Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all had a safe holiday, and hope the year is good for you so far. This is my first update of the year/decade.

I did some tweaking in the last chapter regarding the Carol Danvers bit, so you should check that out first, just in case.

I do also hope you all enjoy as well. And I own none of the content.

Homecoming (2)

Steve walked with Maggie to Kara's apartment to have dinner and drinks with her and her family. He was nervous, not just because of that, but also because he would be keeping Alex in the dark about spying on Jeremiah. While Kara knew, but Alex, Eliza, and J'onn didn't, the latter was also going to arrive soon with M'gann.

He respected Alex, and he considered her a good friend from the time they spent together and got to know each other since he started his visits to National City during his first couple of months. But he also knew she wouldn't listen to what he and the others thought about Jeremiah. This is due to her focusing on the fact that her father was back, and wouldn't think about what they have to say without bias. Kara was starting to come around to the idea, and would tell her sister later on.

Alex did have her stubborn streak at times. And Steve knew that If anyone could make Alex Danvers listen to reason it was her sister.

Steve knocked on the door, and Kara answered.

"Hey guys, come in." She said with a smile.

Steve kissed her on the cheek, and then shook hands with Eliza.

"It's nice to finally meet you ma'am. Both Kara and Alex speak highly of you. You've raised them well."

"That's a high honor coming from you Captain. I can also see Kara's dream of dating you has come a reality." Eliza teased.

Steve smirked and said," And I couldn't be happier. And I hope it's ok with you sir."

"I sorta had my suspicion when I saw the both of you being close back at the DEO. But I have no problem, and hope for the best with you both." Jeremiah said.

"Thank you." Steve said, as he kissed Kara on the cheek.

Kara's face was red from the obvious secret she held to herself, and Alex couldn't help but snort in amusement.

"Well as much as I love to tease Kara about her love life. But dad, this is my girlfriend, Maggie." Alex introduced her to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah looked surprised, but smiled and said," Things have changed. There is no man on Earth good enough for Alex Danvers. So has to be someone like you."

"Oh, flattery. And you're right, Alex deserves the best." Maggie said, and handed him the bottle she brought.

"Oh! And you brought… Tequila. Ok she's family. You wanna show the kids how margaritas are done?" Jeremiah said the last part to Eliza.

"Let's do it." She agreed.

"Just for record, I can't get drunk like Kara. But I will still gladly take one." Steve said.

"Got it."

"I say this is going well." Steve whispered to Kara.

"I know right." She said as she went to get the door as someone knocked, but stopped to talk to Alex for a second.

"So, you finally met the parents, how's it looking so far?" Maggie asked Steve.

"It's Good, were you this nervous?"

Maggie shrugged and said," To be honest, I have done this a couple of times. But Alex and Kara talk about Eliza and Jeremiah all the time. And using my detective skills, I realized they were good people, and I had nothing to worry about. I met Eliza last Thanksgiving, and I was sorta nervous, but considering I've been stopping aliens with my girlfriend and her Kryptonian sister, then I realized this was tame."

Steve nodded, Bucky had told him that the first couple of times he had met one of his girlfriends parents (If he ever got that far) he was nervous, and that was rare. He used to joke about it, but he was pretty sure Bucky was laughing at him from Heaven, due to him being a little nervous. Although he mentally chuckled at how meeting your girlfriends parents was tame in comparison in what he normally did for a living or a job.

Although he nervous for a different reason, he had been thinking about what he had realized after the whole Mxzyptlk debacle. He was hoping to get some advice regarding it. And to find some courage to tell Kara. He did know that he should hold it off until later. But, he had also thought it could be too early in their relationship to say those words. But he wasn't sure.

"Then I guess going to high school is a walk in the park then." M'gann said as she walked over to them.

"I guess so. I also heard that Angie isn't feeling well. Is she alright?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, she said she just has a small fever. So there's nothing to worry about."

Steve then noticed Kara motioning for them to come over to the table.

'So, ready to spy and try to find out if anything is amiss?' M'gann mentally asked.

