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Alex Danvers strolled through the DEO facility confidently. It was after hours, majority of the staff had cleared out and went home, but this seemed like home to her. She loved it here, really found herself and discovered her true potential within these walls.
Hank Henshaw came striding in only moments later, looking at a file in his hands. He looked up in surprise at Alex too, "You're still here?"
"Can't seem to leave," Alex shrugged with a smile, "I like it here."
Hank nodded in empathy, "I can relate. Sometimes, the DEO seems like the only place I can think."
"Yeah," Alex agreed, "something to keep me grounded with everything going on."
Hank shrugged, "The world wouldn't go around without a little conflict, Alex. It's a fact of life."
Alex conceded, "I guess you're right, but sometimes I wish it would be a little less complicated."
"We monitor the Department of Extranormal Operations with multiple alien beings on staff. How simple did you think life would be?"
Before she could answer, Alex's phone started buzzing and she fished it out of her pocket. The caller ID said Maggie and she answered the call fondly.
"Hey," she smiled, "what's going on?"
"Alex," her partner's tone was a little more serious, slightly panicked.
"Maggie? What happened?"
Hank lifted his head up from his files, staring at Alex in question at the sudden turn in events.
Maggie started speaking like rapid fire, the words leaving her mouth so fast Alex had trouble keeping up.
"Maggie, j-just slow down, okay?" Alex tried to calm her down, "Tell me from the beginning."
After hearing her story for the first few minutes, Alex stood still in shock, "W-what…? How…? Where did…? Okay…okay, I'll be there….Did you call Kara…? No…? Okay…I'll tell her….see you soon….bye."
Hank set the papers on the desk, looking at Alex in concern, "What's going on?"
Alex sighed and turned around, "We've…got a situation."
Kara was sitting on her couch with Mon-El, her head in his lap as they both took a relaxing night to watch TV in her apartment. She finally had a day of rest, as if all the evil aliens had decided to cut her some slack and give her a well-deserved night to herself.
"This is nice," she smiled, cuddling up to Mon-El who laughed.
"I know," he nodded, "I think this is the first time I've actually spent some quality time with you since I've told you my real identity."
She looked up at him, "Yeah, I guess you're right. This feels real, Mon-El, like we're finally…true with each other."
"Kara, you know how many times I can't apologize for lying to you," Mon-El's face drooped, "I wanted to tell you so many times-"
"Shh," she put a hand to his lips, "enough talk…unless those lips can do something else?"
"Oh," he raised his eyebrows, "you can be the judge of that."
He leaned down and her lips met his halfway. It was a passionate kiss, one that she felt deep in her heart as she accepted her feelings for Mon-El wholeheartedly. It was the perfect night.
It was the perfect night up until her cell phone started to ring.
"Ugh," she pulled away, "I'm sorry…"
"No, no, it's okay," Mon-El ran a hand through his hair, "yeah, yeah, it's okay. It's probably important."
"It'll just be a second," she jumped off the couch and ran to the table, rummaging through her bag. She saw her sister's name on the caller ID, "Alex! I told you not to call me tonight, you knew that Mon-El and I-"
"Kara!"
"Alex…?"
"Come quick, the Italian restaurant on the corner of 4th Street."
"O-okay, but are you all right?"
"Just get here….fast."
Alex closed the line and the dial tone echoed in her ear.
"Kara?" Mon-El looked at her from the couch, "Everything good?"
"I'm sorry," she shook her head, "I've got to go…"
His shoulders sagged but he nodded, "I understand….go kick some ass."
"Rain check?" she looked at him hopefully.
He nodded, "I'll meet you at the DEO?"
"Sure, I'm not sure what we're dealing with, but Alex sounded nervous."
"Alex? Nervous?" Mon-El stood up, "I'd better get there quick. Need any help?"
"I've got it!" she called as she ran out the door.
"Slow down, Winn, just tell me what happened," Maggie held up her hands, trying to calm down the wired Winn who was pacing before her. Her squad car was parked in the driveway of the Italian restaurant, the customers all lined outside behind caution tape and watching as they evacuated the restaurant, "Start from the top."
"I-I don't know," he dry washed his face, "It just happened all of a sudden and-"
"Winn!"
He turned around to see Alex and Henshaw running their way, avoiding the news cameras and suspicious looks from the spectators.
"Oh, thank God," Winn sighed in relief, "Where's Kara?"
"Here!" They heard a voice above as Kara smoothly landed in between them, looking at all of them in question, "Now, someone tell me what's going on. Alex, you sounded urgent. Is everything okay?"
"Inside," Maggie nodded at the restaurant's entrance, "Winn was just telling me the details."
"Go on," Henshaw motioned for Winn to continue.
