A/N: You can find the unedited version of this story on A03. Some details have been removed due to ffn rating restrictions. Thanks for reading!
Alarms sounded all around the DEO building, red lights blinked rapidly and metal shutters automatically descended to close off the entrance to the prison cells. Alex rushed into the lobby to see several agents gearing up and readying themselves to attack. She could feel the panic within them as the building rumbled and shook with pure, unadulterated power. Kryptonite weapons were in the hands of all except for J'onn and Winn.
A blur moved past them at the speed of light and all their guns went flying in the air. Distantly, Alex heard the sound of a strong clap and a wave that knocked the air from her lungs, crashed into her and sent her body into a wall. Several explosions were heard all around her, along with the terrified screams and cries of agents who dared to defend themselves.
Alex groaned, pain shot through her entire body from the impact of the shock wave and it felt like every bone in her body had been broken from her slamming into the wall. She felt blood trickling down the back of her neck and her last conscious thought was wondering how bad her head wound was before passing out.
J'onn saw Alex slump to the left against an office wall and fought his way over to her but was stopped by a beam to his back. It tore through his skin and he phased out to find Kara hoovering in midair above the chaos like a Goddess judging her subjects and punishing them for their crimes.
The martian transformed and collided with her body in an instant. They crashed together through the walls of the DEO building and out into the sky, where they traded blow for blow, flesh against flesh and he felt the seemingly endless flow of energy radiating from the Kryptonian.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun shone brightly, fueling the enraged blonde with it's wondrous power.
There were few times where J'onn had felt fear in his life. The first was the realization that the white martians has massacred his entire race, leaving him widowed and childless. The second was ending up on earth, among people who would burn him alive if they saw his true form and the third was watching Supergirl, Kara, someone who he had begun to see as an adoptive daughter, look at him with disgust and contempt in her eyes.
The red kryptonite pooled in her blue eyes that were once full of warmth and happiness, darkening them with a savage fierceness that he had never thought he would see there. He searched Kara's eyes desperately, looking for a trace of the blonde he had become so fond of, knowing she had to be in there somewhere.
"Kara Zor-El of Krypton, I J'onn Jones of Mars, implore you to remember yourself. Remember who you truly are. Fight this evil thing inside you. You are stronger than this!" J'onn shouted over the wind that whipped around them and the sounds of the numerous sirens from the police cars now surrounding the DEO headquarters.
The corner of Kara's lips turned up into wicked grin as her eyes glowed with her solar powered energy. "I know I am."
J'onn couldn't stop the fiery beams if he tried.
He could feel the impending heat from it sear a layer of his skin before he phased out and reappeared behind Kara. The blonde tracked his movement and turned around, releasing the beams this time into J'onn's face.
The martian screamed in agony, phasing out again before his body was destroyed.
Kara remained in midair, her eyes searching the nearby areas for any signs of the green Martian. She knew she hadn't killed him, but he had taken enough damage to his body to know not to challenge her again.
He's hiding.
Satisfaction caused a deranged smile to etch on the blonde's features. She recognized that her powers had increased by such a substantial amount that she may just be the most powerful being in the galaxy.
She had spent so much time trying to please people, subjecting herself to being controlled, to hiding in plain sight. Not anymore.
The world will know me. The world will know my power.
And they will bow before me.
Maggie Sawyer pulled up at the steps of the DEO headquarters to find the building collapsing in on itself with glass shattered everywhere and a crater sized hole right in the middle of where the offices would have been.
A fleet of NCPD officers pulled up behind her and began to run inside, firearms in their hands ready to take down culprit.
Maggie slowly ventured inside, a sick feeling stirred in her stomach as she considered that this all had something to do with the reports on the news that she had seen earlier in the day.
It had shocked her when she saw the DEO fire over a dozen rounds of Kryptonite into the city's hero and she had immediately sent Alex a text to see if everything was ok.
Alex (2:15 pm): No Maggie, everything is far from ok.
Maggie (2:20 pm): Talk to me Alex.
Alex (2:22 pm): There's something wrong with Kara.
