"C'mon...c'mon Kalyste." Lucy had the gift from the woman strapped to her back, riding like the wind to where Dharea had sent her. She'd heard of dimensional portals, never knowing they could be used for travel within the same realm. Yet Lucy couldn't shake the fear away. One glance down and she noticed the symbols on her bracelet, that seemed to glow almost red and with that realization she increased her speed. "Dammit...c'mon." Lane didn't like the nerves that tightened through her body, the strikes of what felt like currents through her arm, warranting her need to push the envelope to get to where she must.
She stopped at a gate, jumping off her bike to pull back the bar that kept the doors shut. Lucy didn't even have to touch it, watching it slide back on its own. "Whoa." One eyebrow raised, but she shook it away to jump back on her bike. The moment she was heading up the long steep driveway toward what appeared to be a mansion, a power pulsed through her neck and directly up into her brain. 'Help...they need..hel...p..'
Lucy shot up the rest of the way, skid her bike into the gravel and jumped off in a hurry. Somehow she knew which way to run, pushing her legs to go faster, letting them and the bracelet lead her. The feeling in her gut worsened, tightening in a fear that she just couldn't shove away. "Show me. Show me Kalyste."
"LU...CY!" Dharea's voice was fractured in pure terror, throwing Lane into overdrive. She dashed around the corner and into what looked like a ball room. The minute she had entered her heart completely stopped. Broken glass from mirrors littered the floor. Four bodies weren't moving, with the fifth holding up a hand shakily in the air. Lucy ran toward them, sliding onto the floor and to her knees over Kalyste. "Help...the...them."
"Jesus." One look at both Danvers sisters had her shaking even more. Alex's wrist was gushing out blood. Kara's shoulder look mangled at the top, bleeding just as profusely. The detective, bare and exposed just like her fiance, was on her side with her skin covered in dangerous wounds. One glance at the CEO had her wondering if even Lena was alive or coherent anymore by the looks of the pain inflicted on her. Lucy checked their pulses, not liking how weak theirs were. She checked on Dharea, who grabbed her wrist with the little strength she had. "What happened Kalyste? Who did this?"
"I...with..Alex's..link to..me..I'll...drain..to...survi.." She watched the woman's eyes grow larger. "Br...bring...Lex...he..here.." Lane nodded and carefully lifted her friend up, slowly pulling her over to Kalyste. "Sh...show mmme..her wrist." As gently as she could, she raised the bleeding wrist to the kryptonian daemvyr, worried at why Dharea would want that. "You..your b..b..blade. Draw it."
"Alright." Lucy reached back, wrapped her fingers around the handle of her sword and slid it out. "What now?"
"Lay..f..f..flat p..p..part..on.b...bite." Confusion slipped over her nervous face.
"Wha...okay." She brought the flat part of the blade down and pressed it over Alex's wound, warranting a vicious howl of absolute pain from the agent's lips. Lucy kept the blade there, seeing tears rolling down Alex's beat up face. "How.." Dharea gathered herself, centering her words and forcing them out without trembling.
"She's...linked. I ...needed the...bond severed..for now. I'll drain everything from her if...I keep..her bound to me.." Kalyste knew there was nothing anyone could do when it came to the bond with the blonde kryptonian. She hated the thought of taking from the wounded hero, but had no choice if they both were to survive this. "Get her help Lucy. Get...them all..help."
"Who did.." She felt the rush of power instantly by the skin to skin contact. 'Keep vigilant. It's my bastard half brother. He took Alexandra while they...when they were found at the DEO. Get them ALL away. The further Kara is the better. I can't stop that link. Alex's is only temporarily broken. I will drain Zor-El to heal. I can't do the same to her sister. It will kill her. I may have turned her. My brother, he marked her. His won't kill her. The blade...it severed that connection. I sense, that's where he first bit her. He pierced both sisters in the spots I did. Get them out of here Lucy. Get them away from here, noble one.'
Lucy nodded, slipping her ear piece in. "J'onn...I've got them. Follow these coordinates. Hurry J'onn.." The Martian Manhunter listened carefully to her instructions and she prayed he would be enough to get them all to safety. "Hold on guys. Hang on.."
