Chapter 13
"Well that was interesting to say the least," Kara said. She and Mon-El arrived back at the DEO not long after they left. The two found her mother and Winn still in discussions but did not see J'onn or Alex as they approached the main hub by the computer screens. James was there waiting for them, having popped by the DEO after Winn had called him.
"Find anything?" The current runner of CatCo. asked.
"While Kara was busy talking to the head of the department, I was busy using my x-ray vision to see if anything seemed out of place. Finding nothing, I was about to ask about the sign in log for viewing building documents when the Mayor walked in. Needless to say, our interview was over. So I casually pointed the camera at the sign-in list while I chatted up the lady behind the desk," Mon-El smirked and handed the large camera over to Winn.
"So at least you got the top sheet, it might give us something more then," his friend smiled.
"It gets better, the nice lady behind the desk said that they input the names on the sheet into the computer at the end of every day so they can keep track of who borrowed plans and who just made photocopies. I guess they have to track where the drawings go in case they need to be retrieved by someone else," the former Daxamite explained.
"Computer hacking time!" Ricky smirked before grabbing another energy drink from below his desk.
"Maybe you better cut him off," Kara was concerned.
"Yeah it might be time for an intervention," Winn gave him a look before turning his attention back to the Kryptonians.
"No word from Alex? The blonde wanted to know.
"Nothing yet but I'm more interested in what the Mayor was doing down at the planning department. There is an internal city investigation going and he shouldn't be popping by in the middle of it," James frowned.
"I would agree," J'onn walked up to the group, having just left his office.
"How are you feeling?" Kara asked.
"Much better, thank you. I was able to throw my weight around and I got some answers. It would seem that one of the depots is in fact missing some explosives. After I called, the commanders promised to double check their stocks and one got back to me just now. It would seem that the records indicate one number and the actual stockpile is short a few bricks," the Martian frowned.
"Bricks? How much explosive would it have taken to bust into the bank vault? How much do you suppose they used?" Kara looked at Winn and he shook his head.
"One brick would have leveled the building if placed properly. How many is a few?" The young man asked.
"Right now the commander said three but he promised to keep me in the loop if the number changed," J'onn didn't like where this was headed.
"So bare minimum there are two bricks of military explosive just missing?" James raised an eyebrow.
"So it would seem. I'm calling Alex," Kara grabbed her phone out of her pocket and quickly dialed her sister. It went to voicemail and she tried again.
"She's not responding," the blonde immediately started to pull off her shirt, revealing her super suit. Mon-El did the same while Winn got them the address. The two were off as quickly as they could to find the redhead and her fiancée.
"Alert NCPD and tell them we've got a missing agent and missing detective along with missing explosives. If this officer, Maggie and Alex went to talk to, is in on it, they could be in serious trouble," J'onn barked at Ricky while James ran off to get suited up as Guardian and Winn headed for the truck. M'yrnn exited the lab with Doctor Milo to see what was going on, given all the raised voices. The elder Martian had been coming to see the physician every day since he could not be left at home alone.
"Doctor, I'm going to need your staff on high alert. Supergirl and Mon-El could be coming back with an injured Alex or Maggie," J'onn told him. Milo nodded and was about to alert his fellow medical professionals when J'onn grabbed his temple.
"You aren't better. Come on. We need to run another scan," Milo told him.
To Be Continued…