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Chapter 13:

Within the DEO, Oliver Queen was still in shock from what the Black Mercy had just subjected him to. Everything he had buried as desire had increased tenfold, and they had just taken it from him. Thanks to Supergirl and Mia, he had regained his faculties. Alex had treated him for his chest injury. She had insisted that he stay in the medbay, but the archer had resigned himself to go find Diaz to make him pay for what he had just suffered.

During the agency's attack, a Leviathan man attempted to kill William. Thanks to Alex's intervention, the young man of the future was safe and sound. The enemy individual was now locked in a DEO cell. Oliver intended to make him speak Alex had of course been categorical about the fact that she couldn't accept the torture in her agency, but Kara and Mia had insisted with Alex, that it was better to let him do it. Supergirl remembered how she felt when she was freed from the alien plant. She had assured her sister that if the interrogation went bad, she would stop the archer.

Oliver then entered the prisoner's cell. The man gave him a sly look.

"How is your son? I just missed it, but next time will be good! Leviathan always gets what he wants."

In response, Oliver threw his fist in the face, knocking him over the floor. Anger, a terrifying sheer rage was visible on the archer's face.

"I just had a bad day!"he replied in an angry voice. "And if I were you, I would be a little more cooperative, because I'm really out of control right now. So, you will answer my questions right away!"

With a sharp blow, he raised the detainee and hid him against the wall. Far from being frightened, the man continued to taunt him.

"And what do I gain if I speak?"

"To stay alive!"

"Are you really going to kill me?"pursued the prisoner with sarcasm.

"Tell me where Diaz is! Tell me where I can find him!"

But the man continued to sneer.

"Even if I tell you where to find it, it would be useless. Leviathan must have already changed landmarks. We have lots of resources, lots of places to stay. We have no shortage of resources. And we always get what we want. Supergirl will eventually die. And then it will be your children! Your William and your Mia are doomed on this Earth!"

Mad with rage, Oliver grabbed the detainee by the collar of his shirt and hugged him tightly against the wall of his cell.

"You too, you are doomed! Just like Leviathan! Soon, all of you, you will cease to exist! There is an impending Crisis looming, as I speak to you! I have already seen an Earth disappear before my eyes! The entire Multiverse is threatened with extinction! We will all be dead, including you and your friends from Leviathan! You can never prevent that! This is what I offer you, you tell me where I can find Diaz and in return, I will let you enjoy the little time you have left. And if you refuse, I swear you will die before this Crisis begins… Have you ever seen an entire world disappear as if it never existed? TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND DIAZ!

"I told you, it will be useless for me to answer you," continued the prisoner who was starting to get bored. "Diaz can be anywhere, to prepare his next shot on Supergirl and your children!"

Still mad with rage, Oliver began to beat the man with his fists. He struck, struck with all his might. To the point that the man's face was beginning to disfigure.

"I told you… it will be use..." muttered the man, moaning in pain.

The archer was still beating the inmate, when Supergirl arrived and grabbed him by the arms, preventing him from torturing the man.

"Oliver, calm down! Enough, stop! Stop, it's no use!"she pleaded, pulling Oliver away from the cell.

"What the hell are you doing? Let go of me! Let go of me!"carried the archer, wanting to free himself.

Then the Kryptonian forced him to look her in the eye.

"Oliver, enough! He won't answer you at all! If you continue to torture him, all you will gain is to kill him, and we won't be any further ahead to find Diaz! And even less to protect your children!"

Finally, the archer decided to calm down.

"What do you propose?"he asked.

"Brainy is currently looking for all of this man's contacts, his trips, so that he can find something related to Leviathan."

"Come on!" Oliver got carried away. "As far as we know, the people of Leviathan aren't stupid enough to leave a trail behind them."

"Because torturing a man until he dies is a great idea?" replied Kara, who was angry now. "Whatever you do, this man won't tell us anything, and you know that!"

Finally, Oliver calmed down and looked at Kara.