She had been typing out a response when the NCPD was called in for back up at the DEO headquarters. Immediately, Maggie left her office and sped to the building. She bypassed several traffic lights and caused a few potential accidents in her wake but all she could think of was her girlfriend.
The detective began desperately searching for Alex. Her heart beat an uneasy rhythm as she watched the paramedics begin bringing in body bags from the ambulances and collecting the dead. As her eyes scanned the room frantically, she spotted the unconscious body of Alex slumped against a barely standing concrete wall.
"Oh my god, no!" Maggie exclaimed as she made her way over to the injured woman. She moved quickly and carefully, stepping as lightly as she could over the either dead or barely alive DEO agents lying on the floor. Her arms went around Alex as soon as she reached her. She checked her pulse, cursing at the light feel of it, and ran a hand through Alex's hair.
Fear gripped her when she felt blood at the base of the agent's scalp and she screamed for a medic. She cradled Alex in her arms until the EMT's arrived with a stretcher. "Stay with me Danvers." She whispered in the agent's ear, holding back tears as they pedaled her away to a nearby ambulance.
All around her, body bags were being zipped up, few agents were still among the living and she turned when she heard the echo of heels clacking against the floors.
Lena Luthor appeared through a doorway leading to the lower level of the building, wearing an expression of disbelief on her gorgeous features. "My god." She said aloud as she took in the state of the building and the bodies being hauled away.
Maggie walked over to her slowly, "Luthor? Are you ok?" She asked. The CEO seemed to be in a trance and the detective didn't want to startle her.
Kara.
Lena couldn't believe her eyes. From the moment Kara broke through the glass of her cell and used Super speed to get up to the main level, she had been in a state of shock.
The blonde was not supposed to be able to use her powers, let alone break through, what was supposed to be, impenetrable glass. Kara had done it with ease, a wicked grin on her face as she met Lena's widened eyes.
"Stay here." Kara had commanded her. Her voice sending chills down her spine and then in a flash, she was gone.
Seconds later, Lena had heard the sounds of rapid gunfire, an explosion that rocked the entire building to its core and screams. Anxiety had made it difficult for her to breathe as she feared for both the lives of her friends and the Kryptonian she had planned to spend her life with.
Now, Lena looked around the building, taking in the damage, the bodies, the exposed wires crackling above her from the ceiling. The smell of death and fire filled her nostrils and the sounds of police sirens, and rapid footsteps of the paramedics working to save the living overlapped with the pounding of her heart.
"Luthor! Hey! Lena, snap out of it!"
The CEO blinked to find a dimpled NCPD detective snapping her fingers in front of her and staring at her with concern etched in her features.
Maggie Sawyer.
"I'm here, I- I'm ok." Lena said absently and the detective shook her head.
"No you're not luthor, you're in shock. Can you tell me anything about what happened here?"
Lena overcame the shock of the moment upon hearing that question directed towards her. She didn't want to say or do anything to implicate Kara or herself and wisely chose to stay silent.
The detective watched as Lena began looking around again and could tell she was avoiding the question. "Luthor, does this have anything to do with Kara?" Maggie asked bluntly, beginning to put everything together in her own way. "She was arrested earlier, wasn't she?"
Lena remained silent.
"Luthor!"
"Detective, I'm sure once you begin doing your investigation and interrogating the few survivors of whatever took place here, you'll find the answers your looking for." The CEO replied curtly, and began walking away from the shorter woman.
Maggie reached out and grabbed Lena's wrist yanking her back to meet her eyes. "Now you listen Lena. Look around you! There are people dead here, ok? Dead! Alex was just taken to the nearest hospital because I found her unconscious, bleeding and broken against a fucking wall! You are not going anywhere and since you don't want to talk here, we are going for a nice ride down to the station! And you, not an agent or a bystander, you are going to give me the fucking answers I'm looking for!"
Before the CEO could respond, Maggie was pulling her outside and into the nearest police cruiser. The detective opened the rear door for her and told her to mind her head as she stepped in and took a seat.
Maggie slammed the door after her and headed to the drivers side.
Just as Maggie slid into her seat and put the keys in the ignition, Kara landed on the hood of the car with the force of a boulder and the glass of the front window shattered all around her.
