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A.R.G.U.S.

"Any leads on who made this?" Lyla asked as they investigated the attack on Kara and Clark.

"Well, wait. There is something." Felicity said, zooming in on what was left of the robot. "L… X... C…"

"LexCorp." Lyla realized.

"You think Lex Luthor is behind this?" Felicity questioned.

"If he's anything like Lex on my and Kara's Earth, it doesn't really surprise me, honestly." Clark said.

"Here, he is a legitimate, genuine businessman but it may be a disguise. A ruse." Lyla noted and Diana nodded.

"Artemis said that she has crossed paths with him. He's the one, who helped her track the Bow of Ra to Star City." Diana said.

"And Tommy said that Lex had connections to the Ninth Circle too but that he later backed off." Oliver said.

Lyla took a breath. "Well… I guess it's into the lion's den."

The following day, LexCorp, Metropolis

The following morning, Lyla and Henry met with Lex in his office in LexCorp.

"Miss Michaels, the equipment that you describe, was stolen from me six months ago, costing me hundreds of millions of dollars." Lex said as Lyla and Henry looked at him with their eyes narrowed. He seemed… genuine and innocent but they had a gut feeling he was holding something back.

"And you have no way of tracking your technology?" Lyla inquired.

"The thieves were smart. They knew how to break in and how to get out and how to cover their tracks." Lex said casually.

"Any ideas, who might have been behind it?" Henry asked.

"Have you ever heard of a group called 'The Ninth Circle?'" Lex asked and they nodded.

"The terrorist financiers. They've been crippled." Lyla said.

"Cut off one head, two more shall take its place." Lex pointed out. "A man named Dante came to me few months ago. On behalf of the Ninth Circle. Offered me millions for my tech. I said I wanted time to consider. Before I could give them an answer…"

"…someone stole the technology from you." Henry finished as Lex nodded.

"You have my full cooperation. I'll provide all security footage, visitor logs, everything. I want these thieves caught as much as you do." Lex said as Lyla and Henry narrowed their eyes. Lex didn't even bother claiming innocence and was being perhaps too cooperative.

"He's full of shit." Henry whispered as they left the office and Lyla nodded.

"Yeah. But we can't prove that. Did the digital sniffer get anything?" Lyla asked.

"We'll see what Felicity can dig up." Henry said, looking at the device in his hand.

Lex narrowed his eyes at the door to his office. "Well, they're smarter than I thought. Never mind." He moved a chess piece on the chessboard. "The game has only begun."

Watchtower

"Someone helped them break out. It's possible Lex was behind it but we can't prove that." Clark said.

"For now the bad guys are laying low but they're up to something." Barry nodded.

"Oliver and Laurel, you check in on the former Circle hideouts. They might not be insane enough to leave something there but we can't rule anything out." Bruce said before turning to the others. "Ray. Barry. Clark. Kara. Look for any last-known bases of the Jackals and if anything happens, bring a backup. The rest will snoop around LexCorp and see if we can find any old associates of the inmates that escape. There are a lot of rocks to look under."

"I'm coming, too." Conner volunteered.

"No, it's too dangerous." Clark protested.

"You've been training me for this for months. Please." Conner pleaded.

Later

"I thought we were done with this, Ollie." Black Canary said as she entered with the Green Arrow.

"So did I." Green Arrow said. "I don't know about you but…"

"You think Lex is holding something back?" Black Canary asked. "I don't know, Ollie, this might be a dead end. It's all been long abandoned."

"Batman, the Flash is here. We're onsite and looking for any leads. Over." The Flash called out as he entered with Vibe, Killer Frost, Elongated Man, Atom and Supergirl.

"I'm not hearing anything." Kara said.

"Something's jamming our signal." Ray realized before his suit started to bleep. "What the—"

Suddenly, Ray raised his arm and fired from his blaster, shooting Barry, knocking him down.

"Ray, what the hell?!" Kara demanded.

"It's not me! Something's taken over my suit! I can't control it!" Ray said.

Kara and Conner dodged as Atom fired.

"Superman, this is Supergirl. Atom has been compromised! Do you copy? I repeat, Atom has been…"

"Supergirl, I can't hear you. Supergirl. Supergirl!" Superman called out as he looked for them with his X-Ray vision. "Lead plating."

"Let's see if I can stop him." Vibe blasted Atom before suddenly, the temperature in the room dropped, making him and the Flash tremble in cold.

"Hello, daughter."

Barry, Cisco and Frost paled at recognizing the voice.

"No…" Frost whispered as an elderly man with white hair and blue eyes showed up.

"It's time to join your real family." Icicle said.

Watchtower

"It was a trap." Tommy realized before an alarm went off.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" The computer announced.

"Everyone, on guard!" Batman ordered.

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