"I know how you feel, more than you think," she replied frankly. "This anger, this rage. I know that. I too was a victim of the Black Mercy a few years ago. Like you, it was not easy for me. Despite being a Kryptonian, it took a tremendous drive to get rid of it. And that I got out of that, I had such rage that I had never felt to the point that I was ready to kill someone in cold blood. That's why I can't let you torture a man to death, because you want to find Diaz to take revenge, to kill him. I'm sure it's not what you want. And I don't think William and Mia would endorse that. If you let this Black Mercy turn you into a monster, you might regret it."

Oliver then became inert. Kara's words seemed to have had a calming effect on him. She had just made him understand that he was not really trying to find Diaz, but to vent all his anger on someone.

She then dragged him away from the cells.

In the Leviathan headquarters, Ricardo Diaz was preparing his next move to reach Supergirl. His friend White Martian was standing near him.

It was then that Margot arrived, very unhappy.

"Mr. Diaz, I'm starting to wonder if we haven't made a mistake in hiring you."

Diaz looked stunned and cut in a loud voice:

"How can you believe that? I acted exactly as you want. I beat the archer…"

"Oliver Queen is freed from the Black Mercy," interrupted the old lady curtly. "Our traitor William is still alive, as is Supergirl. We hired you knowing that a familiar face would harm Green Arrow, but it turned out to be ineffective. Mia Smoak has been cured of Hellgrammite poison. We have lost allies. Your presence among us has not brought us what we hoped for. You boasted of having a metal arm designed by Lex Luthor, but that didn't mean that it helped us defeat the Kryptonian."

Diaz, despite his anger, took care not to contain himself. He replied in a calm voice:

"I hear you. But I still ask you for a little patience. I've a new plan that will completely wipe out the Super cousin. An infallible plan that even her archer buddy can do nothing for her. With that, Krypton's cockroach will never get over it."

"You seem a little too sure of yourself, Mr. Diaz," retorted Margot coldly.

"Thanks to my friend White Martian, I had access to the mind of Robin Hood," explained the criminal. "He revealed things to me about my doppelganger of Earth – 1. What he did against Queen, and that gave me an idea. An idea that will put the Kryptonian out of state to permanently harm."

Diaz seemed ecstatic about his new plan, but the old lady from Leviathan kept her eyes cold and dry.

"It is better for you that you are right. Because this is your last chance. If you fail again, you will no longer be part of Leviathan. Don't make me regret it."

"Trust me, Madam, you will not regret it at all," replied Diaz with a sneer. "After that, you will congratulate me."

At the DEO premises, all officers were looking for any trace that would indicate Leviathan or a trace of Diaz. William and Mia had come to see Supergirl. They were worried about their father, who hadn't said a word since Kara had taken him out of the cells. They knew that the experience with the Black Mercy had been traumatic for him. Mia had begged Kara to go see him to speak to him. Knowing that the Kryptonian had also been a victim of the alien plant, she would know how to help the archer to cope with it. Kara had promised the children of the future to go talk to her.

Oliver stood on the balcony, overlooking the city. Kara looked at him before going to join him. She didn't know where to start. Oliver was not one to confide in himself, and she didn't know how to make him talk. But she had made a promise to Mia and William. So she was going to try.

She approached the balcony, placing her arms on the concrete wall and leaning forward over them. Oliver hadn't even recognized his presence. After a silence, she decided to speak.

"I came to see how you feel… and psychologically, I mean. Because of all the people at DEO, I am in the best position to understand what you are going through. As I already told you, I too was exposed to the Black Mercy. If you need to talk about how you feel about what you've just experienced, I'm here for you."

There was a silence. Oliver was still looking at the city, deep in thought.

"How was it?" he asked without looking at her.

"What?"said Supergirl confused.

"When you was in my head, you got a glimpse of my dreamworld that I lived. If not prying, what was yours when you were exposed to this thing?"

Kara swallowed heavily. She hadn't talked about her experience with the Black Mercy in years.

