored truck. The Batwing lowered itself just behind the armored truck. As it reached the two-minute mark, Batman connected the bomb to the Batwing using a cable. Before leaving, he gave Catwoman a kiss.
"You could die. At least, tell me who you are," Gordon requested.
"Nope," Batman shook his head.
The Batwing then took the bomb into the air and recklessly swung the bomb around crashing through a few buildings as he headed out to sea. Kara watched as the Batwing picked up speed away from the city. "One minute until detonation," Brainiac 5 said to her.
The Batwing went maximum speed over the Atlantic Ocean. Batman closed his eyes as he realized he would not be able to escape the blast radius. "Alright, come and get me," he radioed Kara.
Supergirl sped towards the Batwing easily catching up to it. Batman ejected himself from the Batwing and placed it on auto-pilot. Kara caught Batman and then sped him away from the Batwing in the opposite direction. The bomb finally exploded vaporizing the Batwing. By the time it did, Kara and Batman were a safe distance from the blast.
"It would appear Batman didn't need Supergirl's help, after all," Brainiac 5 said to Alex.
"There's no way he could have survived that blast," Alex shook her head sadly.
A few hours later at night, Batman dropped in at the GCPD tower and addressed a spooked Gordon. "How are you still alive? That blast should have killed you."
"Because I'm Batman," he replied. "Spread the word."
"I will," Gordon nodded and then turned on the Bat-signal so the whole city would know.
Batman then leaped off the building and glided away.
Metropolis
Kara and Karina exited a taxi in Metropolis and entered an exclusive hotel. Karina wore a brunette wig to avoid being seen as too similar to Kara. In the lobby, Kara met up with Bruce Wayne. "This is Bruce Wayne, the best humanity has to offer in the kick-ass department," Kara introduced him to Karina.
"You give me far too little credit," Bruce smiled. "And your name, Miss?" he asked Karina.
"This is Linda Lee, my twin sister," Kara introduced her.
"Right," Bruce looked over her face and seeing the resemblance. "Let's get a table."
The three of them sat together away from the others. A waiter placed a bottle of whiskey on the table. "So, how many times are you going to clone yourself?" Bruce asked.
"Just one is enough. Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have a clone brother?" Kara asked.
"I'd have to kill him. There can only be one Bruce Wayne," Bruce said as he poured himself a shot.
"Do you have the paperwork?" Kara asked impatiently.
"Business already?" Bruce frowned as he took out the papers.
Karina looked over the papers curiously. "This is a marriage contract and this is a prenuptial agreement," Kara explained to her.
"I thought marriage was sacred," she said confused.
"It still is but there are many different types of marriages: the serious kind and the not-so-serious kind," Kara explained.
"I do not understand," Karina frowned.
"Okay, so in the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula Keanu Reaves and Winoa Rider were married in a Romanian Orthodox ceremony. The priest said all the right words and it was completely authentic, but it didn't count because it was just a movie," Kara said.
"So, what you two are doing is like a movie?" Karina asked.
"Exactly," Bruce agreed.
"Like a Shakespeare play," Kara added.
"Can I do this?" Karina asked.
"When you're older. You're not even one year old," Kara allowed. Kara signed all the forms and handed them to Bruce.
"Try to not fuck it up," Bruce told her.
"It can't be that hard. All you do is show up drunk and sleep through all the board meetings," Kara said dismissively.
"The best boss is the one that doesn't micromanage," Bruce said defensively.
"Isn't that the damn truth," Kara agreed.
Selina Kyle then entered the lobby and found their table. "What's with the twins?" she asked amused.
"I just got married to one of them," Bruce said standing up. "Our flight to Rome is in a few hours. Good luck. You'll need it," Bruce said to Kara.
Kara gave Selina jealous eyes. "You better be good to my husband," she ordered her.
"Please, I'm going to rob him blind and throw his drunk ass in a ditch," Selina promised.
"Oh, you'll try," Bruce said smacking her on the ass as they left.
Karina turned to Kara with a disgusted look on her face. "This American society is corrupt."
"A doctor comes to heal the sick, not the healthy," Kara told her. "I thought becoming a billionaire would make me feel something. All I feel is nothing."
"Is it because money can never bring true happiness?" Karina asked naively.
"Fuck no. Only a retard can't appreciate the perks of wealth. No, in the future, I'm a quintillionaire. Inflation: It is a bitch," Kara said as she finished the whiskey bottle.