She checked on Kara, worried even more for her best friend at the color of her skin and the fact she was way too cold to the touch. Lucy ran over to one of the shades, cut it away and sliced it in two. She lay one half over Maggie's naked body and the other over Alex's. Lane ran back over and cut away another shade, doing the same for both Kara and Lena. The suit on Dharea was torn in several places, rittling her body in gashes.
Maggie's state was more shock and trembling it seemed. For a moment she opened her eyes, but the horror in them scared the living shit out of Lucy. Then incoherent mumbling of "Get..off...ass..off...g...go..me..get.." Her voice was barely a whisper, making it difficult for even her to pick up what Sawyer was saying. "Da...n..ver..to..took...hel..dd.d..nottt..do..ing.."
"Shh. Shh Maggie. Rest. You're safe now. She's here. He's gone." She whispered in her friend's ear. "Rest." Lucy slid over to Lena and when she lifted the shade for a moment, what she saw killed her inside. It looked like someone had jabbed course screws into her skin over and over. There were far too many puncture marks to count. "Fuck."
If any of the puncture wounds were too deep, it could knick an artery. Luthor would be fucked in that case. "C'mon…" She turned around and saw the martian flying over. "J'ONN!"
"Good god. I found the gate. I have medics, including Hamilton, loading up and on their way." 'There was a violent aura here."
"Kalyste said it was her brother. He did this." Lucy watched as J'onn's eyes lit up red with fury. Several heavy footsteps warranted relief, sifting her gaze to the left as Amelia came over with six other medics, two stretchers full of equipment and a hope and a prayer in mind..
With screams and thrashing, tears and vitals out of control, Hamilton worked as quick as she could to assess and attend to her four friends. At this rate, they were all family. Dharea had insisted all their focus should be directed to Alex, Kara, Lena and Maggie. She would heal under both sun lamps, her own devices to fuel the lunarin cells in her body and plenty of rest preferably uninterrupted.
The agent had come to some, shivering from two forces that seemed to be resisting each other in her body. Her mind had quieted some, but not enough to provide her a sense of peace. Memories of what she had done under the powerfully darker influence, crashed through her until she was begging it all to end.
The detective wouldn't stop fighting everything and everyone holding her down. She kept screaming out that she didn't want to be touched and to make it all stop. She cried for her fiance, asking over and over how she couldn't shake free from what was controlling her. Her blood pressure kept spiking then dropping far too fast to be normal. Amelia was forced to give Sawyer a sedative in the end. It had to be done, given the circumstances of the bruising at her inner thighs.
The only one, somehow far more conscious than she should be, looked at Lucy with emotions tearing through the mask the CEO always wore. Every ounce of the powerful L-Corp and CATCO owner was gone. Lena had been stripped down into absolute defeat. Lane walked closer and reached for one of the Luthor's hands. As tenderly as she could, she brushed her thumb over those knuckles. Lucy watched Lena's other hand come up to her face, about to remove the mask over it.
"No no. Keep it on." She told her, surprised when the woman didn't even fight that. "I'm gonna ask you, yes or no questions. We will make this easier on you. Okay?" The businesswoman nodded. "Do you remember what happened?" Lucy felt Lena's hand tremble and squeeze her own tighter. "Take your time." She had a feeling this wasn't going to be easy for her. Two minutes passed when she felt another squeeze. "Did Kalyste cause these wounds?" Lena shook her head. "Was it, a guy that called her sister?" She nodded. "Are all the marks his?" It took a moment, then she shook her head. "Is the mark on your left shoulder..hers?" Lena looked Lucy directly in the eyes and nodded. "Did...he cause all the marks on you?"
Lena's eyes watered, she looked away and shut her eyes. "Did Kalyste?" She shook her head. "Did he do this to you?" A nod confirmed it, but something was bugging Lucy. "Did someone else too?" Tears ran down the sides of her face, nodding for confirmation. The major feared what she was about to ask. "Was it...did Alex help him?" Full on sobs hit the woman and Lucy came closer to console her. She whispered in her ear. "He was controlling her. Alex would never hurt any of you. Believe that. Believe in her. You're all at the DEO. We've checked and double-checked for anyone that could be helping enemies. Kara, Alex and Maggie are safe. Dharea is under lamps. You're safe."
Before she could ask Lena anymore questions, Lucy noticed that she had dozed off. She needed answers to things, but they all needed rest more. Just having them all stable, safe and secure, was enough for them. She stepped back, ready to head to where Dharea was recovering, when a groan caught her attention.