"I was at home on Krypton," she replied after a silence. "I was with my family. My parents. It was life as I would surely have lived it if my planet had not exploded. I remember that I was happy. At least… I thought I was happy to be with my parents… But at that time, I was a different person. It was a few months after I became Supergirl. At that time, I was building myself. My dream was to come back to Krypton, not because I wasn't happy on Earth… it's just that I was lost at that time… I didn't really know who I was, and what I wanted to be. And what made me come back, what forced me to get out of this dreamworld, was that I realized that my place was with the people who mattered most to me on Earth. My sister Alex, J'onn, my friends… It was a long time ago, I have matured since that time. Today, I feel at home on Earth."

Oliver nodded, pondering what Kara had just told him.

"When this thing made me live this dreamworld… It was the world where I didn't have to be a vigilante… I was free of all burdens… I could be with my family… See my children grow up, and there was Tommy. My best friend. Years ago, shortly after I put on this hoodie, there was an Undertaking. Despite everything I did, I couldn't prevent it. 503 people lost their lives that day, and among those 503 victims was Tommy. He was like a brother to me. I was there in his last moments. He died before my eyes. Losing him was like having an arm snatched from me. And there, with this thing… this Black Mercy, it was like losing him again, even if he was not really real."

Oliver had never spoken of the Undertaking in years, not since Felicity and Dig convinced him to return to Star City. The death list had only grown from there: the Siege, the Outbreak, the Genesis Day, Prometheus, the Ninth Circle. He had failed to stop them all in time and innocent people had lost their lives. 503 until how much? Without forgetting the loved ones he had lost after Tommy: his mother, Laurel and Quentin Lance.

"In this totally wrong life, I was free from all this weight… and I could be with the people I love… When you came into my head to reveal to me that all of this was wrong ... there was a part of me who believed what you said to me… but to give up that meant having to give up everything and return to a life where I am not with those I love. And I wasn't ready for that. I thought fate gave me a second chance. To be able to live with my children. It was Mia who opened my eyes to this illusion. This dream world couldn't exist for the simple reason that I had abandoned my daughter and her mother in this cabin when I left with the Monitor. It was Mia who made me realize this. She made me realize that I had disappointed her, and I could not accept disappointing her again. I thought I was escaping my funeral fate."

"What are you talking about, Oliver?"asked the Kryptonian, confused.

"There's one thing I didn't tell you, Kara. When Mar Novu came to see me in this cabin, he revealed my future to me. He said I was going to die in the next Crisis. And that it was inevitable."

Kara felt like she had received a bucket of water on her head. So in the very near future, Oliver Queen was going to die.

"That's why it was hard to get me out of this Black Mercy. I thought I had a second chance. A chance to stay alive with my family."

"It's always possible," replied Kara strongly. "I refuse to accept that you die! You sacrificed yourself for me and for Barry, when you weren't asked. There is no way that you die!"

"I think I heard John…"

"Oliver, Mar Novu can tell you what he wants, that doesn't mean he's right. No one can predict in advance what the future holds. You can't give up like this!"

"He brought my children from the future at this time. I don't see how he could be wrong on this."

"So, let's make this future better," insisted Supergirl with determination. "Let's fight so that Mia and William can have a better future than the one they knew. Nothing is impossible, it was even Barry and you who made me understand that! You can control your destiny!"

"I want to believe you're right," replied Oliver, sighing.

Kara wanted to reply when she saw Mia and William joining them on the balcony. Oliver followed his gaze and saw his children of the future. Both were nervous.

"Dad, we know you've just had a traumatic experience… but know that we're here for you," William said gently.

"If you need time, we will understand," added Mia, concerned about her father's condition.

Oliver was touched by the attention of his children. He answered them kindly:

"Thank you. It is good that you are there, because I wanted to tell you that it is a real miracle to have been able to meet you. I got to know you. I am truly the happiest of men. And it's a real pleasure to have seen what kind of people you two have become."

"Dad, are you saying that in relation to the Crisis or Leviathan?" asked William.

"Neither. What I mean… is that I'm really very proud of you two, '' continued the archer. "And don't worry about… this thing, the Black Mercy… I'm still myself."

