SG 5X09
Lex sat across from his mother's desk in an office room. Lillian poured tea for them both. "Sugar, dear?" she asked.
"You're rather calm for just finding out the multiverse was nearly destroyed including our own Earth," Lex noted. "You understand I am not the son you raised."
"Perfectly. It will take more than the apocalypse to stir me," Lillian said but was secretly horrified by what Lex had told her.
"No sugar," Lex declined.
"That's my boy," Lillian smiled predicting as much. "The past is the past. Best to look to the future, your future. You have redeemed your name. Now, you need to maintain your status," Lillian advised.
"With Supergirl, both of them, on my side, we're unstoppable," Lex said confidently.
"Kara was indirectly responsible for your first death by encouraging your Kryptonite experiments, then she directly caused your second death. What's to stop her from killing you a third time?" Lillian asked.
"Nothing. But I see the potential for greatness in our alliance. With my intellect and wealth and her power, we could rule this world," Lex said ambitiously.
"Your obsession to either love or kill Supergirl has led to your downfall," Lillian reminded him.
"With great reward comes great risk," Lex said dismissively.
"You've already made up your mind," Lillian sighed.
"I'm going to propose...a relationship with Karina," Lex said awkwardly.
"She's a Russian tool," Lillian shook her head.
"What better way to unite the planet than to bring America and Russia together?" Lex asked her.
"And what of your sister, Lena? What is her part in all of this?" Lillian asked.
"Lena's obsession to mind control people into being better needs to stop. I'll do what I can before she gets herself killed," Lex assured her.
"Can you focus this time?" Lillian asked.
"My will is absolute," Lex said confidently.
Lillian nodded then disappeared as the program ended. Lex took the Obsidian lenses off his eyes. Lillian was stuck hidden in Russia while she remained a fugitive. She had mellowed out a bit since Kara had given her mercy and brought back her true son.
At L Tower, Lena gave Lex a skeptical look. "So, you'll be my friend now? You're a clone of my dead brother who apparently was also a clone."
"The world is ours, Lena. You don't need Hope. You need a partner. Imagine what we could accomplish together. Why not give it a go?" Lex enticed.
"You think this is your world now? Because the Russian Supergirl is your girlfriend?" Lena asked.
"I am now in charge of the DEO and I have the president's ear," Lex pointed out.
"And what of Leviathan?" Lena asked.
"What the hell is Leviathan?" Lex asked confused.
"Your previous self was in league with them. No one knows what they want, but they're behind seismic catastrophes, earthquakes, floods, plagues. They all-powerful ancient aliens," Lena told him.
"They must not be that important. Kara never mentioned them," Lex shrugged.
"Well, they're a big deal," Lena assured him.
"Then, I need to exterminate them," Lex said dangerously.
SG 5x10
In a club bathroom, Eve kicked ass on a Leviathan agent with punches and kicks. With her "girl power" she took down a man twice her weight twisting his wrist and slamming his face into a sink knocking him out. "Impressive, Eve," Brainiac 5 said walking in.
Eve took out a pistol and pointed it at him. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to help you," Brainiac 5 said coyly.
"Right, you made me a slave," Eve said angrily.
"Lena made you a slave. I was merely the middle man," Brainiac 5 excused.
"I remember every fucked-up thing you made me do to manipulate Lena. And all for what? Some game?" Eve asked pissed-off.
"Yeah," Brainiac 5 said nonchalantly.
"You here to kill me?" Eve asked fearfully.
"If I wanted you dead, I would have done it already. You're brilliant...relative to the rest of humanity. I know you were recruited by Leviathan to be an assassin but you turned them down, so they murdered your father. I know they forced you to do their bidding by vowing to kill your mother if you dare defy them," Brainiac 5 said.
"You knew all this while you were playing your silly game with Lena?" Eve asked angrily.
"Yeah," Brainiac 5 replied. "You should be proud of yourself, Eve. There are only a very few humans in this world, in this time, that I find worthy of my time."
"No one can fight Leviathan," Eve said fearfully.
Brainiac 5 advanced on her placing the end of Eve's pistol to his chest unconcernedly. "You should know by now what I am capable of, what I am. You can trust me but you better choose quickly."
