The room was dark except for the spotlights centered on the elevated ring in the middle and the crowd cheered as the fighters in the ring exchanged punches back and forth. Roulette watched with little interest until one of the competitors finally gained an upper hand and knocked out her opponent. A pair of EMTs dragged out the woman who was sprawled unconscious on the floor as the man on the microphone announced the next competitors.
Two brawlers stepped into the ring but it was only one that caught the attention of Roulette. She had seen her twice before and was not likely to ever forget the blonde's face, no matter what identity the alien came up with. She had kept tabs on the girl, staying one step ahead of the DEO and Supergirl at all costs. She knew the moment that Supergirl disappeared from National City, but she never would've imagined that the blonde would show up in her city of all places. Never imagined she would end up in underground fight clubs, fighting humans .
How could she fight them and not cause too much damage, not kill the humans with one punch? She got the answer when she saw the green studded earings that the blonde was wearing. So she's draining her powers enough that she can feel the rush of adrenaline that comes with a hard punch to the face. She needs the pain to ground her. She stayed silent until the match was over and the blonde lay passed out on the floor. Without her powers, she wasn't much of a force to be reckoned with. She instructed her lackeys to go retrieve the girl and bring her along when they left the club.
Kara woke up in a dark room, jerking to her feet and ready to fight. Adrenaline pumped through her veins as she took in her unfamiliar surroundings. Her attention was drawn to one of the corners of the room as a deep chuckle filled the air. "Supergirl, how nice to see you again, though the circumstances of this meeting are a bit… unexpected. What reasons could you possibly have to be so far from home? Surely, you are aware that this is my city?" As much as Kara wanted to relax at hearing a familiar voice, this was still Roulette, so she couldn't let her guard down, not even for a moment.
"My reasons are my own, Ms. Sinclair. Let's just say that I needed to get away for a while." Roulette let out a scoff, "You've been gone from National City for months. Get away for a while might be a bit of an understatement, Ms. Danvers." She stepped into the light as she said this and watched as Kara's face morphed into something quite close to despair and resentment, the girl folding in on herself. Kara stumbled and fell to the floor, heaving dry sobs with closed eyes. Roulette knelt next to the blonde and placed a hand on a strong shoulder. She watched as Kara's eyelids shut even tighter in an effort to stop the intense blue light from blazing out like it so clearly wanted to. She swept some blonde locks behind the other woman's ear, "Are you not a Danvers?" The blonde shook her head minutely, "Zor-El. That is my last name."
Roulette could see that Kara was at a disadvantage. This would be an ideal time to turn this situation in my favor. "They left you, didn't they? The ones you called " family ." Kara's breathing only became more ragged as she fought not to hyperventilate. "They lied to you. Left you to rot." She whispered in Kara's ear as she placed the blonde's head in the crook of her neck. "But I see you. I see all the anger and anguish that you carry around on your shoulders like Atlas himself. Even the most powerful person on the planet needs to be weak at some point. But they wouldn't let you be weak, would they? You had to be strong. Strong for the city, strong for your family. You couldn't ever let any weakness show. If you told your sister or friends about a rough day at work, they would tell you to grow up and stop complaining. They weren't there for you when you needed them most. But I am. I will stand by your side and give you support, whether you are in a lowest of places or the highest. With me, you would not have to worry about being strong all the time, and yet you would be able to release all of those years of pent up frustration, all of that anger about being the last of your kind, and not have to worry about breaking anything. You can show the world what it is missing and what it took for granted. All you have to do is stand at my side ."
Kara finally calmed down enough to gasp out, "I have had enough people in this world betray my trust. I can't give it away again so easily. Let me leave without trouble and I promise to stay out of your hair while I'm in Las Vegas. I won't stop your "activities" or anything, but for now, I just want to be left alone."
Roulette nodded and led Kara to a balcony, "At some point, you are going to need me, Kara Zor-El. And when you do, you will know where to find me. I'll be waiting when you are ready." The younger woman wiped her tears and nodded, saying, "I'll keep that in mind," before taking off.
Same time, in National City:
An alert pinged on the DEO monitors, grabbing Winn's attention. "Hey Alex? I think we might have something over here." She came rushing over to where he was seated. "What is it? Have you found her?" He typed away at his keyboard, bringing up reports, "No, but I think I may have found something. I'm seeing signs of green-K radiation in cities all across the United States. It isn't leaving much of a trace, so it can't be very large amounts of the stuff. The big cities it's been found in are Gotham, Opal City, Central City, Metropolis, Star City, Las Vegas, and Coast City. Kara could very easily be in any one of those cities, Alex."
Alex clapped her hand on the man's shoulder, "Well in that case, we had better start searching those cities as soon as possible, shouldn't we? I'm going to put a search team together and start with Coast City. Maybe Green Lantern can help us."