Deals with Demons

by Lonly Wanderer

Demons are not something to be trifled with, but the oncoming destruction of Krypton tested even Alura's morality and she summoned one to help her, for an interesting price. But the planet still burned, though there's something different about our familiar blond hero. Really bad at summaries, sorry. AlurLane, General Danvers, more in future. Demon AU of Supergirl

4. Chapter 4

LW: More insanity, you're welcome. Also Kara finally gets to embrace her heritage, so that's nice.

Deals with Demons Chapter 4

L Corp, Lena's office

Lena smiles as she sits with Kara on her couch and enjoys the lunch she'd brought them, still surprised she had found a friend in this bubbly reporter, who lights up the room with her Sunny smile. Plus it was the chance to celebrate the blonde's newest accomplishment.

'So Kara, how was your first interview?' Lena asks with a proud smile, causing her kryptonian to blush

'Lena, you were my 1st interview, and you saw how that went, better than you expected for one' she teases slightly but was confused when the ravenette rolls her eyes

'No darling, my alien detector was your first article, the interview you managed to get with President Marsdin and Press secretary Trump was your first real interview. Speaking of that how did little junior Reporter Kara Danvers get to interview the 1st female president and the most controversial and hilarious Press Secretary the Republicans will ever have?'

Kara laughs 'It was actually because I was one of the few people that according to Cat wasn't 'parroting Fake News like CNN' so she overruled Snapper's decision and sent me in. It was surprisingly better than I expected, and I even got him to say something nice about Supergirl'

'Yes, you did. By the way, when you said, direct as a hammer through a window, is that a good or bad thing?'

'For me it's good, I prefer people to just say what they think. Also I surprised he knew Tamaraneans existed' she chuckled at that particular gem amongst other things

'The hero team in Jump City have one, they're just starting out, but at least she's already in the public sphere so out of everything that had to be dropped on them several things were already done'

They do know there are actual orange aliens out there, and they compare me to them? That seems a little racist to me, especially if one day a legally immigrated Tamaran or half Tamaran wants to be president and they're just seen as the 2nd orange president elect

Supergirl is exactly what we meant about aliens integrating with the society, Superman doesn't count as from Lois Lane's interviews he was basically born here, Supergirl on the other we know thanks to Cat Grant she was a child when she arrived on the planet, she had a culture of her own but she became part of our country, and by now would probably be a real citizen anyway

He does have a point and luckily the DEO will be properly screening the registered aliens to check which ones are violating our laws and which ones are only technically illegal

Kara's eyebrow raised 'Technically?'

Some species have laws that don't coincide with our own. For example:

Quarians can't show their faces to anyone but their mate or family, unless they're on their deathbed.

On Batarian planets it's illegal to be an escaped slave

And Azarathians can't show emotions at all.

These are the kind of things that we can just over look, as opposed to say domestic terrorism, or being a convicted serial killer

Makes sense

Kara was enjoying getting to see her friend look so relaxed, it made her feel warm inside that she could make the stoic CEO appear so normal, unfortunately it wasn't going to last much longer

'Ms Luthor, the kid is here again' Jess calls over the intercom, causing Lena to sigh and walk over to her desk

'Thank you darling, you can send him in, and you could try learn his name you know?' she then quickly shuffles over to Kara and gives her a small hug 'Thanks for lunch Kara, maybe we can do this again tomorrow?' her question was hopeful and Kara looked ready to melt

'Oh course, wait damn it I really need to go or else Snapper's going to start yelling' She exits with just below super speed but her senses still pick up something that cause her to stumble as she enters the elevator

'Hi papa, Mom said you wanted to teach me some things' Carter says as he sits down beside the ravenette on the couch

'Yes precious, you're coming to that age where your abilities are going to start kicking in, so I'm going to help you learn to control it'

'Like Supergirl?'

Lena's chuckles sent shivers down Kara's spine 'Oh you have no idea kiddo'

Later

Kara had quite a lot of things on her mind, and for once punching things wasn't helping, even if it was the first time in a while she'd gotten to spar with Astra in a no holds brawl, the older woman not given an inch despite the age gap. The older kryptonian must have figured this out as after pinning the blond she asks 'So Little One, what's buzzing in your mind?'

'I think my best friend is a demon. Also Carter Grant is a Halfling' she admits, getting laughter from a surprising source

'So those senses of yours are finally coming into effect' Luci grins widely as she enters the training room 'What happened to come to this revelation?'