'Yeah, so, did you check his mind?' Steve mentally asked.

'I got nothing, not a single thought. Apparently there is something amiss.'

Steve hoped that there wasn't. And he hoped he had a good poker face on, so he wouldn't rouse any suspicion.

Kara handed Steve a drink and said," Do you want to do the honors?"

Steve smirked and said," I'd be honored to do it."

Kara gave him an unimpressed look, and Steve chuckled.

"A toast. To coming home." Steve said, and looked at Jeremiah and gave him a nod.

"To coming home." Everyone said and took a drink, except for M'gann, who had a soda.

"Now obviously, this is a time for adjustment. But I hope you'll all be patient with me. I've seen and done things that I wish I hadn't." Jeremiah regretfully said.

"Dad, don't." Alex reassured.

"No, sweetie. If I'm going to move forward, I can't ignore my past. Cadmus… change me, they tried to break me. but in the process they made me dangerous. I know their weaknesses. And I'm here… to work with all of you to make our planet safer. So if you'll have me, Director, I'd like to return to the DEO. Formally." He said the last part to J'onn.

"J'onn? Can he?" Kara asked.

J'onn considered it for a moment and said," Pending a full psych evaluation and a field readiness exam… we'll give you the tour tomorrow."

"Thank you, friend." Jeremiah gratefully said.

As the others congratulated him, Steve and M'gann gave each other sideways glances.

"And considering SHIELD is wondering about that bomb, and will be sending people to help with that, and making arrests. Welcome back." Steve said with a firm look.

"And I will help in any way I can. I will make you proud, Captain." Jeremiah said with a nod.

Steve hoped that was the only thing he would do. And if what M'gann had said was true, then there was more to be revealed of what Jeremiah's return meant.

Later the next day, Steve, Mon-El, and Natasha sat at the bar. Steve had already told them about last night.

"So, you didn't find anything wrong, besides M'gann not being able to read his mind, and J'onn reinstating him?" Natasha said.

"No, and that's concerning. I'm not a spy but I had spent enough time with Peggy, Alex and the others to see if there was anything afoot. What's more concerning is that J'onn allowed him back into the DEO so quickly. Has SHIELD gotten anything on Cadmus?"

Natasha shook her head and said," Quiet, Fury is planning on sending over Lane so she could coordinate with both Agencies. And he has also expressed his trust issues with all of this."

"Doesn't he have a say in the matter?" Mon-El asked.

"Not officially. Even though the DEO is an off the books Agency, they still control the operation. SHIELD has to play sidekick in this, unless said otherwise. It's been like this for a while. The DEO handles the alien business privately, while SHIELD, or any other public Agency deals with anything public related like Press Conferences or announcing arrests. But last I talked to him, he did hint that he had faith in us." Nat explained.

"That's good."

"What's good?" Winn asked as walked over to them and sat down next to Steve.

"Not important at the moment. Thanks for coming Winn." Steve said as he handed him a drink.

"No problem. Always happy to grab a drink, but you guys do know we're like kind of an all-hands-on-deck situation right now? You know, trying to track down that fusion… b-o-m-b."

"Very discrete." Mon-El commented.

Natasha grinned into her glass as she took a sip of her drink, and said," Yeah, I can a short career in spy work for you."

Winn slightly blushed and said, "Well, I'm more of a working behind the scenes, computer guy. And speaking of being discrete, what's so top secret that you guys can't talk to me at the DEO? If it's Avenger stuff, I completely understand."

Steve grinned a little and said," Nothing of that sort yet." He then sobered up, getting serious and said," It's about Jeremiah's return. The three of us, including M'gann, and she had apparently told Angie, agree that… what if Cadmus allowed us to 'rescue' Jeremiah so he could sabotage us from the inside. Considering the looming bomb threat, it's likely."

Winn thought about it for a moment, sighed and said," If it was only Mon-El, no offense, but I think he would've watched too much 24 on my Neflix account. But considering you and Agent Romanov also agree, then I would've thought you all would be paranoid."

