Hey everyone. I'm coming out of a long, exhausting and busy weekend. I could not do my chapter as I would like, but I did the best.

Good news that I learned last Thursday that Melissa Benoist is pregnant. Good news for her.

Filming for season 6 of Supergirl begins in April until June. And will be on hiatus until November. So we will see for the broadcast.

Good reading.

Chapter 8:

Mia was lying on a bed in the DEO medbay. She hadn't regained consciousness since she passed out in the arms of Supergirl and Oliver. The archer had immediately taken her to the infirmary, then Alex had taken a blood test, then analyzed her to determine the girl's diagnosis. Oliver was waiting at his bedside, praying that she would recover. Across from the bed were Supergirl, William, Connor and Dig, concerned about Mia's condition.

William had been told what had happened since his abduction. The old lady from Leviathan forcing him to work for her, forcing him to install kryptonite in drones and then create a red sky. She had threatened to attack Mia and Connor if he did not follow their instructions.

"It was me they wanted. Mia and Connor were there, only to put pressure on me. I had no choice but to obey them," explained the young man. "They forced me to load the kryptonite drones and create this red sky."

"You don't have to apologize, it wasn't your fault," replied Supergirl.

"But I disobeyed them by taking you to Leviathan, and now it's Mia who suffers the consequences because of me. They went after her for revenge on me."

"Mia isn't going to die, William, my sister is analyzing her blood, currently, we will quickly know what she has,"reassured him the Girl of Steel.

Oliver, who was holding his unconscious daughter's hand, listened to everything William had told them. Despite Kara's optimism, he couldn't help but feel a shiver run down him spine. He remembered when Damian Dahrk had forced Quentin Lance to obey his demands, and by wanting to arrest him, Dahrk had taken revenge by killing Laurel. Was Oliver going to relive the same scenario with his children? Was he going to lose his daughter? He had accepted his fate. He had resolved to die on the day of his death during the next Crisis, but he couldn't accept to see his daughter of the future die before his eyes. It couldn't end like this. Mia must live! And he was going to find a way to save her. For him, for Mia.

"I hope Alex will find it soon," said Connor, looking at Mia unconscious.

William was still anxious.

"She's coming back," said John Diggle.

They all turned their heads to see Alex arriving in the infirmary room, her eyes anxious. Oliver stood up and studied her gaze. Judging by the nervous look he could see on the young woman's face, he understood that Alex wasn't going to bring him good news.

"So what's wrong with her?"asked the archer anxiously, knowing that the answer was not going to please him.

Alex cleared her throat before answering:

"Mia was poisoned. By the venom of a Hellgrammite."

Everyone was shocked and anxious about this news. Worried, Kara looked around. William and Connor were paralyzed by the concern, completely stunned. And Oliver, whom Supergirl had never seen so worried about, seemed to have been struck by lightning.

"She only received a small dose of the poison, but enough to kill someone. The poison is encrusted in his body and will kill her slowly. In my estimation, she only has twenty hours to live."

After a silence, Oliver looked at his daughter with concern.

"How could she have been poisoned?"

"During the rescue, she was hit by an alien woodpecker," said Connor, shocked.

"While I was on my way to save the plane that crashed," continued Supergirl sullenly. "This attack on the plane was a diversion to get me away so they could go after Mia."

Oliver turned to Alex again, still looking anxious.

"Does… there is a cure to that?"

Alex nodded, but still anxious.

"There is, yeah. But we need a Hellgrammite for it to work. The hardest part is getting to find one. Either they are dead or fleeing across the globe. Finding one quickly would be a miracle."

"Is that really necessary to have one of these things for the cure?"asked William, worried about his sister.

"Without a Hellgrammite, it would take a week to create a cure," replied the director of DEO.

"Mia is not a week old," said Oliver.

"I know," replied Alex, nodding. "I have launched an alert to all my agents. As soon as they spot one, we will be immediately informed and ready to catch it."