'Carter came to L-Corp, she's teaching him to use his powers, whatever they are' Kara answers

Luci clicks her tongue before nodding 'It's about the right age so yeah that makes sense. If you had been a little older, Alura would probably have summoned me and I'd have taught you to use your powers. But you weren't old enough when you ended up on earth, and after that your Yellow Sun powers essentially overshadowed them'

Kara droops slightly 'Oh, does that mean I can't use abilities like you?'

'No Kara, it just means we're probably going to need to borrow the red sun room, as well as figure out what you are even able to do. As a Hellian you almost certainly have pyrokinetic abilities like me, meaning you'll also be essentially flame-retardant, that trait making it easier to summon as well as manipulate Hell forged Steel for weapons or even armour. I'm partial to a Battle Axe or a War Hammer if I'm perfectly honest. Though you probably shouldn't start there, maybe something small like knives and daggers' she chuckles and with a poof of black smoke summons a dagger with a curved, pitch black blade 'Demon Dagger, forged in the fires of Hell itself, it hurts anything it cuts so you may want to be careful' she chuckles as she sends it away again, watching Kara's eyes shine and gaze longingly at her ukr casual display of power.

'Kara there's a disturbance at the bank, security's down so we got no idea what's going on'

Kara sighs 'Okay got it. We're starting to figure this out once I get back' she practically demands, as Lucy laughs with a huge smile

The bank

Supergirl lands right outside the bank, just as the problem casually strolls out, surprisingly lacking anything he could have taken. But it was when she got a look at his face she was surprised to see it was Maxwell Lord, or at least someone who greatly resembled him

'Lord?' Kara mutters mostly to herself

'Well hello Kara' Max hisses, his white eyes staring unblinkingly 'to think someone so pure and virtuous was actually a demon, Hillfyre's brat at that' Kara looks shocked and she hears Lucy swear in her ear

'How is he here?' she mutters worryingly, confusing Alex and the others 'Kara one thing I need you to do for me'

'Um, okay' Kara shrugs as Max stands there smug as usual 'Azazel?'

'Correct Ms Danvers, I suppose that means Miss Hillfyre is on the other end, hello there missy, be ready to see your child die by my hand' he forms lightning between his fingers and throws it at Kara, which she dodges and the car behind her explodes

'Crap, just what I need, another Livewire' Kara mutters, getting caught off guard when the angel pops up beside her and kicks her through the wall.

'As you can see Supergirl there's really no contest between us' he says, side stepping a blast of heat vision only to be slammed into by a flying kryptonian and sent flying as she came back outside. The Fallen stands and summons a ball of deep blue energy before tossing it at the hero, which she exploded with her heat vision then skits out of view.

'Fuck, nothing seems to actually be working' Kara thinks angrily, surprised when she starting to feel the heat and itch of her heat vision…in her hands.

'Come out come out hero, I promise not to prolong your suffering' Max taunts summoning another energy ball

'I highly doubt that' Kara retorts as she steps back into view, all the while trying to condense the heat she was feeling into her palm rather than release it like she does with her eyes, holding in the yip when she feels tennis ball sized bundles of heat floating off her palms

'You're right, this is going to suck for you' he laughs before throwing the energy ball, which she retaliates to by swinging her arms forward and sending the fireballs soaring.

The energy ball hits her as the fireballs explode on Max, throwing both several metres backwards. Kara winces when her fingers run across the regenerating burn, while Max slowly stands, his upper torso covered in 2nd degree burns as well as having basically incinerated his shirt.

'Well that was quite the set back, I guess we'll just have to try this again another time' he sneers and his wings extend, just before shooting into the sky, Kara groaning from the ground

Later at the DEO

When Kara got back to the DEO she was immediately mobbed by both her parents who buzzed around her checking for injuries

'Are you alright Little One?' Astra asks as her and Alex joins them

'So you found your flame already, you sure you need me for this after all?' Lucy teases lightly as she checks her hands for burns

'Yeah, I didn't do anything intentionally; I just felt what is best described as my heat vision in my hands and managed to compress it into those fireballs. I'm fine though Aunt Astra, the marks have healed already too' she says, then sighs when she sees J'onn marching over to them, looking annoyed at the demon

'Didn't you say we weren't going to be having issues with the angels?' J'onn hisses angrily