"Dad, it's going to be fine for us, and for you too," Mia replied.

"Yes," replied the archer, shaking his head.

Supergirl gulped at the sight of Oliver with his children. She understood that neither Mia nor William was aware of Oliver's future dark end. They will have to learn it one day. But it wasn't Kara's job to do it, it wasn't her role. It was up to their father to tell them.

Without warning, Mia threw herself into her father's arms. Oliver was surprised by the hug, then hugged his daughter. Then it was William's turn to join his father's arms.

Wanting to give them privacy, Kara wanted to move away, then Oliver reached out and grabbed that of the Kryptonian. After a brief look, Supergirl shook his hand.

"Thank you, Kara, for telling me about your experience with the Black Mercy," he said.

"Actually, we asked her to do it," said William.

"We knew it would be traumatic to live, that's why we asked Supergirl to speak to you," added Mia.

"I'll be fine, I'm fine," Oliver assured them, smiling. "Now I'm fine."

"Kara is really cool," continued the young archer.

"Yes, she is," added the archer with a matching smile.

"Supergirl! Green Arrow!"

The embrace parted. Brainy was standing at the balcony door, looking neutral

"I found something alarming."

At that, the Coluan turned and rushed to the agency's control area. Supergirl and Green Arrow joined him, with Mia and William on their heels. Then Alex, Dig, Connor and Dreamer joined them in turn.

"What's wrong, Brainy?" asked Alex, arms crossed over his chest.

"I spotted a signature of radiation that can cause an explosion that has the ability to shave everything within a radius of 30 kilometers. So we would have a potential bomb," Brainy explained.

"An atomic bomb?" exclaimed Connor, his eyes full of terror.

"Can we locate it?"asked Dreamer.

"Yes, in a specific building in National City."

Then on the screens, a 3D image of a skyscraper in the city was displayed.

"The bomb would be in this building," said Brainy.

"It's the Leviathan building," Mia exclaimed.

"That's where they kidnapped me and poisoned Mia," added William.

"So they would try to blow up the whole city?"wondered Oliver. "I thought they wanted to attack Supergirl and my children!"

"Leviathan seeks above all to eradicate those who destroy the planet with their advanced technologies,"said William.

Kara guessed that Oliver was thinking of something.

"What do you think?"she asked him.

"Given Diaz's temper, it would surprise me if he just shaved the whole town," Oliver explained. "What if this bomb was a bluff to manipulate us?"

"Whether it's a bluff or not, we can't ignore that," replied Alex. "If there really is a bomb, we have to deal with it!"

"I agree," Dig approved. "However, we cannot disembark like this! They must expect us to intervene to neutralize them!"

"What do we do then?"asked Mia.

"I can bring in an armed team and see what it is," said Alex. "If there really is a bomb, we will find it."

"We're going to come with us, John and I," added Oliver.

"Connor stays here," Dig agreed. "Diaz almost broke his hand."

"Too bad, I would have liked to beat this bastard," grumbled the young black man, looking at his hand covered with bandages.

"Don't underestimate him," said Dreamer. "God knows what still has in store for us with his arm."

William turned to his sister.

"Mia, can I talk to you please?"

The girl nodded and joined her brother aside, while the others mounted their assault plan.

"What's wrong?"

"Knowing each other, are you going to accompany our father and Supergirl?"asked the young man. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to go."

"William, I know I'm your little sister, but I can fight, I had a great mentor. I can manage on my own," Mia explained.

"I'm not questioning your fighting skills, I'm just saying this bomb story could be a trap," replied William, nervous.

"Yes, that I hear that…"

"What I mean is that Leviathan could use this subterfuge to attract you! We know that these two people want our deaths together! I betrayed them, and you attacked their base and released me. You almost died coming to save me! Have you forgotten that you were poisoned?"

"William," said Mia, placing her hands on her brother's shoulders. "Everything will be alright. I'll manage to deal with that! And I will stay with Supergirl! Everything will be fine with the Girl of Steel!"