Kara went over to the manager of the hotel. "There's going to be new rules for the pool area: only half-naked men are allowed to swim in it. That's right, a woman is in charge now," she said and generously tipped him.
"Where to?" Karina asked.
"My place," Kara answered.
Kara and Karina walked to her apartment. Kara scanned the place to make sure Alex wasn't already there and then allowed them inside. Karina looked over the modest apartment. "With all your riches, you live here?" she wondered.
"This is in a prime location. The rent is three grand a month," Kara told her. "From here, I have a direct line of sight to Alex's apartment. I can check up on her whenever I want," Kara said looking out the window.
"You care for Alex a great deal," Karina realized.
"Jealous?" Kara asked her.
"No, why should I be?" Karina deflected.
"You are not my clone. You are my sister, my twin sister that shares my blood. We have a Kryptonian connection that I can never have with Alex. But...Alex and I have known each other for fifteen years. We have had our ups-and-downs, wins, and losses. We have laughed and cried together. In time, you will have the same experiences I have," Kara assured her.
"I understand," Karina allowed.
"If you're going to impersonate me, you need to talk, walk, and move as I do. You need to have this whole place memorized and everything that is here. If someone were to come over like Alex, Lena, James, or Nia you will need to know everything about me," Kara said.
"You are undisciplined," Karina pointed out seeing unfolded clothes on the floor.
Kara rolled her eyes at that. Karina opened the fridge seeing it stocked up with food and then eyed a picture of her and Alex along with a scorecard of their game nights. "You live in comfort and have plenty of food while many in the world do not," Karina noted.
"Let me stop you right there. I know what you're thinking because it's the same thing I thought when I was high on Red Kryptonite. We are not here to change the world. If we try, we will become tyrants and destroy nations. Your predecessor from another timeline tried to rule the world and couldn't handle it. She killed a billion people instantly," Kara warned.
"Perhaps, together, it will be different," Karina suggested.
"No, it will be far worse. Let the Justice League handle the world's problems. Our job is to be a check on them," Kara told her.
"Very well," Karina allowed. "How powerful is the Justice League?"
"Feast your eyes on this beauty," Kara said showing her a large portrait of Supergirl standing on top of several defeated Justice League members with an American flag in her hand. "James Olsen gave me this. He's a dear friend of mine."
Karina eyed the portrait amused but then turned her head. "Someone is coming."
"Damn, I didn't think she would be coming today but this is good practice for you," Kara grinned.
"What if I am not convincing?" Karina asked alarmed.
"Then I'll wipe her memory. You'll do fine. Just be me," Kara said pushing her out of her bedroom.
Alex entered the apartment like she owned the place and was surprised to see Karina staring at her. "Kara, I thought you were in Smallville," Alex said, an obvious lie by Kara to keep Alex off her tracks. "And I recall you asking me to take care of your leafy dependents."
"Ah, yes, Smallville, I uhmm...," Karina tried to come up with an excuse.
"You didn't cancel your vacation, did you?" Alex asked shocked and appalled. "I told you I would hold down the fort at the DEO. It's not a big deal."
"No, of course, I didn't cancel my vacation. I just...forgot my journal and decided to swing by," Kara said grabbing it.
"Well, good, then you should be going, right?" Alex assumed.
"Just as soon as you leave," Karina replied.
"Well, okay then," Alex said awkwardly and left the apartment.
Kara then exited the bedroom. "Well, not bad."
"This Alex of yours is not nearly as inquisitive as Alina," Karina noted.
"There are pros and cons to being a paranoid bitch," Kara said referring to Alina.
"You had Alex take care of your plants?" Karina wondered.
"A practical joke of mine. I don't really give a fuck about them," Kara clarified. "Start reading that Adventures of Supergirl journal. Follow it, favorite it, and put reviews in the margins," Kara instructed.
"What will you do?" Karina asked.
"Watch shows better than the one I'm currently in," Kara said flopping on the couch and watching TV.
"I want to see this Lena Luthor," Karina said after she read several chapters.
Kara smirked at that. "Let's do it."
At L Tower, Karina casually joined Lena in an elevator. "Kara, I thought you were on vacation," Lena said spooked.
"I had to help Alex...with something," Karina said vaguely.
"Miss Luthor, your presence is needed in Lab C," her watch said.
"I'm sorry about that. I installed a new program called Hope that helps me run all of my projects. But when you get back, we should have a girl's night. Maybe catch up on some things like who we really are," Lena said bitterly.
"Big Belly Burger," Karina blurted out. "Like your birthday, last year."