'I said probably, also Azazel is a Fallen and it's not like they ever follow any of the rules of either side of the divide. The only thing worse right now would be Samael dropping out of the sky to kick our asses' Lucy paces tiredly 'And now he knows about Kara which is a big problem, angels are difficult for demons to deal with, probably why so few of us ever think to try wipe the smug fucks out, and Fallen don't even have the rigid fighting style of the others to exploit even if in this case he does have their arrogance'

'So you're saying I can't do this?' Kara asks, wringing her hands tensely, which Lucy sees and exhales, a tiny emerald flicker passing her lips as she does

'No Kara darling, just that you can't rush into this like you often do. There are a lot of things our species can do to harm each other, you need to think through everything so that you can exploit those weaknesses without exposing your own to him' Lucy tries to explain, unsure herself how to deal with an angel like Azazel who she'd normally fought to a standstill at best.

What nobody expected was for someone to be knocking on the front door of the DEO, when they investigated it they found a burly, bald man and a woman with snow white hair and pale blue eyes

'Hello Miss In-Ze, we were sent here by Leviathan for security reasons. With a Fallen after you she thought it would be best if we didn't send any other demons' the man explains as Kara waves them in.

Lucy nods 'So she sent a frost giant and an ogre, that was actually pretty smart'

'Wait, he's an ogre? I thought you said they looked like some of the more fantastical aliens' Alex hisses in the demon's ear

Bruce rubs the back of his head 'I'm kind of a runt in that regard' Frost chuckles as he opens his jacket and reveals his secondary limbs, normal sized for a human, but given the snow shovel like hands of his primary arms, they looked quite petit and feminine 'They're not as good for breaking things, but they do make it easy to do more delicate things than my species can normally do'

'And you?' Astra asks, Frost grins and vanishes in a chilly plume of smoke, when it faded the woman was replaced by a what looked like a 12 foot killer ice sculpture 'Holy crap, yeah that's kind of awesome'

'Thanks pretty' she winks and Alex growls possessively, Astra was hers' not the frozen bitch, who grins before returning to her normal form

Back at the bank, some time later

'You know what's strange about this?' Maggie asks as she tries getting something from the scorch marks Max and Kara had caused in their little brawl

'Besides Supergirl and this guy throwing fireballs and then he grew wings and flew off?' Alex replies

'Well yeah, but also the fact Maxwell Lord was pronounced dead over a week ago' Alex freezes

'What?'

'Yeah, he was found, or what's left of him was found charred to shit, luckily dental records were able to identify him or we'd have been wondering why there was a dead body in his office' Maggie chuckles slightly 'So him walking around not even slightly burned is weird as shit. Also those angel wings, or possibly Thanagerian, damn I never thought he'd turn out to be a non human given how much of an anti-alien arsehole he has always been' Alex chokes slightly

'Angels? You're one of those ultra religious kinds?' she asks, trying not to look the officer in the eye, and getting a laugh from the smaller woman

'Oh silly girl, you might need to clean off the smell of ash from your clothes before claiming demons don't exist' she grins 'Well see you later Danvers' she walks away with a sway of her hips, while Alex splutters and heads back to the DEO

CatCo

'Hello Kiera, snow cone' Cat greets Kara and her new bodyguard, Ms Frost being the one least likely to cause a commotion from tagging around with the blond so was an 'intern' shadowing the reporter, while Bruce was to stick with Supergirl (Kara finding it funny whenever they save someone he starts it with 'Hi my name is Bruce, I'll be saving you today' the ogre really seemed to like helping people)

'Ms Grant' the frost giantess nods before following the blond to her next assignment, Snapper grunts in basic acknowledgement before sending Kara off with a hand wave, the blond cheerfully leaving to do so until she gets a call from Alex about another Supergirl related issue and sped off, Cait groans slightly as this was definitely not the job she signed up to, if she wasn't so afraid of a white hot, venom coated tail blade being shoved up her ass she'd probably complain to Leviathan about this mission being below her standing. But she had enough brain cells to be afraid of an angry, or even a mildly annoyed Satan, so kept her mouth shut in that regard.

DEO later

The wall falls apart when Kara is thrown through it, Luci smirking at a chance to actually cut loose, rather than summoning with a poof she appears to summon molten iron and letting it form into a hammer 'Come on little one, you're actually doing better than I thought you would' she grins and gets tossed aside by the kryptonian 'There we go dearie, keep it up' she flares out of the way of Kara's fist and reappears behind her, slamming the hell forged steel into her ribs, producing an audible crack, the problem being she put herself in the firing line of Kara's heat vision.

