"Danvers," Alex says answering her office phone.
"Agent Danvers," Cat says smoothly into the phone.
"Who is this?" Alex asks confused, because the voice sounds quite familiar, but it can't be who she thinks it is.
"Cat Grant." Comes the slightly annoyed reply.
"Ms Grant, how did you get this number?" Alex questions, because the number to her government issued cell phone is not something even the Queen of all Media should be able to obtain.
"From you," Cat retorts slightly offended that the agent doesn't recall giving it to her the night they spent at the radio station working together to break the Kryptonian thrall caused by Myriad.
"Uh...oh," Alex stammers, "so w-what can I do for you?" She asks, as she struggles to swallow down the sudden memory of fighting Kara in Kryptonite laced exo-suit.
Cat hears the tightness in her voice and waits a moment before continuing.
"What can you tell me, off the record, about the Waller murder investigation," Cat answers.
"What makes you think that I would know anything?" Alex asks pushing back.
Ignoring the agent's remark, Cat continues. "Your girlfriend was just here questioning me. Are you aware that the police consider Supergirl a suspect?"
"Supergirl is not a suspect," Alex blurts out immediately, then adding "H-how do you know that I have a girlfriend?"
"Kara and I are friends, and she may have mentioned that you were dating a police detective. Detective Sawyer seems like she would be your type," Cat asks.
"How would you..." Alex stammers still surprised that Cat would figure that out after meeting Maggie.
"I am an investigative journalist, which you'll find makes me slightly more observant than the average person," Cat replies sarcastically.
"Look Ms Grant, it wouldn't matter if I was dating the police chief, I still wouldn't have access to an NCPD investigation," Alex snaps back at her.
"Then it's a good thing for Supergirl that I have reached out to a source or two of my own at NCPD. Perhaps Agent Danvers, you would like to drop by my office this evening and review some forensics reports," Cat proposes.
Alex sighs heavily into the phone. "You could have started with that," the agent points out .
"I'll have your sister give you the security code to my private elevator," Cat says ignoring her, "See you at 5:30," she adds ending the call.
Kara is working in one of the conference rooms at the DEO. She's been investigating Steve Waller, trying to figure out who could have killed him and why.
"What are you working on?" Alex asks sitting down across the table.
"I'm trying to figure out who would want to kill Steve Waller," Kara replies, still focused on her laptop. "Since the police are spending their time investigating me," she adds sarcastically.
"Maggie knows that you didn't do it and she has people investigating him too," Alex points out.
The blonde reporter looks up at her sister. "I trust Maggie. Alex, I really do but that Lieutenant, he's either anti-superhero or anti-alien, I can tell," Kara counters.
"It will be okay and you're not the only one investigating Waller. Cat Grant just called and wants me to go by her office later," Alex says and waits for her sister's reaction.
"What?" Kara asks frowning at her computer screen. "Oh, right. she asked me to give you the code to her elevator, I didn't even think about it." She mentions as she grabs a post-it and writes down the code and passes it to her sister.
Alex looks at the code a moment before sticking it into the pocket of her shirt.
"Did Cat say why she wanted to meet with you?" Kara asks before turning back to her computer.
"Not exactly, but I think that she has some inside information on the NCPD investigation, which means I am potentially going to piss off Maggie again if I can't tell her about it," Alex points out. Then looking over, she notices Kara studying her laptop, her brow furrowed more than usual. "Did you find something?"
"Yeah, I'm going through some of Waller's Twitter accounts. He trolls a lot of people, mostly women," Kara points out. "Naturally, this has gotten him into several disputes with people. These are fairly heated, there are a lot of threats being thrown back and forth," she adds turning the screen around so Alex can read a few of them.
"It's a good thing that you're an anonymous coward, because if I knew who you were I would hunt you down and cut off your hands," Alex reads aloud. "Uh, maybe have Winn take a look at these..." then reading further, "And send this to NCPD, they definitely should take a look at these."
"Do you think that Maggie will be upset that I'm investigating it?" Kara asks worriedly.
"No, it makes sense given your connection to Cat Grant and the fact that you are a reporter at CATCO. She would only get upset if you didn't give this information and investigated it yourself," Alex points out standing up to leave.
"Sawyer," Maggie says answering her cell phone, noting that it's a blocked call.
"Hey Maggie," Kara squeaks into the phone.
"Uh, I'm kind of busy right now," Maggie says worried that Kara's calling to complain about the interview, she heads out into the hall to get away from her coworkers.
"Well, I was doing some research on Waller and I might have found something," Kara says hesitantly.
"Oh, well what is it that you found?" Maggie asks changing gears, she could use a break on this case.
"Well, you know that part of why Waller was fired was that had anonymous Twitter accounts and he used them to troll people, but mostly the Supergirl and Ms Grant accounts. Anyway, late yesterday, he was outed on Twitter, the other user identified him and linked the story of him being fired from CATCO to the anonymous Twitter accounts," Kara informs the detective.