Eve noticed the Leviathan assassin waking up. "Work with me once more to fight those who stole your life," Brainiac 5 enticed.
"I don't want to kill anymore," Eve said honestly.
"I know," Brainiac 5 said gently taking the pistol from her.
"So, what do you want from me?" Eve asked finally.
"You will be my eyes and ears and, in return, I'll protect you," Brainiac 5 lied. "And you won't have to do any of this dirty work ever again."
"Okay," Eve agreed.
Brainiac 5 casually shot the assassin dead before he could get up. Brainiac 5 then shot a cable into Eve's forehead and implanted a mind-control device in her brain. "It's happening just like before," Eve said to him.
"Well, not exactly," Brainiac 5 smiled.
SG 5x13
At the DEO, Brainiac 5 sat at his desk with Eve standing silently at his side in front of Lex. "What is your brilliant plan, Lex?" Brainiac 5 asked condescendingly.
"I propose you cause a fatal glitch in the Obsidian Platinum program," Lex began.
"Why?" Brainiac 5 asked.
"So, when I fix the glitch I'll get an invitation to Leviathan's ship. I need Gemma to trust me and trust begins with that glitch," Lex proposed.
"If there is a glitch, no one will buy the lenses. It is a catch-22," Brainiac 5 said.
"Correct, Leviathan will try to fix the glitch but they won't be able to because you will stop them," Lex continued.
"You believe Leviathan will then cover it up?" Brainiac 5 asked.
"That's where I come in. I will help Gemma with the coverup and then I will be invited to the ship," Lex said.
"You've done well, Luthor. I'll send a drone in your place," Brainiac 5 said pleased.
"Gemma will know I am one of your drones. It has to be me," Lex insisted.
"If you die, Kara will be quite distressed. I don't believe you are worth risking over this pitiful little band," Brainiac 5 rejected.
"You have to let me do this," Lex insisted.
"The sins of your clone do not flow onto you," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"Are you so sure?" Lex asked skeptically.
"As Pope of the Earth...I am sure," he said confidently.
"Let me in or I'll kill myself," Lex said taking out a pistol. "You know what will happen to my body and soul if I do."
"So, you're using your own life as leverage against me. Very well, Luthor, we shall play this game of yours. Careful that Kara's sympathy for you doesn't run out," Brainiac 5 said to him.
Eve then silently walked off towards Obsidian North to continue her corporate espionage and sabotage.
SG 5x15
Supergirl, Brainiac 5, Lex, and Andrea met up at her Catco office to discuss plans after the Coronavirus outbreak. "The virus is spreading rapidly and will infect several million and kill hundreds of thousands worldwide with or without a lockdown, the economy will contract a few percentage points, unemployment could reach twenty percent, but fear not, your stock portfolio will be relatively undamaged for the foreseeable months," Brainiac 5 said.
"Thank God for that," Andrea said dryly.
"I know, right?" Kara agreed.
"I see this as an opportunity. With the lockdowns, people will be hopelessly bored at home unable to leave to go anywhere. Obsidian lenses can alleviate that boredom. Not only would we be making ridiculous amounts of money while the economy crashes, but we will also have provided a public service," Lex said.
"That's where I come in because I'm all about that public service crap. I will give you free advertisement to encourage people to buy your product on the premise that I am trying to keep the public safe from this nasty virus," Kara said.
"Well, thank you, Supergirl," Andrea said stunned.
"Your technology will save lives, possibly thousands of lives," Brainiac 5 said.
"What do you want in return?" Andrea asked suspiciously.
"Kara Danvers is a good friend of mine. She wrote this glowing article about me. If you could give her a raise and some stock options that would be great," Kara suggested.
"Too easy," Andrea said dismissively.
"To a new partnership," Lex said as everyone shook hands.
Soon thereafter, Kara did advertisements all over the world for Obsidian North speaking fluently in every language on the planet. Her message was received in random-ass places like Prague, Cairo, Sydney, and Sao Paulo. "Stay indoors, wear Obsidian lenses, live your fantasy, have fun, and you will not only save lives but you will make your country...great again," Supergirl said in the advertisement.
"In addition, five lucky people with golden tickets in their Obsidian lense boxes will get a free exclusive tour of the Fortress of Solitude," Kara added.
