Right, back from my little break from writing this. Both this, and the next episode will be different from canon, and I'll be introducing some people into the story as well.
And also just to clarify, I'm following the MCU timeline of events, mixed in with the Arrowverse, so some dates might be different.
I own none of the content and I hope you all enjoy.
Homecoming (1)
The sound of grunting, and body parts hitting each other was heard in the DEO training room. Kara, Steve, M'gann, and Mon-El watched the sparring match between Alex and Natasha.
Alex ducked, and then blocked a strike from Natasha, but she then grimaced when she then jabbed her stomach. But Alex then jabbed as well, but she didn't hear a wince from Natasha. She then used her shoulder to push her to get some distance, but that was a mistake when Natasha took a stance, and fired her leg at her. Alex had enough time duck, and took a couple of steps back, and then took a defensive stance with her fists up.
Natasha had a calm look, and she didn't have her hands up, but Alex knew she was studying her, and was waiting for her to strike, or she was looking for the right time to attack. She looked like a Cobra ready to strike at her prey.
She knew she was in for it when she finally had the time to spar with her. She was leaving in a couple of days after her little vacation from being a spy.
Alex had gotten to know her, probably not on the same level as Kara, but enough to get comfortable around her, and start to building more trust towards her. She was still intimidating, but she was nice, had a nice sense of humor, and cared for the people she called friends. She could tell with the latter, due to how she and Kara interacted with each other. Although a small part of her felt jealous with the way they seemed close, and the friendship they had.
But she knew she had nothing to worry about.
Although she was beginning to suspect Kara was enjoying the fact she was going to lose to Natasha.
And yes, she admitted that she was going to lose. Alex only had the combat training since she joined the DEO. While Natasha had years of training that was thanks to her time in the Red Room, and then SHIELD.
So she suspected possible payback from Kara for the number of times she had beaten her when they trained without the use of her powers.
Alex would've called it quits, but if you knew her long enough, you'd know that she would see this to the end.
"I gotta say, I'm impressed. When Kara said you a great fighter, I was curious." Alex said.
Natasha smirked and said," Thanks, you're not to bad yourself. A little more training, and you can possibly get the best of me. But let's face it, we know that will take a while."
"Burn!" M'gann cheekily said.
Alex, despite her better judgment, gave the young Martian an annoyed glare.
Alex was then did a couple of hastily held blocks when Natasha attacked. She then did a spin kick, which made Alex duck again, and she was about to punch, when Nat caught her fist, twisted it, which made her bend down. Nat used that to her advantage as she jumped, spun around, wrapped her legs around Alex's neck, and brought her down with Alex landing hard on her back on the ground.
"Oh my God!" Kara yelped and covered her mouth, while Steve winced.
"Wow." Mon El whispered.
"Go, Natasha!" M'gann cheered.
Natasha lets her go, got up, and held her hand out for Alex and said," Never allow your opponent out of your sight."
Alex groaned, as she accepted the hand, and said," Yeah… I'll remember that."
Kara went to check on her sister and said," Alex, are you ok?"
Alex waved her off and said," I'll be fine. I now know how you feel when either Natasha or I beat you during training."
"Was that the same move you pulled on Tony bodyguard when you first met him, Pepper, and Felicity?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, but I did have to compensate for someone smaller than Stark's larger bodyguard. Also, if you want tips, I can provide them. I can see the DEO is lacking in its training." Natasha said.
Alex rolled her eyes humorously and said," Well, while you guys have your espionage, we get to interact, and fight aliens on a normal basis."
Natasha shrugged in acceptance, and said," Well, Fury did mention that he was going to invite you to join SHIELD. I read your file, and found out your parents did some freelance work for SHIELD."
Alex nodded, she already knew that, her parents did some work for them involving scientific research, before, and sometime after she was born. Her Aunt Carol, did some work as well, but she wasn't a scientist like her mom and dad, but rather flew in the Air Force, and flew some prototype SHIELD aircraft.
But unfortunately, she died in a plane crash that happened the year she was born. But she looked up to her after all the stories both of her parents told about her dad's sister. And also laughed at some of them, due to her mom and Aunt Carol being childhood friends, and she had gotten her mom and dad together.