"Luce.." Lucy's eyes slid along the room and saw who had called her name. "Luce."
"Hey Danvers." She grabbed a stool and brought it over to the agent's bed. Once settled, she couldn't catch the stubborn woman quick enough. The mask was off her face and she just shook her head sighing. "Why….do I even try."
"Are they.." Lucy looked into her eyes. "Please tell me they are.."
"You guys are back at the DEO. They are all here. Kalyste is in the sun lamp room. Everyone's alive." She watched Alex's jaw tighten, looking down at her hands. They were tightly clenched. "Talk to me Alex."
"That...bastard...used me on them!" Lucy warranted her to quiet down, pointing to the other beds. "His...I couldn't shake that grip he had on me. Fucking monster."
"Do you remember everything?" The nod had her shaking instantly. "Tell me."
"I drained Kar first. He took that. Then he was whispering some weird shit in my ear. I went to Mags. I drained so much. To...Lena..drained her too. Lit something in Kalyste's..their eyes. I bit...I jabbed things over and over into Luthor. Held Maggie...down.." Alex's eyes gave way to tears streaming down her face. "I held them down. I bit them. I.."
"It wasn't you Danvers. He did this. He..did this. Not you. Not you." Lucy snatched her by the chin. "Not you."
"I wish it was that simple Luce. I remember...ALL of it."
"I know. Maybe Kalyste can take that away from you later." Lucy noticed Alex's eyes get larger, fear taking over her features. "What is it Danvers."
"He...made me..remember..all of it."
"Everything?" Alex nodded, her entire body shaking. "Fuck. We will get through all this okay? I'm gonna have J'onn wipe their memories of this shit."
"He can't...do it to Kar and I." 'I don't think he can do it to any of us Luce.'
"You can.." 'Yeah. Dharea had to turn me. Kara couldn't be. She linked us all. I think I'm the only one that can do...this.' "Damn."
"What do you feel right now?" She was even more curious, after Kalyste had her do what she did to Danvers' wrist. 'Only her mark. My wrist stings, but the burn the pull...it's gone. Kalyste is probably weak. Check on her. Better yet..' "Whoa whoa whoa Alex." The agent had broken away physical contact with her, pulling out the IV, which had Amelia running in then sighing. "Not my doing."
"Dammit Alex." Hamilton walked over shaking her head, removing the rest of the cords, unhooking Danvers from the rest. "Stubborn ass." Alex ignored her and slid off the bed, ripping the gown off. "Whoa!" She looked down and clicked her tongue, checking around for clothes. Amelia had her hand over her eyes. "Too much of a show."
"Give me a sec. Fucking Danvers." Lucy grumbled, going to the other room to retrieve a spare set of DEO sweatpants and shirt. She noticed that Alex's locker was still there, going over to it and rolling her eyes when she opened it and found jeans, shirts, tanks, socks and bras. "Left the closet I see."
"Kinda." Alex smirked. "I came out of the closet a long time ago thanks." Lucy rolled her eyes again and brought the nude agent something to cover up all of that stunning body she couldn't help but look over. "Enjoy the show?"
"No."
"Yes." Hamilton looked at Lane with an eyebrow raised. "What?" She shook her head and checked on the others. Both looked away while Danvers got dressed.
"I'm decent." Alex walked over to her fiance, noticing the marks all over her. She knelt down and kissed the side of Maggie's face, touching her arm. 'Mags. Maggie I love you. I am so sorry baby. I want you to rest for me. Rest for both of us. I love you.' "I love you Maggie Sawyer." She kissed her love's face once more and went over to Lena. "Shit.."
"It's bad. Really bad." Alex lifted her arm, just about to reach up and touch the woman's shoulder, until the memories of what happened nearly brought her to her knees. She had to grab the side of the bed frame to avoid falling. 'Lena..Mags..Kar…'
"They know it wasn't you." Lucy assured her, but Alex was still shaken to the core. "I'll tell you that as many times as it takes, for you to get it through your thick Danvers skull."
"How is my sister?" She pushed everything else away, making her way to Kara's bed, noticing right away the mark on her wrist. Her mark. "Kar." Alex's eyes slipped out of their browns and into rich merlot. "Give me a few."
