Exodus (1)

Kara walked into the DEO, along with Steve, Alex, M'gann, Angie. The three of them speed walked to the computer terminals, all around her, DEO and SHIELD Agents were abuzz with activity. She saw J'onn and Lucy looking at the monitors, along with the others.

"What's the situation?"

"We got reports of kidnappings across the country. The ones that SHIELD Agents weren't able to stop in time." Lucy said.

"Well, we knew that this was going to happen. We're just waiting for Jeremiah to relay the coordinates to where Cadmus is taking them. We also heard that he sent the coordinates for those bombs." Kara said.

"He did, but, he didn't send the coordinates to where the base is… not that I'm sure of, because I got hit with pretty nasty firewall and other things that I would need to hack into when I found another file. I already tried Henshaw's algorithm, but I got nothing." Winn said.

Alex had a conflicted look and said," But, he said he was going to do it. I mean, there has to be a mistake."

Natasha looked at her and said," You did see the look of conflict on his face when he was here right. It was subtle, but it was proof. He was brainwashed by Cadmus, and it would take a lot more to fully get him into his senses."

Clint nodded and said," Yeah, I needed to be knocked out when it happened to me. Nat here is a different story, but she got out of her programming, and made her own life. Your dad is going to need to more help than that talk you all had before."

Both sisters looked troubled and really worried by those comments. They did notice that when they were talking to him. But they were hoping Jeremiah would do the right thing soon.

"But, we where they are taking them is the trillion dollar question." Mon-El said.

"Its million dollar question, buddy." Winn corrected.

Mon-El looked confused and said," Really? That low?"

"Yeah… I checked everything so far, I've monitored traffic cams, sat feeds, cell phone chatter, uh… maybe Jeremiah taught them how to avoid our radar." Winn explained.

"And that, makes this all the more fun." A voice said.

Everyone turned around to see tony in a business suit, along with his daughter, Felicity.

"Holy crap." Angie said.

Tony smirked and said," Nice to meet a fan. But, from what you said Mr. Schott, is that finding our enemies is like doing a Where's Waldo type of shtick. I'm pretty sure if you looked into L-Corp then you may find something. Or I can have Jarvis have a crack at your puzzle. I may have to go into the mainframe. Also, good to see my fellow teammates here, including their friends."

Steve raised a brow at him and said," You're not planning on hacking into the DEO like you did to SHIELD right?"

Lucy gave the Billionaire a glare and said," And you're lucky you aren't a civilian, or else your butt would be jail for hacking a Government Agency."

Tony shrugged and said," Well, we did get Fury to spill some secrets last time. And we've only recently found out that the Director here is a Martian, and I am guessing the girl next to him is that Miss Martian hero that my daughter here is quite interested in." He said as he placed a hand on Felicity's shoulder.

Felicity looked at M'gann, and shyly waved. While M'gann did the same.

"Uh yeah dad here knows I'm a good hacker and I believe I can help, so what can I do?" She asked in once sentence.

When her dad told her they were going to National City, she was confused and thrilled at the same time. the possibility of meeting Supergirl was something she would love to happen. It wasn't until they were in the air on his jet that he explained the situation.

J'onn gave him an unimpressed look and said," If you try to do anything that doesn't involve our current crisis, I will have to take drastic measures."

"Not the first person to threaten me." Tony shrugged.

"But from what Agents Barton and Romanoff said. Unfortunately, we now have to treat Jeremiah Danvers as an enemy combatant." J'onn continued.

"What does that mean?" Mon-El said.

"It means, if found, he's to be arrested on sight. That's not a problem, is it?" J'onn explained, and looked at Alex.

"Of course not." Alex said.

"Good."

"But, we have to let all these aliens know. They need to be able to protect themselves." Kara said.

"I volunteer to tell everybody at the alien dive bar." Mon-El suggested.

"But it's not enough to just let all the aliens in the bar know. Even thought Cadmus only has half the list, there's still hundreds more in danger."

"Well, can't SHIELD issue a statement? The DEO can't because we're off the books." Kara said as she looked at Lucy.

"We can, but we're going to need to spread the word faster. SHIELD has to follow certain protocols regarding doing anything Press related." Lucy explained.

"I would have Stark Industries do it as well. But I think the press can get it out faster. Too bad Cat isn't there, I'm sure she would do it in a heartbeat." Tony said, and had a look on his face.