"Which we aren't, Winn, I promise. And no offense taken. For the months I've been with you guys, and both Steve and Natasha are new but they have experience with type of stuff as well. When… when is the last time we were this lucky? Lucky enough that Cadmus was moving their most valuable prisoner, a guy that the DEO and SHIELD has been unable to find for over 15 years? And he just… he just lands in our lap?"

Winn thought about it and said," Yeah, I can see what you guys are getting at. I also know Kara and Alex aren't going to like this. But, if you guys are asking for my help, I'll do it."

Steve patted him on the shoulder and said," And we thank you for that. You're a good man."

Winn smiled and said," Thanks, I'm still in awe that I know you Cap… Steve. And also you to Agent Romanov."

Natasha grinned at him and said," My friends call me Natasha or Nat. I think you earn the right to call me that. Rogers hear earned that already, but he's the formal type."

Steve shrugged and said," Old habits."

Mon-El patted Winn, who looked slightly stunned, on the shoulder this time and said," Nice to see you're making friends in high places. And I guess now that we owe you a favor?"

"Normally yes, but I don't think that's right. We are friend after all."

At the moment, an alien came over and placed her arms around Winn. And from the looks of it, they had a thing.

"Hey you. I didn't think we were meeting until a little later."

Steve remembered that Kara told him about dating an alien, and he had a good guess that she was the one.

"If you uh don't mind, Winn. Can you introduce us?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, guys, this is Lyra Strayd, she's from Starhaven. Lyra, this is: Steve, Natasha, and Mon-El."

"Pleasure to meet you." Mon-El greeted.

"Hey." Natasha said with a short wave.

"Nice to meet you." Steve said.

"Hi. I'll see you later." She said the last part to Winn, kissed his nose, and walked off.

The three of them processed what they saw, and they gave Winn varying looking of amusement.

Mon-El chuckled and said," Glad to see you found someone, buddy."

He then quickly glanced at Natasha, who offered him a small smile.

Winn grinned and said," Thanks."

Later, Kara walked into a storage room, she had just gotten a notice that Winn wanted to see her. Once she walked in, she saw Winn inside, but he wasn't alone.

Kara sighed, and said," I take it this has to do with what we said yesterday?"

Steve nodded and said," It is, and you're going to have to hear what have to say."

"I mean, you were there last night, you or M'gann didn't say anything." Kara said, hoping what she said was true.

"That may be true Kara, we didn't want to cause a scene once we did." M'gann said.

"Look the point is Kara. Winn and M'gann found some things that you should know about." Natasha said.

Winn sighed and said, "Okay, so earlier today, I saw J'onn giving Jeremiah a tour of the facility. Right. So, when J'onn stepped away, I… I saw Jeremiah trying to break into the DEO mainframe. And he actually did it."

M'gann took a step, she wrung her hands and said," And, I know what you are going to say, but Steve gave me permission. I tried to read his mind last night, and I got nothing. It's as if he has some type of Telepathy Immunity."

"Oh my God." Kara said as she processed the information." Ok, so we what? Confront him about all of this?"

Natasha gave her a curt nod and said," The sooner the better, cause we're all probably not going to like what will happen later."

Kara glanced at Steve and said," I… I guess you were right."

Steve walked over to her, gave her a sympathetic look and said," I do not take satisfaction in this, Kara. But, I do know we need to stop whatever is going on."

Kara nodded and said," Y-yeah, let's go."

The three of them started to walk out of the room, but Natasha stopped M'gann for second and whispered," You immobilize him, k?"

"Okay… oh boy." She muttered as they walked after them.

As soon as Natasha walked into the main room with everyone, she saw J'onn, Alex, Jeremiah, an agent, and Lucy looking for any sign of the bomb signature. She walked faster than the others, and she saw M'gann's eyes turn green.

"Dad, are you alright?" Alex asked, as she saw Jeremiah seem stiff.

"Sorry, but this is going to hurt a little." Natasha said.

