"Alex, Maggie. This is your nephew Alexander Winslow Luthor, after Lex, Winn and you" Lena introduced the hypnotizing baby boy.
"Does he have a kryptonian name, Kara?" Alex asked, holding the baby tight to her chest, Maggie looking over her shoulder.
"Zor-El II, proud descendent of the House of El, of Krypton." Kara smiled, leaning on the bed her wife was resting on.
The nurse came in to check on son and mother. Andy had progressed at an astonishing pace and had surpassed the doctor's expectations. Lena had made J'onn bring one of the DEO's doctors, who had been rather hesitant on treating the baby due to his parentage and the circumstances that surrounded the superhero. It had been a matter of hours for Andy to be brought to his mothers in the same room.
"And are you breastfeeding him?" Maggie asked.
"I know what you're thinking Sawyer, and he takes after Kara in that aspect. My nipple's so sore I can't feel it." She complained, looking at her wife who blushed.
"Alex, pass him over. I want to hold Tiny Luthor" Maggie smiled broadly once Andy opened his eyes after waking up from his temporary nap.
"Kara, I need you to come with me a minute. There's something you need to know." She excused herself and left Maggie with Lena and Andy, while she waited for her sister.
"Alex, what is it?"
"The President has declared Supergirl a criminal. You have to turn yourself in in less than a day. If you don't, she'll take a more extreme measure."
"What do you mean by extreme, Alex?"
"It means, that if you don't turn yourself in, J'onn, Winn and I will be accomplices and judged as such"
"So, if I don't turn myself in, you will be sent to prison for Kal's death." Alex nodded as a response.
"Let me say goodbye to my family and we'll be on our way. I'm not letting you guys rot in prison for something I did." She went back to the room, Alex on her heels. "Lee, I have to go, the president's asking for me. I'll be back before you know it."
"Wait, what's going on, Alex?" Lena sat up, getting Alex's full attention.
"The President herself has issued a detention against Supergirl for the murder of Superman. There will be a trial, and Kara's expected to be under surveillance. I'm afraid, she doesn't trust you anymore."
"I'll call Jess. She's find the best lawyer to defend you"
"Lee, I don't need a lawyer. And besides, is going to cost a fortune."
"Kara, you're my family and my home. I'll even sell L-Corp if it means you're not going away to jail." Lena was getting frustrated, and Alex and Maggie noticed.
"Hey, we'll be out here waiting for you, Kara." Alex looked at Maggie who grudgingly handed the baby over to his brunette mother and exited the room.
"I can't believe you though you could go to trial without a lawyer." Lena held Andy to her chest.
"Well, I didn't want to be a burden, Andy's already here and whether we like it or not, we both know you have a lot in your plate right now, and I-"
"I? and what about you?" Lena asked, suddenly mad at the blonde. "Were you planning on leaving him? Because if you go to trial without any sense of legal coverage, you will rot in prison, Kara. And I'm not raising our son alone, not in a million years."
"That's not what I meant, and you know it. You just had a C-section so they could deliver him, without you dying. You could've died, Lena, and I wasn't there."
"Wait a minute, are you blaming yourself for this situation?" Lena almost laughed at her wife's logic "Kara, you're not the reason he came here early, it was Kal's. And I don't blame you for not being here while I was in the ER."
"Lena, you could've died, and I wasn't here! What if you had died and I didn't say goodbye or told you how much I love you?" Kara raised her voice. "Of course, I blame myself, if I had arrived a bit earlier, you wouldn't have gone to the ER in the first place. Because I couldn't go faster" She sniffed after her speech.
"Kara, darling." Lena handed her Andy and made space for her to lay with her. "You broke the sound barrier, you defied Earth's gravity to get to us. How could I blame you for that?" She wrapped her arms around the superhero's shoulder and held her tight.
"But you had Andy alone, Lena. In the first hours of his life I wasn't here. I wasn't there when he took a breath for the first time, when he opened his eyes or cried. And that makes me a bad mother. I don't deserve him or you, for that matter" She confessed.