Kara unfortunately remembered the time Miss Grant talked about her time with Tony. She mentally shook the thoughts away and said, "Right, I'll write an article, get it on the front page."

"You think Snapper would run that?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, of course. Absolutely." She said, even though she had her doubts.

Steve looked at her and said," You sure? Cause I've heard your rants about him. I don't think he'll buy it unless you have very credible sources."

Kara had to agree with that but said," I'll try to convince him, if I can't, then I'll bring in the big guns."

As Kara talked to the others, M'gann and Angie walked over to Felicity, who was looking at the Winn's monitor and talking to him.

"Yeah, I think I can help. I'm pretty good with computers. That was my major back at MIT, while business was my minor."

"Hacker then?"

Felicity shrugged, although she was grinning on the inside, due to knowing full well she was one and said," I dabble."

M'gann cleared her throat, and Felicity turned around, and smiled at them.

"Hi, Felicity Stark… you both already know that, but uh, I know that your Miss Martian now, but who's your friend?"

"Megan Scott, also M'gann M'orzz, and this is my friend, Angelica Jones. It's really awesome to meet you." M'gann said.

"Yeah, I mean, we heard a lot about you, but to actually meet you is another thing, entirely." Angie said, trying to hold in her excitement.

Winn looked at them, thinking about what he said when he first saw Agent Coulson act around Steve, and said, "Is this how I was with meeting Steve?"

"Pretty much." M'gann confirmed.

"Huh. Also, no offense… when I picture a billionaires daughter I…"

Felicity snorted and said," Total self-entitlement, snobby, spoiled… ok I am a little, thinks their better than anyone? Yeah, I'm possibly one of the few aren't like that. I'm the opposite of my dad when he was growing up."

"So… since you're going to be here, you mind if we hang out and get to know each other?" Angie asked.

Felicity grinned and said," Sure, I don't mind at all."

Kara later had gotten to Catco, beforehand she had talked to Lena about what was going on, barring some information, and she was happy to help, and would let her know if she found anything. When Kara had gotten to Catco, she had to wait for a bit for Snapper, due to him being in a meeting, and then told him about what was going on. And Steve was right, he wasn't buying it.

"Absolutely not. I'm not gonna start a public panic by publishing a conspiracy theory."

"But Supergirl spoke on the record. I mean, you saw all those sound bites." Kara countered as she followed after him.

"You use Supergirl as your source every time you want to get something past me."

"You said a good reporter should always cultivate her source." Kara countered.

"Sources. Plural. I'm not gonna take your word for it. Way too much fake news out there. I can't risk it.

Kara gave him an incredulous look and said," So, what, you're willing to put people's lives in danger than risk hurting your reputation?"

"Careful, ponytail. You're at DEFCON 3 with the moxie. We're the paper of record in this town. From now on, you need at least two independent sources verifying every single quote, no matter whose life is at stake."

Kara took a breath, before she did something that she would regret, and also cost herself her job. She then realized that she had more than two sources, but would only reveal that little tidbit when the time was right.

"What if you interviewed Supergirl? I mean, you've interviewed our Presidents, world leaders, Julian Assange. And also that one interview with Tony Stark. You'd be able to tell if he was a credible source or not."

"Better be an exclusive." Snapper conceded.

"Of course. She won't speak to anyone else." Kara happily said and walked off.

She was just about to call everyone to get themselves ready, when she got a call, and looked at the ID.

"Hey Alex, what's up… I'm on my way." She said and looked at the time, and sighed in relief when she knew it was time for lunch break.

Kara flew into the DEO, and one thing that looked really off was that Winn looked agitated, and Steve was trying to calm him down. And Mon-El had a bandage on his arm, and she noticed that Natasha was nearby, and giving him glances.

"What happened?" Kara asked.

Mon-El looked at her and said, "Winn and I went to alert everyone at the alien bar. As we got to the entrance, we heard shouts. And once we ran in, the room was filled with gas, and we saw masked men leading patrons out to the back. I intervened, and knocked out one of them, but his partner shot me, and I found out it had lead in it. As I got to cover, the van they were in sped off. And I saw that one of the kidnapped aliens was Lyra."

"If we would've gotten their sooner, we could've saved them." Winn said with a frustrated groan.

"We'll get her back, Winn." Alex reassured.

"You don't know that, okay? We're basically going blind into this."