"W-well, I was just out to dinner with a date…then I heard a scream, then I saw him-"
"Him?" Alex interrupted.
Winn nodded.
"Who's him?" Kara repeated.
"Go inside and see for yourself…" Winn stood back and allowed them to walk by to go to the entrance.
Kara led the way, Henshaw and Alex in close pursuit. The air was tense, suspense looming over them like a wave. The murmurs from the crowd, the hushed voices of police officers and investigators, news teams clamoring to get a look.
What was inside? Rather…who was inside?
Kara opened the restaurant door, keeping it open for the two to follow her in. The dim evening lights provided ample light for them to see, but Kara's x-ray vision allowed her to see everything in perfect clarity.
"There," Alex pointed across the room at a dark figure on the floor. They all turned their heads as ambulances began to arrive at the scene, more cop cars and firetrucks following.
Kara decided to end this anticipation and strode over, her teeth gritted in suspense. The moment she saw what she saw, she gasped. Supergirl felt herself falter, taking a step back in shock and fear.
"Supergirl, what is it?" Alex asked.
"Barry," she whispered.
On the floor, sprawled out, bleeding, and a knife sticking out of his side was Barry Allen, the Flash.
"What the hell is he doing on our world?" Henshaw mumbled, all of them gawking at the fallen hero at their feet.
"What is it?" Mon-El greeted Kara, Alex, Winn, and Henshaw as they all filed in, pushing a gurney.
"Did the press get word of this?" Alex looked back at Winn who was the witness at the scene.
"I saw some cameras, but I don't think they know the details."
"Quick," Kara urged, "take him in the med bay!"
"Who is it?" Mon-El asked Kara as she rushed past, but he looked down at the passing body in the gurney and gasped.
He saw a flash of dark hair, pale skin, a red suit, and a lightning bolt.
Barry Allen?
"Who is he?" Maggie looked at Alex, "You know him? Winn told me to call you, but I didn't think you'd recognize him."
Alex looked at Maggie, explaining quickly, "Briefly. Speedster from another Earth."
"Okay…" Maggie tried to wrap her head around that.
"What happened to him?" Mon-El looked at Winn, "You were there, right?"
"Yeah," he rubbed his neck with his hand, "It all happened so fast…"
"Guys," Kara looked down at Barry and his ashen face, "I don't think he has much time. Explain later, right now he needs to be stabilized."
"Right," Henshaw agreed, "Alex, Mon-El with me to the medical bay with Barry. Winn, finish your statement then hit the computers and try to research how this could've happened. Try to contact his Earth, see what's going on."
Winn nodded and Maggie followed him as he exited the room. Kara looked down in worry at Barry, brushing a hand through his dark hair, "Oh, I hope the others are all right…"
"What do you mean he disappeared!?" Joe roared, looking from HR to Cisco in outrage, "He's gone?!"
"Look, we don't know what happened…" Cisco shook his head, guilt gnawing at him, "the meta-human was a breacher, he could've sent Barry anywhere."
"But you can track him, right?" Julian spoke up, "Like you did last time? A tether of some kind?"
"That was when I sent him," Cisco shook his head, "this meta didn't intend for Barry to return, he could've sent him anywhere with nothing to pull him back."
Caitlin offered a suggestion, "Cisco, can't you go into a breach and attempt to track him? I can send some machinery with you maybe to pick up some vital signals or anything?"
"That would be good," Cisco nodded, "except there's no specific breach, it's endless possibilities and worlds were dealing with here."
Iris came running in with Wally at her side, "Please tell me you've got some news on Barry," she said in a panicked tone.
HR shook his head sadly. No one had ever seen the guy so unenthusiastic.
"Send me into a breach," Wally offered, "I'll go looking for him."
"No," Joe said firmly, "I lost one son, I'm not about to lose another."
"We haven't lost him yet, Dad," Iris corrected, "Barry is still out there."
"I can try to search," Cisco shrugged, "but it'll be nearly impossible. Like trying to find the smallest needle ever made in an infinitely large haystack."
"No, those odds will get us nowhere," Julian shook his head, "there has to be some other way."
"Vibe the meta-human," Iris looked to Cisco, "you can look into his mind, see where he sent him."
"That could work," Caitlin turned to the engineer for confirmation.
"It's definitely worth a shot," a small smile started to grow on his face, "but we need to trap him."
"Leave that to me," Wally clenched his fists, "HR," he looked to the Earth-19 Wells, "help me warm up?"
"You got it, Wallace," he followed him out, a little more skip in his step with a sense of purpose.
"I'll go suit up," Cisco followed them out of the cortex, leaving Julian, Caitlin, Iris, and Joe alone to ponder over Barry's whereabouts.
Chapter 3 coming soon!