So here is chapter 6. Sorry that it took longer than usual, life happened and I didn't have much time to write this week.
Anyway, enjoy!
Issue #6 The Fight
"We've got a lead!" Winn said excitedly over the phone.
"And you're sure this one is not a false alarm again?"
"Have a little more faith in my programming skills, Kara. Yes I'm sure."
It was the late afternoon the next day. Winn had just called Kara as he saw that his program had detected another change in heat around National City.
"Then let's not waste time. Where is it?"
"Hold on, I'll send you the location in a minute but first we'll have to let the DEO know. They can..."
But Kara interrupted him. "No time, I have to get there fast before the Sterregoi moves again. You know how fast it is."
"Kara, I know you like to jump heads first into action. But the DEO can help you out here, don't turn down their help. Please."
Kara sighted. "Fine. I guess I owe you one for finding the Sterregoi. I'll go to the DEO and we discuss the plan."
"Thank you. Good luck!"
They hang up.
While Kara suited up in her apartment, Winn messaged Hank and the DEO to bring them up to date about the Sterregoi so when Kara arrived Hank was already setting up a strike team. Alex was one of them.
'Of course she is' Kara thought. 'She was probably the first volunteer for this mission.'
"...electric charges only! Remember, that thing is bulletproof," Hank reminded everyone. Alex gave Kara a little wink then turned her attention back on Hank's speech.
"Now, team alpha will close in on it in it's hiding spot while team beta secures the area and prevents it from getting away. It's pretty hard to catch, don't waste this chance."
"Alright", Supergirl said. "So which is my team?"
Hank turned. "Supergirl. Good that you're here. You will be with team alpha. They are going to ambush the Sterregoi and knock it out with the taser guns. Team beta will make sure it won't get away if the ambush doesn't work. But your main task is to protect the solders, you only engage in combat if absolutely necessary."
"Alright."
"Oh. I would expect you wouldn't approve of this plan", Hank said with a probing look at Kara.
"I don't like it. These people could still get hurt but I promised Winn to play by the rules today."
Hank nodded understandingly and told team alpha and beta to get to the vehicles. Alex was in team beta. She smiled at Kara and said: "Let's get that alien". Then she went with the other agents. Supergirl would fly to the Sterregoi of course so she had a little time to talk to Hank.
"Where is the Sterregoi actually?" she asked.
"It's close to National City. Satellite images show a small cave where the heat change seems to come from so it must be in there."
He showed here the location on a computer.
"That's really just a few miles from the city. We're lucky that we found it before it got closer." Supergirl now knew where to fly to. So the mission was clear and Supergirl left the DEO to follow the black cars with team alpha and beta.
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They arrived in the desert half a mile before the cave. The sun was about to set but it was still light outside. The car's engines stopped and two dozen armed and armored agents stepped out, Alex among them. Supergirl had already arrived and searched through the area with her x-ray vision.
"He is over there. In the cave, like we thought."
Together they walked closer towards the cave until they could almost see it. There they stopped.
"First we need team beta in position." Alex coordinated the agents and half of them spread out to form a circle around the cave. Alex, as the twelfth of them stayed where she was to complete the circle.
"Team alpha go", Alex said and the other half of the agents moved towards the cave in formation. Supergirl followed them but with a gap between her and the last agent. After all, this was an ambush and her red and blue suit wasn't exactly great camouflage. They all stayed out of direct site of the opening of the cave, moving from rock to rock until they arrived right beside the entrance. The man closest to it gave a hand sign to halt. A few yards away stood Supergirl and watched. She didn't like watching. She wanted to act. To be the one that took on this alien out on her own, not risking any lives. She understood Hank's plan though. A quick ambush. A lot of electricity hitting the Sterregoi. An easy win. And why wouldn't it work? They did it before. They had the Sterregoi imprisoned once before.
And then the agent gave the sign to move in.
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Luke Gordon. Thirty-three years old, married to Jane Gordon. No kids. He was recruited by the DEO almost ten years ago during his first year as a police officer in Chicago. He saw it as a chance to do something even more meaningful than as a police officer. Not just keeping his city as safe as possible from crime but to have an effect on the entire planet. He could avert an alien invasion. And he was very proud to be trusted with this important job.
He got recruited for his outstanding physical performance. He was in excellent health. He was the fastest man in his soccer team and the strongest in his boxing club. But at the police he was most famous for his shooting performance. He never missed. At the shooting range he had an accuracy of ninety-nine percent.
So when he gave the hand sign to move into the cave he knew that he wouldn't miss when he shot at the alien.
Team alpha stormed the cave. As a unit they turned on their flashlights to dazzle the Sterregoi. Then they saw it. The Sterregoi hung from the top of the cave, its claws clenched into the stone.
Immediately Luke Gordon shot. And hit. The electric charge hit the Sterregoi in the chest and it fell down to the ground. The taser guns the agents were equipped with were amplified modules. Much stronger than the usual ones, these tasers hold about as much power as possible with human technology. However, a single hit still couldn't take the Sterregoi out. It regained its senses as it crashed on the ground and moved so quick that human eyes couldn't follow it.
The cave wasn't big. It was just one room with no place to hide. So the Sterregoi had only one option: Attack.
When it moved, it moved towards the exit. The exit of the cave was blocked by twelve agents but they only had human reflexes, and they were much to slow to compete with the Sterregoi's speed. It dug it's claws in the stomach of one agent and threw him against a few others. They were all thrown a few yards away and now the Sterregoi had an opening to escape through.
Supergirl had seen it all an moved towards the Sterregoi as fast as she could. They collided with each other and fell down. Quickly she got up again, trying to finish this fight as soon as possible to look after the injured agents.
The Sterregoi had gotten up as well and jumped at Supergirl. It's claws hit her face but couldn't pierce her bulletproof skin. She hit it now, with hard boxer hits in the head and stomach. Some found their mark, some got blocked, and some the Sterregoi could duck out of. It started its own offensive now. It hit, slapped and occasionally kicked Supergirl, but she could take it. Since the hits and kicks didn't have much of an effect on Supergirl, the Sterregoi decided to change tactics. It suddenly ran into her and they both smashed into a rock behind Supergirl. The rock burst to pieces by the impact of these two superpowered beings, while these superpowered beings both fell on the ground.
Supergirl was taken off a little and had trouble to get up quickly. The Sterregoi was faster! It jumped on top of Supergirl and pressed the air out of her lungs with his claws. Then it wrapped the claws around Supergirl's neck to choke her. She felt the pressure on her throat getting stronger. No matter how hard she tried, there was no way to breathe and she started to panic. There was nothing she could do against the Sterregoi's strong hands on her throat. Even aliens from Krypton need oxygen to survive and lacking that, Kara's vision started to blur. Her senses became numb, she was slowly passing out.
'Oh Rao, please sent me a miracle!' Kara prayed, before everything went black.
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I hope you liked it. I know, some people don't like cliffhangers, but I like them very much. So don't be mad, chapter 7 will come soon.