"Sold," Lena agreed and walked out of the elevator none-the-wiser.
Lena entered her office. "Hope: Give me all surveillance cameras in the building." Lena stared at her tablet screen seeing every camera in her building, none of them showed Karina anywhere.
Lena then turned her attention to CNN on her television screen. It showed video footage of Supergirl flying towards a US destroyer in distress. Supergirl entered the ship and identified a large hole in the hull from a suicide bombing attack. Kara quickly blasted the hole with frost breath creating an ice wall to keep the water out. The destroyer began pumping the water out to keep the ship afloat. Kara then blew frost on all the fires raging putting them out.
As Kara dealt with the destroyer, Karina was at Catco conversing with an oblivious James and Nia. As the news reports came in of Supergirl's intervention at the destroyer, Brainiac 5 quickly took Karina away. "Why are you here?" Brainiac 5 asked her out of view of James and Nia.
"I'm covering for Kara Danvers," Karina said obviously.
"James and Nia both know her secret, already," Brainiac 5 informed.
"So, only Lena is not supposed to know?" Karina asked confused.
"That's correct," Brainiac 5 answered.
"But why?" Karina asked.
"It's a social experiment. You should have stayed at L tower to give Kara an alibi," Brainiac 5 said.
"Alright, tell me where to be and where to go," Karina frowned.
"You are not my subordinate but my partner. We are working together as one to further this enterprise," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"I wish to go to this DEO," Karina said to him.
"Very well," Brainiac 5 agreed. "I'm taking Karina to the DEO. Are you about done?" he radioed Kara.
"Yeah, sure. Did Karina meet with Lena while I was here?" she asked.
"No, there was an obvious miscommunication. I found her at Catco," Brainiac 5 radioed.
"God damn it. This is going to end before it even begins," Kara said frustrated.
"I'll make sure that doesn't happen," Brainiac 5 assured her.
"Okay, I'm done here," Kara said flying away from the destroyer.
"We can go now," Brainiac 5 said to Karina.
Karina and Brainiac 5 walked over to the DEO still wearing civilian clothes. "Watch carefully," Brainiac 5 instructed Karina as he put in the code on the door and went inside.
Alex gave Karina and Brainiac 5 a surprised look as they entered. "Good work on that destroyer. You saved dozens of lives and the ship."
"The American Navy shouldn't even be there in the first place," Karina replied. Brainiac 5 gave her a nudge. "I mean, I'm just happy to have helped our men and women in uniform. They're the real heroes."
"Right...," Alex said not sure what to make of her.
Karina looked around the DEO as if it were the first time seeing it, which it was. Brainiac 5 invited her over to the interrogation room where an uncooperative prisoner refused to talk. "You are relieved," Brainiac 5 ordered the interrogator away.
Karina sat down across from the muscular bald man. "Talk...or else," she said to him.
"Fuck you, bitch!" he spat back at her.
Karina was taken aback by this and began to cry. "What the fuck is this?" the prisoner wondered. Karina suddenly grabbed him by the throat choking him out.
"Why would you say that to me? We've only just met," she said angrily.
"Control your emotions," Brainiac 5 soothed her.
Karina regained her senses and let the prisoner go. "You're Supergirl," the prisoner realized.
Brainiac 5 casually took out a laser pistol and shot the prisoner in the head killing him. He then sat down next to a distressed Karina. "You must put up a defensive wall so no one can manipulate your emotions, not even me," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"How do I become stronger?" Karina asked him.
"I'll take you to the clubs. Human males will attempt to mate with you in crude fashion. You will need to resist the urge to lash out at them," Brainiac 5 offered.
Alex then entered and noticed the dead prisoner. "God damn it, Kara, another one?"
"I take full responsibility for this one," Brainiac 5 said.
"Morality aside, this is a shit-ton of paperwork," Alex said annoyed.
"I'll take care of it," Brainiac 5 assured her.
"I'll need sworn statements from...Kara Danvers here," Alex said.
"I've assessed the situation...and I'm leaving," Karina got up regaining her confidence.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" Alex demanded of her.
"Clubbing," Karina replied and walked out.
"Typical," Alex said scornfully.
At Catco, Kara and James clinked glasses. "So, have you heard?" James asked holding it in.
"Heard what?" Kara wondered.
"You won the Pulitizer for your article on Supergirl and Lex," James smiled.
"Get the fuck out of here," Kara laughed.
"I'm damn serious," James told her.
"But I made half of that shit up," Kara said surprised.
"I know you did but no one else was there so who can really say what happened," James shrugged.
