Here it is. Batman, Supergirl, and D.E.O. vs. Cadmus. Get ready for a wild ride. Hope you enjoy it.
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Alex, Winn, J'onn, M'gann, and Guardian head to Cadmus' new base of operations, along with over a dozen D.E.O. agents in black SUVs. Supergirl followed them from the skies.
"Where's the Batman?" asked Alex.
"He said he'll be there," said Supergirl.
"Probably wanting to make an entrance," guessed Winn. "I heard he likes making an entrance."
"If he's as good in stealth as the newspaper says, he can sure give us an advantage," said Alex.
"You sure you want to be here, James?" asked J'onn.
"You need all hands on deck," said James. "Besides, I've been training with the Batman. I got some new moves I'd like to show Cadmus."
"Don't get cocky," said J'onn.
"Look out, Cadmus. We're coming for ya," said Winn, excited.
"May Rao be with us," said Supergirl.
The SUVs pull up miles outside the base. J'onn and M'gann transformed into their green Martian forms. Alex and the D.E.O. agents take out their guns. Guardian puts on his mask and follows. Winn tags along with a tablet in his hand. Supergirl descends from above.
"Okay, time to end this once and for all," said Supergirl.
"Hopefully, they're keeping dad there," said Alex.
"I hope for that to," said Supergirl.
"So, do we use stealth or knock on the front door?" asked Winn.
"We'll do both," answered Supergirl.
Lillian Luthor was busy trying to track the signal of the phone that called her last night. So far, she's been unsuccessful.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Luthor," said one Cadmus agent. "The signal is heavily encrypted."
"Keep trying," said Lillian. "This is more than just a prank call, I know it."
"Ms. Luthor," called another agent. "Someone has found our base."
Lillian checks the monitor which shows the security footage from the camera outside the front door. Alex Danvers was waving at it.
"Hey, Lillian. High time you and me chat," she said.
"Detain her. Now," ordered Lillian.
Three Cadmus agents head for the front door. They open it and aim their guns at Alex. Alex puts her hands in the air and drops her gun. For some reason, she's wearing a smile on her face.
"Why the happy face, Agent Danvers?" asked a Cadmus agent.
"Because you boys are stupid," said Alex.
The three Cadmus agents get blasted by three D.E.O. agents hiding on the side of the building.
"For a scientifically-advanced organization, they have terrible security," joked Winn.
"Just stay behind me and follow me," said Alex.
Alex, Winn, and the D.E.O. agents enter the building. Alex and the D.E.O. agents started firing at every Cadmus agent heading their way. Winn stayed behind Alex all the way.
"Winn, talk to me," ordered Alex.
"If we turn left and then keep going straight, we'll arrive at the biggest room in this place. Bet you $20 that it's the main control room," said Winn.
"You can take me money already" joked Alex.
Alex, Winn, and the D.E.O. agents arrived at the main control room, where Lillian Luthor and two dozen armed agents are waiting for them.
"Nice to see you again, Agent Danvers," greeted Lillian.
"Feeling's not mutual," said Alex.
Lillian turns her head and looks at the boy behind Alex. "Agent Schott, good to see you."
"Hi," said Winn, waving.
Alex glares at Winn, making him put his hand down.
"I assume you were the one who contacted me, and then hung up," said Lillian. "Trying to track my location, weren't you?"
"We're shutting you down," said Alex.
"If you're here, Supergirl can't be far behind," said Lillian.
Winn looks at his tablet. "And fortunately for us, there are no anti-Krpytonian or anti-Martian defenses." He taps into his earpiece and says, "Time to crash the party."
A psychic wave knocks out all of the armed Cadmus agents. Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian reveal themselves. Supergirl crashes through the ceiling and makes a smooth landing.
"If you're thinking about calling for your outside troops, don't bother," said Miss Martian.
"We did a little sabotaging while working here," said Martian Manhunter.
"Ms. Luthor, communications are down," said one Cadmus agent.
Alex asks J'onn, "Did you find it?"
"No," said Martian Manhunter. "M'gann and I searched the entire lab. It's not here, and neither is your father."
"You must be here for the Mother Box," guessed Lillian.
"I was surprised you let the alien you bought it from live," said Supergirl.
"All that matters is that we have what he promised us," said Lillian. "You won't find it here."
"Well, we're not leaving here without it and you," said Supergirl. "You can either surrender and come quietly, or does this have to get ugly?"
Lillian taps her earpiece. "Henshaw, we need you at the control room."
"Ugly, it is," said Alex.
