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Chapter 5
Lillian silently strode into the room. The malicious smile still hadn't left her face as she neared Kara and Lena.
"My dear daughter. Really, I'm not surprised you knew you so-called friend's secret identity. I had been wondering if you were gullible, stupid, or both. Now I know you're just a fool." Lillian's sarcastic words would normally hurt Lena, but her rage gave her courage.
"Mother. Let Kara go." Lena's voice had a thinly veiled steel that neither of those listening had heard before.
Lillian tsked with disappointment. "And here I thought you could prove me wrong. Lena, dear, the Kryptonians are enemies. They've polluted our planet, poisoning human brains into compliance. Your brother is the only one brave enough to stand up to them, and look at where he is now. Rotting in maximum security prison."
Lena took the oppourtunity her mother's long tirade gave her to check in on Kara. She was fading fast.
Lillian started to circle around the column Lena was stuck to; her goal was clearly the perhaps- fatally wounded Supergirl - no, Kara. In this battered state, all Lena could see was her best and only friend, not National City's hero.
Lillian took a swift step towards Kara, chained with kryptonite, and clutched her head at an angle that made Lena worry for her friend's comfort. "Now, Lena, you are going to watch me kill this alien invader, and then we will go save you brother and reunite the Luthors." said Lillian while maintaining sharp eye contact with her daughter. She reached behind her for a worringly sharo kryptonite knife and held it to Kara's throat, and Lena felt time slow.
"Any last words, you repulsive creature?" Lillian asked Kara in contempt. Kara could barely keep her eyes open. Lena delt her world begin to die as her mother started to apply pressure, then she felt clarity. She, a Luthor, probably didn't desever to live anyway.
Lena Luthor made a bold, and possible the worst on her lifetime, decision.
"You may not have heard me, Mother, but I said to let her go. Hurt me, torture me, kill me, but leave Kara alone. You said it yourself; I shouldn't associate with Kryptonians. Please, as a gift from a mother to a daughter. I will trade myself for Kara." Lena felt a rush if fear, panic, and hope as she attempted to bargain her life for Kara to survive. Lillian tilted her head, considering.
"Well, well, well. Interesting." Lillian hissed as she dropped Kara's head and stepped closer to Lena. Lena felt a slight twinge of relief at Kara's current safety.
"I've wanted to kill a Super for years, now, but that is an offer I can hardly refuse. Punishing my daughter for her crimes against humanity, hurting Supergirl in the process? Intriguing. Very well." Lillian decided swiftly. Lena closed her eyes, glad to have Kara safe from this whole ordeal.
"Le-Lena ... n-no, not for me..." Kara's exhausted voice trailed off as she tried to protect Lena, even close to death.
"Kara, no. This is not up for debate. This way, I can be free from my family's crimes. You deserve better friends than me, anyways." Lena shut down the injured alien. Kara's characteristic crinkle got deeper as Lena continued to speak as Lillian listened, fascinated with how "invaders," as she put it, could form such a deep bond with humans.
"Always remember this, though, Kara: I love you. Thank you for everything." Lena smiled softly when she had said everything she needed to say.
Kara nodded, although her face remained stricken.
"I'll call the godforsaken organization, the DEO, to pick up their pet alien, and then you and I will have a nice long familial chat." threatened Lillian. She whistled. Three big men in black jumpsuitd emerged from the darkness, picked the now unconsious Kara up, and took her back to the door. One of them opened the door, and Lena caught a hint of sunlight. The remaining two unceremoniously three Kara's broken body into the alleyway beside the warehouse, then all three scuttled back to the shadows they belonged to.
Lillian turned to Lena with a sickening, unreadable expression on her face.
Alex heard an unusual beeping coming from the main console of the DEO's headquarters. A video of Lillian Luthor appeared, surrounded by only darkness.
"Find your friend," she said distastefully, "at the warehouses just outside the city limits." The whole screen flicked off.
Alex put a hand to her forehead, rubbing it. She hoped more than anything thay
t this had something to do with her sister's disappearance.
J'onn came into the room. "Agent Danvers. Take a squad and head to the location Ms. Luthor, Senior, has given us. Make sure you are adequately armed," he barked. Alex was surprised at how quickly the decisuon was made, but she obeyed it nonetheless.
I feel that this has something and everything to do with your sister. Be careful, and bring her back safely. J'onn projected into Alex's mind. Alex made eye contact and nodded swiftly, then moved to collect her troops.