She activated her Widow's Bites, and immediately placed one hand on Jeremiah's back, and then on his head, and shocked him. M'gann stopped immobilizing him, and Natasha then stopped, and proceeded to punch him. He fell down unconscious. By that time, everyone got out of their stunned stupor, and immediately had weapons trained at her.

Alex went to check on her dad, and she glared angrily at the spy.

"Everyone stand down! Romanov, what the hell is going on?" J'onn said.

"So much for talking." Winn commented, still stunned.

"Yeah." Mon-El said. 'And also badass.' He quickly thought.

"Well, actions speak louder than words." Nat commented.

Later, everyone was in the infirmary, Alex was checking Jeremiah's vitals, and she along with J'onn, and everyone else were reeling with what they had just found out.

"So, Cadmus cybernetically enhanced his arm?" Kara said.

Winn was looking over stuff on his tablet and said," Yeah, if Romanoff hadn't electrocuted him, then he probably would've been able to overpower us. Well the ones who aren't invulnerable. The most enhanced is his right arm, but he does have some enhancements in the rest of his body as well. So he could hold his own in a fight. Also, I managed to find a way to deactivate his arm. Apparently it was giving out an anti-telepathy emitter."

"My God, what did they do to you?" Alex whispered.

Mon-El looked at J'onn and M'gann and said," So, are you both able to read his mind now?"

The both of them closed their eyes for a brief second, opened them, with J'onn saying." It's faint, but yes."

"So, how long until he wakes us?" Steve asked.

A groan was heard from the bed, and that gave them their answer. Jeremiah blinked, and tried to move, but he was handcuffed to the bed.

He sighed and said," I take it you all figured it out."

"Figured out that Cadmus let us find you, you're working for them, we stopped you before you could try anything else. Then yeah, we did." Mon-El said.

Natasha slightly jabbed him in the side, even though it didn't hurt him, he still got the message that he realized how blunt he was and said," Sorry, but uh, can you explain what is going on?"

Alex thought the same thing and said, "I agree with him, Dad, please explain what is going on. Why are you doing this?"

Jeremiah sighed, he looked at everyone sadly, and said," I guess they broke me. I did try to resist, thinking that someone would find me, and I would be back with you and Kara. But I then started to help them unwillingly. Like I said before, I had done some bad things during my imprisonment. I made up the thought this was for you two, to make this planet safer. But I know that type of thinking isn't right. And, you were right about Cadmus. They did intentionally allow me to found. I'm truly sorry, but there was no other way."

"So, why did you try to get into the mainframe, and look up the aliens that are registered?" Steve asked.

"Cadmus is planning on kidnapping as many as they could, and sending them into space. Lillian originally wanted to kill them all once they hit orbit, but I managed to convince her to change it. The Fusion Bomb was a hoax, the majority of you would be out trying to find it, which would've made it easier for me to get the national registry."

"Well, that's good right? I mean… we got you before you could download it. So Cadmus won't be able to kidnap anyone, and we win again." Winn said, even though he didn't sound so certain.

Jeremiah shook his head and said, "That's the problem. I was supposed to get the Registry tonight, and if I miss the rendezvous with Luthor and Henshaw, then they're going to start blowing places up."

"Wait, you mean there are actual bombs planted in the city?" M'gann said.

"And even if I can find them using my X-Ray vision, there's no telling how long it would take to disarm them." Kara realized.

"How do we know your telling the truth? You're probably making up the bomb threat again in order to get it." Mon-El said.

Natasha answered that by saying," I'm good at reading people, and he's isn't lying. Also, lying or not, we can't risk it."

"So, what now?" Winn said.

"We give them what they want." J'onn said.

"How's that, Uncle J'onn?" M'gann asked.

"Basically, we give him the registry, and we pretend that we are still looking for the bomb. Once you give us the location of the site. You leave and meet with Luthor. You proceed as if nothing has happened, while one team takes care of the bombs, and the other team follows you to their location. We'll probably going to need extra help, due to the unknown number of people at their base." Steve said.