All across the world, Obsidian lenses were transported to people's houses. As the world became hooked on them, Brainiac 5's knowledge of people's fantasies and social habits grew exponentially. "I make Riddler my bitch," Kara said as she gave Brainiac 5 and Lex high-fives.
SG 5X17
Andrea looked over a diverse crowd of employees with Gemma and Lex at her side. "One hundred countries, world-wide saturation, it took forty years for the cell phone to reach as many users as our lenses have reached in one month. All thanks to the genius of Lex Luthor and our passionate ambassador, Supergirl," Andrea said proudly.
"This is messed up. Supergirl is going to get the whole world addicted to dangerous unproven technology," William said to Kara.
"I know, right? Someone needs to stop that bitch," Kara agreed. She then left the room to her private office she had been given via Andrea giving Supergirl a favor. As soon as she sat down to play on Facebook, Lena entered the room. "Oh, shit," Kara sighed.
"Kara, I heard about Jeremiah. I came to offer up sympathies," Lena said oblivious that Jeremiah's death was a total lie.
"Coming from you, that means a lot," Kara said playing along.
"My mother died when I was four. I know that pales in comparison to losses you have suffered. I know it doesn't get any easier. I'm sorry," Lena said heartfelt.
"I thank you for saying that, Lena," Kara nodded.
"This helped me get through my difficulties," Lena said handing her a book. "I know now that you brought Lex back to me and that you were trying to teach me a valuable lesson. Obsidian is all about giving people freedom and here I was trying to take that freedom away."
Kara looked over the book having no intention of reading it. "Lena, I'm sorry. I can't keep a straight face."
"I know it must be hard for you," Lena said sympathetically.
Kara began to chuckle. "Jeremiah is still alive. I told Lex to tell you and now you're here."
"Wait...what?" Lena thought she misheard.
"Did you really believe someone like Eve Tesschmacker could find Jeremiah in Peru and poison him to death?" Kara rolled her eyes. "I came up with the lamest possible death story and you fell for it," Kara laughed.
"Why would you do this, Kara?" Lena asked pissed-off.
"To make you feel guilty for associating yourself with that bitch. Next time, choose your henchmen more wisely. You're as bad as Lex Jr. with Mercy and Otis," Kara said unimpressed.
To add insult to injury, Eve came in and handed Kara a latte. "Just the way I like it," Kara said pleased.
Lena gave Eve an odd look. "Don't worry. She's ours again," Kara assured her.
Lena stared at Kara infuriated. "This is bullshit you being able to do whatever you want, have all these powers, and never being accountable to anyone."
"Now, you know how your lowest-paid employees feel about you, Lena. We're both criminals," Kara said.
"You think you can fuck with me because you brought back my brother, freed my step-mother from prison, and have repeatedly saved my life?" Lena asked.
"Yeah," Kara said obviously.
"Well, you can't. I'm going to stop you," Lena said storming off.
"Fingers crossed," Kara mocked as she left the room.
At her apartment, Kara listened to Alex prattle on about the virus outbreak with Kelly at her side. "Don't you think it weird that this virus is raging through Metropolis and we're just sitting here eating dumplings?" Alex asked.
"Life changes, the cycle of life keeps going, and you still need to eat," Kelly said to her.
"This book Lena gave me is hilarious," Kara chuckled. "Things are always in flux with each passing moment. We have no control...so fuck it," she read.
"It does not say that," Alex doubted.
"I still can't believe she gave you that after everything that happened," Alex said.
"Well, she did give it to me before I told her Jeremiah was still alive," Kara revealed.
"This is a sympathy gift for a loved one that isn't even dead?" Kelly asked shocked and appalled.
"And you should have seen the look on her face when I told her the truth," Kara laughed. "The truth really does set you free."
"You're an ass," Alex chided her.
Mon then instantly appeared in the living room with a box of crullers. Kara gave them a wide-eyed look and instantly took a box. "Hope you like them. I bought them with your money," Mon said.
"Read this shit," Kara gave him the book.
Mon skimmed it and then started laughing. "It's not that funny," Alex said annoyed. Mon laughed even harder and put it down.
"You two are truly made for each other," Kelly said.