"You got it." Lucy pushed Amelia out of the room and nodded to the two agents to keep guard over the four in there. Alex watched the doorway, noticing an agent close it slightly and she gave him a thumbs up. She looked at her sister's face, reaching up to turn up the sun lamps. Now...the hardest part..
"Kar." Alex whispered and slipped her hand into one of the kryptonian's and when she did, there was a slight squeeze. Her calmer eyes met the warm blues of her sister's. "Kar."
"Wai..Aoe." Alex smiled.
"Cheh Khap Kir Aoe." Kara smiled back then pointed to mask. Alex looked up and shook her head, removing it for her. "Kir Aoe...Khap Nim Vrrahdhd Uhv.."
"No apologizing. I'm okay sis. Lena? Maggie? Dharea?" She felt the trembles in her sister's hand. She looked along Alex's frame, seeing the same.
"Lena's body is covered in...marks. Maggie...she's.."
"I had picked up something, out at the balcony. I felt, another presence. I know...that you weren't doing this.." '..of your own volition Lexy.'
"You put too much faith in me sis." Kara pulled out the big guns, puppy eyes and lip quiver. Alex quirked up an eyebrow and smirked. "Nice try." 'I still feel responsible.'
"You take too much Alexandra." Both sisters watched Kalyste enter, in a set of jeans and a tank. Every bit of the clothing she wore, hugged to her frame and had Danvers' mouth watering some. 'Nice to see things haven't changed with you Alexandra.' The agent rolled her tongue back into her mouth, as best she could.
"I.." Alex felt Kara squeeze her hand tighter.
"That good for nothing half blood of mine shouldn't have touched..what is mine." Dharea growled, checking on Maggie and Lena. "I will help them heal."
"You took memories from me before, didn't you?" Kalyste's eyes shot to hers and Danvers noticed the blue peering through the purple of her hues.
"He.." She snarled, fangs showing when she looked away. "He's dead..for ALL of this."
"I'll help you." Both women looked at the hero. 'Hear me, both of you. That monster goes beyond evil. If I must use every ounce of my kryptonian strength and power to do it, I will tear him limb from limb. My morals be damned.' Alex was floored. Her little sister, had thought murder. That never happens. She was far past enraged..
"I shall not let you join me in that war. You...need to be our healing. Our light. That path is not for you." Kalyste told her, seeing her about to object. "No."
"We.." All three heard the voice as clear as day. "..will.."
"Help." Both Lena and Maggie said weakly.
"Neither of you should be conscious. Especially you, Margarita."
"Sedative can kiss my latina ass. Just Sayin'." Kara and Lena laughed at that some. Alex glared. Dharea raised an eyebrow.
"Not eeeeeven going to ask."
"Let's keep it that way." Danvers grumbled until she caught the dimples she had been hoping to see. Then it donned on her, neither Sawyer or Luthor had their masks on. "Wha.."
"Deal with it." Lena groaned and pushed herself upright, Maggie too.
"I can remove.."
"No." They told her.
"Danvers wouldn't ever do that. We both know that."
"But.." Kara, Lena and Maggie shook their heads. Alex looked at Dharea who shook hers too.
"Dante is ten times stronger than me. He's full blooded daemvyr."
"Jesus." Sawyer didn't like the asshole already. This took it up a veeery big notch.
"He targeted you because of what I did. That is..I'm sorry Alexandra." They all heard Maggie grumble.
"I can't even call her that." 'I've given her that encouragement, to make it...sexy Margarita.' Sawyer gulped and felt the heat drop right down to her core. Danvers picked up on the scent immediately.
"Fuck me twice." Maggie shut her mouth. 'That can be arranged.' Alex and Dharea spoke to her. She felt her cheeks warm by their joint response. "Oops."
"Not gonna ask." Kara stated, turning her head to see her girlfriend whose eyes shifted into those of pure lust. She gulped.
"Aaaaanyway." Alex sighed, rubbing her face. "What do we do now Kalyste?"
"We take time to heal. I can't take you back to my home. We can't go to yours Kieran."
"Ours." Maggie and Alex both suggested. Kara looked at Dharea.
"Don't mind a sixth do you?" Their heads turned to the voice and smile from the doorway. Lucy waved.
"Luce." Alex had never moved so fast in her life, realizing the speed she had dashed over. Danvers stopped before Lane and wrapped her arms around her, breaking it quickly to look back at Kalyste. "How."