Lena's heart stopped as her eyes met the enraged gaze of Supergirl. Kara's power collected around her in a red aura and crimson glowed in her veins. She was dressed in a black suit that hugged every curve of her lithe body and the crest of El rested proudly above her left breast.
She looked deadly and magnificent.
Behind her, Lena made out the sounds of the officers loading their guns. Kara's only focus was her even as the police began firing at her as if she were their target practice. The bullets bounced off of Kara's body like raindrops against concrete and she caught one in disgust before flicking it back to the bullet's owner. It tore through the skull of the officer who let out a blood curdling scream and dropped to his knees.
The unit reloaded in a frenzy and began shooting at Kara with a renewed vigor. The Kryptonian however, focused once more on Lena, who sat in awe at Kara's display of strength. The blonde walked forward and ripped the back half of the cruiser's roof off.
Lena glanced up while Maggie pointed her own gun at Kara. The blonde ignored her and extended a hand out to her fiancee, her eyes intense with an unspoken question.
Will you come with me?
Kara looked at Lena as if nothing else existed and the brunette didn't dare break the electric gaze between them. In all her life, Lena had always chosen to do good, to rebel against the darkness inside her. Now that very darkness was personified in a nefarious version of National City's hero.
Supergirl.
Kara.
Lena didn't want to do the right thing this time. She wanted to bask in Kara's depravity and welcome her own and if they lost themselves to the pandemonium left in their wake, so be it. At least they had each other.
"Lena! No! Kara, what the hell has gotten into you! You just killed someone!" The detective screamed, trying unsuccessfully to draw Lena's attention away from Kara.
She couldn't though. Lena was captivated by the magnetizing blue eyes that were tinted by the red kryptonite traveling through the blonde's veins. The crimson lines danced across Kara's neck and face then retracted, as if they were teasing Lena into finding them again.
"Lena! Don't go with her! Can't you see that something is wrong?" Maggie questioned angrily, she was in complete disbelief that the CEO could truly be contemplating going with Kara in her current state.
The brunette stood and reached out to take Kara's hand.
"No!" Maggie yelled and in a panic, she pointed her gun at Lena.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Lena warned as Kara pulled her up and wrapped her arm around her waist possessively. The Kryptonian's eyes glowed as she finally looked at Maggie with an amused smirk playing at her lips.
"I would take the lady's advice unless you'd like to end up with a burning hole through your chest." Kara suggested coldly.
Maggie lowered her gun, knowing the odds were not in her favor. She felt her blood run cold at the sinister grin Kara gave at her silent acquiescence.
"Wise decision detective." The blonde asserted before lifting Lena into a bridal carry. Maggie watched in horror as the CEO, willingly, curled her arms around Kara's neck and gazed into her eyes with fascination, and dare she say it, desire.
Kara tightened her arms around the brunette and took off to a orchestra of gunfire that never reached her.
"J'onn!" Winn shouted through the empty building that the tracker had led him to. His eyes searched the entire area until he found the martian in a dark corner breathing heavily.
"Winn." J'onn groaned painfully as the tech kneeled to inspect his wounds.
The martian's face seemed to be healing from severe burns and based off of his ragged breathing, he had taken some damage internally as well.
Winn shook his head, "I cant believe Kara did this to you. To us…" he trailed off sadly as he remembered watching the paramedics load dead bodies into the ambulances. When the blonde released the energy wave, Winn had hidden behind a column that took most of the impact but his fellow agents had not been as fortunate. Most were badly injured and some dead. Winn had also seen J'onn transform and attack Kara. He had managed to try following them outside but they moved too quickly for his eyes to keep up with.
The tech had ran back the DEO building and took a tracker from the lab, hopeful that he would be able to find everyone when things tapered down.
"Alex." The martian's deep voice startled Winn from his thoughts. "What happened to her?" He inquired.
"The last time I seen her, she was being taken into an ambulance. The NCPD had been called in for back up and Maggie was the first on the scene. She had the paramedics take Alex to a hospital, so i'm guessing she is in bad shape but alive."
J'onn breathed a sigh of relief. "Good."
