Chapter 8
"Winn! Wake up!" Alex shook the chair that the young man was sitting in and he shouted before falling off his chair. It was three o'clock in the morning and he'd nodded off waiting to hear back from Kara and Mon-El.
"I'm up! I'm up!" He said.
"Good, we need all the help we can get. I've got a bank robbery in progress and Maggie could use some back up. I've already alerted James and J'onn is on his way there. I need you to coordinate the comms and have DEO assistance to the scene on the double," the redhead ordered.
"Aye, aye," Winn told her and quickly started to do as she asked.
"Wait, why didn't you go and help Maggie?" He asked. He was also wondering if anyone else had managed to get some sleep but he didn't ask.
"J'onn wanted me here in case other crimes started occurring while he was gone. We're down two superheroes and spread pretty thin," Alex explained. Winn nodded and immediately turned his focus back to the screen. It was now that he realized it was closing in on three am and they had still not heard back from Kara or Mon-El.
"They've got a lot of big guns. NCPD has called in SWAT and J'onn disappeared inside on his own. I'm covering the back," James radioed in.
"Sending back up to your location now," Winn told him. Instead of the usual reply, that's when he heard an explosion and the radio going dead.
"James! Come in! James! Do you copy?!" He tried. Nothing. Winn turned to look for Alex but she was already gone.
"J'onn! Do you read me?!" He tried and again he got nothing. Unable to reach anyone, he did the only thing he could think of and called the only Kryptonian left on the planet, Superman.
"We've got a major situation," Winn started.
"I'm already en-route. I figured you might want some back up," Clark said. With that the call ended and Clark was on his way to help. He only hoped he was in time to save everyone who needed saving.
Meanwhile, back in Argo City, mother and daughter discussed the man they both thought they knew. They had headed back to Alura's home in order to discuss things in private. Mon-El had headed to the ship to check in with Winn. Kara's mother had explained the situation in Argo City. They had a limited quantity of the Harun-El, which was the only thing powering the dome and the life support. Once it ran out, that would be it. If they had enough, it could restore communications, or so the scientists thought. Besides he figured that the ladies should have some alone time after all this time apart.
"I just can't…" Alura trailed off. It was obvious that it was all hard to swallow for her. He was her husband and he'd lied.
"It wasn't easy for me to believe either but we ran the DNA and it matched. That might have been something I could have brushed off but the fact that he then lied to everyone, I just don't know what else to believe. He never mentioned to you that the Worldkillers were part of him? Never mentioned what was he doing at work? He never explained why he gave you the necklace? If Black Kryptonite is basically a piece of jewelry or battery here, why would you constantly play with it? Why would he let you give it to me? All the evidence we have seems to point to him betraying us all. Maybe it was guilt that drove him to save everyone here in Argo City. I have no idea why he would suddenly try to save everyone when the only goal of the Worldkillers is to end everyone's life in their path," Kara heaved a sigh. That's when Mon-El's voice came over the comms. Alura looked at her daughter's face and she could immediately tell something was wrong.
"Our friends are in trouble. Kal is helping them but…"
"Then we must go," her mother said.
"We?" Kara looked at her.
"We," Alura nodded.
To Be Continued…