"Super Saiyan Danvers?" Sawyers fiance shot her the strangest expression. Maggie smirked. "Just.." The agent had all but flew right at her and cupped her hand over the detective's mouth. 'Sayin.'
"No words." Lena commented, noticing Dharea confused as hell. 'Get a chance, look up anime. Avoid Hentai.' Alex's jaw dropped. 'Too much time in college.'
"With what..your tenth degree?" With a glare from the CEO, Kara only smiled at her sister's retort. The kryptonian daemvyr was curious about the incredible intelligence Kieran possessed. Obviously, it wasn't just kinks and parties she had knowledge of.
"My lips are sealed." Lucy chimed in. "Aren't we going somewhere?"
"Let's check with..Amelia." Alex watched as Dharea ran her fingers over Lena's skull, almost as if transferring manifested energy into her. The Luthor's eyes clouded but she already felt so rejuvenated. "Whoa.."
"Le...na.." Maggie felt the hands on the sides of her head, fingers almost massaging her temples. "Damn..that.." 'That bite..was the first I gave you. Let me take away what he did Margarita. That shouldn't be something you need to struggle with.' Sawyer shut her eyes and let the power Kalyste held over her take hold. 'Can she hear us?' 'No. I will not ever force things of that nature on you again. I will only do that, if I must to protect you.' 'He forced her Kalyste. He tormented her soul. Can you not take that from her?' Dharea kept the channel between them. 'I am not sure. She has the same powers that I do.' "Kalyste." She broke the contact and already Sawyer felt like she's drank four cups of straight black coffee. "Aches."
"Taken. Taken from both of you. We can leave. I suggest you inform the Manhunter of our necessary excursion." 'He must not be aware of our destination. I sense others here that are not what they seem.'
"Was that..both of you?" Lucy looked from Alex to Dharea. They nodded.
"The sooner we get out of here...the better." Kalyste pushed for their exit.
"I'm on it. Give me a few." The kryptonian daemvyr slid her gaze to the four in the room.
"Kara Zor-El.." She slid behind the last Daughter of Rao, preparing to complete what she had done with the other three. Her hands slid up the sides of her face, toward her temples. Kara couldn't even fight the powerful invasion if she tried. Her body fell back against Kalyste, her eyes rolling back too. Every moment, from the bar to Dharea's loft was playing back in her head. She didn't even have to elicit the sound she had made for the kryptonian daemvyr each time she touched her. Kara gave in and yearned to anyway. 'Do not tempt me sweet Zor-El. I hunger for you every time we are alone. I crave to taste you, all of you, again. This evil, he shall leave your thoughts. Let my power be the only one that ever touches you. Kieran is the only human that will touch you. I..will be the only other privileged to do so. Let go sweet Daughter of Rao.'
Lena had prepared to interrupt what was occurring, nervous at how her girlfriend's body appeared. It wasn't just that. Maggie noticed it too. They looked to Alex and gasped. The usual brown was rich with glowing merlot. The CEO turned back to her love, watching as Dharea's eyes were filled with a powerful purple haze. The one with her hands on Kara, had fangs showing easily.
"Kalyste." She growled a warning to her. Lucy came in just as she was about to intervene.
"We are….good." There was an energy in the air, something a little too dark for her taste. "Let's get out of here. Shall we?" She felt the warmth around her wrist, never removing what Dharea gave her. She had the sword by her things at the door. Lucy looked into the powerful glow of the woman's. 'We need to go Kalyste. Are you rolling her?' Kara's eyes opened and she sat back up slowly. The color had returned to her face, the wounds along her body were fully healed. It was as if she had spent a full day under sun lamps. "Daaaamn.."
"She's completely healed?" Dharea smiled nodding.
"Lead the way you two." Alex and Maggie looked at one another, Danvers eyes no longer glowing and returned to their chestnut browns, as they gathered their things and headed for the exit. Time to blow the DEO popsicle stand..
Relief washed over the couple, grateful for the swift actions to repair their place again. Alex set down her keys, Maggie her phone, then Kara and Lena stepped into the kitchen. Lucy tried hard not to put her hand on her holstered firearm, but it was a force of habit. The gift strapped to her back and her bracelet in no way warranted any danger. Dharea stopped in the center of the beautiful place. They heard her heavy sigh, looking at her eyes of regret and shame written all over her face.