"So we call in the rest of the team for help, and that's includes SHIELD." Kara said.

"That's most likely the scenario. Do you know the location of where Cadmus is going to launch whatever ship they have?" Steve said.

"Unfortunately no. Lillian always thought if I ever saw the directions of the locations, then if I ever escaped, then I would lead the DEO or SHIELD to them. Even though I did their work, she knew I would never fully turn to their side. But I do know that's not anywhere near National City." Jeremiah explained.

"Well that sorta narrow's it down. And I know this sounds bad, but you have to admit that they thought of every contingency." Winn commented.

Steve then looked at Kara and said," Do you think you can ask Lena about any odd dealings regarding anything L-Corp has? If Jeremiah isn't able to get a signal of the location out?"

Kara nodded and said," Yeah, I sure she'll help. I know your thinking Lillian and Henshaw would have a plan to escape once we follow Jeremiah to the location he's going to meet them."

Steve smirked and said," I've done this type of dance before. My missions during World War 2 weren't always easy. Also Nat, think you can call Clint, and then SHIELD to let them know what's going on?"

"Yeah, Clint can get here about an hour or two. I'll call him now. And I'll also call Fury to let him know we need boots on the ground." She said and left the room.

Steve then looked at Jeremiah and said," I know your feeling guilty about all of this. But you can redeem your actions by helping us stop this. You have control over what you do, Cadmus doesn't. What do you say?"

"I will, Captain. Thank you."

J'onn nodded to Alex, who then unlocked Jeremiah's restraints, and she then hugged him.

"I'm truly sorry, sweetie. Can you ever forgive me?" He asked.

"It's alright, it isn't your fault. Now, let's stop Cadmus."

Winn got his tablet and said," Let me just reactivate your arm, and your set."

An alarm then went off, and Winn bolted to the computers while everyone else followed him.

"What's wrong?" J'onn asked.

"Well, this proves that Jeremiah was right, the scanners I implemented got the supposed bomb signature from Kara's Heat Ray radiation. Now we need to send a team, along with most of our heavy hitters." Winn explained.

"Alex, you get the team together. Agent Schott, I want you to give Jeremiah an incomplete version of the Registry. Romanoff, alert Fury about what's going on. We'll have DEO and SHIELD Agents standing by to help keep an eye on the aliens on them. " J'onn said.

Later, Kara, Steve, Natasha, Mon-El, and a small squad of DEO Agents walked to a warehouse. Even thought they knew there wasn't a bomb there, that didn't mean they wouldn't proceed with caution. They didn't know what was on the other side.

Meanwhile at the DEO, J'onn, Winn, Jeremiah, M'gann, and Angie were standing by. The latter was brought over by M'gann. She had wanted her friend to see them conduct an operation.

"Alright, we're in position. J'onn, on your mark." Steve said.

"Engage in three… two… one."

"Supergirl, your up." Steve said as he held his shield up.

Kara used her heat vision to blow a hole. Once she was done, Steve and Natasha led the squad into the building.

Natasha held her guns at the ready, and went into the one of the rooms. She looked around, but here was nothing there.

"Room's clear, confirm on the others."

Everyone else voiced the same thing.

"Got it. Cap, we got no activity." Natasha relayed.

Steve sighed and said back to the DEO," Building is clear. No sign of any bomb or activity. We'll keep a detachment for a thorough Intel sweep just in case. You guys should start the next phase. What's the situation with the bombs in the city?"

"Copy, Cap, I have an incomplete list with me now. Jeremiah will lead us to Luthor once he leaves, and we'll trail. The National City SHIELD Office is working on it, but nothing yet. Over. Oh man, this is so cool." Winn voiced.

"I know right? Totally feels like a part of a movie." Angie said with the enthusiasm.

"Alex, you, Supergirl, and Miss Martian take this. Once Jeremiah makes contact, you take them. We'll have Supergirl talk to Lena about any possible sites if things go South." J'onn said.

"Stay safe, Megs." Angie said.

"I will. And with our track record, something is going to happen." M'gann grumbled the last part, and left with Alex and Jeremiah.