"You also know that they have kryptonite and Diaz has it in his arm!"retorted William.

"All the more reason for me to be there in case of emergency. I'm not afraid of Diaz and his stupid metal arm!"

"If you had known the Diaz who came to threaten me with Felicity when I was a kid, you would understand why I worry," replied the young man of the future.

"William, I'm flatted that you worry about me, but I promise you that it will be fine! I could defend myself," assured Mia aplomb.

William nodded, while being uncomfortable.

The officers later entered the Leviathan building. Green Arrow, Spartan, and Mia made their way with them, weapons and bows in hand. They walked past the entrance to the reception. Alex, Supergirl and Dreamer joined them and roamed the building from top to bottom.

They all inspected the rooms and the floors, and found nothing at all.

"Brainy, do you have a signal?" Alex asked over the radio.

"Right now, I have nothing," Brainy announced from the DEO.

"Do you think they changed places after setting down the bomb?"asked Dreamer.

"If there really is a bomb," said Mia, following Supergirl, with her bow extended.

It was then that aliens of all races sprang up everywhere and attacked the agents. Green Arrow shot several arrows, killing several creatures, while Spartan shot them. Supergirl used his thermal vision and pushed the enemy away with his fists.

Then, Diaz springs from nowhere in front of Green Arrow. The archer looked at his enemy with a look of rage.

"Oliver Queen! Had you a nice dream?" he called out to the archer.

"You will pay for what you made me suffer! Trust me, losing your arm will seem idyllic compared to what I'm going to subject you to!"roared the archer, rushing towards him.

He wanted to catch Diaz, but encountered nothing but emptiness, for he crossed the body of his enemy, as if nothing had happened. Diaz displayed his usual grin.

"I'm so scared… !"

"It's a hologram!" cried Alex.

Then, several images of Diaz sprang up out of nowhere throughout the room. Green Arrow was stunned.

Supergirl used her heat vision and destroyed all the projectors, erasing the Diaz's holograms.

Then, a White Martian struck the Kryptonian, causing her to cross a wall. The archer went off chasing an alien, with Alex behind him.

Mia defeated the aliens she met with her arrows, and ran to join Supergirl.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'm fine," replied Kara, standing up.

They found that they were alone.

"We had to be separated!"said the Kryptonian.

"How are we going to find them?"replied Mia.

"Mia? Supergirl?"

The two women saw Green Arrow joining them. He looked exhausted.

"Oliver!" said Kara, going towards him.

"I thought I was chasing Diaz, but it was still a damn hologram! Are you alright?"

"It's okay, Dad! We are fine!" replied Mia.

"Good! Supergirl, while chasing Diaz, I may have found something that looks like a bomb. I would need your eyes to tell me if that's really that!"

"Of course, Oliver, we're following you!"

Green Arrow took Mia and Supergirl across a corridor and led them into a room. In the center stood a table with a large metal case resting on it. Kara focused her gaze on the container, but couldn't see anything at all.

"It's lead, I can't see through it," she announced.

"So, let's open it," replied Oliver, approaching the cash register.

"Dad, if there really is a bomb in there, maybe we shouldn't open it," cried Mia. "We should wait for Alex to come."

"We can't wait," said Green Arrow, placing his hands on the cash register.

"Mia is right, Oliver, we can't open it now…" warned Supergirl.

But Green Arrow had already opened the case… what it contained was a huge green stone that sparkled brilliantly. Supergirl moaned in pain and collapsed. Kryptonite.

Mia hastened to hold her by the body, preventing her from falling.

"Dad, close the box, quickly! It's kryptonite!"she exclaimed to her father.

But Green Arrow remained motionless in front of the two women, not reacting at all. What surprised the archer.

"Dad ! What are you doing?"

"I cannot do that!"replied Green Arrow in a neutral tone.

Then he unfolded his bow and drew an arrow which came to touch Supergirl above his collarbone. A kryptonite arrow that hurt her. Mia was horrified, wondering why her father attacked the Kryptonian.