"This...that was my doing." Danvers' hand left Sawyer's own and both walked over to Kalyste. She slipped her hues into theirs. "Forgive.."
"It's alright Kalyste. What was done, isn't important now Dharea." Maggie told her.
"It's okay." Alex added. 'You haven't ever hurt us. No matter your intentions, good or darker, you have never harmed us. We fought you yes, but you have never hurt us. I thirst Kalyste. I thirst, I hunger for things I have yet to understand. You didn't leave marks of a monster. Yours are something we all have accepted. Just...don't addict my sister to that stuff okay?' Their smirks were mirrored, the tension leaving the kryptonian daemvyr.
"No more exposing my Danvers to the world...and..Little Luthor." Alex snickered, Lena glared and Kara shifted her gaze from one to the other. Lucy stood back, after snatching a soda from their fridge and cracking it open. The blonde heard the pop instantly, giving her friend the puppy eyes. The major rolled her eyes and opened the fridge. She knew just what beverage to grab for her and the moment the coolatta cup was in the kryptonian's hands, the squeal had them all directing their attention to the hero floating on the ceiling sipping her drink from her twisted bendy straw. "What is.."
"Little Danvers digs the Dunkin's drinks." Sawyer laughed and Kalyste just smiled. "Just Sayin'.." Danvers gave her fiance the no sex warning stare. The detective gulped.
"If you two are gonna eye fuck in front of us, take it to the bedroom." Alex looked away and Maggie strode from the group. Lena looked from the kitchen to the bed. "Maybe...not."
"If they are gonna bang in front of us I am getting popcorn." Lucy commented.
"Ummm…" Gazes flicked up as they heard slurping. "What?" The group just facepalmed, including Dharea.
"Well.." Alex shifted her attention, locked the door and punched in her codes on the wall. Four hard taps were heard to further secure the door. She walked down the slight hall, lifted her hand to the wall and pressed the spot two inches from the picture her sister painted. The wall slid back, revealing Danvers' arsenal. "This...should help." Sawyer chuckled and grabbed one of her fruity shakes from the fridge. Lane's jaw dropped and Luthor licked her lips.
"That..sword." Kalyste recalled the blade that had been at her throat from their mystery guest. She didn't blame Alex for keeping it. 'Use gloves Alexandra. I don't know if that blade will burn your skin now.' 'Duly noted Kalyste. The one on Lucy's back, I sensed that beautiful work of art. Did you..' She was curious. 'Yes. It was a gift from my mother. The only thing I have left of her. I wanted Lucy safe. The bracelet she has on fits over the sword as well. It is a part of it. Things we can discuss later if you wish.' "Quite the collection."
"Six handguns, two rifles, four...four alien blasters?" Lane's eyebrow raised. "How the hell.."
"Lena's gifted."
"In more ways than one." Lena looked up, meeting her girlfriend's eyes and drug her tongue along her lower lip with a look of pure lust directed only at Kara. The kryptonian gulped and dropped her empty cup which Alex caught. "Later darling."
"Again with the eye fucking." Lucy sighed. She felt a warmth at her wrist, a call from what resided over her back, sending her into full alert. 'Little Lucinda..' The major slipped away from the agent's battle box, feeling the warmth on her wrist. It traveled through the rest of her in waves of rich wanton need. 'Lead them on for me.' Her hues of earth green calmed, her body relaxed and she felt her mind clearer. She groaned, tossing her empty soda in the recycle can by the fridge. "Tell me, ya got beer you two." Maggie laughed and pointed down. Sure enough, a whole shelf of adult beverages. "Sweet."
"Okay, so what's the game plan here." Lena shifted her tone into the CEO of L-Corp, ready to take charge of the situations they found themselves in. Kara touched down and dove onto the couch. Alex shook her head at her sister and held out her hand with Lucy handing her a beer. Maggie pushed the major out of the way to get her own.
"Hey Little Luthor.." Lena narrowed her eyes with the detective grinning at her. "Beer?"
"I'll pass." She sat down in the bigger chair. Lucy took the other chair. Maggie and Alex flopped down on either side of Kara. Kalyste sat down on the floor, comfortable to where she could defend the five if need be. "Dharea.."