Kara was shocked that despite getting heat visioned to the face Luci at first just groaned slightly but then started to laugh, her face looking only slightly burnt, and even then it was rather rapidly repairing itself 'Holy crap' Kara gasped when the demon smiles through her damaged lips

'Nice to know where the limit of my defensive walls and regenerative abilities are, but shit that hurt. It's been a while since something has actually managed to burn me' she chuckles and poofs up 2 short swords 'want to try it where both of us have weapons now? I always hoped to teach you one of these days, better late than never ay Kara?' all her teeth were still visible in her smile, but Kara set aside any guilt to grab the sword by the blade… and immediately cut herself

'Shit' she hisses as she drops the blade

'Yeah, these things actually will hurt you kid, maybe we should start with the basics' Lucy says more seriously… or as serious as she could given the situation 'Also, don't tell your mother'

Late afternoon

The screen flickers and Max/Azazel appear with a blade pressed to Cat Grant's neck 'Supergirl, come alone or Ms Grant dies. You have 1 hour, there is no need to tell you where I am, you will be able to sense my grace' he smirks as the screen blanks out once more

'Fuck!' Kara yells, kicking the nearest wall, (seriously what have walls done to deserve all the abuse in this chapter?) while Lucy slips away to the 2 magical entities

'What are the chances Leviathan will step in and end him?' she asks, surprised by the speed of the answer

'Minimal, especially with Cat's life on the line, she won't risk him killing her before she can snap his technically human neck. Plus if it wasn't for the very real chance Azazel could kill Kara I'd suspect it was some kind of test on her part' Lucy didn't like it but she knew the frost giant was right, especially with a demon as old as Leviathan it was impossible to judge them on present standards, but damn it Kara was her child.

This slight moral hiccup didn't stop her watching Kara storm past them 'Where do you think you're going?' she asks

'CatCo, he was right I can sense his grace or whatever you want to call it. And before you tell me it's a trap, I kind of figured that out for myself and even if I hadn't Alex, Astra and J'onn have pointed the obvious out to me'

'I really hope you have a plan Kara Ze-Hillfyre' Lucy pleads, knowing the girl was impulsive on the best of days never mind when people she cared about were in danger

Kara nods even as her muscles tighten 'I'm going to kick his ass to Hell and back, so he never comes after anyone of mine again' she hisses and her eyes glow a deep blood red, shooting off into the sky before the elder demon could respond

'Damn it kid' Lucy thinks, running her fingers through her hair, groaning about the things she's given the blond (In this case stubbornness and an overprotective/possessive nature of things she cares about) before running to inform the others, though they probably already know.

CatCo

Max grins as Supergirl drops onto the roof, not currently caring about the damage she may have caused as she sees his smug face and the tight grip he had on Cat's throat

'So you actually showed up and so quickly, very nice' he purrs, loosening his hold before shoving the older blond in the hero's direction 'Well human, get out of here, your usefulness has ended'

'Cat just get to safety' Kara hisses before the blond could work herself up to proper anger 'I can deal with this'

'You better, Supergirl' she mutters with her usual snark before leaning in close 'Le would have my head if you died Kara' she whispers to the hero before running to the fire escape

'So here we are, alone again, what now?' she asks with a sarcastic smile, which the Fallen returns before pulling a dagger from his belt

Max throws the blade and Kara dodges, but the knife very slightly nicks her forearm, the wound hissing as it heals itself

'Consecrated Silver hurts demons like you Kara. So now I finally have something that I know can kill you Supergirl' he grins widely and tosses another which Kara actually manages to completely avoid before charging straight at him, knocking him off the roof and only the quick unfurling of his wings stopped a messy splat, the fight quickly shifting to the sky. This didn't give Kara the advantage she had hoped, but it did seem to make things more difficult for Max to strike her with any kind of accuracy where the angel blades were concerned, he was still able to damage her on a purely physical level though. Kara on her side found this weakness extremely preferable to kryptonite, as while the silver blades burned her skin and the wounds clearly healed slower than regular wounds, she could fight at full strength against them and she could ignore the burns to a lesser extent when it came to her admittedly rather sloppy parries, one of which was somehow able to disarm him, even if it gave him an opening to slam her into the ground before landing a few feet away.

'Give up little Hillfyre, you're just embarrassing yourself at this point' Max sneers, his angel robes hiding most of the damage he had himself sustained, besides the broken nose from Kara punching him square in the face.

