Sudden Scrutiny (2 PM)
She didn't waste even a moment pointing to a couple of tanning beds at the corner of the massive living room getting the look of both confusion and curiosity from the former Director of the DEO now her own company's Director that they could work out the details for and title later. She slid to her desk dragging her fingers along the edge punching in the code sliding forward to have her fingerprints scanned which turned on the lamps for the two unconscious kryptonians. Ruby walked to her side whistling as Lena's focus turned to her.
"Remind me to have you enhance one of those with your security measures later." The young Arias held a good point so she nodded to her with their eyes following Alex whom stepped closer looking from her sister to her girlfriend.
"How long do they have to be under them?" It was a logical question which even Lena didn't take lightly with how they all were feeling.
"I'd say three hours. I built them after the World Killer incident. I didn't want us to be without Supergirl...just in case." Danvers turned around as their eyes met. Alex walked back over placing a hand on the desk the other resting on her hip where her alien gun was holstered. Emeralds flicked down studying the stance to slip back up into a set of emotional eyes.
"Not long ago you had made kryptonite." Lena was about to interject but Alex held her hand up now off her gun to rest on the desk as she leaned forward some. "Not long ago you accused her of having a God complex." Danvers sighed and her gaze softened. "Not long ago you were risking your own life to save her, to stop those that attacked her from doing more damage to her. Hell you were risking everything to save even me. Then you found ways to extract the poisons from her body. Not long ago you two were holding onto each other with everything of yourselves for the other. Not long ago your lips met my sister's own." Alex looked back sighing to return her attention to whom had little tears streaking down her face. "Not long ago you gave me an offer…..Boss." She smiled making Lena chuckle wiping her face. "Thank you."
"Like hell I'm gonna let anyone in this entire universe hurt her or any of you again. Alex.." Lena took a deep breath holding it for a moment looking up shutting her eyes bringing her hand to the side again typing in yet another code to push her fingers over the scanners. Now with Lucy and Maggie, Nia and Ruby, Susan and Amelia all around the table of a desk a panel slid back which brought a grouped gasp. "She's my whole world Alex."
"That's…" She was stunned by what she was seeing. Two long in-scripted etched and Celtic woven metal bands that looked like they were titanium and two colored golds lay on two small jewelry platforms. "Those are…" Alex studied the two stones that rested in the center, one of sapphire and one of emerald cut in the form of a yin and yang.
"I almost lost her...we almost lost her when she went flying off with Mon-El to Argo. You have no idea how happy I was when she returned to CATCO. To me." Lena explained doing her best not to cry when everyone was looking to her and to what was before them. "I went into the room with her mother's AI. I asked everything I could. I figured since she's always been torn between two worlds that I'd give her both. I hope I made the ring the right size."
It was Alex's turn to cry as she looked up at the woman whom did love her sister with every single fiber of her being. "If I didn't it's something I can fix with time."
"This.." Danvers was completely floored. She'd never expected something like this. But Lena wasn't done. She lifted the one ring revealing another. "You made.."
"One ring to ask for her hand. One ring to slip over her finger when I give the vows I...I've yet to write. Then these. One...one to bind her to me and me to her.." Lena lifted up the bracelet as another rested underneath. "The funny thing is I found myself making the bracelets for some reason after your sister had promised to always be there for me. I never thought about them being bonding bracelets. I hadn't even known whom she really was. I made them after Sam and her cleared my name when I was trying to drink myself to death thinking I poisoned those kids. I know this sounds dumb but I couldn't make one for your mom Ruby."
"I understand." Ruby lifted her hand where it had been resting at her side so everyone could see an outline of a bracelet that was far more visible to them now. "I can't explain this right now but know it's with reason. None of you should be able to see it but judging by your looks you can. You are meant to. Please accept I have one and leave it at that." She looked up at her aunt. "When you do finally take that step Aunt Lena...know you will be in the right place when it happens."
"What do you mean?" Lena didn't quite get this cryptic speech of her niece's. Ruby just smiled and stepped back to walk over to the sun beds where her mother and aunt rested.
"Put them away." Ruby said softly looking over her shoulder as she knelt down to sit in a meditative pose.
"Excuse me.." Alex cleared her throat getting everyone else's attention while the teen just smirked listening. Danvers leaned closer to lock eyes with a gulping Lena. "Should I give you the.." Sawyer slapped a hand over her ex's mouth. The Director growled glaring at her.
"Oh pipe it Danvers." Maggie removed her hand to turn and face Lena head on with their bodies inches from each other now. Sawyer narrowed her eyes putting her hands on her hips. "I've learned ten different ways to torture someone with my index finger. Six of them Danvers taught me." The CEO swallowed hard. "I might not be bedding her sister anymore.." Maggie had Lena backing up as she moved closer. "...but….Little Danvers is my Little sister Danvers. So...one hair on her head plucked away or even the slightest scratch...and there won't be a place that you can hide away at that I won't find you."
"Uh...Sawyer.." Alex was ready to save her future sister in law when Maggie smiled with her signature dimples and slapped her hands together giving Lena a huge grin. "Give her that proposal of a lifetime Little Luthor. I'm expecting bragging rights." The detective stepped away looking all over with not just Lena ready to fall over from Sawyer's turnaround. "Where's the grub LL? I'm starving!"
"I...give me a few to recover from that." Lena stated.
"Hey Mags? Where did you learn four more?" Alex went over to talk to her ex whom was scoping out the cabinets until her eyes went wide.
"GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!" That one announcement had everyone jumping so high when the rather high pitched shout hit them. Neither were aware of two sets of eyes that had opened from the nearly painful ear piercing announcement.