"The best thing would be to go back there and catch one," Green Arrow suggested dryly. "We can't just wait for the solution to come by falling from the sky."

"Oliver, we can't go back there, it's too dangerous!" Dig replied. "You saw the number of aliens there were. They are much more numerous than us, with very sophisticated weapons. We would need an army to defeat them all."

"It would be better than sitting idly by watching my daughter die," Oliver said firmly.

"Oliver, be reasonable," said Supergirl. "We've no chance of succeeding there. Even for me, with or without kryptonite, we are vulnerable. With this Diaz who has his metal arm.

"Diaz?"Dig exclaimed, intrigued.

"Ricardo Diaz. He said he was called like that. A completely crazy guy who tried to kill me with kryptonite."

"Ricardo Diaz? He is here?"cried Oliver's friend in amazement.

"Do you know this guy?" asked Alex.

"Not him," replied Oliver, shaking his head. "On Earth - 1, we had a Ricardo Diaz, who had exactly the same face as that of Leviathan. Ours didn't have a metal arm, but it was as dangerous as that one."

"And what has become of him?" added Supergirl.

"He's dead. Long story."

"In the meantime, that doesn't solve the problem for my sister," replied William.

Then Mia started to move.

"William?"

Everyone watched her wake up. Her complexion was pale, and her eyes barely open.

"Sis, how are you feeling?"William asked him kindly.

"Headache," replied the young archer, in a weak voice. "Where is dad? Where's Supergirl?"

Oliver took his daughter's hand again, while Kara landed next to him.

"I'm here," said the archer of Earth – 1 with a reassuring smile. "And Kara is here too."

"Hey Mia," said the Kryptonian with a smile.

"What's happening? Why am I sick?" asked Mia.

"You have been poisoned by an alien, we are working to find a cure," explained Oliver wanting to be reassuring.

"You'll be quickly healed, Mia, don't worry," added Supergirl, keeping his smile.

She turned to her sister Alex, taking her away from the group gathered around Mia's bed.

"We must find a Hellgrammite. I can ask Nia if she has any info on one of them who happens to be hanging around town."

"It might help us," replied his sister.

"Mia was poisoned because I wasn't there. If she dies, that will be my fault."

"Kara, that's Leviathan, the people in charge," insisted Alex. "It is not your fault. Rescuing this plane was the best thing to do. You know it very well."

"We need to find a cure. Oliver sacrificed himself for Barry and me last year. I can't let her daughter die," explained Supergirl anxiously.

"And we're going to save her, don't worry. My agents are on the job. They'll soon find a Hellgrammite in town."

Then a cell phone rings. William took a cell phone out of his jacket and saw it displayed: Masked number. He looked distraught.

"That's Leviathan, they gave me this phone so they could contact me at any time."

Supergirl and Alex returned to the medbay, while Mia looked up slightly, despite his weak state, then Oliver gave a determined look to her future son.

"Answer, and put on the speaker."

Connor and Dig turned to the young man who answered by pressing the speaker.

"Hello?"

Margot's voice was heard, and everyone could hear it:

"William, I warned you that this would happen! I warned you! You disobey us and your loved ones will suffer the consequences. How is your sister doing? Poison hasn't finished her yet?"

Everyone listened to her, silently. Oliver had his hand on that of his daughter lying on the bed, and listened with a dark look. These Leviathan people were going to pay for what they had done to his children. Kara looked at Oliver and Mia, before turning to William, determined look.

"Go to the hell!" replied William dryly.

"Keep talking to me like this and your sister will die."

"What do you want?"

"Despite your mistake of having Supergirl discover our hiding place, I am ready to give you a second chance. A last chance. Leviathan has in his possession the cure that can cure Mia. An effective cure that will save your sister. I am ready to offer it to you."

Despite his anger, the young man of the future felt renewed hope. But his father kept his angry look. They weren't going to give them the free antidote. It was obvious that they wanted something.