'No, I won't just let you win' she hisses between breathes

'Fine, make it difficult for yourself and painful for your family' he scoffs before willing lightning to build at his fingertips

'You know the one good thing about Lord already being dead is?' Kara asks weakly, clutching her ribs as she shuffles to a sitting position

'What?'

'I'm not breaking my no killing rule when I do this please work' she pleads internally as she puts all her focus and energy into one last attack, thrusting her arm out as she manages to form a knife: it was crude and plain, and it was so unaerodynamic she was surprised it even got as far as it was, but that didn't matter when it managed to find it's target between the Fallen's eyes, his body twitching and steaming as Hell forged Steel meet angelic grace, no matter how tainted it may be. With a pulse of energy a badly charred pile of bones falls from his body, revealing the angel within as well as finally succeeding in having Kara lose her lunch over something. Then the screaming/ inhuman gurgling began as Azazel's body began to burn and smoke before finally self emulating to less than ash, the dagger not lasting much longer as it faded away before it hit the ground.

'Kara he's dead, Kara?' Alex calls, panicking when all she gets is silence 'KARA!'

The blond just about grunts tiredly, having basically emptied her core with the summon. Her eyes fluttered when she felt herself move, followed by a pleasant heat, before finally passing out for real

DEO the next morning

Kara grunts as she feels a headache forming, hating when something happens strongly enough to actually leave some kind of remnant on her, she barely gets her eyes open when she gets tackled by a crying Alex

'Kara, don't you dare fucking scare me like that again you hear me?'

'It's over right?' she asks

'Yeah, Azazel's gone, and Max really is just a pile of scorched bones, again it would appear' Lucy answers, not telling Kara about how she stole the angel's blades… in case they ever had to fight some powerful demons and needed an upper hand (Not like he'd need them back anyway).

'Great, if nobody needs me then I'm going back to sleep' Kara says before rolling over and falling asleep, Alura and Lucy chuckle while Alex sighs and gets pulled into an embrace by Astra.

L-Corp, that afternoon

'As I'm sure you're aware the Fallen has been dealt with, seems we weren't needed after all in that regard' Frost says over the phone

Lena gives an unseen nod 'True, but the point of your entire company is basically a just in case' hearing the frost giant's sigh before disconnecting, then hearing a familiar whoosh and a disturbance outside her office

'Ms Luthor does not want to be disturbed' Jess argues unhelpfully as Kara strolls right in and sits opposite the CEO, causing the ravenette to chuckle

'Jess, I told you twice already Kara is always allowed to see me, especially when it's not CatCo related' her (soon to be long suffering) assistant sighs but nods and leaves with a low 'Yes Lena' so the 2 were finally alone 'Hello Kara'

'Lena, we need to discuss a few things, in particular that I know your secret and that you most likely know mine because of that' Kara half coherently explains getting a raised eyebrow from the woman

'Oh and what is that dearie?'

'That you're a demon, don't know what kind but you are one' Kara states with enough Supergirl confidence if Lena didn't already know she sure did now.

'And you're a Hellian/kryptonian hybrid, Supergirl' she replies with amusement 'And for the record, I'm a reptid dearie, my kind is quite rare, considering the most famous of our species is the Great Leviathan herself you can see why nobody's exactly unhappy there aren't too many of us around'

Kara smirks slightly 'You seem a little small to be a 10 ft sexy lizard lady' she teases and Lena laughs

'True, but being able to maintain a human form or find something to live in, makes it easier to go out in public without getting shot at' she explains, getting a confused look from Kara 'Oh you are so cute when you pout like that'

Kara sighed 'Lena, when I figured out what you were, I realised something else' At the other woman's curious look she continues 'I finally figured out what Cat got out of her deal with the Devil; a son. And if as he says you really are Carter's father, then you can only be one specific reptid; Leviathan' Lena's eyes flash pink as her wide grin revealed her needle like teeth, before she claps slowly.

'Very well done dearie, I was wondering how long it was going to take for you to recognise me. I guess the Black Mercy wasn't really something you wanted to remember' she teases and Kara jumps when something wraps around her ankle, looking down to see a black tail with a bladed tip 'Hello dearie, nice we get to finally meet, face to face, IRL'

TBC

LW: Well that happened, also I've just realised that unlike other fics I do, the Supergirl plot is sort of happening in the background and I'm just doing my own thing with the characters between plot points. Also yes, Cat is still in charge of CatCo, and isn't going anywhere. Anyone who has a problem with that please submit the complaint to Leviathan, who will promptly ignore it, or stab you in the heart with her tail for wasting her time.