It didn't take long until Hank Henshaw arrives at the control room with more armed Cadmus agents. A shootout occurs. Supergirl and the Martians take on the ones armed with specialized guns. Hank Henshaw was about to take Lillian Luthor away, until someone descends from above an blocks their way out. It was Guardian.
"You're not going anywhere," said Guardian.
Hank tells a Cadmus agent, "Watch Lillian Luthor. I will handle this fool."
While Lillian hides behind a Cadmus agent, Hank Henshaw takes on Guardian. The two trade punches left and right, but Hank's military training was helping him get the upper hand. Guardian blocks Hank's punches with his shield, but the cyborg's punches were too strong.
Supergirl throws one agent towards another. One agent fired an energy blast that knocks her down. Supergirl gets up just as the agent fired again. She uses her heat vision. The two beams crossed, but it didn't take long for Supergirl's heat vision to overpower the energy beam. Supergirl's head vision destroys the agent's weapons. She finishes him by kicking him towards two agents, knocking all of them out.
"I can do this all night," said Supergirl.
J'onn and M'gann use their fists and telepathic powers to defeat the Cadmus agents. M'gann gets hit with an energy blaster, but phases through the next blast. She throws the agent towards J'onn, who punches him to the ground.
"Nice," complimented J'onn.
"Mind returning the favor?" M'gann gestured to the agent aiming its gun at J'onn.
"With pleasure," said J'onn.
J'onn decreases his density and phases through the energy blasts as he walks closer towards the agent. He grabs him by the suit and throws him towards M'gann, who kicks him in the stomach.
Alex hides behind a wall as she fires effortlessly.
"This is both exciting and terrifying," said Winn.
"Just track the Mother Box," said Alex.
"Okay. Okay," said Winn.
"No need."
The echoing voice caused everyone in the room to stop.
"Who is that?" asked Lillian.
The lights flicker until they go out. When the lights turned back on, the Batman stands in the middle of the room with a device in his hand.
"The Mother Box," said J'onn.
Lillian asks the man in black, "Who are you?"
"Your worst nightmare," said Batman.
"Fire!" Lillian shouted.
Batman detonates a smoke pellet and disappears. Supergirl, the Martians, and the D.E.O. agents continued to fight. Supergirl uses her heat vision to melt one agent's gun. A hook pierces his leg and gets pulled up in the air, hanging up-side down. Batman comes back down and started engaging the Cadmus agents up-close. He flips one over and then immediately punches one in the face. He grabs one agent's arm, breaks it, and fires his gun at a few agents, putting bullets in their legs. Batman jumps off one crawling agent's back and unleashes a strong punch on another, knocking him out. One fired his gun at Batman, but Batman dodges all the bullets. He impales his shoulder with a Batarang, and then flips him in the air before slamming him to the floor.
Seeing Supergirl getting overwhelmed by three energy guns fired at her simultaneously, Batman takes out all three with ease, using a couple of Batarangs and some swift kicks. He approaches the Girl of Steel and offers her a hand. She accepts.
"Thanks," said Supergirl.
"You did that on purpose," said Batman.
"The fact that I trust you to save me should show you that you should trust me too," said Batman.
D.E.O. agents are starting to get shot as more Cadmus agents enter the room.
"We're outnumbered," said Alex.
"Don't worry. We can handle this," said Supergirl.
Suddenly, the lights started to flicker again. A bunch of noises can be heard as the lights dimmed. Gunshots. Grunts in pain. Bones breaking.
When the lights started working normally, all the Cadmus agents in the room are unconscious. Batman comes down from above once again.
"Way to steal the fun from us," said Supergirl, crossing her arms.
"You remind me of Batgirl," said Batman.
"Can I meet her?" asked Supergirl with a smile.
Lillian Luthor picks up one energy cannon and aims it at Batman. She fires a shot, but the Caped Crusader avoids by detonating another smoke pellet, vanishing. He reappears behind Lillain. He disarms her and slightly twists her arm, forcing her to slouch.
"We're done here," said Batman. "We'll take the Mother Box and you with us."
"You may want to reconsider," said Lillian.
Lillian uses her free arm to pick up her phone. She turns it on and contacts someone via video call. She points the phone at Supergirl, allowing her to see who she's calling. It was Jeremiah Danvers.
"Dad," said Supergirl.
"Kara! Thank God you're okay," said Jeremiah.
"Dad, where are you?" asked Supergirl.
"I don't know," said Jeremiah.
"Hey, shut up!" said the Cadmus agent watching over him. He hits Jeremiah in the face with his gun.