"And I imagine you want something in return?"

"Of course, we can't hide anything from you. I want Supergirl."

At these words, all looked at the Kryptonian who remained cold. Mia looked at her super-friend with concern.

"You give me Supergirl, and in exchange, I will offer you the antidote that saves your sister's life. Another chance to redeem yourself."

"I'm certainly not going to bring Supergirl to you to kill her," William objected coolly.

"Think carefully, William! Your sister's life or that of Supergirl! Since your superhero spends her time rescuing the arrogant and selfish people who are destroying this planet, she will not object to saving an innocent life. Which life is more valuable to you? Mia's or Supergirl's?"

William was speechless, not knowing what to answer.

"William?"

Then, the Kryptonian, without warning, grabbed the phone from the young man's hands and answered, to everyone's surprise.

"It's Supergirl! I agree to surrender to you!"

"What?" exclaimed Alex, shocked.

Even Oliver and Mia were stunned and glared at Kara, but Kara ignored them. Connor and Dig looked at her wondering what she had in mind.

"Supergirl! What a surprise ! But I suspected that William would be with you! You are so predictable! Like your Kryptonian cousin!"

"I agree to surrender, provided you give us the cure that will cure Mia," exclaimed the Kryptonian in a firm voice.

"Alright! We will be waiting for you near the docks. In front of container number 17. You have one hour. Not one more."

And the line cut. Everyone looked at Supergirl, as if she had gone mad.

"Kara, do you realize what you just did?"exclaimed Alex, outside of her.

"What were you thinking? added Oliver, furious and stunned.

"I'm saving your daughter's life, Oliver, you're welcome," Kara replied simply.

"And so? I'm supposed to sit there and watch you throw yourself in the lion's mouth and then see you die without reacting? You really know me very badly!"

"There is no way that Mia dies because of me. They kidnapped your son and poisoned your daughter to reach me. I cannot accept this."

"But there's got to be another way," Dig said.

"He has no others," replied the Kryptonian, wanting to leave the infirmary.

But Mia got up and managed to grab a piece of Supergirl's red cape and pull her towards her, as if she wanted to keep her from leaving.

"No, don't, Supergirl! Don't!"

"Mia!" exclaimed the Kryptonian.

Oliver grabbed his daughter and forced her to go back to bed, but the young archer still clung to the red cape.

"I don't want Supergirl to sacrifice herself for me! It is out of the question! I refuse!" cried Mia, despite her weakened state.

"Mia, I have to," Kara replied simply.

She was touched that Oliver's daughter wanted to prevent her from sacrificing herself, but she had no choice.

Mia, desperate, turned to her father.

"Dad, please stop her from doing that! I don't want Supergirl to sacrifice himself for me! This guy Diaz will kill her if she goes there!"

Oliver nodded and motioned for his daughter to let go of the cloak. Then Mia complied. And the ark of Earth – 1 turned to his Kryptonian friend.

"Kara, can I talk to you, in private?"

The two left the medbay and chatted near the entrance.

"Reassure me, you do not intend to go to surrender?"

Kara looked at Oliver like he was crazy.

"Your daughter is dying," she lost her temper. "There are no other choices to make. If giving me back can save her, I might as well do it without waiting."

"Mia is my daughter, yeah," replied Oliver dryly. "I'm her father, I want to save her as much as you do. And I believe that as the father of my daughter, I have a say. I don't want you to sacrifice yourself for my daughter. Mia doesn't agree and neither do I!"

"Oliver, I remind you that you sacrificed yourself for Barry and me, when you were asked nothing. You abandoned your family to save us. I don't see how I shouldn't be doing the same."