"Uncle J'onn and I tried to read the mind of the one Mon-El knocked unconscious, but Cadmus probably found a way to shield his thoughts." M'gann irritably said.

"But we will found something, Winn. We always do."

"Everything I've tried, or tried so far along with Felicity and Tony has led to nothing."

"Not exactly nothing, remember we started to hack into that nasty bit of firewall that could lead us to wherever Cadmus is hunkering down. So that's a start, and it's better than nothing." Tony said.

"For who knows how long. And if they hurt Lyra, your father… I'm sorry, but this is his fault." He said the last part to Alex.

"Winn, you're getting out of line. Just take a breath." Steve firmly said.

Winn nodded, and sat back in his chair.

"Look, I already talked to Lena, just in case we can't crack the firewall. She said she would look into it." Kara reassured.

"Just let me in there with our guest, I've handled interrogations before." Natasha said.

"I think it's best if I go in." Alex said, and Natasha glanced at Clint, who knew the same thing.

Natasha gave her a look and said," Not a good idea."

"What, I've dealt with them before, I think I can do it."

"Well I think I have a good eye. And also it doesn't take that to see that you might do something irrational because of how close you are to this." Clint said.

"Their right, and I think what Steve said to Winn would work out. And also getting a drink would work as well. Cause Zakarian Ale always takes the edge off." Mon-El said.

As everyone talked, Felicity sighed, and looked at her computer that held the copy of what Jeremiah had sent them. She then got an idea, which could be looked at as illegal, but they didn't have that many options.

She looked around and started to open up a private encrypted chat that she used when she talked to her fellow hackers. And she had someone in mind that could help.

Overwatch: Hey, are you there?

Th3Sky3sTh3L1m1t: Hey! Long time no see. Haven't heard from you in a while… how's post college life treating ya? What's up?

Overwatch: Great so far. Look… uh I got a hold of some documents, and their encrypted. Was wondering if you can help out."

Th3Sky3sTh3L1m1t: What's in it for me?

Overwatch: The files are from Cadmus, and whatever information is on it. You get to leak them. Y'know, knowledge that the common folk should know.

Th3Sky3sTh3L1m1t: True… fine send it over. I hope it's worth it, and it's a challenge, Stark. I mean, if one of the best hackers I know is having trouble, then it's worth it..

Overwatch: You have no idea, Mary.

Th3Sky3sTh3L1m1t: Hey! What did I say about using that name?

Meanwhile in a van parked in an alleyway (No it's not parked down by a river. Props to whoever gets the reference), a woman with Asian features, who looked to be in her early twenties, received the data from her hacker friend.

Skye, or how she would be known as Daisy Johnson or Quake in the comings years, looked it over, whistled and said," These files better be worth it, Fel. But I do love a challenge." She said with a grin, as she cracked her knuckles and got to work.

Felicity sent her another message that read," If your wondering why. I'm helping out the Avengers. Cap is way hotter in person. "

Skye narrowed her eyes and mumbled," Lucky."

Felicity looked up, and saw that no one noticed, and she was relieved. This was mainly due to the fact that her dad frowned upon her working with groups like that. And the fact there was an incident that almost involved her almost getting arrested, but that was a story for another time.

But, her dad was ok with her talking to Skye, as long as Rising Tide wasn't involved. I mean if someone could hack into Stark Industries easily, and could do a battle of wits with the daughter of Tony Stark, who was as good as a hacker as her. Then you would want to meet the person too.

Even though Skye was a couple of years older than Felicity, they had hit it off, and also improved Stark Industries Cyber Security together. And if she had needed anything, then she could call either Felicity or Tony.

And also her father had said he had a job opened for her if she needed it. Skye had privately talked with Felicity once that she admitted if her father had offered her the job back when he was building weapons, she would've declined. Due to her not liking what he did previously.

{So, who were you chatting with?} M'gann's voice said in her head.

Felicity used all of her willpower not to jump, and potentially break her beautiful laptop.

{A little warning next time.} She pointedly said.

M'gann had earlier introduced her to Martian Mind Link earlier. Needless to say, she found it super cool and kinda intrusive at the same time. But she welcomed it, and had asked if J'onn had done the same to the others.

M'gann explained that her Uncle did it once in a while, but considering he was older, and wiser, he was more reserved with his abilities, than M'gann was. Angie had teasingly said that she was still young, and less experienced.

This was true, but M'gann wasn't going to admit that.