"DAD, ARE YOU CRAZY?

"Mia, he's not your dad! He's a White Martian!"cried Kara, glaring at the archer.

"What?" Mia wondered, her eyes wide with surprise.

The fake Green Arrow laughed:

"You are just as naive and stupid as your father!"

Mia then began to attack her father's doppelganger. She shot several arrows, but the false archer dodged them, sneering. Then he resumed his Martian form. Mia then faced a huge white monster that exposed its fangs.

Diaz then appeared and joined the two women in glee.

"You came exactly where I wanted! Congratulations ladies! You went straight to my trap! You are so predictable! Coming from Super cousin I'm not surprised, but for the kid from Robin Hood, I would have thought she was a little smarter!"

Supergirl, despite her weak condition, cast a murderous glance on the criminal. While Mia aimed at the man with his bow and arrows.

"Don't move, stay back!"

But Diaz just snickered.

"Come on, sweetie, you couldn't stop me the last time, you won't stop me this time!"

"MIA, RUN!"yelled Supergirl on the floor.

"No, not without you!"Mia retorted, shooting arrows at the White Martian and Diaz.

But the monster's impenetrable skin resisted the arrows, while the criminal pushed them away with his metal arm.

And the White Martian grabbed Mia by the shoulder, lifted her and threw her in the air and fell back to the ground with a crash. She lost her bow, which landed far from her.

Supergirl wanted to act but the kryptonite in the box, with the arrow embedded in it, prevented him from moving.

Diaz walked quietly towards Mia's bow and picked it up with little interest.

"You're way too young to play with that!" he sneered.

And with his metallic arm, he crushed the bow and destroyed it in a thousand pieces. Mia could see the remains of her bow on the ground, and rushed towards the criminal penguin, screaming in rage. But the White Martian barred her way and punched her in the face knocking her out, under the horrified gaze of Supergirl.

"Mia! (She addressed Martian and Diaz) Leave her go!"

With a sneer, Diaz turned to his alien sidekick.

"Take her!"

And the Martian lifted Mia by the body and disappeared, taking her with her.

"No! Leave her go!" yelled Supergirl, annoyed to be frozen to the ground by kryptonite.

Supergirl tried to remove the arrow embedded under his collarbone. But her pain was too great for her to make a move. Diaz came over to her and used her boot to push her so that she was now on her back.

"I have to thank you and your friends from DEO, Super cousin!" he declared jubilantly. "Your Green Martian friend tricked us into taking the appearance of this pathetic boy! So, it gave me the idea to do the same to deceive you! Fortunately, Leviathan provided a bow to my Martian, otherwise, he couldn't have fooled you!"

Despite his helplessness, Supergirl remained cold beneath his enemy.

"You don't scare me, Diaz! I will find a way to stop you! If you hurt Mia…"

"You will do nothing at all, Super cousin!" replied the criminal, brandishing his metal arm over her. "That would be so easy to break you like a common twig… (Then he lowered his metal arm.) But I save the best for last! I will completely destroy you and you will be unable to get over it after that! And it's thanks to your friend Robin Hood!"

Then he slapped Supergirl in the face with his boot.

Farther from them, Green Arrow, Alex, Dreamer and Spartan repelled several aliens. They roamed every corner of the building. They had not yet found a bomb.

"Brainy, do you still have a bomb signal?"asked Alex.

"Madam Director, I no longer have any visual on any signature of radiation,"said Brainy from the DEO. "It's like that's gone."

"Unless there has never been a bomb," replied Green Arrow. "That it was a decoy to attract us."

"Where are Supergirl and Mia?" Spartan said.

"They were with us, then we were separated," said Dreamer.

Green Arrow and Alex called them over the radio.

"Supergirl! Mia! Can you hear me?" called Alex.

"Mia doesn't answer," said archer of Earth – 1.

"Neither is Supergirl," added the director of DEO anxiously.

They then realized that something had happened to them.

"Brainy, send us the contact information for Supergirl and Mia," Alex called.