But apparently she was still alive, and had gained powers, and was traveling space. She had showed up a couple of days after they all found out Jeremiah was missing. She was pretty shocked, and would've been angry with her parents for lying to her. But after finding out what Aunt Carol had been doing, she forgave them, and she and Kara had ended up spending a lot of time with her. Kara had been the most excited, due to Aunt Carol helping her with her powers a bit, due to Clark being too busy.
She visited when she could, but she still sent messages.
Alex was about to respond but a beeping was heard, and she knew it was her earpiece.
Alex pressed her earpiece and said," What is it, J'onn… ok, we'll be right there. We have to get to the computer room now. Something's up."
They all started heading back to the main room. With Mon-El and Natasha were in the back of the group.
"Good job." Mon-El whispered.
"Thanks."
After the talk they had in the training room, they had went on a date, and it went quite well. Mon-El had respected Natasha's boundaries, and they both agreed to take things slow.
While Kara on her part, suspected something was going with them. But Natasha hadn't said anything yet, and she was waiting for her to. For what she suspected, she was internally cheering.
'So… are you going to tell Steve how you really feel?' A voice said.
'M'gann! J'onn said not to do that without the other's permission.' Kara admonished.
J'onn had told them that a Martian's telepathic abilities were personal, and they respected that. The only times he would openly use it was during private conversations, or if they needed to get information quickly.
While M'gann, she was still young, and she openly used it by having conversations. J'onn allowed her to do it, but told her she was only allowed to read and listen to people's thoughts and emotions when she was allowed to.
'I know, but your thoughts were literally pouring out. And considering we live together… 24/7.' She said, and at least she had the decency to sound apologetic.
Kara felt embarrassed, but also a little annoyed when M'gann was feeling amused.
'Right…I'll tell him later.' Kara said.
Kara didn't need to see M'gann to know she was rolling her eyes at her, and she said,' Whatever you say. Just don't take too long like how you guys did with revealing each other's feelings for one another.'
Kara chose to ignore that statement, and luckily for the both of them, the others hadn't noticed the mental exchange. Or they did, but decided not to interrupt them. and they soon made it to the control room.
"What's the situation?" Alex asked.
"Cadmus has popped up." Winn said.
"Cadmus? They've been dark since Lillian broke out of prison." Kara said and looked at the monitor Winn was at.
"Well, they are back with a vengeance. We've got a convoy coming out from one of their suspected weapon storage facilities. SHIELD gave us some information regarding where they could be after they had broken off from the Government a while back."
"Really? How come I'm hearing about this now?" Kara asked.
"It's called, being in the Loop, Danvers. You should do that more, instead of just fighting with the DEO." Natasha said.
Kara looked at Alex, who nodded, and she sighed.
"Right, M'gann and I will take them. Tell Alex to set up a backup team."
Before Kara could walk away, Natasha stopped her.
"Hey, I'm going to be leaving soon. And why not do this… Avenger Style." She said with a small smile.
Kara looked at her, and then Steve, who was standing close by, and nodded.
Well, the both of them were in uniform.
"Luckily for me, Cisco modified my dimensional device to teleport anywhere in the planet. So I think we can pull a couple of Motorcycles and some weapons for you."
"And just to let you know, I'm completely ok if it's a mission with only you guys. Just make sure to punch a Cadmus goon for me." M'gann said.
Natasha grinned and said," With pleasure, kid."
A few minutes later, outside the area where the convoy was going, Kara, Steve, Natasha appeared from a portal. With Steve and Natasha were on Motorcycles.
"Can you see anything?" Steve said.
Kara looked, shook her head, and said," Nope, lead-lined."
"Well, that just means whatever their hauling, it's important." Natasha concluded.
"Supergirl, you got air cover, and the Semi. Widow and I will take care of the escort." Steve said.
All three of them took off. Kara fired her Heat Vision to get the cars swerve and make room.
Steve and Natasha zoomed towards the cars, and dodged when they started to fire. Steve got his shield off his back, and tossed it at one of the cars. It then lodged itself in the one of the wheels, and caused the car to do a couple of flips.
Natasha swerved around when she got close to the cars, and followed one. One of the Cadmus soldiers was about to fire at her, but she fired first, and he ended getting shot. She then shot at one of the tires, and moved out of the way when it started to lose control and tumbled.
Kara took out the last escort vehicle with her Heat Vision, and went to unhook the trailer, and got it off. The Semi stopped, and the driver got out, and pointed a gun at her. But he was then knocked unconscious when Steve tossed his shield at him.