Winn watched the Martian's eyes fall shut and he realized J'onn needed to rest. "You try to get some sleep papa bear. I will be here when you wake up."
James Olsen stood in front of the multiple television screens that decorated his office wall. Many CATCO employees were gathered around him, their eyes glued to the screens as they watched countless news reporters give their story of the events within the past hours.
"As you can see in the video, who we believe to be Supergirl, was taken into custody early this morning for reasons unknown. The hero then broke out of the cell she was in and attacked the agents of a government agency used to monitor extraterrestrial affairs. The NCPD was then brought in as back up and were also viciously attacked by Supergirl."
The news station played the footage of Supergirl landing on Maggie's car, then flicking a bullet back at one of the officers who shot at her.
A collective gasp could be heard throughout the room and many began to voice their concerns.
"This cant be true, Supergirl doesn't hurt people."
"Maybe it's an evil clone."
"Everyone has the ability to become evil."
James turned around and they immediately fell silent when he began speaking.
"Right now, we don't have all the facts, so I suggest that we get back to work and I will do my best to get to bottom of what's going on." James stated and the employees returned to their desks.
He took out his phone and called Winn, the tech answered on the first ring.
"James.."
"Winn, what the hell is going on? Why did Kara attack the DEO and NCPD? Why-"
"Red kryptonite." Winn answered tiredly. "Someone made new synthetic kryptonite and Kara was exposed to it."
James ran a hand over his face and absorbed the information silently.
"Where are you?" He asked after a few moments.
"I'm in an abandoned building watching over J'onn. He fought Kara and she did a number on him James, but he managed to get away and now he's healing."
"She's stronger than J'onn?"
"She's stronger than Clark, remember? And now, she isn't holding back her power."
"So if J'onn and Clark can't stop her, what the hell are we going to do Winn?" James sighed, frustration apparent in his voice. "I take it that the antidote we used before isn't working either?"
"No. Because whoever created it, used an entirely different formula. But I know how we can get through to her James."
"How?"
"We use Lena."
Lena hated flying.
Whether it was by plane, a private jet, or in the arms of her lover, flying was just not something she fancied.
The wind chill wrapped around her body and settled into her bones as Kara flew at a rapid speed, only slowing when she felt the brunette shiver in her embrace. Kara tightened her hold and came to a stop, hovering above the city.
The blonde felt Lena's breath coming in quick pants against her neck. She could tell Lena was fearful of looking down, knowing that Kara was merely floating in mid air above the city. Kara wanted to expunge all of Lena's fears. If she remained by her side, she had no reason to fear anyone or anything. Kara was more than capable of protecting her and Lena was the only one worthy of Kara's protection.
Not her supposed sister or friends who turned on her the instant they discovered she had been freed from her sentimental emotions and would no longer bend to their will.
And certainly not the simple-minded humans who praised her name one minute and slandered it the next.
No, only Lena was worth her love and loyalty.
Only Lena, was worth saving.
"Lena…" Kara started softly, "Look down."
"Kara I-I can't."
"Lena, you have nothing to fear when I am with you." Kara gripped her chin and Lena opened her eyes to meet the blonde's dark gaze. "Don't you know that by now?" She questioned in a low whisper.
The CEO did know. Kara exuded danger, power and madness all at once and it fascinated her that this hellish version of the hero she loved had found such favor in her that she would still protect her at any cost.
The least Lena could do was show Kara that she still trusted her and that she knew the blonde would never allow any harm to come to Lena if she remained loyal to her.
Lena turned from her and looked down at the populous city below them. Floating over it in Kara's strong arms was quite a contrast from viewing from a helicopter or even her balcony. The metal and steel of the skyscrapers glinted in the warm sunlight the city was bathed in, cars sped by in the streets in an constant race to go nowhere and she could hear the distant conversation of the oblivious people walking along the pavement. Lena knew it paled in comparison to what Kara could see and hear but it was still a breath-taking experience as she took in the concrete jungle with all her senses.
"All of this, National City, Metropolis, America…" Kara trailed off as she looked down to gaze into Lena's emerald eyes. "The world, will be ours."