"Thin mints?" Sam asked.
"I wants a cookie!" Kara yelled alerting the band of entrepreneurs.
"I can has a cookie?" Arias looked at them with big eyes.
"Is it...can it be cookie time please?" Kara gave a pure puppy dog set of eyes and smile. They all facepalmed.
"I'm confiscating her computer to delete the cheezburger site and pictures I swear. But really? Leave it to one mention of food to wake up flipper and free willy." Alex shook her head with everyone laughing except one whiny Danvers.
"I'm NOT a fat orca Alex!"
"I think I remember that move! Didn't Michael Jackson have that tearjerker song at the end of it?" The brunette asked the blonde.
"At least I'm not a playful dolphin." Kara snickered back and they all turned to watch the showdown. "Has she taught you to fetch a ball yet?"
"How hard do you blow?" Sam smirked causing both Kara and Lena to bury their red faces in their hands.
"Do you whistle or click to my sister?" Arias glared at the grinning blonde.
"I will cuff you when you are practically human to the fridge and eat potstickers in front of you." It was Supergirl's turn to glare.
"I...give me a few...I'll think of a comeback."
"Not in this lifetime." Neither were aware of everyone snatching a thin mint or two quietly watching the show.
"Hey! That's my line!"
"You knnnnow...cookies never tasted better." Maggie smiled until two sets of eyes locked onto her and she gulped holding out the package looking down seeing it empty. She backed away slowly. "I think I'll get some more."
"Good idea." Both kryptonians said at the same time as Ruby had to sit down from how hard she was laughing as everyone else had to find something to hold onto with how much they were cracking up. This was definitely something they all needed right now. Especially to ring in a brand new year that was just hours away from beginning. Together. As family..
A set of black ops entered the desolate command center noticing all screens smashed every deck and computer destroyed along with a giant stone barrel still releasing smoke from no doubt explosive charges. Their guns raised just in case while two men entered with one holding his gloved hand up motioning everyone to keep their aim while the other growled at the site. One of an all too familiar face with the other masked to hide his identity.
"Where the hell is everyone? This is supposed to be MY unit! MY DEO! They were supposed to answer to ME!"
"Mister...pres..i…" Guns flung to the side aiming at home was practically crawling in her body covered in ash and injuries that littered it. "...Bake...er…" The man ran forward waving his hand to get the guns off her.
"Where the hell is my medical staff here! I want ANSWERS do you...understand me?"
"You will have them. Get her out of here and back to my lab. Send my teams to aid in her wounds. She is going to need actual doctors so call Joseph and Kean to assist." The man in the black mask with glowing green engravings that were of kryptonian runes said looking around with his darker green eyes studying the damages. "I want to know if there is anything left here that is useful. Get the president out of here. If he is seen anywhere near here this could ruin his polls and our plans.."
"Mr. President, Sir...this way." Three escorted him down the steps to the underground garage as the masked leader snapped his fingers pointing to certain areas as he walked through and directly to where Agent Danvers' lab had been once, at least according to the blueprints he'd had stolen for his own personal wishes. It was a shame she couldn't have been persuaded to join their side. Hell, he would have loved to bed that stunning soldier pissed off when he found out she was into the female breed. But thanks to his dear older sister, whom had left him plenty of rather useful Intel along with formulas and testing trials she'd done on herself, that could all change once he got his greedy little claws into the beautiful Alexandra Danvers.
A sudden slur of cursing in two languages that he knew of had a few of them looking to their hips and radios. "Boss? Boss...all the vehicles that are in one piece are gone. Everything else is destroyed. Do you read me?" He sighed tapping the piece in his ear.
"Then escort his ass to one of ours. Surely you remember where the tunnel is that your pathetic ass drove through. Right?"
"Ye...yes Boss. Sorry Boss."
"Just get him out. That's all that matters." He shook his head but smiled to put his head back laughing loudly with all heads turning his direction. "Film the damage. Film it then have the other footage we've got edited. We can blame this all on the rejected red and blue mutt. This will be absolutely wonderful to have the media mongols post all over the news. Then we can put it all over the glorious World Wide Web. Finish up finding everything you can. I am going back to a lab that is only still standing from four rickety walls." He continued to laugh as he left his men to continue their searches. When he was finally gone one soldier covered his piece as the others did.
"How he got out of the loony bin I'll never know." A couple of them chuckled.
"Remember though, he broke us all out of our prison sentences. Hey! Hey guys! I think I found something and daaaaamn no wonder he wants a piece of that."
"She's the boss of this place?"
"Yeah. Damn I'm jealous." They all watched a little footage of the Director as one of them whistled the tech over. "We've got something."
"Shove off. I need my case." He held out his hand as his suitcase was brought over. "I'll address this. All of you go do whatever he wants you to do. This might take some time.."
"Well.." One looked at his watch. "It's five now. Chop chop." They were pushed away quickly with some of them laughing still. They did have a job to do but it didn't mean they couldn't crack jokes to pass the time. They'd already reprogrammed forty soldiers from several branches of the military to their cause. Not to mention the fifty or so that were broken out of prisons, solitary confinements and mental institutions that had been recruited. Now, with thirty of the remaining DEO they worked into their plans, there was no way those that quit or were shipped off would be let off the hook. Their Boss would make every single one of them wish for death or to sign along the dotted line for their complete and unyielding loyalty to the brand new Cadmus. They already had a new name for the DEO...Direct Extinction Operations. That's whom would protect and defend the human citizens of Earth.
He chuckled as sipped his iced coffee after taking his mask off while pulling the vehicle out the parking lot to head into the tunnel. He would be the new Director now and his first order of business would be termination..