"That was fun. I should spend more down time in National City more often." Natasha joked.
Steve chuckled and said," Yeah, we have all the fun here."
They both jogged over to Kara, who was about to open the back. Natasha had her weapons trained, while Steve held his shield out.
They both nodded at Kara, who then proceeded to rip the doors off.
Once sunlight filtered in, Kara looked inside and her eyes widened.
"Oh my God." Kara said in disbelief.
"Who's that?" Steve asked.
The person who was shackled inside the trailer was none other than Jeremiah Danvers.
Later, Alex saw the four of them enter the control room. She had a look of disbelief, and joy that her sister and her friends had found her father. She didn't believe it when they had notified them on what had happened. But seeing her father now, he believed now.
"They told me, but I didn't want to believe it." She said and ran over to hug her dad, along with Kara.
Other Agents around the room started to clap at the scene, and knowing one of theirs was found.
Steve, Natasha, M'gann, and Mon-El on the other hand, they all thought something felt off.
The small group, along with M'gann, J'onn, and Mon-El, were being filled in on what happened to Jeremiah, and Alex was checking his injuries.
"I don't know how long we were rotting out there in the Amazon, but… I came to at Cadmus. They saved me, so I could save Henshaw. They forced me to keep him alive, to enhance him. Physically turn him into the monster he was beneath."
"And he gave himself the lame title of 'Cyborg Superman'. How cliché of a villain." M'gann muttered.
"Yeah, but it is strange, seeing you in his skin. And you apparently have a niece." Jeremiah said to J'onn.
"I hope I've put it too good use. And M'gann is recent, I thought I lost her, but she came back." M'gann then hugged J'onn from the side, and he grinned at her.
"Better than he ever did. And it's good that you have family with you."
"But what happened after that? You were gone for such a long time." Kara asked.
"I guess I did too good a job enhancing Henshaw, 'cause Cadmus wanted me to stick around, help 'em with other projects."
"Well that's the thing with assents. When one is too good, the people using them will keep them for as long as they are useful." Natasha said, speaking from experience.
"Yes… and one would know that they would try to escape as well. I tried to do that in the beginning, again and again. But, well, let's just say they didn't appreciate that very much."
Alex sighed, knowing that he probably went through a lot, and felt guilty about it and tried to say," Dad. I…"
"It's ok. By working with them, I was helping to keep you and your sister safe." He reassured.
"I'm or we're glad you're okay. I was worried after you let us out, that Cadmus was gonna…" Mon-El said.
"Cadmus would imprison and torture me for betraying them? Yeah, well, you'd be right." He sadly said.
Steve held Kara's hand in comfort, and she squeezed in thanks.
"Dad, the uh, the damage to your hand is… it's extensive." Alex explained.
"It's punishment for helping Mon-El and Kara escape. But I would do it again, in a heartbeat. I'm so lucky you found me. Especially the part where one gets rescued by Captain America. That's probably everyone dream, it's an honor to meet you Captain."
Steve nodded, shook his hand and said," Kara and Alex have talked about you and held you in high regard. The honor's mine."
"Well I believe we should hold everyone's honor until later. Cause in my line of work. What Cadmus did today, wasn't the last, they might have something else up their sleeve." Natasha said.
"Your thinking is correct. Cause they do have a weapon." Jeremiah confirmed.
"What is it?" J'onn asked.
"A Nuclear Fusion Bomb. They going to use it to destroy National City, and blame it on hostile aliens."
Steve blinked, and looked at Natasha and said," Has Fury or anyone else in Intelligence said anything about a missing bomb?"
Natasha shook her head and said," Fury would've said something by now about a missing bomb. Unless Cadmus has people in high places that could hide a theft like that."
"They didn't steal it, they built it. Using the radiation they mined from your Heat Vision when you were in their custody."
Steve went into Captain America mode and said," Then we are gonna need to find it, and stop it before Cadmus could detonate it. Romanoff, ask SHIELD if they have any chatter, we'll probably need Winn to find any type of signature that is related to Nuclear Radiation or Kryptonian related Radiation." He then realized something. "Sorry J'onn."
J'onn didn't seemed to mind and said," It's alright, Captain, I couldn't have said better myself."
"He's pretty good at that." Mon-El said to Natasha, who nodded.