"Supergirl could," Kara smiled.
James rolled his eyes. "So, naturally Lena and I get credit for your work, you'll have to do some obligatory interviews, and show up to the award ceremony."
"Of course," Kara nodded. "Speaking of which, Lena just got some video files that show Kara Danvers with superpowers."
"Well, it's about time she knew," James said.
"I'm going to deny it," Kara grinned.
"How?" James asked.
"Supergirl is going to show up to my Pulitzer award ceremony, and I'm going to thank her personally," Kara smiled.
"How you going to pull that off?" James wondered.
"Because there are now two of me," Kara smirked.
"You've taken trolling Lena to an entirely new level. I like it," James smiled.
"Can I trust you to keep this a secret?" Kara asked him.
"You don't need to even ask," James said clinking glasses with her.
At Hank's PI office, the gang came together except for Lena and James. Brainiac 5 casually put his cards down defeating everyone. "Barney, how...did you get so good...so quickly?" Alex asked, already tipsy.
"I'm a super-computer," Brainiac 5 reminded her. "I ran sixty-seven billion simulations to game out the most desirable outcome."
"So, you're counting cards," Kelly accused.
"Yes, you get me," Brainiac 5 said pleased.
"You're not supposed to tell people that," Nia told him.
Lena then entered the room gaining everyone's attention. She had a rather shell-shocked expression on her face. "Soon, James will be here and we'll all be a united family again," Hank said.
"Where have you been?" Nia asked.
"I didn't know what to bring so I brought both red and white," Lena said showing both bottles.
"Good choice. I'm partial to white," Alex said, a total alcoholic.
"And my favorite is red," Karina smiled.
"Now that you're here we can divide up and play catchphrases," Hank said.
"Which teams shall we be this time?" Karina asked amused by the group. "You'll be with me, right?" Karina asked Lena.
"Always," Lena said secretly pissed-off and oblivious at the same time.
"I'm going to get a glass," Karina said to the group and got up.
Alex walked over to her as she poured the red wine. "You're not upset that Barney is killing it, are you? Because we will take him down."
"Against Brainy, it's futile. I'm just here to have fun," Karina said.
"Brainy, huh? That's cute," Alex said not catching on. "So, when are you going to tell Lena the truth?"
"When Brainy tells me to," Karina replied.
"That's funny. You're funny," Alex smiled drunkenly.
"Let's just enjoy the evening," Karina suggested.
"Okay," Alex allowed.
Karina and Alex went back to their seats. "There he is," Hank called over as James entered the room. James eyed Karina amused and then sat down near Lena.
Russia-Siberia
At the same time, it was morning in Siberia. Kara and Lillian Luthor wore black as they faced Lex's tomb. "I finally know the truth now," Lillian said wiping away tears. "My son, my real son, was a good man with such promise. But it was your arrival that led to the accident that killed him. If not for you, he would still be alive."
"That's true," Kara said sadly.
"So, what now? We become friends?" Lillian said sarcastically.
"You took Jeremiah away from me for fifteen years. You tortured him, modified him, and turned him into a weapon long before I even met Lex. The only reason I haven't killed you was out of courtesy to Lena. You deserve to be burned alive," Kara said to her.
"What's stopping you then?" Lillian asked.
"After killing so many villains, I decided I wanted to make peace with one," Kara said and then gave the observing Russians the signal.
Lex, wearing a black trenchcoat, walked slowly over to his mother bald and clean-shaven. Lillian stared at him in disbelief. "Mother," he addressed her.
Lillian looked him over and then eyed Kara. "Son," she embraced him with tears in her eyes. Kara looked on as mother and son were finally united once more. She couldn't help but smile.
Author's Notes: Lena killing Lex was a huge character moment that CW made irrelevant by resurrecting Lex and then deleting that timeline. These kinds of character moments only have long-lasting value if they have a permanence to them. So, I simply had Brainiac 5 do it as a last insult to Lex. This chapter details why Bruce disappeared from Gotham in BW season 1, how Kara acquired Wayne Enterprises and making Dark Knight Rises canon in this universe. Kara and Bruce have come a long way since their first encounter in SG season 1. The ending of this chapter was risky as I had written it prior to Crisis but it all worked out in the end. Will this new and improved Lex also turn evil? Time will tell. While everyone refers to Brainiac 5 as "Barney" only Karina calls him "Brainy." For those of you wondering what it would have been like for Kara and Red Daughter to fight, socialize, and form a sisterly bond, there is more to come.