"Kara Luthor, you listen to me. You are the best mother Andy could ask for, and what if you weren't there for the first hours of his life, you'll be there for the rest of his firsts." Lena waited for Kara to say something, but the blonde had too many thoughts on her mind. "And I wasn't alone. Maggie, James and Winn were there with me. Winn even stayed until you came" She tightened her hold on the blonde.
"I should be going, Lee." She looked at her wife, and then at her son. "Alex and Maggie are waiting outside"
"They're not. They're probably in the cafeteria by now. There's no need to rush" Lena looked at her son and then at his mother. "Ukiem khap rrip" Lena whispered in kryptonese.
"Tá grá agam duit freisin" Responded Kara in Irish.
….
It had been three hours since Kara had again been locked up in that cell. Alex had been the one to get her to surrender, but she had been adamant on keeping her in the DEO, instead of the federal prison made with small pieces of kryptonite the President had suggested. The only thing was that she was not allowed any visitors, but the agents who brought her the food.
Alex cursed under her breath, she didn't want to stress J'onn, but they had a lawyer ready to take their case, and Lena was adamant on paying whatever the lawyer demanded. She debated whether or not to tell J'onn, who had been talking with the President, and a couple of judges and lawyers that could give him a hand. She knew they were working under pressure, the 24 hours were bringing to an end and nobody knew what was going to happen.
That was the main problem they were facing. Alex could tell how every single one of their cases had ended, but this one, wasn't that clear. There was the fact that nobody was 100% sure they could judge Kara. She had gone to Twitter to see what the people were thinking about the upcoming trial and she hadn't been surprise at the people's urgent want for justice. It was true that Kara wasn't human, but she did live in the same country as all of them. There were other people who defended Supergirl, saying she was a Goddess, and therefore, no man could judge a God. But then again, there were people who pointed out the fact that all Superheroes had secret identities and Supergirl's wasn't a Goddess.
She went to the meeting room after J'onn shut the TV. She sat down next to him, their hands finding each other's on the big and empty table. She knew they were working with a deadline and he was aware of it. Hell, he had been the one to agree to the deal that had them worrying to no end about one of their own agents.
"What did they say, J'onn?" She inquired, not sure if she wanted to know the answer.
"At the moment, they're pushing for a trial. But they know it won't get them anywhere. There are a lot of different opinions and there's also the fact that they could put Clark and Kara's identities at risk."
"There's a catch, somewhere" Alex pointed out. He looked at her and then back to the screen.
"I think so. But I read their minds and there was nothing. Or at least nothing that seemed worthy to me."
They were interrupted by a knock on the opened door. Maggie making her way to the room, her hand laying on her wife's shoulder.
"Any news?" The detective asked.
"Nope" Alex asked back.
"Is there anything I can do?"
"Not at the moment, Mags. We're thinking" Alex reasoned.
"Boss, Lois Lane is asking to meet with Supergirl." Agent Vasquez informed them.
"Supergirl's not allowed to receive visitors" J'onn stood up, Alex and Maggie following behind.
"That's what we tried to tell her, but she's rather adamant on seeing her." She looked back when Alex and Maggie stepped forward, Lois Lane approaching them.
Lois Lane had been in Alex's life since Clark introduced her to the Danvers in one of the numerous family get togethers they had done over the years. And Alex had admired her, she had felt Lois got her. Lois was the only person in her youth who had understood what it meant to love someone from another planet. She had looked up to that woman, she had been impatient when they told her she was coming for dinner. But in that moment, she didn't want to see her, and least of all, she didn't want her advice.
Maggie saw it coming before Alex did, and as Lois Lane held up her hand to slap Alex, Maggie took her arm before the hit.
"Don't even think about it." She warned, her voice cold and stern.
"Where is she, Alex?" Lois shook her hand free from Maggie's grasp and looked at the Detective threateningly.
"She's in a cell" Alex did what she had been taught to do all her life. Defend her little sister.