Kara on the other hand, felt that when Steve acted like that, he looked sexy.
Not that she would ever tell a soul though.
They soon explained everything to Winn. Once they finished, Winn took a moment to process it, and then said.
" So, what you're telling me is that Jeremiah Danvers, former DEO Agent and Alex and Kara's long lost father. Has returned from Cadmus custody with news that our enemy has developed a Nuclear Fusion explosive using Kara's other-worldly Heat Vision radiation, and that they're going to drop that on National City and just kill us all?" He said, laughed nervously and continued. "Is… is this… Is this place bomb-proof? Or is Tony willing to throw the bomb into space?"
"You could run a trace on Kara's Heat Vision radiation signature." Jeremiah suggested.
"Right, yeah well, if the bomb is armed, then yes, I might be able to pinpoint it's location before it goes off. Do we have access to Stark's satellites as well?"
"I'll notify him, and SHIELD. Hopefully it'll will help narrow down the search. Get to work, Winn." J'onn said.
By that time, Eliza Danvers, Alex's mom arrived. She had a look of disbelief and happiness.
"Jeremiah." She breathed.
Jeremiah looked at her happily, and they then embraced. While Kara and Alex looked on with huge smiles, and slightly watered eyes.
Steve looked at M'gann, and nodded. They all looked like they were busy, but in reality, they were having a mental conversation. M'gann had asked Natasha beforehand about it, knowing she wouldn't like it. But Natasha gave her permission to allow Psychic Links in her mind, along with others when the time came for it.
'Right, Link is up.' She mentally said.
'Good, we all know that something isn't right here.' Steve said.
'Oh really, what tipped you off, Rogers?' Natasha snarked.
Both Mon-El and M'gann snorted mentally, while Steve sent slightly annoyed waves.
'But in all seriousness, we're not going to pretend that something isn't up. You can't just return from being held prisoner, and expect everything to be alright. Jeremiah is hiding something.' Natasha said.
'Yeah, but, considering this is considered personal now. It's like what happened to Lena, but this time we're talking about Alex and Kara's dad. They won't readily listen to us.' Mon-El said.
M'gann mentally sighed and said,' Especially Alex, that will be fun.'
'I'll talk to Kara first, maybe once we convince her, she'll help with Alex… I am not looking forward to this. But I'll talk to Kara now.' Steve said.
Steve tapped Kara on the shoulder and whispered," Can we talk in private?"
Kara nodded, and they walked to an empty hallway.
"So, are we talking in private, or did you mean something else?" Kara said, and she had small grin.
Steve fought the blush that was threatening to overtake his face, and said in a firm tone," Kara."
Kara then realized he was being serious, and said," Sorry, so what's up?"
"Look, I get it that you and Alex are happy that Jeremiah is back-"
"Are you not?" Kara asked.
"I am, but please listen to what I have to say before you say anything else. You gotta think about this. None of this seems right. Jeremiah had been with Cadmus for 15 years, and both the DEO and SHIELD haven't found him until we did. And you don't think they could've had turned him over to their side? Or manipulated him to do some of their work? People have their breaking points, Kara, what's not to say Cadmus did it a while ago, and Jeremiah is on their side now? And this is part of some plan.
I'm sorry to say this, but you might be too trusting of him, due to your personal feelings. You have to let that go, and see it differently. A good example is what happened to Lena, and I know her's had a different outcome, but this one is different too. I'm not buying this and Natasha doesn't either. Her opinion alone should make you think. And I know that she is a spy and they don't trust anyone, but we all know we trust her judgement."
Steve finished, and looked at Kara. She had an unreadable expression, but he knew that the gears were working in her mind. She then closed her eyes and sighed, and turned around.
Steve felt guilty, but he knew he said what was right. He placed a hand on his girlfriends shoulder and said.
"I know it's tough, but you know that I and Natasha both care about you enough that we don't want to see you hurt."
Kara squeezed his hand, turned around, and held his hands and said," And I thank you for that. I'm not entirely sure what to make of this right now. I mean there is the possibility that all of this isn't right, and I'm just caught up on my personal feelings. But, we can judge or look for something during dinner tonight, for Jeremiah's return. I'm pretty sure you both will get along, and you can see for yourself."
Steve nodded and said," Thank you for listening. And let's hope we have an answer soon."
Kara nodded, while she wondered if things were going to get more interesting soon.