"I have the location of Supergirl two floors below, but for Mia, I have no visual. It is as if she was no longer in the building where you are."

This news panicked Oliver.

Shortly after, Green Arrow, Spartan, Alex and Dreamer arrived at the room where Supergirl was, unconscious on the ground. A large kryptonite stone lay on the table in an open crate.

"Oh my God!" cried Alex.

She hurried to close the box and came over to Supergirl. Green Arrow came to her, too, and took the kryptonite arrow from her.

"Supergirl, can you hear me? Kara, answer me! Kara!"said Alex, taking her sister against her.

The Girl of Steel managed to open her eyes. Her voice was still weak.

"Diaz kidnapped Mia!"

"What?"cried Green Arrow, stunned. "Where is my daughter?"

Supergirl managed to articulate stronger, despite his weak state:

"Diaz took Mia away! I couldn't do anything to help him!"

Alex then looked at the archer, who seemed paralyzed with horror. Spartan and Dreamer were distraught.

At DEO, William and Connor who had tracked everything from the agency's control area were horrified by what they had just learned. Diaz had kidnapped Mia.

"Oh no!"murmured William, horrified.

Mia came back to her. She was in pain everywhere. She realized that she was standing, but that she was unable to move a single muscle. Her legs seemed paralyzed. Opening her eyes, she saw that her arms were hanging from chains that hung from the ceiling around a large pipe.

Looking around, she saw a camera on a plinth, right in front of her. Mia could move, she was unable to free herself. For some unknown reason, her legs refused to move. She didn't know how to get free, much less escape. She saw her jacket lay on a chair a few feet from her position.

A large door opened, echoing throughout the room. Then footsteps were heard. Mia then saw Diaz pushes a roulette table which was carrying an object that the girl could not identify.

"So darling, slept well? I injected you with a product that paralyzes your legs! You're not going to move for a little while!"he shouted, standing in front of her.

Mia kept her glare and spoke angrily:

"What do you want with me?"

"From you, I don't want anything at all!" replied Diaz with a sneer.

"If you wanted to kill me, you would have already done it!"

Diaz looked up a little, nodding.

"You understand quickly, sweetie!"

And Mia realized that the criminal was holding in his hand a wire connected to a car battery.

"Are you planning to torture me? Do what you want, I won't tell you anything at all!"

Diaz burst out laughing, before retorting, holding the thread towards her:

"I don't need you to talk. I already know everything I want to know. I just need you to suffer."

Mia felt the wire touch her arm, the electricity burning her skin. She refused to scream, not wanting to give this pleasure to her jailer. Despite the intense pain she received, she did everything not to scream in pain.

"Not strong so we will try something else!"

And he brandishes his metal arm. He moved the metal index finger on Mia's arm.

"On this finger, I have a kind of taser. And trust me, little girl, it will hurt very much!"

The archer remained neutral and cold to her jailer. But when she felt the tip of her index finger touching the skin of her arm, she felt terrible pain like a strong electric shock crossing her whole arm. She couldn't help screaming in pain.

Diaz smiled in triumph, and continued his torture by touching Mia by the shoulder, causing a new electric shock, increasing the howls of pain from the archer.

"Very good, nice girl! Now the time is on camera! I'm going to make you a celebrity!"

Night had fallen in National City. Brainy was looking for various places connecting to Leviathan. Oliver could do nothing but wait. He felt guilty for what was happening. He hadn't thought of a subterfuge from Diaz. He was totally focused on his revenge after the Black Mercy, that he had not thought about all the possibilities. He was angry with himself for letting Diaz reach the DEO. And now his daughter was in his hands, through his fault.

After resting on solar lights, Supergirl flew away and roamed the whole city, scanning all the X-ray buildings hoping to find Mia. Without success. She had combed the city. She kept ironing the same buildings. Nothing. No sign of Oliver's daughter.

Annihilated, she returned to DEO, joining her sister, Dreamer, Oliver and Dig. William and Connor came over to her.

"I traveled the whole city and I found nothing! No sign of Mia!"She announced.