{A hacker friend of mine. She's going to help.}

{That sounds cool, you mind telling us about her?} Angie said.

{Sure.}

Later, Kara walked into Snapper's office, and said," Hey, Chief. Supergirl is here in James' office. She didn't want to cause a scene outside."

"How considerate." He muttered as he got up and walked.

What he didn't notice was that Kara's eyes turned red for a second, and smiled mischievously.

{He's on his way.} M'gann telepathically said as she followed him.

Snapper walked into James' office, and was greeted with a sight.

Not only Supergirl was there, but so were Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. The latter four weren't in costume, but you had to be under a rock to not know who they were. But Kara was the only one in costume.

Kara took pleasure in seeing the total look of surprise… or Snapper's way of looking surprised.

"Did I mention that due to Supergirl being part of the Avengers, I can now have her teammates as sources? Also, thanks to Widow and Hawkeye, I now have sources for SHIELD." 'Kara' further explained.

"And what she says is true Mr. Carr. Cadmus has taken the alien registry, and is kidnapping aliens for who knows what. Our resident Assassin and Archer have information from SHIELD that proves it." Steve said.

"You should listen to him. Considering he's the embodiment of America itself, Snappy. And he can't lie." Tony said.

Snapper composed himself, sighed and said," Fine, let's hear it."

{Did I ever mention how much I appreciate you guys?} Kara said.

{First I'm hearing it.} Clint quipped.

{Same, I'm hurt. Thought we were closer.} Tony joked.

{It was nothing.} Natasha said.

{Don't mention it, doll.} Steve said.

{I always love praise. Thanks.} M'gann said.

Natasha walked back into the DEO. After the interview, Kara had to stay at Catco to oversee the article, so that left the rest of them to oversee if they got any hits.

One thing she noticed was that Alex seemed more distraught, and she seemed to be holding her fist a little.

Natasha walked over to her and said," Something wrong?"

"J'onn has suspended me until further notice."

"What for?"

Alex sighed, looking guilty and said," As soon as you guys left, I went to interrogate the prisoner. J'onn stopped me before I could do any further damage. So I've been sidelined until all of this is over. And he also took in to consideration of what you and Barton said about me being too close to this." She said the last part with a glare towards the red head.

Natasha thought about to when Clint was taken, and placed under mind control by Loki. Sure she was calm, and maintained a false look of indifference. But on the inside she was freaking out, and was ready to anything to get him back. Not only for her, but for Clint's family as well.

Natasha nodded, and said," If it makes you feel any better, I would've done the same regarding Clint. I consider him family, and a brother. Back when he was under Loki's control I would've stopped at nothing to get him back. And from what I've seen so far, the same with your father. And I know telling you this makes me look like a hypocrite for what I said earlier. So, what did you get out of our prisoner?"

"Just some lie about Cadmus put stuff into his that if he talked, then Cadmus would kill him."

Natasha thought it over and said," It could possibility be true. I doubt Cadmus would want any of their people to speak out. That's the problem, you can't tell if it's true or not until something happens."

"Right… I'm sorry for blaming you."

Natasha waved her off and said," Eh, your not the first person. So, what say you and me team up?"

Alex raised a brow said," I'm sorry, what?"

"As in, stakeout a possible Cadmus target, stop them from kidnapping, and use whatever GPS they have to infiltrate their base. We'll send word out once we sabotage them. And also try to get your dad back to his senses."

"Wait, why are you doing this? We could get into serious trouble for this."

Natasha gave her a serious look and said," I protect and help those I consider friends. Kara is one of them, and by extension, you are too. And I look out for them."

"What about those you consider family?"

Natasha thought about the small amount of people she would consider family. Clint and his family were on the top of the list. And she had a feeling that everyone she's being getting to know would be in that category very soon.

"Same thing. Also, we should probably get a move on now. And I suggest we ask your girlfriend for help as well. So, let's go." Natasha said with small grin and walked off.

Alex was conflicted, it wasn't because of Natasha helping her. She was extremely thankful for that. But, she was conflicted due to the fact she felt a small attraction to the red head. Maggie had admitted the same thing when she had first met her. So there wasn't a problem there.

As Alex walked off with Natasha, she hoped they could put a stop to this, and get her father back.

And she will be damned if anyone got in her way.

Got something planned for the next chapter. Hopefully will have it out soon.

Till next time.