Author's notes: Really sorry for the long delay, I have been traveling, and having visa issues which is might end up with me not being able to do my Master's so I was a little too stressed. This one is short, but I already started on the next one, so hopefully I can get that out soon. As always, thanks for the reviews, they keep me going!
Previously:
Four agents pull out their guns, pointing them at Lucy, who was still completely focused on the interview. Her focus is broken by the sound of a gun next to her being cocked; Alex was aiming her gun out at the agent who was pointing his gun at Lucy. She sees 5 other agents, including Vasquez, also had their guns out, pointed at the agents aiming at Lucy.
"I have a duty to the public to expose the truth if it's within my powers to do so. We all need to understand the danger that Supergirl, and whoever supports her pose."
There's a loud thud as Supergirl lands in the base, with one hand punching the ground with enough power to smash it, sending dust flying in the air around her.
"Stand down," Alex barks at Agent Monroe, whose gun was trained on Lucy, her sister's arrival not going unnoticed. Alex just prayed that Kara hadn't reached the same conclusion as the other agents.
"She's the leak!" Agent Monroe, who was one of Hank's most trusted men, replies. Alex holds her gun tighter. She itched to step in front of Lucy, but she knew that any movement can cause someone to fire their weapon.
"She is the director of the DEO. Stand down!" Vasquez says.
Supergirl stalks into the room towards Lucy, her usually calm blue eyes, were charged with energy, a sign of her heat vision activating. The remaining agents pulled out their weapons and fell behind her, happy to follow her lead.
"Agent Danvers," one of them calls, "According to the original chain of command, you are acting director of the DEO. She's military. She's working with them."
"Agent Lang, the current chain of command has not changed. Stand down!"
Lucy felt uneasy from the moment she heard her own voice on the screens; but now, seeing Supergirl's red-almost-white eyes trained on her, Lucy was afraid for the first time in a really long time. Brave was Lucy's middle name, anyone who worked with Lucy in the military would attest. She has been through war, undercover work, working right under her father, investigating the DEO and now leading it, but she hasn't had to face down a friend this way before. A friend, who was also an alien, who is about to incinerate her.
"Supergirl?" Alex questioned as Supergirl stood in the middle of the room, eyes trained on Lucy. She realized that her gun was useless if Supergirl was the threat to Lucy at this point.
"Ka— Supergirl, I know how it sounds, but it wasn't me," Lucy tries to keep her voice strong, but is unsurprised to hear it waver.
"I know," Kara simply answers.
"Max or the army must have someon—what?" Lucy had continued her defense not registering what Supergirl said.
Kara softly smiled at her, despite the blazing eyes, before looking around the room, making point to maintain eye contact with the agents, whose stances immediately wavered.
Power display, Alex caught on to her sister's tactic with a hint of pride. With this mess being about the current leader of the DEO, Supergirl needed to take charge to deescalate the situation, without anyone getting hurt. Drawn gun were useless with an alien, who is bulletproof and can shoot lasers out of her eyes, in the room, and she needed to remind the agents of that.
"Okay, let's just.. calm down," Kara's eyes slowly waver to their normal color. She kept a calm front, but she hadn't meant to do that, and when she tried to activate her heat vision again it didn't work.
"Supergirl, what do you wanna do with Major Lane?" Agent Monroe asked pointing at Lucy with his gun, causing the woman to flinch.
"Director Lane says she didn't do it, and I believe her," Kara answers, trying to give Lucy back some of her credibility, "I know it's been confusing the last few months, heck since I became a 'superhero' and joined the DEO."
"Supergirl, you saved all of us, the whole world," an agent interrupts, and hums of agreement come from a lot of the agents.
"I know, but I didn't do it alone. We did it together. You guys made me the superhero that I am. But that doesn't mean it's been easy. With the increased alien and kryptonian attacks, with the red kryptonite, with Hank being a martian, with the army locking up the man you have grown to trust as your leader, taking over the DEO, with mind control and myriad, and…"
"Supergirl," Alex interrupts knowing her sister's tendency to ramble.
"Right. Right, the point is. I know it's been difficult, and you don't know where your loyalties lie. But we have gone through all of this together, and we can do it again. We can't let this tear us apart."
Some of the agents started lowering their guns as they listened to Supergirl.
"Look at where we got our information. This is exactly what Max wants. To divide the DEO. Look at us now. I trust Lucy, and she has been an amazing leader since she took charge. Even though she is the army liaison, she has made sure the army did not intervene with our work, right?" Kara gestures around and is glad to see nods of agreement around the room. "So we do this the right way, we regroup, we investigate, we come up with a plan, and I really hope it's something that has at least 1 percent of me flinging Max Lord into outer space."
The agents laugh and most holster their weapons, reducing the tension in the room. Supergirl turns to Monroe, who is one of the last people still holding up their guns. "Yeah, Dan?" She holds out her hand to him, "We do this together?"
Agent Monroe nods, holsters his gun, and shakes Supergirl's hand. Alex holsters her gun as well, sighing in relief at her sister's ability to inspire.
Lucy takes a deep breath and takes a step forward, drawing strength from Kara's speech, "Okay, let's—"
Kara is smiling at Lucy when she hears the familiar friction of metal against metal, and she zips in front of Lucy, just in time to block 2 bullets from hitting her. She hears another shot but is too late to move in front of the agent who fired at Lucy, and so he gets hit in the shoulder. Three agents instantly apprehend him.
Alex marches towards him, "Who are you? I don't know you," the agent just smirks at her, not even bothering to struggle as he is restrained, "Get him out of here!"
"Are you alright?" Kara asks Lucy, who nods shocked.
"That's Blake Cruz. Army transfer…"
"Well that saves us the investigation," Vasquez replies.
"Gather everything you have on him, and find out who transferred him here," Alex says, and looks at Lucy pointedly.
Lucy takes another deep breath, holding on to Kara's arm this time, "Let's get back to work everyone." She then turns to the agent who shot Blake, a red haired agent that she vaguely recognized. "Thank you, agent…?"
"Cooper ma'am. Susan Cooper," the agent straightens herself.
"You're new here, right?" Alex asks contemplatively.
"Yes, I transferred here while you were… away," agent Cooper replies nervously.
"Good job today, looking forward to working with you," Alex shakes the woman's hand in gratitude.
"Just doing my job. Ma'am," she salutes Lucy.
"What the hell was that?" Alex asks as they enter Lucy's office with Kara. With the adrenaline wearing off, nerves were getting the better of her. The woman she cared about got shot at.
"I don't know," Lucy mumbles, her heart still thumping fast, "But Supergirl saved the day as always. Thank you, Kara. For saving my life. Again."
Kara who didn't look like she was paying attention looked up at the mention of her name. She was thankful that her superspeed worked and she managed to save Lucy, but she recognized that she was too slow after that, and an agent got hurt. Even though he deserved it for trying to kill Lucy. "Anytime," she answered, "well not anytime, I don't want you to get shot at again. And I can't get there in time if you are in a whole other place, and hmm I don't know about it. Maybe just not get shot? Or wear a bullet proof vest? Or…"
Alex laughs at her sister, who was definitely all Kara right now, and not the confident Supergirl who managed to defuse a potentially lethal situation. Lucy joins the laughing and hugs Kara, relishing in the comfort the powerful, yet mumbling, superhero provides. Lucy steps back instantly, looking at her hands, which were covered in blood.
"Kara…"