"Diaz certainly didn't kill my sister, otherwise he wouldn't have taken her body away," said William.

"No, he didn't kill her," said Oliver thoughtfully. "He is preparing something."

"I was totally helpless because of kryptonite," hastened to explain Kara. "He could easily have killed me. But he didn't do it. Why? What's he doing?"

"He must certainly prepare a fiasco to destroy us," replied John.

"But what?" Connor replied. "Leviathan wants to kill William, Mia and Supergirl. Why kidnap Mia and not kill Supergirl? It doesn't make sense!"

"He must have a Machiavellian plan," added Alex, nervous.

Then came Brainy, his eyes panicked.

"Madam Director, Supergirl! Green Arrow!"

"Did you find Mia?" Kara asked hopefully.

"No, but I think you should watch the evening news."

Immediately, everyone went to the control area in front of the screens, where Brainy displayed the evening television news.

"Attention, the images which we are going to show could shock our youngest viewers," announced the journalist.

Then the image of Ricardo Diaz invades the screen. He displayed his grim smile.

"Hello National City! You must not know me, my name is Ricardo Diaz! And I am neither more nor less than an ordinary man. An ordinary guy without stories. Until the day when I was deprived of my arm and my whole universe collapsed with it. (He revealed his metal arm on the screen.) It's ugly, huh? Let me tell you who is responsible for my misfortune! That dirty alien cockroach that wanders around in tights and flies through the skies! You got it, I mean Superman! And since he is on another galaxy at the moment, it is his super cousin who will pay for the sins of this thing which takes herself for a hero. Yes, I mean Supergirl! This dirty alien who is no better than her cousin! She wants to be worshiped and idolized as a hero, like a God, when she is neither. If she really is a superhero, let her prove it. My life was shattered forever because of the Kryptonians, so I'm going to... break that of Super cousin! Do you know that she has a secret human life? Yes, your alleged heroine has a double life and pretends to be a human! And I'm going to prove it to you, tonight."

And he walked away, and the picture then showed Mia, standing and chained. The girl looked like she had been tortured. Supergirl couldn't take his eyes off what she saw. She looked at Oliver, who was as horrified as she was. Even William and Connor were shocked.

Then Diaz continued:

"Yes, this young girl is going to die in terrible suffering. Let's see if this kid's life has more value than the secret identity of the alien who wears an S on her chest. If Supergirl is really a hero and that she isn't a coward, that she proves it by revealing her identity to the whole world. In an hour, Super cousin will announce who she is in her beautiful blue costume, or else, this poor innocent girl will suffer martyrdom before dying of electrocution."

Then Mia screamed as she looked at the camera, as if she wanted to speak to whoever was looking at her.

"No! Supergirl, don't do that! Don't reveal your identity! Don't do that!"

And Diaz touched the injured archer's shoulder and produced an electric shock that made the girl scream in pain.

Supergirl put his hands on his mouth, horrified to see such a horror scene. Oliver was shocked and furious to be forced to see his future daughter suffer terribly.

"Oh no!" exclaimed William horrified.

"Oh God!" cried Alex, shocked.

Even Connor, Dreamer and Dig were horrified by what they saw. Then Diaz's face fills the entire screen image.

"I give your precious savior an hour to reveal herself... or else, the life of this poor girl will stop after a very long electric shock which will stop her heart forever! You now know what to do, Super cousin! Your human life or the life of this kid! My life was broken because of your fellows, it is logical that I return the favor! And you can also thank your friend archer! Your trusty Green Arrow! Because it was in his mind that I had the idea of making you suffer this! With that… we'll see you in an hour!"

Horrified and shocked, Supergirl turned her gaze to Oliver, who was staring at the image of Diaz. He looked at it with rage.

Brainy turned to them. He was as distraught as they were.

There was a long silence, when Dreamer dared to speak:

"What shall we do now?"

"We'll find Mia and stop Diaz!"Oliver exclaimed, his look of rage fixed on Diaz and his daughter.

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