"Well, our bodies certainly fit each other," Mon said mockingly.
"You know, being a bully only shows how insecure you are about yourself," Kelly said to him.
"No, bullies keep society from falling into chaos. They provide an altruistic service to keep cultural norms and are often persecuted for it. They're selfless patriots, gate-keepers, cultural warriors," Mon said.
"Yeah, bullshit," Alex doubted.
Gemma and Lex listened in on their conversation courtesy of Eve controlled by Brainiac 5. "Why am I listening to this shit?" Gemma asked impatiently.
"They're on your tail. You should do something about that," Lex advised.
"Doesn't matter. Our cloaking technology will cover all of our bases from the human eye," she said confidently.
"They won't stop until they uncover the truth," Lex said.
"And what is that, exactly?" Gemma asked.
"That you and your Leviathan associates are ancient beings who manage humanity's excesses," Lex revealed.
"Did you just call me ancient?" Gemma asked offended.
"Don't get me wrong, Gemma, goddess of technology. I approve. Pompey was spectacular, the Black Plague intriguing, the Spanish Inquisition righteous, but why the Brady Bunch reunion?" Lex asked dumbfounded as he sat down behind his desk.
"What we have planned will be even greater than these. We're going to have a world-wide virtual gathering. No one is going to want to miss it. Once the masses are all in VR, I'll kill them all with the flick of my wrist," Gemma said nonchalantly as she sat down across from him.
"That would be great if you weren't about to be exposed," Lex said. "Obsidian shut down, all lenses returned, before you even sell your first ticket. You don't have the luxury of time."
"What do you propose?" Gemma asked impatiently.
"Fear," Lex answered.
Lex casually strolled into the DEO and found Brainiac 5 in the lab. "Director Dox, long time no see. I come bearing gifts, a pysanka," he said giving it to him. "Gifted to me by a Ukrainian holy man on my world tour. It brings love, wealth, and, of course, fertility."
"How thoughtful of you, Lex. I shall place it in my pysanka collection," Brainiac 5 said gratefully. "Where is their ship?"
"I can't push them," Lex excused.
"I want that ship, not excuses," Brainiac 5 demanded. "Alex Danvers called me telling me that users are missing and that she believes you are the cause."
"It's not me, it's Leviathan," Lex said defensively.
"I agree but it has become apparent that I do not have control over all of my chess pieces," Brainiac 5 said showing a chessboard on a table. "Imagine a game where I only control half the pieces on the board and the other pieces do as they please."
"Horrifying prospect," Lex said.
"Alex is a mere pawn but her destruction will cause the queen, the most important piece, to go wild on the board," Brainiac 5 said.
"I understand your impatience but if I push too hard I'll be exposed as a spy and then you'll lose both your knight and your queen," Lex said tipping them both over.
"It's possible one of these users has information we can use to find the ship. I'll consult Kara on using Myriad to discover their location," Brainiac 5 said.
"Sounds like a plan," Lex smiled.
"Finding that ship is of the highest importance. Everything else is secondary," Brainiac 5 reminded him.
Brainiac 5 casually entered the tower and found Hank, Alex, and Kelly. Supergirl then flew in. The five awkwardly stared at each other not trusting one another. "The Obsidian Lenses interact with the brain using Q-waves which follow a similar frequency to Malefic's brain. You can connect to the missing people using Myriad. If you turn it on in reverse it will compress the Q-waves in the atmosphere making it possible for you to track their psychic signatures," Brainiac 5 said.
"Fuck yeah, let's do it," Kara said immediately.
"Wait, is this dangerous?" Alex asked concernedly.
"In my hands, no," Brainiac 5 said.
"Why do you even ask my permission, these days?" Kara asked.
"We made an agreement that Myriad requires the consent of both parties," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"So, we don't get a say in this," Alex asked annoyed.
"I take your moral advice very seriously, Alex," Brainiac 5 lied.
"What makes you any different than Lena?" Alex asked him.
"I am superior in every way. We defeated Lena not because we had the greater moral argument, although that was the case, but because we were technologically superior and could control both sides of the chessboard," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"I'm going to go ahead and activate it now," Kara said awkwardly exiting the tower.