"Kara, people on social media tend to be all bark and no bite, but send me all the Twitter handles and I'll have our analyst look into it," Maggie replies hopefully.
"Maggie, there are a lot of threats on here. I've made some screenshots, just in case they get taken down. And a few of the more vocal ones appear to come from people here in National City," Kara points out.
"Okay, well send me everything you've got," Maggie requests.
"Would it be okay if I send it through Tom? I don't know if it's a good idea for me to be the official source of this information," Kara confides carefully.
"Right, well I'll just log this as an anonymous call then, but could you at least give me his Twitter handles and I'll get an analyst working on it right away," Maggie replies understandingly. Hanging up the phone, she smiles brightly and with any luck this is the break they need to solve this case.
Alex sits in her SUV in the CATCO Visitor's lot. Cat had a copy of the forensics report and the official cause of death is a heart attack, but there was evidence of forced entry from the balcony, and evidence of a slight struggle. In addition, a neighbor reported being awoken by an angry woman's voice yelling at Waller. When the neighbor approached Waller's front door, he distinctly heard a woman's voice tell him that he was a cowardly troll who didn't deserve to breathe the same air as Cat Grant. The neighbor returned to his own apartment, called 911 and then returned with a key to Waller's place, when he entered he found him on the floor not breathing.
"Winn, any chance that you're still in the office?" Alex asks into the coms link.
"Yeah, Kara gave me her research notes and I'm writing a code now that will identify and analyze all of Waller's interactions on Twitter," Winn answers.
"Okay, well we should also look at Cat Grant's Twitter feed, specifically looking for anyone defending her. Whoever killed Waller may have done it to protect her," Alex informs him.
"Is that all you brought?" Cat asks looking at the small satchel slung over Kara's shoulder as the elevator opens.
"You said that it's furnished and it's not like I'm going to actually live here," Kara answers nervously.
"Oh right," Cat replies, but turns around quickly towards the door at the end of the hall.
Even though Cat's face is carefully devoid of emotion, Kara knows her well enough to tell that the remark has disappointed her.
"Cat. Wait," Kara says reaching out and laying a hand on the other woman's shoulder.
Cat pauses, still a few steps ahead so that her back is to Kara.
"Is there a chance that we could talk over dinner, after Supergirl is settled into the apartment," Kara asks flashing a warm smile.
"Lynai Lumos graduated from NCU in May and she's been an intern at CATCO since June," Winn says proudly showing Alex what he found. Mon-El looks on feigning disinterest as he waits for Winn to finish up so they can get a drink at the Galleon.
"Hmm," Alex says moving behind him to read the screen for herself.
They both read silently for a moment.
"She fits the profile except," Alex begins as Winn clicks opens up the girl's Instagram account and finally there's a full photo of her. Alex groans in frustration, "except she doesn't look like she could scale a ten story building, let alone force her way into Waller's townhouse."
"Wait, that guy looks familiar for some reason?" Winn says stopping at a photo of Lynai and a man in a blue button down shirt with a NASA logo embroidered on it.
"Why don't we just put her under surveillance. If she's got powers, she'll use them and then we'll know," Mon-El asserts.
Alex shoots Mon-El a withering glare, before pointing at the screen. "Can you find out who that is?" She asks Winn.
"Mon-El, even black op government agencies can't put people under surveillance without evidence of some kind," Winn counters as he pulls up the photo and runs the facial recognition software against it. There's a match almost immediately.
"What did you find?" Alex asks moving back to read over his shoulder again, then glaring at Mon-El as he crowds in beside her.
"Bruce Roberts. He was the NASA scientist who got busted last year for stealing asteroid particles from a crash site. Initially, the particles gave him super strength and speed, but continued exposure began to break down his system, eventually it killed him," Winn explains as he skims over the article, then pulling up the man's obituary he adds, "Roberts was her uncle.
"Send that to me and find out if they were close. Maybe she has been exposed to the particles, it would explain how she was able to get into Waller's place," Alex points out.
"He died a few months ago and it looks like she was his only living relative," Winn adds reading through the obituary.
"Okay, I really need to go talk to Maggie about this," Alex says glancing from Winn to Mon-El. "Don't either of you do anything without me," she warns them both. "Winn, keep me posted on what you find."
"Yeah, yeah, I know... and you've got a hundred ways to hurt me," he adds pointing his finger at her to show that he remembers her threat.
Mon-El slides up to Winn after Alex leaves and looks over his shoulder. "She's probably about to leave CATCO right now, we could go get a look at her for ourselves," he suggests.
"Didn't you hear Alex? She just wants us to research her," Winn reminds him.
"Uh, she wants you to do that. She barely said anything to me," Mon-El points out.
"Look, I won't be much longer. Just go ahead to the bar and I'll meet you there," Winn suggests hoping to distract the Daximite. Mon-El has been a bit erratic since Kara rejected him, even after both Winn and James explained that she had rejected them as well. It's almost as if he thinks that he needs to prove himself capable without Kara's help.
