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Chapter 7
J'onn landed at DEO headquarters after receiving a call from Doctor Milo. He'd been visiting President Olivia Marsdin in Washington where a conference was being held regarding the recent Daxamite attack and attempted takeover. When he told the President that Supergirl was in trouble, she immediately excused him. He'd skipped the actual flight and flew himself back to the DEO. Now he walked into the lab, where he found Kara unconscious in a hospital bed under intense fabricated sun rays. Alex was sitting next to the bed, holding her sister's hand. He'd seen her concerned before but this was completely different.
"How is she?" He walked over to them and asked.
"The Kryptonite in the bullet allowed it to pass through her shoulder. Once it was through, she started to heal on her own but she's drained. The bleeding has stopped and the hole is closing up thanks to Doctor Milo's new bandages," Alex said, her gaze stayed focused on Kara.
"I need a full run down of the situation and I need you at your best. We might have to catch these guys without her. I know she won't like it but if the guy had been aiming better…" J'onn trailed off.
"There's nothing wrong with the bastard's aim. He was toying with her and the guys she was chasing," Alex's face scrunched up. She was mad. She gave Kara's hand a squeeze and then stood up. The two moved out into the hallway to talk. Alex gave him all the information she could regarding what they'd found out.
"This has Cadmus written all over it," J'onn clenched his fists.
"Ordinarily, I'd agree with you but given our situation with the Daxamites, how can we be sure it isn't someone else? We've lost the cannon and we've shown that Supergirl is willing to die for National City. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if someone isn't trying to get revenge for Rhea. All the same, I've had a team trying to locate Lillian Luthor, just in case, but they haven't had any success," the redhead told him.
"How about reverse engineering the bullet?" the Martian asked.
"The tech team is close but the bigger question is how someone got their hands on Kryptonite," Alex pointed out. J'onn was about to say something when the large glass doors on the balcony of the DEO headquarters opened up.
"Winn told me to get here as quick as I could. What's going on?" Superman wanted to know. Alex didn't get a chance to open her mouth before he realized that his cousin wasn't standing with them.
"Where's Kara?" He asked. Alex quickly filled him in and both she and J'onn could see that he was very angry.
"How could this happen?" Clark gave them a look.
"We're working on it. The more I think about it, the more I think Alex is right," J'onn frowned.
"Daxamite revenge? I wouldn't put it past them. Though they can't enter the planet's atmosphere, doesn't mean they wouldn't hire someone. Kara said that Rhea had Kryptonite under her skin," Superman shook her head.
"We have to look into the possibility that they hired Cadmus to do it," the Martian heaved a sigh.
"But Cadmus helped kick them off the planet," Alex said.
"Do they know that? I mean a payday is a payday and Cadmus wouldn't turn the money down. Do you know of anyone else who could have snipers in their employ? Have equipment to burn off fingerprints?" Clark questioned.
"Too much organization for anyone else," J'onn nodded.
"Is that Kal?" They all heard Kara from the other room. Superman quickly moved into the lab and went to her.
"You like getting yourself into trouble huh?" He teased.
"You know me. Always looking for trouble," she chuckled and then regretted it, grabbing her shoulder.
"You had better rest. It's going to take a bit to recover from that," he looked at her shoulder.
"Miss Grant is going to want an explanation and I'm supposed to have lunch with Lena tomorrow," Kara said.
"Well I can distract Cat Grant," Clark chuckled.
"Yeah just don't tell Lois," his cousin smirked.
"You think Cat is dangerous. You've never seen Lois when she jealous," he laughed.
"I can imagine. Thanks for coming. I needed to see you," Kara smiled and he gave her good shoulder a squeeze.
"Alex helped keep my seat warm. Now get some sleep," Clark smiled and Kara smiled back. It didn't take much for her to fall back asleep and Superman went over to Doctor Milo. He jerked his head and the doctor followed him out of the room.
"Is the suit ready?" He asked.
"Close enough. The containment unit is ready to go," Milo said.
"Good. I'm getting Mon-El. We might need him for the investigation and for Kara," Superman told him.
"Yes, sir," Milo nodded with a smile.
To Be Continued…