"I know what you're trying to do here, Alex. And it's not going to work, I need to speak with her." She begged the woman, who she once had considered a sister.
She considered letting Lois see Kara. The woman would cause a scene once she saw the blonde, locked away like some animal, and she didn't like the idea of her sister being insulted with no way to defend herself. Plus, there was the fact that the president had made herself very clear concerning Kara's regulations for visitors. But Lois did have a valid reason to see her, Kara had killed her husband and if the tables were reversed, Lena would go to see Clark. So, knowing she would regret her decision later, she acceded to let her see the superhero.
"I'll lead you to her." Before she entered the room, she made Lois sign some forms, while she warned Kara of her presence.
"She wants to see you, Kara" Shee announced as they both heard the door open and then shut close.
"Lois" She uttered as a greeting.
The woman before her wasn't the one she had spent evenings with, playing all sorts of table games, nor the one who had helped her study for her finals, or the one who had invited her to her first legal drink even if it didn't do a thing for her. The woman in front of her was a woman so devastated that she needed help to maintain herself upright. Lois Lane, the intrepid and courageous reported from the Daily Planet was no longer. And she shuddered to think, that if things had gone differently, that would be Lena instead of Lois.
"How could you? Who gave you the right to take his life?"
"Nahvuht-rrip zha" She answered in kryptonese. "You don't understand, Lois" She called out.
"There's nothing to understand here, you killed him. You are a murderer, Kara. And you will live with that guilt for the rest of your life"
"I'm not a killer"
"You killed him, Kara. There's no way around it."
"Only Rao can judge me now. And according to the law of Krypton, what I did, what he made me do, is not a crime"
"You are on Earth now. Have been for the last twenty years and you will be judged by our law. Whether you want it or not" She had stepped up to the hero, trying to provoke an answer from her. "You are going to be sentenced for life, and you are going to spend your whole life there." She sneered and turned to leave.
"He threatened Lena, Lois. They had to deliver Alexander before it was too late."
"You named your child, the last son of Krypton after the monster who tried to kill him? Are you insane, too?" She went back to look at the blonde in the eyes, trying to decipher if it had been a joke due to the sudden change in character.
"He was her brother. We decided to name them after Lex and Alex" Kara stood her ground.
"He was right, she corrupted you to be like them. I don't recognize you anymore, Kara." Lois looked at her one last time and made her way to the door.
"Endangering someone's family is punished by law. He choked her and he knew exactly what he was doing, he knew he was going to be killed for it, and yet, he did it. So, tell me, Lois. Who is the monster here? Because if I hadn't stepped in, in the moment I did, they would have died. And I swear by the House of El, that I would have hunted him to the confines of any galaxy to make sure he died at my hands. Just as I'd expect him to do, if I were to lay a hand on you." She saw how she faltered, how she waited for her to finish her speech. "I'm not sorry for defending my family, or for carrying out what was expected of me by my law."
"And that's what you're going with? Self-defense?" Lois knew she was pushing, and that she was pushing against someone who could break her in half, but she no longer cared.
"What did you expect? To let him hurt Lena? To let him kill Alexander before he had a chance at life? I'm sorry for what happened, but I'm not sorry for defending my family."
"I guess I expected more of you, Kara Zor-El. But I guess, the Luthors do poison those who surround them." She sneered, the famous name leaving her mouth with a sick sense of disgust.
"You better take that back, Lois" Her tone aggressive and cold. Leaving no place for hesitance.
There it was. What she had been hoping to hear since she saw the big fight between her husband and his cousin. The breaking point of Kara Zor-El, the breaking point of Kara Luthor. She knew the happy and chirpy blonde was capable of violent and cruel acts, she had known since she saw the fight. She somehow sensed the blonde had snapped, that the secret had come out, yet she had waited for the blonde to embrace her true nature, to embrace the monster she had become. She grinned at her victory, she smiled to the fact that Lois Lane, a reporter, had broken through Supergirl's thick walls. And she was laid bare before her.
