Kara woke earlier than normal, and blinked in confusion at the light coming in through the curtains on her window. A soft knock on the door drew her attention and she slowly sat up to answer it. Upon opening the door, the breath was knocked out of her by her mother. "Oh sweetie, we were so worried. You and your brother left together last night, but you came home hours before him." Kara rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, "How did I get home? All I remember is being approached by Lena Luthor." A gruff voice sounded from the doorway, "So something did happen to Kara. The Luthors will answer for this." Selina sighed, "What your father means to say, Kara, is that a car registered to Ms. Luthor dropped you off here last night and then left shortly afterwards. Your brother said that he saw the two of you talking but you were acting different than normal. He said that you appeared to be drunk but alcohol doesn't affect you so that couldn't be it." Kara furrowed her brows in thought, but before she could say anything, her father interrupted, "I think I know what it might have been. Did Ms. Luthor have anything on her person? It would have been silver colored." She perked up, "Yeah, actually. She had this silver necklace on. Said her brother gave it to her." Her mother and father exchanged a look, "Shit."
Lena had hacked into her brother's system and was looking through his files on Krypton when something caught her eye. It was a page on the different forms of kryptonite, but it was only partially finished. Entries like green, red, and blue kryptonite were filled with paragraph upon paragraph, but some entries had no information other than the name. These included gold kryptonite, x-kryptonite, and silver kryptonite. It couldn't be, he wouldn't have… Her hand flew to the simple piece of jewelry her brother had given her. Given his interest in the Kryptonians, he could have very well handed her a sliver of silver kryptonite disguised as a simple piece of jewelry. He couldn't have done it out of malice, he was still her brother after all. So then he must've done it so that she would know if a Kryptonian was hiding amongst them. And it seemed she had found one. Lex's notes had at one point mentioned a pod crashing down to Earth years after Superman had arrived. But if the pod contained Karson, or Kara (apparently), then why wouldn't Superman raise one of the last members of his species? What could possibly drive him to leave a young girl with Bruce Wayne? Why would Bruce Wayne be capable of raising a budding Kryptonian?
Lena would return to the mysteries surrounding Bruce Wayne, but for now she was focused on the intrigue that was Karson (Kara, she reminded herself) Wayne. Why would a young girl, now woman, pose as a man? What could possibly explain that? She would have to think more on that, but her goal had to be changed. Her original plan was to get close to the Wayne heir, to seduce him and take all he had. But now, everything was different. Oh, she was still going to get close to Kara, and she was definitely still going to seduce her, but now she knew that Kara wasn't human. Now that she had seen Kara become affected by the silver kryptonite, she knew she wasn't of this earth. No, Kara was far stronger than anyone from earth ever would be, could possibly be stronger than the Man of Steel himself. She would get under the Kryptonian's skin, and be a subtle thought at the back of the blonde's mind. And one day, Kara would become dependent on her. She wouldn't take any choices away from the blonde, but she would be the one that Kara would come to for support. She would be both the Kryptonian's weakness and her strength. And given the fact that Superman wasn't the one who had raised her, obviously there was some kind of tension that existed between them. One day, Kara would snap and she would be there when she did. She would use that position to drive the wedge in Kara's relationship with Superman even deeper. Superman would probably come after her once he discovered the nature of their relationship, and Kara would be there to defend her. She would stand with her against him, and once the world was free of the Big Blue Boy Scout (as Lex liked to call him), Lena would take over with the blonde beside her. All she had to do was gain her trust first.
Lena closed her laptop and looked out at the rainy night, deciding to go on a late night stroll. She grabbed her jacket and walked out of her building, heading for the park a block away. She didn't need to worry about getting mugged seeing as she always carried her firearm on walks like this. She gripped her pistol a little tighter as she heard a scuffle nearby. Curiosity got the best of her and she made her way over to where the noise was coming from. Slowly, the muffled voices came into focus. "Zor-El, you must come with me. The future is in danger!" As Lena approached, she saw two distinct outlines, one hovering just above the ground and the other pleading with arms wide open. Lena cursed as a twig snapped under her heel, giving away her position to the two arguing. The figure who had been addressed as Zor-El snapped their head over to her location, "Ms. Luthor, come on out. There is no point in hiding." As Lena emerged from the bush she had been crouched behind, a squeal erupted from the other figure. "Ms. Luthor? As in Ms. Lena Luthor?! Zor-El, now you have to help. The two of you are quite well known in the future."
Zor-El scowled down at the humanoid figure. "For the last time, my name is Ajax. Stop calling me Zor-El. And my answer is still no. Go back to your own time and get out of my city." The purple haired alien shook her head, "You are called Ajax for now. In the future, everyone knows you by the name Zor-El. And I'm afraid that I have to insist. You see, if you don't come with me, something truly terrible will happen in the future." When the hovering figure still refused, the alien with purple hair sighed, "If you don't willingly come with me, I'm going to infect Ms. Luthor with a disease that can only be cured in the 31st century, so you will be forced to come." The floating figure rose and spoke menacingly, "You won't do anything of the sort," before sucking in air and blowing towards the other alien. The wind froze her in place immediately, though you could see her eyes moving wildly behind the ice. Zor-El looked towards Lena, "Ms. Luthor, you may want to look away." Lena stood her ground however, and watched in amazement as the light filled the eyes of the flying Kryptonian before bright blue lasers flew towards the alien encased in ice. The heat shattered the frozen girl into a million tiny pieces until nothing was left of her. The Super turned towards her, "I am sorry you had to witness that."
"But you aren't sorry for killing her?" Zor-El shook his head, "No, I am not. She posed a threat to your safety. If she was really from the future like she said she was, then she should've known what I would do when someone is threatened. I am not my cousin, Ms. Luthor. I don't believe in second chances." Lena hummed, "I supposed I can respect that. Can I do anything to make it up to you for saving my life? And what should I call you? Ajax? Or Zor-El?" The Kryptonian looked up at the stars before looking back down to the brunette, "I suppose now that the future has said my name will be Zor-El, now would be as good a time as any to call myself that. And unfortunately, someone is in trouble across the city so I must leave, but I will be in touch with you, Ms. Luthor. You can count on that." She rose slowly, almost to the rooftops when the brunette shouted, "Call me Lena. And it will be my pleasure, I'm sure." As the newly-christened Zor-El flew towards trouble, she smiled at the idea of spending some more time with the intriguing Luthor.