Oliver went to great lengths to stay calm. Alex was right, Kara could be stubborn when she could. But on the other hand, he understood her. If it was him instead of Supergirl, he would certainly react the same way. He took a long breath and replied:

"Kara, that's very different today. It has nothing to do with my deal. I didn't sacrifice myself for you to throw yourself into the pasture of a sect which wants your death. We have to find another way. There are bound to be other alternatives. Leviathan is in control. Right now, I want to go and massacre all these people with my bow and arrows, and I don't want envy. Only these people are smart. They will be able to trap you and we will not be further advanced to save my daughter or arrest Diaz and Leviathan. And even if you delibering, there is no guarantee that they will give us the cure to save my daughter."

"Delivering to them is our best chance to save Mia," Kara replied, self-confident.

"What we need is to find one of these things… Hellgramm… things... so that Alex can create a cure."

"What if we can't find it? I don't want to give up. I must surrender to Leviathan to save Mia."

Oliver stood in front of Kara drawing her bow before her.

"I won't let you go! I have to stop you from doing that!"

Stunned, Supergirl looked at Oliver, wondering if he was really going to shoot him with an arrow.

"You know very well that bullets do nothing to me! So, it isn't your arrows that will stop me!"

"You also know that I have kryptonite arrows," replied the archer dryly without lowering his bow.

"Are you going to shoot me with a kryptonite arrow?" exclaimed Kara stunned.

"That won't kill you, only weaken you for a while. I didn't go with Novu to watch you die like a slaughter pig. You're my friend, Kara. And I have no desire to shoot you with that!"

"So let me go! Get out of the way!" insisted Supergirl.

"No!"Oliver thundered in a deep voice.

Then Alex arrived and stood between the two.

"That's enough, stop it, both of you! Stop it, stop it! Oliver, drop your bow, right now! And you, Kara, I forbid you to leave this agency without my permission."

"Alex," said Kara.

"No, nobody is going to die! Neither Mia nor my sister! I agree with Oliver, there is out of question that you sacrifice yourself, Kara! You're my sister and I'll not watch you die! Do you remember the Nazis who wanted to rip your heart out and threatened to destroy Central City on Earth – 1 if you weren't delivered to them? We never delivered you to them! We fought them and we won! There has to be another way to stop Leviathan. I discussed it with J'onn. We may have a plan."

Later, Supergirl, Oliver, Dig, William and Connor stood in the DEO control room. J'onn stood near Alex. Brainy unveiled the image of Ricardo Diaz on one of the screens."

"This is Ricardo Diaz. Former drug lord in Metropolis. Six years ago, Superman dismantled his gang after a failed armed robbery. During Superman's intervention, Diaz was injured in the arm and had to be amputated. Since then, he has devoted unlimited hatred to Superman."

"Which is why he wants me dead," said Supergirl.

"Since his arrest, no trace of him anywhere," added Brainy.

"His metal arm, where does it come from?" asked Alex.

"Lex Luthor," Kara replied. "Diaz said that Lex provided him with a new arm that contains weapons. One of which is kryptonite."

"He may not be the Diaz we fought in Star City, but with what you say, he is just as dangerous as ours," replied John Diggle. "Kara, if his arm contains kryptonite, you'll need help to stop him."

"John is right, if Diaz hates Kryptonians, he will never give up! He'll find a way to kill Kara," Oliver explained.

"Alex, what's your plan?" asked Supergirl.

"Nia may have some clues to find a Hellgrammite in town," said Alex.

"But we have to consider the possibility that this plan won't come to fruition," added J'onn. "Supergirl will be going to the rendezvous place, but not alone."

"Leviathan asked me to deliver Supergirl to them," replied William. "I must be present."

"Not necessarily you, William," replied the Martian. "We should be able to track Kara so that we can follow Leviathan and stop them before they harm her."

"I use bait to trap them," said Supergirl determinedly.

"The important thing is to get ahead of them before they hurt you," J'onn insisted.

"I'll be there," Oliver said, lifting his bow. "I won't let anything happen to Kara."

"And me too," added Alex.

Together, they were going to set up the plan to stop Leviathan.

"We're going to save Mia and arrest Leviathan," said Green Arrow, putting on his hood. "Suit up!"