"Thank you. To not be called Kalyste, it's refreshing." She took a moment to compose herself, knowing her life before may upset some of them. "My mother, Leiandra Jor-En was a childhood friend to your mother Kara. They used to adventure as kids, not yet cast into the ways of their families. When they came to that age, offered and somewhat pressured to follow in the footsteps of their Houses their bond became somewhat severed. As Alura In-Ze later Zor-El she chose the path of a Judicator where my mother chose a Healing Arts Guild. Upon travel to other homes, she met my father of Lunarin. There was something forbidden yet far too beautiful to be denied. They chose their hearts, not the matrix system of Krypton. She chose the love she held for him, the same love he felt for her, over the friendship that was crumbling anyway."
She was handed a beer by Alex, accepting it to admire the taste that the engaged couple and others preferred at times. Unlike Kara, she could feel the effects of it thanks to the daemvyr in her. Easily though, she smirked when able to twist and tug the cap right off without the bottle opener. Alex wore a similar smirk.
"Ohhhh boy." Maggie flicked her gaze to her fiance. 'You can do the same shit can't you? You are officially my opener now.' Sawyer realized her error in her words. 'I thought I already opened your legs just to serve your needs sweet detective.' She tried not to blush, then considered how kryptonians had heightened senses. They could smell arousal.
"I will continue now. A war broke out between planets and moons, that left communication impossible to have. My mother's chosen partner, helped raise a son that belonged to him by a forced union. In the end, he chose to abandon her and the boy they were raising lived between two homes. The woman hated my mother and she pushed that hate into the little boy, my half brother. Then my mother was pregnant with me, hiding my existence from all kryptonians. On the belief in her friend, she told Alura that she was with child. Alura told the rest of her council. My mother was brought forth, four months after my birth."
"She..Alura.." Kara didn't even want to call her mother at this rate, far too angered by what she was being told. "..she sentenced her, herself." Dharea nodded.
"She had the guards hold my mother's wrists, that were in restraints of some sort, then walked behind her with a particular staff. She struck her in three places along her spine. The two that held her in place let her go and she fell to the ground, unable to get up. The three strikes left her unable to move much of her body. Four more strikes and her hands and feet were broken. She then sent her into the Phantom Zone. My father found out from one of the guards by the door, when tortured for information on my mother. The kryptonian caved and told him, enraging him greatly. From the alliances that Krypton still had, they attacked all daemvyrs and the alliances Lunarin had did the same. Wars broke out until multiple homes could no longer strike each other down. Then the instabilities of planets and moons came at us all.
I was seventeen when I chose my own path. Though yelled at, cursed at and attacked by my friends and family, I left Lunarin and traveled here. I learned of Zor-El and pondered revenge or peace. The two bloods in me, that shouldn't have ever been able to exist together, wanted different things. The daemvyr in me hungered and I couldn't deny the need to survive and rise. The kryptonian in me craved for knowledge and understanding to blend in on this planet, to be one of the humans. My ability of the mind, my powers to consume other ones, had been how I survived and grew stronger. Then, when I felt her near.." She looked directly into Kara's eyes and slipped the power into her own, she made sure they all heard through their ears but the kryptonian would feel it through her entire thoughts. "..there was no use denying what both bloods in me sought." 'Your hungers for my sister haven't left have they?'
Kalyste figured that the beautiful agent had picked up on what darkness still resided in her, what she may never escape from. 'If I said yes, would you strike me down Alexandra?' She calmed her gaze and looked along each of them who was taking in what had been told to them. 'Why do I crave to sink my own into my sister? Is it because that inner darkness sees and knows that we don't in fact share blood? Kara once said that to me, when exposed to something that changed her and brought out a cruelty I didn't think she was capable of. Now, my own inhibitions are lacking. Help me, or let me join what you seek.'
"So this brother of yours, well...half brother..what can we use on him to keep his ass from attacking us, hurting us again?" Lena's question had merit, had the only answer they needed to survive the bastard.
"Something in the sword given to you by this ex of yours Margarita.." Sawyer narrowed her eyes at Kalyste. "..holds a way. The sword I gave to you Lucy, has similar properties. This is a start. Perhaps both can be analyzed, to create other weapons and tools against him."
"I agree. Lena and I can do the science end of it. Lucy and Maggie can manufacture what we need in terms of ammo and devices to knock his ass down. Kara and Dharea could maybe go to the fortress for more info on both cultures." They nodded to Alex's suggestion.