"After I rescue these users, we're going to have a talk," Hank said to Brainiac 5.
Lex came by Stryker's prison to visit Lena busy with her prisoner experiments that were both morally and legally dubious. "No rest for the wicked," Lex said as he entered the room.
Alarm bells suddenly went off in the lab. "What is that?" Lex asked.
"It's a Q-wave overlapping signal that is suppressing mine," Lena frowned. Her prisoners immediately became violent again and started a riot. "I recognize the signature of this interruption."
"It's Myriad," Lex said obviously.
"Yesterday, she mocked me when I was just trying to be nice. Now, she's using Myriad to interrupt my experiments," she said self-absorbed. "She told me the use of Myriad during Crisis was a one-time thing and that it was too dangerous to use again."
"Lena, she's using Myriad to find the missing Obsidian users. These people are in a coma-like state possibly wasting away or experimented upon or even dead. We have to find them, revive them, and find out what they know," Lex said.
"My experiments have the potential to rehabilitate prisoners. Mine should take priority," Lena said.
"Well, tell her that yourself. She's in the Fortress," Lex said giving her his watch.
"I shall," Lena said taking the watch.
At the Fortress, Lena snuck up on Kara. "So, you are using Myriad," she realized.
"Guilty," Kara mocked.
"I thought it was forbidden to use Myriad. Isn't that why you killed your uncle and aunt along with the rest of the criminal Kryptonians. Isn't that why you nearly killed me?" Lena asked pissed-off.
"Forbidden for anyone but me. Barney and I have this protocol where it takes both of us to agree to use it," Kara said dismissively.
"What makes you better than anyone else?" Lena asked.
"Well, Barney is a super-computer that can analyze all contingencies while remaining emotionally detached, and...it's mine," Kara said obviously. "It's like a nuke requiring two keys to initiate a launch. That's what you didn't have Lena, a second key. It's all been about you and what you want. You have no safeguard to keep you in check."
"There are other ways to find missing people than Myriad. I could think of four off the top of my head, but you do what you want," Lena accused.
"That's right," Kara said wide-eyed.
"You act human, you talk like a human, and you fool us all but when shit hits the fan you go back to your default position: an alien psychopath," Lena said.
"Don't try to pigeonhole me. Unlike you humans, I control my mental state as opposed to the other way around. I can be altruistic, empathic, and a total sociopath whenever I want. I can be any sexuality I want when I want. I can like someone one day and hate them the next or vice versa because I have alien psychology beyond your comprehension. Unlike you humans, there is nothing permanent about how I think or what I think. I adapt to whatever situation I happen to be in. That's how I survived in this world. That's how, we, Kryptonians survive," Kara said forcefully.
"You said you would treat me like a villain," Lena brought up.
"Yeah, if you acted like one. For me, a villain is merely someone that opposes me. You're either with me or against me, Lena. Now, I don't have time for your shit, right now. So, leave me alone so I can save some lives," Kara said impatiently.
"I'll go when you stop using Myriad," Lena said stubbornly.
"That's a nice jacket you got there," Kara complimented. "I doubt it will do much good when I lower the temperature to liquid nitrogen."
"I was trying to be sincere and sympathetic to you, yesterday But I guess you're used to being two-faced," Lena said and then teleported away.
Kara went over to the console emotionally conflicted but then straightened up as she focused herself. She then sensed something wrong. A cloaked Yautja opened an unsecured door leading to the Suneater. Kara was on him in a flash throwing him against the icy wall breaking his back. The Yautja then self-destructed creating an explosion that rocked the fortress. Kara fell to the floor with Kryptonite shards in her as the Suneater escaped into the atmosphere.
Meanwhile, Hank was on the balcony of the tower as Alex and Brainiac 5 chatted. "What's taking so long?" Alex asked.
"It takes several minutes for Myriad to suppress the Q-waves long enough for J'onn to see them clearly," Brainiac 5 explained.
"This would be a hell of a lot easier if you two stopped talking," Hank scolded them. Hank then broke his concentration as he saw the Suneater taking a tour of Metropolis.
"What the fuck is that?" Alex amazed by its size. It was the size of a city square.
"Suneater," Hank identified.
"It's the baby Suneater Kara holds up at the Fortress," Brainiac 5 said nonchalantly.