"There it is. The Luthor in you speaking. What are you going to do? Throw me off a building and wait for him to save me? Just like your brother-in-law did?" She proposed. "Or are you more like your mommy-in-law? Acting in the shadows, pulling the strings?"
"I'm no better than he is" The hero defied her to continue.
"Was. He was." She pinched the bridge of her nose and took in a good breath of air. "He is no longer with us, Kara. And it seems like you have forgotten that. It looks like you just decided to erase him from your memory. You failed, Kara. You failed your parents and your people. You are not worthy of wearing that S on your chest. The almighty House of El has ended with your actions"
"He betrayed me. He betrayed his own family, he threatened another member of the House of El. He was the first to dishonor their memory" She reasoned.
"She's not part of the House of El, Kara. Can't you see that? The only thing she did to deserve anything from you was being in the right place at the right time." She addressed. "She's a Luthor. She's just like them, just like you"
"Goodbye, Lois." The blonde ended their conversation abruptly.
She had taken enough of it. There was no way she could step in the room and badmouth her wife, insult her just because. And that was what hurt Kara the most, that Lois though herself capable of getting to her head, getting to the people she cared about without considering the consequences.
"Just so you know, there are only two of you left. The law you're talking about is as dead as the people who once abided by it" She said the words that had been on her mouth since she entered.
….
Kara looked up when she saw the door open. She was not allowed to receive any visitors, except if Madame President herself, gave her permission. She looked at the woman who had entered the space that had been designated to keep threats like herself. The brunette didn't say a word for a greeting, instead, she focused her gaze on the hero, on the person who had saved thousands of lives, and wondered for a moment where and why did she go wrong.
"Supergirl, my name is Samantha Brooke and I've been hired by Agent Danvers to represent you in your upcoming trial. You are my client and as such, I must know if there's a chance you could walk from court free." She nodded at the hero.
"Of course, they did. Tell me, do you know who's paying for you to be here?" She asked her.
"That's not your concern at the moment. Although, I did wonder how a federal agent can pay for my services." She smirked.
"What do you want to know, then?" She sat up straight and signaled the woman to take the chair they had placed in the room. She watched as her lawyer sat down and took out a notepad.
"Well, your name, for starters. We can work from there."
"This is confidential, right? You're not going to tell anyone my real name, are you?" She queried.
"I assure you, your secret's safe with me" She smiled, reassuring the woman, as she had done countless times with her other clients.
"Kara Luthor"
"I wasn't expecting that, at all. A Super and a Luthor." She scribbled down some things in her notepad. "Why did you kill him?"
"He threatened my wife and child. According to Krypton's law, you're supposed to kill those who harm your family. It's the only crime punishable by death." She solemnly recited she had been taught as a girl.
"Mrs. Luthor, you're on Earth, and you're in the United States of America. You are to abide by our law." She looked at her client.
"I'm not human, and he's not either." She debated.
"Regardless of your anatomy, the crime was committed in American territory, and it is going to be judge as such."
Kara got up from the floor, she focused hard and with a punch broke the glass. She knew the levels of green kryptonite were the same ones they had induced her aunt to, but she was stronger than Astra, she had killed Kal-El, the one who was supposed to be stronger than her. There was nothing that could hold her back (physically, at least). She watched as her lawyer jumped away from the shattered glass and calmly counted to ten.
The door slammed open and a bunch of agents entered the room, rifles and guns alike drawn. She held her hands up as they approached her, not doubting their ammo to be green kryptonite. She smirked as the lawyer stood dumbfounded, she grinned as Alex made her way to the room, with that surprised expression on her face and she laughed out loud as she placed the green cuffs on her wrists and took her away from the room.
She forcefully shoved her sister to a stop as they passed her lawyer. "I'm a Goddess, Ms. Brooke. No one can keep me imprisoned." She was pushed to the door once again. "Call my wife, Ms. Brooke. Before it's too late" She called out as she was guided through the hallways.
"What the fuck was that, Kara?" Alex seethed at her once she was put in the cell they had kept Mon-El in.