Maggie, returns to her desk to find the message light blinking on her phone and a stack of messages on her desk. She picks them up and picks through them quickly. Most of them are anonymous calls from the tip line, most of them full of useless tips. One person saw Batman flying over National City, another saw Superman. Not likely on either front, Maggie is certain that this is someone new. Someone who isn't on anyone's radar yet. Checking her messages on her phone, she smiles when she hears a message from Tom Clarkson telling her to check her email. She had mentioned to Collins that they had an anonymous caller give them a lead from Twitter, but she couldn't tell him that she was expecting anything from CATCO.
Sitting down, Maggie pulls up her email and begins to review the information. Much of it is identical to what the NCPD analyst found, with the exception of the last section. She knew that Twitter user, CatisQueenofMe, outed Waller, but what they hadn't determined yet, was the user's identity. This is new information, quickly Maggie calls the analyst and gives him the name, Lynai Lumos. "I need a full background on her as soon as possible," she tells the analyst before grabbing heading into Collins' office to update him.
Mon-El left the DEO intending to go to the Galleon, but he couldn't resist heading to CATCO first, just to get a look at the woman. As he stands in the shadows between two buildings, waiting to spot her, people begin streaming out the main door. He spots Eve first, but suddenly she is joined by a small dark haired woman. If she's obsessed about Cat Grant, it makes sense that she would befriend her assistant. Now positive that this is the right woman, he crosses the street to get close enough to listen to their conversation. They speak briefly before Eve apologizes and heads into the stream of people heading to the bus stop. Lynai takes a moment to look around, she is either looking for someone or watching to see if someone is watching her. Mon-El walks around her and over to greet Eve, who is understandably surprised to see him. They talk awkwardly for a moment, before he makes up an excuse to leave, promising to call. Now he doesn't have a lot of experience with people acting suspicious, but the few weeks that he worked for the loan shark did teach him that people who constantly look over their shoulder usually have something to hide. A few blocks later, he is feeling rather smug that she hasn't spotted him, which is probably why he doesn't notice that before she rounds the next corner, she slips into the alley. So when he makes the turn she is not there. Frustrated that he lost her, he closes his eyes and listens keenly, he may not have Kryptonian super-hearing, but his hearing is superior to humans. He hears her above him and looks up just in time to see her clear the side of the building and jump to the next roof. Without thinking he jumps up to the fire escape and then bounds to the next one, easily making his way up the building. He pauses to listen before he makes the last jump, wanting to make sure that she's not waiting for him.
"You kissed me and I panicked," Cat admits, "It was not my proudest moment." The two women are dining on take out on the balcony at Cat's penthouse.
"Except that you don't panic," Kara argues, because it's true. Even when Livewire attacked them the first time, Cat didn't panic.
"Oh, I do. I just hide it extremely well," Cat replies with a nervous laugh.
"I'm so sorry, I never should..." Kara says looking down quickly, "It felt like...I just, I thought it was something we both wanted to happen," she stammers nervously.
Cat reaches over, placing her fingers lightly under Kara's chin and lifting it up."It was," she says softly.
"Then why didn't you kiss me back?" Kara asks lightly, still not trusting what she's feeling.
Cat's hand releases the light hold on her chin and she begins to nervously twist the cloth napkin in her lap.
"Oh Kara," Cat exclaims softly, before moving to the edge of her chair to continue. "I hired you because there was something different about you. Your eagerness seemed to come from a different place than any of the other people that I interviewed. It got my attention, then you seemed to occupy my thoughts more than anyone else. At first, I thought it was because you were so good at your job. I mean, my god, you are the embodiment of sunshine. Then it seemed as though you had charmed almost every employee at CATCO. In fact, you might be the most popular employee in the building," she points out resting her hands in her lap.
"I doubt that, Brenda in accounting is pretty popular. And saying that I've charmed people makes it seem like..." Kara begins to argue the point, but is distracted by the intense gaze of green eyes, that have just a hint of brown.
Cat reaches across their laps for Kara's hands.
"Brenda is popular because she hands out the bonus checks, but you Kara, your charm is derived from your sincerity and genuine kindness. Not to mention that you are the most thoughtful person that I have ever met," Cat says sincerely, giving the blonde hero's hands a soft squeeze.
Facing each other with knees touching and holding hands across their laps, seems to give Cat courage, because Kara can't believe the words coming out of Cat's mouth. Cat's always been bluntly honest, but rarely does she express herself this openly.
Kara looks down at their hands and then back up at Cat. "What's happening?" She questions softly.
"This." Cat murmurs, leaning towards her but stopping halfway, a small smile at the corner of her mouth. "If you want it," she adds.
Kara doesn't hesitate to close the gap between them. "I want," she whispers softly, before pressing her lips to Cat's.