"Why the fuck does Kara have a baby Suneater?" Alex asked incredulously.
"The only reason it would be released is if something had happened to Kara," Brainiac 5 said slightly concerned.
"Shit!" Alex realized. "Supergirl, are you there?" There was no response.
M'gann then dropped onto the balcony appearing as a black woman in Green Martian armor. "M'gann," Hank eyed her.
"Your brother felt the Q-waves from Mars and sent me," M'gann explained. "The ship is armed with hydrogen bombs we can use against the Suneater."
"Hot damn," Hank said amazed.
Hank went over to her and touched foreheads. "Is that the only reason you came?" Hank asked.
M'gann looked at him uncomfortably. "You turned me into a Green Martian, remember? And it's mating season," she said thirstily.
"Nice," Hank smiled. "We can mate after we take care of this Suneater."
As the two Green Martians left, Brainiac 5 touched his watch.
After taking a tour of the planet, the Suneater flew towards the sun. J'onn and M'gann got as close as they could to the sun in their ship before it became too hot. Exiting the ship, the two went after the Suneater as it came closer to the photosphere, the surface of the sun.
"The hydrogen explosion should reduce its size we can contain," M'gann said holding a glowing collection of tubes.
"I'll detonate it inside it," J'onn said taking it from her.
"I have faith in you, J'onn," she said.
"Wow, you must really want to get laid," J'onn smirked and then phased inside the Suneater.
The Suneater however kicked J'onn and his bomb out of itself. The hydrogen explosive fell into the sun and exploded. M'gann caught J'onn before he fell in as well. "Well...shit," J'onn realized.
Supergirl, wearing pants, then went past the Green Martians, flew across the length of the Suneater, and got in front of it. Karina cocked her left fist back and then punched the Suneater to the head. The hit shattered the Suneater's head and then disintegrated it from beginning to the end of its tails until nothing was left.
"Well, that works, too," M'gann shook her head amazed.
Karina eyed the two Green Martians and then took off.
Alex and Brainiac 5 portaled their way into the Fortress of Solitude and found the remains of the Yautja and Kara on the floor hurt. "Kara! Oh my God," Alex went over to her.
Brainiac 5 quickly examined her. "She'll live and the baby, too," he said.
"Baby?" Alex wondered.
"You...just...had to tell her," Kara muttered.
"You're pregnant? How is that possible?" Alex asked astounded.
"Well, when a man and a woman love each other...," Kara said deliriously.
"They conceived when Mon's power level was sufficiently high enough for his sperm to penetrate Kara's egg," Brainiac 5 explained.
"So, you're having another kid...naturally?" Alex said amazed and then had to walk away.
Brainiac 5 ignored Alex's existential crisis and used a powerful magnet to rip the Kryptonite shards out of Kara's body. He then used a highly focused solar flashlight on her most serious wounds to close them up. Within moments, Kara was back on her feet.
"Those Yautja are fierce mother-fuckers, I tell you," Kara grimaced.
"When were you going to tell me?" Alex asked. "How far along are you?"
"To be fair, Mon doesn't know either," Kara said dismissively. "And maybe three months now."
"But Barney knows," Alex pointed out.
"I know everything," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"Who else knows?" Alex asked.
"Jeremiah," Kara winced.
"And he didn't say a damn word about it," Alex said peeved.
"What's the big deal, Alex?" Kara asked.
"It's just you're on your third and I...have nothing," Alex said subdued. "You're married and I'm not. You have a high-class job and I'm unemployed. You have all these fantastic powers and I'm just a weak human."
"This was never a competition, Alex. If you were the one stranded on Krypton, you would be the celebrity all the Kryptonians would want to be around. So, would you rather live an ordinary life on Earth or a successful celebrity on an alien planet where you're alone and can't relate to anyone?" Kara asked.
"You're right. I shouldn't be envious of your success. I'm the one fucked up. I'm the one that needs to get her act together," Alex agreed.
"Alex, I stunted your personal growth and I'm truly sorry I did. If not for me meddling, maybe you would be married with kids and a doctor by now. Alex, I fucked up but I will do everything possible to make it up to you," Kara promised her.