"Nothing" She shrugged her shoulders as she stood in front of her sister. "You know, now that I think of it. I'm older than you are, Alex. You shouldn't be ordering me around like that."
Alex didn't know what to make of Kara, there was something going on with her. This wasn't the woman she had grown up with, this wasn't her little sister. She sighed and looked at the blonde.
"I don't care what you think of me right now. You were in no place to pull that stunt, and you know it."
"But you do. You care about what I do, because in the end, you know that I can break your neck, or your spine. And you fear that." She stepped forward, urging her sister to snap. "I know what you fear, Alex. I know you. We both know, there's nothing stopping me from going for Maggie right now"
"Enough!" Screamed an agitated J'onn from behind Alex. "Agent Danvers, call your mother and Mrs. Luthor and meet them here" He ordered, his eyes not leaving Kara's.
"Yes, sir." After Alex went exited the room, J'onn stared Kara down, and huffed.
"You were out of place" He informed her. Not wanting to waste more time with her, he exited the room to meet other agents.
…
"Alex?" Asked Eliza, wheeling Lena and a sleeping Ander in his mother's arms.
"Mom!" She greeted them both. "It's Kara, she's not herself, something's off" She explained to them as they moved to the meeting room, where Maggie, J'onn, Winn and James were waiting.
"What happened?" Winn pressed play and showed them the footage of the meeting with the lawyer and the threat to Maggie's life.
"That's not Kara" Maggie declared, she had seen the blonde get angry a couple of times, but they all knew she wasn't capable of anything more than cold stares and avoided glances. "I mean, she's basically a walking sunshine, that's not the Kara I know. Have you checked for kryptonite?"
"We did, and there's nothing to go on" Winn made the test results appear on the screen, and Eliza wheeled Lena to the front, so she could see them.
"James, can you take Andy for a minute, please?" She asked, knowing full well that James hadn't hold him yet.
"Yeah, sure" He was handed the baby and he started to coo at him.
"What are you thinking Lena?" Alex inquired. If Lena had been able to formulate a plan to tackle the problem, she was sure they could make it work.
"It's just… I knew Kal, and I know Kara, and even when they were mad, they didn't throw punches, they preferred to talk things through. When Kal came to the house, he had this look in his eyes, as if he wanted to kill me, and I know from personal experience how a psychopath who's thinking about killing you, looks at you, and it wasn't there. It seemed as if he was empty to begin with, as if he wasn't inside his body."
"But… Kara was there when she talked to me, and I swear, it looked as if she meant it." Alex argued.
"What about Lois. She's the link. Clark lived with her, and goes nuts, she visits Kara and after that, she threatens Alex, I think she has something to do with this" Winn looked at them.
"Still, there's nothing here that could show an anomaly in Kara's blood system. J'onn, I need a full scan, make sure she's not under the influence of the green kryptonite, it could damage the results" Eliza turned to look at J'onn.
"If she broke the cell, how are we going to put her on a scan which she can break with a snap of a finger?" James asked the question on everyone else's minds.
"She'll do it, if I ask her to" Lena turned back to look at them. "She may not be herself, but I'm pretty sure she wouldn't hurt me"
"Lena, she threatened me, and I'm her big sister. There's no guaranty this will work"
"Then, what are we going to do? Let her be and wait for her to kill us all?" She shook her head. "She's my wife, I promised her I'd be there for her through thick and thin, and that's what I'm going to do"
"No one will hold it against you if you don't do this, Lena" J'onn tried to reason with the CEO.
"You're wrong J'onn, I will. Because I can't stand here, arms crossed, waiting for someone to come and help, when I can help her myself."
"Well, alright." J'onn declared. "Lena and Eliza, you go to see her and put her in the scan. I don't want her to come to her senses and murder me because I put her wife in danger. Winn go over the surveillance and see if you find something. Maggie, Alex, you're coming with me to explain this to the president, and James, you're on diaper duty. Make sure she doesn't come near him"