Winn looked at Angelica and said," Hey, I've heard you've been feeling sorta under the weather, how are you feeling?"

Angie shrugged and said," Fine, I felt warm for the past couple of days. I thought it was heat, but I feel fine now. Must've been one of those Summer Fever things."

That's what she's been telling herself, and the others who asked. But for some reason, she couldn't help but have a feeling something big was going to happen. But she didn't know what.

The three of them were soon following Jeremiah to his rendezvous point. They stopped once they saw Lillian and Henshaw waiting for him.

Alex nodded at the two Superheroes, she fired a warning shot at them and the three of them got out of their hiding places.

"It's over." Alex said.

"Not yet. But it will be, soon." Lillian

"Dad, you're coming with us."

"That's unlikely dear." Lillian said, and then a train horn was heard.

Kara looked to where the sound was coming from, and then saw two bombs go off, destroying the railroad tracks. A train was fast approaching, and Kara flew to it to fix the tracks.

"That just leaves me." M'gann smirked.

"Beetle." Henshaw said.

Both Alex and M'gann had to get out of the way when a stream of fire nearly got them. Beetle was hovering nearby, and that allowed the others to make their escape.

"Great, you go after them, I'll take him." M'gann said.

Alex nodded, and ran after them.

"Freeze!" Alex said to her dad, as she kept up the act. But she knew a part of the plan that they had thought of was that Jeremiah sabotage the Cadmus base, and send out a signal for them to follow.

It wasn't something she was keen on, and so were the others, but they knew this was the best course of action for now.

Jeremiah turned around with hands up and said," Everything is going to be alright, honey, I promise. I'll send you the coordinates once I get them."

Alex nodded, lowered her weapon and said," Just stay safe."

Jeremiah nodded, and ran off.

Alex let out a shuddering breath, and then turned her head when an explosion went off where she left M'gann, and ran in that direction.

Later, the three of them were back at the DEO. Kara and M'gann were in the infirmary, after the fight with Beetle. They weren't hurt seriously, just some minor bruising, due to them being weakened by their respective

Alex had made it back in time to see M'gann and Kara dodging, and trying to attack. This was due to the combined attacks of fire and sonic device. Alex had gotten a couple of shots at him before he had gotten away.

Seeing him again confirmed that he was on Cadmus's payroll.

"So, is everything working out?" Kara asked.

"So far, all we need to do is find the missing bombs, and hopefully wait for Jeremiah to do his part." Steve said as he sat next to his girlfriend.

Even though he knew she would be fine, that doesn't mean he couldn't worry. Especially with the new thoughts of how he felt about her going through his head.

"And we also now have SHIELD teams, and Federal Authorities, watching the homes of the aliens who were on the small list of the National Registry you guys gave to him. Maybe the Cadmus agents we apprehend will give us the location of their base." Lucy said as she walked in with Clint.

"Hey Clint." Kara said with a wave.

Clint nodded with a grin and said," Hey Kara. Wish I could've visited on better circumstances."

Kara shrugged and said," Yeah same, but as long as we got the help. Is Stark and Rhodes coming?"

"I talked to Stark, and he said that Rhodes is busy with a mission. But he's heading over here, and he said he's bringing his daughter." Lucy said.

Both M'gann and Angie perked up at the mention of her. While the others wondered why Stark would bring his daughter into all of this, so they had to guess he had a good reason for it.

Steve looked at Kara and said," Did you call Peter, Caitlin, & Bette?"

"I did, but Peter had said that they were dealing with something that required their whole attention, and said they were sorry. He mentioned it was a very bad Speedster... and those were his words."

"Right... well, we all know what's going on. Right now we need to stop Cadmus before they could kidnap and send innocent aliens into space. With how we dealt with them in the past, we know they could set the ship to explode. But we also have Jeremiah Danvers as our mole in their plans. Once we get word from him about what' going on, then we head to their base, and stop what they are trying to do. So let's hope this all works out." Steve said to the group.