Karina, J'onn, and M'gann then arrived in the Fortress. "Are you alright?" J'onn asked her.
"I'm fine and so is the baby," Kara assured him.
"Good to hear," J'onn said pleased.
"You knew, too?" Alex gave him a dirty look.
"The Suneater has been terminated," Karina said in a thick Russian accent.
"What the fuck? That was my Suneater. It was just a baby. It didn't know what it was doing. Eating stars is just instinct," Kara raged.
"Then you should have kept it locked up better," Karina scolded.
"You could have just knocked it out or disabled it. You didn't have to kill it!" Kara shouted at her.
"I saw a monster threatening Earth and I destroyed it. End of story," Karina said to her.
"In the future, I use Suneaters to absorb solar radiation that they, in turn, give to me all at once. It would take years before that Suneater got massive enough to actually be a threat to me," Kara explained. "Now, it's dead, thanks to you," Kara said with angry tears.
"We'll get you a new one," Hank said condescendingly.
"The gestation for a Suneater is considerable," Brainiac 5 shot down.
"How the fuck did a Yautja get into the Fortress in the first place?" Kara asked.
Brainiac 5 activated the surveillance camera and then showed a disturbance in the air right behind Lena. "That bitch!" Kara said pissed-off.
"I doubt she would intentionally lead one in here," Brainiac 5 said.
"Who gave her the portal watch to get in here?" Kara demanded.
"Likely Lex Luthor. He told me he was visiting Lena on Stryker's Island to get an update on her prisoner research," Brainiac 5 said.
"So, Lex told Lena about Myriad and she waltzed in here with a cloaked Yautja that nearly killed me and my baby and led to my Suneater's death. I am so pissed, right now," Kara said furiously. She then went over to Karina. "You don't kill anything without my permission, not even a fucking ant."
"You're not in a position to give me orders," Karina smirked.
"Since your creation, I have grown stronger than you," Kara pointed out.
"Perhaps, but I doubt your baby could survive a well-placed punch," Karina said coldly.
Kara gave her the crazy eye. "All of you fucks are plotting against me. I am the fucking director. You all do what I say when I say it. You're all just dancing monkeys to me," she said to everyone.
"I think you need some rest," Brainiac 5 said condescendingly.
Kara eyed the crowd in front of her realizing she was in danger of losing all of her allies. "Yeah, sure," she relented and then walked off to her personal chambers.
"She is reacting to hormonal changes," Brainiac 5 explained.
"The excuse only goes so far. As the pregnancy moves along who is to say she doesn't become more unstable?" Hank asked him.
"We can help to stabilize her thoughts," M'gann volunteered.
"If she thinks she's being manipulated psychically, she will lash out," Brainiac 5 predicted.
"I think we all just need to treat her with kid gloves for a while," Alex said deeply concerned for her.
Karina and Hank came by a warehouse filled with emergency responders. Lex was already there, the hero of the hour. Margott was on the floor dead with a bullet wound to the gut. The people in Obsidian comas were woken up. William came up to Karina and showed her his phone showing a video of Margot claiming responsibility for kidnapping Obsidian users so as to continue Amy Saphire's work.
"She's been doing this for weeks, took full responsibility. I was sure Lex was behind this," William said befuddled.
"Yeah, we all were," Hank agreed.
"Well, I didn't," Karina scoffed.
"I'm satisfied," William said taking off.
Karina walked over to Lex as he cleaned his hands of blood. "I always knew you were a hero, Lex," she said pleased with him.
"Nothing compared to you saving the planet from that thing," Lex said giving her hand a kiss.
"A Yautja snuck inside the Fortress of Solitude with Lena using your portal watch," Hank accused.
"I had no idea. Is anyone hurt?" Lex asked concernedly.
"Kara was hit with a Kryptonite bomb but she's recovered mostly. The Yautja released the Suneater," Hank said.
"You can't think I had anything with that. This must be Leviathan," Lex said defensively.
"Perhaps," Hank allowed. "The Yautja blew himself up before we could question him."
"We need to find Leviathan's base. Do you have any idea?" Lex asked.
"Not yet," Hank replied.
"PATRIOT has nothing," Karina added.
"I'm sure together we will find them and then destroy them," Lex said confidently.