Lena's eyes widened at Kara's words and she cupped the blonde's cheek. "Kara, tell me what you mean by that."
"This world needs saving Lena. The people in it are lost, they don't know who to trust or hope in. Their governments are corrupt, and their laws fail to protect them. That's why they need me to save them and put an end to all the injustices and corruption committed daily." Kara looked away from her then and directed her gaze over the city, focusing on the L-Corp tower. "Your company is one of the world's leading businesses in technology, science and healthcare, but it has competition, people who are more interested in money than actually helping people on a global scale." Kara stated factually, bringing her piercing gaze back to Lena.
The brunette nodded in response and Kara continued.
"Then it's time we eliminate the competition." Kara declared menacingly. "It's time that the world knew the names of Kara Zor-El and Lena Luthor."
-
An hour later, Kara landed carefully on Lena's balcony, her hands were on the brunette's hips to steady her as she planted her feet on solid ground. Lena's hands stayed curled around Kara's biceps for a few moments before she pulled away, raising an eyebrow as she regarded the blonde.
"So, where did you get this suit from?" Lena inquired with a playful smirk on her lips. "Do you just happen to keep a dark suit around for the days you feel like committing murder and overthrowing governments?"
Kara laughed and the sound was so familiar that Lena's heart ached for the hero she knew was still in there. The red kryptonite glowed then, creating an intricate lacy pattern across Kara's tanned skin. It served as an eerie reminder of their present circumstances.
"My aunt left it for me when she was here." The blonde spoke in a low voice, void of her previous humor. She looked grieved and Lena felt an overwhelming desire to console her. "Alex killed her." Kara spat viciously, the grief replaced instantly by fury and bitterness. "My fake sister, killed my real aunt for wanting to make this world better."
Lena narrowed her eyes wondering why she was never told any of these things that seemed to have occurred before she moved to National City. She decided to file it away mentally to be revisited when Kara wasn't in a murderous rage. "I am no stranger when it comes to family betrayal darling, perhaps that is why you and I found each other." Lena said softly, drawing the blonde's attention to her. "Is it your intention, to finish what your aunt started?"
Kara clenched her jaw, pained by memories. "Yes." She growled, "Had she not been killed, we would've been great together, and this world would not be on the destructive course it's headed on."
Lena stepped forward and closed the distance between them. "You…" Lena began while trailing her fingers up Kara's arms which flexed under her touch, "are already great Kara Zor El." She finished and wrapped her arms around the blonde's neck and drew her down for a kiss.
Their lips met desperately, crashing and sliding together. Lena licked over the blonde's lips demanding entry and Kara groaned from the feel of their tongues battling for dominance. Kara slipped her fingers through Lena's hair and forced her head back, kissing her deep and languid, drawing soft moans from the CEO's hot mouth.
Lena lost track of time as they kissed, lost herself completely to the feel of Kara's body against hers. The blonde's hands roamed the soft curves of her body and she eventually felt herself being effortlessly lifted as she wrapped her legs around Kara's waist.
Kara's mouth found her pulse point in her neck and began sucking at it. Lena arched into it and Kara's name left the brunette's mouth in a husky moan. The blonde replied by ripping Lena's moist panties and tossing them carelessly onto the ground. Lena bit her lip, holding back another groan as she felt another gush of her arousal slick her inner thigh.
"I can smell you." Kara whispered hotly against her neck and Lena groaned, rubbing herself shamelessly against the blonde's clothed abs in search of friction. "I can hear how fast your heart is beating in anticipation of me fucking you again on this balcony."
"Kara, please."
The sound of her dress ripping and being yanked from her body made Lena rake her nails over Kara's scalp and down the back of her neck, desperate to feel some part of the blonde's body unclothed. Kara eyes were all over her body, her gaze focused and searing, as if she was committing Lena's body to memory.
Lena took Kara's insatiable desire, again and again.
Even as she felt herself overly stimulated, Lena let Kara sink to her knees and take her sensitive cunt in her mouth, sucking and licking her into oblivion.
Again, they existed in their own world, intoxicated with each other, drunk off pain and pleasure.
Until the sound of Lena's front door being blown open, startled them back to reality.