"We will be safe. We'll take Lena's coms for us too." Kara told her sister. 'You need to trust that I'll be okay Lexy. She won't let anything happen to me. I won't let her stand alone.' They embraced in the strongest hug and she felt the power in Alex's arms. It comforted her in knowing that there was something that they could also share now. She wondered if her sister could fly too. 'Not sure. We can taste that later.' Their hug broke and Alex gave her a grin that spoke volumes to her yearn to do so.
"I'll protect her." 'You know I will Alexandra.' Alex considered her thoughts carefully. 'Our hungers can wait. That temptation we shall both consider.'
"Lane and I can build some toys." Sawyer chuckled and Danvers turned her head with curious and hopeful eyes. "You'll get the first model for your holster." Alex's smile grew bigger and bigger.
"Don't get too excited Danvers. We get to pull the trigger first." Lucy laughed with her friend glaring. "Just Sayin'." The glare shifted to the other woman.
"Just Sayin'...she's right." Maggie added.
"Let's head to the lab Alex. The sooner we figure this out the better." The agent nodded as her and the CEO headed to their place of necessity. Lena was indeed right about that..
"This place is actually my cousin's, but it's the only one that offers any information." Kara explained to Darea as the two stepped into the fortress.
"Warning! Warning! Unidentified life force in the.." Before the systems could explain their nature of security, Kara had fired her heat vision at the panel.
"Lady Kara! I see we haven't come alone." Kalyste rose an eyebrow at the AI robot, shaking her head not a stranger to the technologies of Krypton. "What can I do for one of the House of El today?"
"I need all information, regarding Lunarin." Kelex froze on the spot. "It's important Kelex."
"Is this not something rather discussed without the inhabitants of one from that moon?" Dharea was ready to step in, but Kara put our her arm to stop her.
"You will not speak to her in that manner Kelex. She holds the blood of one from Krypton, the same as me. Now..tell us everything."
"Right away lady Kara."
"I'm sorry about that Dharea. These customs, they aren't of this world. They aren't as forgiving."
"It's alright Kara. We see this planet, this home we choose and despite our differences we share a common destiny. Despite what we see, our eyes see something. How can that be wrong at the end of the day. It isn't."
Their conversation was cut short, upon what came up on the screens before them. Their eyes widened and both felt themselves backing up a couple of steps. One had to steady themselves with the closest thing they could, where the other hit their knees when realizing just what history had been programmed into the archives. Two houses, two homes, one violent and crucial path..
"So.." Sawyer tapped the heel of her boot on the floor of the firing range, catching Lane's attention immediately. "..ya wanna tell me what's got you all distracted?"
"Not distracted. Determined."
"You forget, that me being a cop means I have a B.S. detector." Lucy flicked her gaze to the side to see the smirk that seemed to be Maggie's favorite facial expression. "Well?"
"When I ran in and I saw.." The detective wanted to kick herself.
"I am such an asshole. You had seen us all unconscious and hurt. You had been there." The major nodded. "Wanna load the clips and have a little competition?"
"Oh you're on Sawyer." She appreciated Maggie dropping the subject. Though she couldn't shake the image from her head. She had seen them on the floor. Watched them wheeled in. Watched as their bodies were loaded up on the stretchers and fought to survive. So what was it with this whole situation, that made her second guess her thoughts as of late. A sudden rush through her had had them clouding over before they could stop it. She unconsciously reached for the pouch on her belt, quietly removing the device from it. Once in her hand, she switched over the setting and prepared to use it on the woman with their back turned to her. Lucy quietly stepped closer, the green in her eyes clouding as much as her mind had.
"Tell me something Luce.." Lane froze in place, then heard two clicks from the front and back. Sawyer spun around and held a stun gun in her hand. Behind the major, Danvers held the same. "..was it before..or after..that the fucker decided to get the jump on you, on camera.." Lucy gasped, blinked and dropped the taser. Two more blinks and they could see her body shaking. "Luce.."
"Cuff me..please. Please." She looked directly into Maggie's eyes. "Please."
"Okay." She lowered what was in her hand and heard the clicks when her fiance slapped the cuffs on their friend. "We don't want to Luce." Alex told her. The minute her hands touched Lucy's wrists, something forced itself into her head, unaware of who was screaming her name. She couldn't see a thing, couldn't tell that her body was falling. Everything else faded and the darkness swallowed her whole..