At L Tower, Gemma stormed in pissed-off. "You murdered Margot," she accused.
"Well, you see, she had to die...," Lex said.
Gemma held him by the collar and shocked him revealing her mechanical structure underneath. "Do not think to tell me anything. I am a god. You are nothing. Do you understand?" she asked outraged.
Lex nodded. Gemma released him allowing him to move once more. "Explain yourself," she demanded.
"The Supers were close to finding your comatose souls using Myriad and Green Martian psychic ability. It was inevitable, so I had to find them first. I moved them and pinned their existence on Margot in connection with Amy Saphire. Because of what I did, no one suspects Leviathan anymore," Lex said.
"What of getting everyone in the VR?" Gemma asked.
"That thing in the sky made people less likely to put on Obsidian lenses. People put on the lenses when they're bored. We need to create a sensation in the virtual world, not the real world," Lex advised as he poured himself a drink for them both.
"But first, you have to take care of Supergirl. Even if you managed to kill every human on Earth, she will simply destroy the Earth and move on as her way of avenging it. She must be killed first but do not underestimate her power. It will take all of your friends to defeat her. Otherwise, you will fail," Lex said hoping to lure all of Leviathan in the open.
"I will not fail," Gemma said confidently leaving the room.
Lex frowned at his two glasses and drank them both.
Pyongyang, North Korea
In the North Korean Politburo, the heads of all government departments were present including members of the Kim family. They all stood at attention to hear a speech from their new leader...Mon-El. The Insane Prince and Brainiac 5, looking Korean in appearance, walked onto the stage. Mon was dressed in his ceremonial Insane armor and cape.
"All men...are not created equally. Some are faster, some with greater beauty, some are born into poverty, and some are sick and feeble, both in birth and upbringing. In the scope of ability, everyone is fundamentally different. That is why people discriminate against one another. That is why there is a struggle, competition, and unfaltering progress. Inequality is not wrong. Equality is. The People's Republic of China with its equal distribution of wealth is a nation of lazy fucks. But the Democratic Republic of Korea will fight, compete, its evolution continuous. DRK moves forward into the future. We will fight on. We will struggle We will compete, plunder, and dominate. The future shall be ours. All hail North Korea, all hail North Korea!" Mon declared.
The politburo all clapped and bowed before their Dear Leader. "That wasn't the speech I gave you," Brainiac 5 said annoyed.
"I had to make a few changes," Mon excused. "The fuck does it matter? They're all zombies," Mon said eying the crowd. They were all under the control of a local Myriad tower that specifically targeted the North Korean leadership.
Mon and Brainiac 5 then walked into the open air where more North Korean elites stood at attention for them. "So, what's your genius plan?" Mon asked.
"We will demilitarize the border with South Korea and allow low-productive people to flood over the border. They can become South Korea's burden then. Our professionals and so-called experts will continue working faithfully for us under Myriad's control," Brainiac 5 began.
"What if South Korea won't accept them?" Mon asked.
"They will. They will pay anything for peace and if not they will look insensitive in the eyes of the international community," Brainiac 5 said confidently. "We will then slowly break down the military and give up our nuclear weapons for concessions."
"Why the fuck would we do that?" Mon asked incredulously.
"You, yourself, are more powerful than the entire planet's nuclear arsenal," Brainiac 5 reminded him.
"Fuck yeah, I am," Mon grinned.
Brainiac 5 then paused. "What is it?" Mon asked.
"The baby Suneater is loose," he said.
"Oh really?" Mon asked staring at the sun.
"I do not advise you doing that," Brainiac 5 recommended.
Mon turned away from the sun. "Find me one of the nukes. I want to test it on myself underground."
"That will cause an international outcry," Brainiac 5 warned.
"I don't give a fuck," Mon replied.
"Very well. I will make the arrangements," Brainiac 5 promised him.
Author's Notes: Lex continues to be a good guy in Adventures requiring only a few tweaks to the plot in this episode. This episode had the bizarre notion that a huge news story that can be seen with the visible eye would cause most people to want to use Obsidian lenses. As with Season 4, CW SG decided to do a giant retcon on the second half of the season. I'm happy that the Suneater I placed in Season 4.5 finally got an on-screen appearance in this episode.