"Either you let me go or I give the order to shoot," said Lillian. "Your choice, Supergirl."
Supergirl knew she only had one choice.
"Let her go," she told Batman.
Batman didn't argue and lets go of Lillian. Lillian calmly walks out the room while making sure her enemies can still see Jeremiah's face on her phone.
"Wait a minute. Where's Guardian?" wondered Winn.
Guardian and Hank Henshaw were dueling in the reactor chamber. Hank grabs Guardian's helmet and slams it to a wall. Guardian falls down as Hank continues punching him. Guardian tried to get up, but Hank was hitting too strong and too fast. Guardian kicks Hank in the stomach and gets back on his feet.
"You have spirit, but that's not gonna be enough," said Hank.
"I believe it is," said Guardian.
Guardian and Hank continue to trade punches. However, Guardian can barely keep up with Hank. Guardians gets punched from head to stomach at a rate faster than his punches. Hank rips Guardian's shield from his wrist and uses it to hit the vigilante in the face, causing him to fall down. Hank throws the shield away as Guardian gets back on his feet.
"You don't give up. I admire that," said Hank.
Hank continues to overwhelm Guardian with his hand-to-hand combat mastery. Hank kicks Guardian in the chest, knocking him towards a wall. Thinking of how he was gonna beat Hank, Guardian started to remember everything he learned from Batman.
"Rule number one: always anticipate your opponent's moves."
Guardian dodges Hank's punches, grabs him arm, and then throws him down. Hank gets up and continues punching.
"Rule number two: always look for an opening."
Guardian blocks Hank's punch, and then punches him in the stomach repeatedly. He finishes with a kick to the hip, knocking the cyborg away. Hank shouts with anger and unleashes his fury on Guardian. He punches him relentlessly until he falls down. Guardian started kicking Guardian, trying to keep him lying down.
"Rule number three: when you're down, don't stay down, always find a way to get back up."
Guardian grabs Hank's leg with both his hand. He throws the cyborg down to the floor. Hank gets back on his feet, but is immediately hit with some kind of metal disc fired from Guardian's wrist device. The disc sends an electrical pulse that shuts down his mechanisms.
"Electromagnetic pulse. Built it in case I ran into you," said Guardian.
Guardian grabs Hank by the neck and holds him against the wall.
"What are you waiting for? Finish it," dared Hank. "Or do you lack the spine to finish the job?"
Guardian releases Hank and walks away.
"You show me mercy?" asked Hank.
Guardian picks up his shield and says, "I don't kill."
"But I thought the Guardian was a brute" said Hank. "Everyone fears him."
"That's what they say, but that's not who I am," said Guardian.
Guardian turns his back on Hank and heads for the door. Hank charges towards Guardian, only to get slammed into the wall by a speeding Supergirl.
"You took your time," said Guardian.
"You knew I was coming?" asked Supergirl.
"You or Batman. I didn't want to do more damage to him," said Guardian.
"He taught you well," said Supergirl. "I'm sure he'd be proud."
"Wonder if he'll say that himself," said Guardian. "You got the Mother Box?"
"More like 'he' did," said Supergirl, looking out the doorway.
Guardian turns around and sees Batman.
"So, how'd I do?" asked Guardian.
"Never turn your back until the enemy is down," said Batman. "But you showed mercy and that's enough."
"Does saying 'you did a good job' hurt you?" questioned Supergirl.
Batman didn't say a word. Suddenly, the alarms sounded. They turn their heads and see Henshaw, who just set the reactor to self-destruct. The timer says they have five minutes to evacuate.
Through his comm-link, Guardian says, "Guys, Henshaw just set the place to self-destruct. We have to move."
"Any chances you can use 'that' to get us out of here?" Supergirl asked Batman. "I mean, I know I can survive the big boom. It's you two I'm worried about."
"Luckily for you, I found the on switch," said Batman.
Batman jabs his Batarang into a specific spot on the Mother Box. A boom tube opens. Batman, Supergirl, and Guardian run through it.
Supergirl, Batman, Guardian, the Martians, and the D.E.O. agents made it back to their vehicles just as Cadmus' base self-destructed.
"Any chance Henshaw blew himself up in there?" wondered James.
"Not likely," said Supergirl.
"At least we got the Mother Box," said Winn.
J'onn faces Batman. "Thanks for your help."
"I only wished this had ended tonight," said Batman.
"We'll get them. Someday," said M'gann.
"Right now, let's go home," said J'onn.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: The next chapter will be the last.