Disclaimer: This chapter is quite violent and very... descriptive. I know it is a vague warning, but do steer clear of the latter part of the chapter if you do not want to read a lot of hurt Kara. That's what this whole chapter is about.

Facility X

Kara woke up in a world of pain. She hadn't been healed by the solar emitters after her last session, and was definitely still feeling the effects.

She had blood and bruises covering every inch of her body, and all of her muscles ached.

Kara looked down to her hands, and was surprised to find blood on her knuckles.

How did I- Oh! It must have been when I was pounding on the bars yesterday. I can't... remember... why...

Alex!

I swear to Rao if Lillian did anything to hurt her-

Her thoughts were interrupted by Lillian entering the room.

"Well if it isn't my least favorite Kryptonian! How are you doin' today, sunshine?"

Kara spat vehemently,"Cut the crap, Lillian. What have you done to her?! If you so much as touched her, I will personally come and-"

Lillian laughed. "And do what? Hm? You are stuck in a cell. With unbreakable bars. Plus, we have kryptonite emitters running in this room. So, please tell me, girl. Even if I did hurt dear old big sis, what could you even do to me?"

Kara stood and inched closer to Lillian, until she was stopped by the bars of her cell. "Don't you dare touch her. She hasn't done anything wrong. If you want to hurt someone, then hurt me. But, leave. Her. Alone."

Lillian's face darkened. "You better listen up, and listen good, blondie. The very first night you were here, I told you that you were not allowed to make demands. I also told you that if you did, your time would be much less enjoyable here. Seeing as though we're already having a great time here, I couldn't possibly imagine having any more fun. But if you want, I have a couple ideas. So you better watch. Your. Tone."

Kara didn't back down. "I will never be pushed around by the likes of you. The first night I also told you something. And it's that you would never break me. You still haven't."

Lillian snorted. "You don't want to test me, child. I have simply been playing games up until now. I even allowed for you to heal, for goodness sake. But now that all the testing is done, that won't be necessary anymore." She looked Kara up and down, and a look of complete disdain crossed her face. "I mean, look at you. You're bleeding. And you? Have the audacity? To make demands with me? Remember who has the real power here, and learn some respect."

Kara's eyes lit ablaze. "I cannot ever respect someone who would harm an innocent human being. Especially when all you claim to be doing here, is protecting the innocent. If that's the case, why would you go after Alex? Is your whole mission statement just a lie? Like everyone thinks?" She could see Lillian growing angrier.

"I'll give you credit, kid. You have sure gained a lot of unwarranted sass since we first met. But I would suggest you tone it down real fast. Unless, of course, we need to give you an incentive. Like perhaps a certain agent?"

Kara toned down her anger a slight bit, but she was still visibly fuming. "Just don't touch her. I'll be compliant, I swear. Just don't go near her. And don't hurt her."

Lillian seemed to be growing impatient with the conversation. Bored, almost. "Well, as a reward for your alleged compliance, I suppose I can tell you one thing. I didn't hurt your precious big sister."

Kara's whole body visibly relaxed as she felt a wave of relief wash over her.

Lillian smirked and started to walk away. As she opened the door, she turned to face Kara one last time.

"Well, let me specify. I didn't hurt her... physically."

With that, she left the room.

Kara tensed once more and pounded on her cell.

"Stay away from her! Don't you dare do anything to hurt her!"

She continued to yell, every last remark directed at Lillian. But it was to no avail.

She continued until she eventually passed out from exhaustion and pain.

Later

Kara woke up, but she felt sicker than she had earlier.

Still no solar emitters. I think they might have even amped up the kryptonite emitters.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Lillian and Hank walking into the room. He was wearing something on his hands. It seemed like some kind of metal device, with kryptonite laced through.

Lillian smiled as she announced,"Today, we have no weapons! Isn't that just joyful? Instead, it'll be purely hand-to-hand combat. You'll have every opportunity to defend yourself, though somehow I doubt this will be a fair fight. What with Hank's recent fighting upgrades."

She gestured to Hank's metal enhancements on his hands before continuing.

"I told you on the first day. I told you yesterday. You make demands, disobey. You pay the price. So, it's time you pay up for your behavior yesterday. You even told me yesterday that if I wanted to hurt someone, it should be you. So technically, you've given me express permission anyways. I gave you a fair warning, but you just continued blabbing about that poor girl, Alexandra. Well, a lesson learned. Heed. My. Warnings. And obey. My. Orders."

Kara straightened up and got into a fighting stance as Hank entered her cell.

Lillian snorted at this. "I see you're choosing to resist. Fine then." She turned to Hank. "Don't be afraid to go all out, I want to see her pay. She did specifically instruct us to hurt her, after all."

Hank nodded as he closed and locked the cell door. Then he readied himself in a fighting stance of his own.

Kara immediately took the offensive and went in for a sharp right hook to Henshaw's jaw. He swiftly dodged under and countered with an uppercut to Kara's chin.

She barely avoided it, and instead tried to switch tactics. She bent low, and went to pin his legs, in an attempt to tackle him. He sidestepped out of her reach, and elbowed her exposed back as she dove.

Kara landed on the ground hard, but stood before he could capitalize on the advantage. She tried to go for a straight jab to Hank's nose, but was cut off when he finally connected a punch.

A vicious uppercut right to the stomach.

She immediately felt all the wind get knocked out of her. And she doubled over in pain. Hank took advantage and landed a ruthless kick to her ribs.

Lillian smiled as she heard multiple cracks.

Kara gasped in pain, feeling her ribs breaking. She was finding it hard to breathe. Nevertheless, she stood back up, refusing to give up even though the odds were stacked against her.

Hank then pushed a button on his arm, and the green in his new weapons became suddenly vibrant.

Kara instantly felt the effects of the kryptonite, in addition to her newly broken ribs, and found it nearly impossible to breathe. Her breath was coming in short and uneven gasps, and she was struggling to remain standing.

She lost her balance as a wave of dizziness hit. But, she somehow managed to stay somewhat upright.

Hank took advantage of the situation and turned, running directly towards one of the cell bars. He leaped into the air, and gracefully kicked off the horizontal bar, increasing his leverage by a couple feet. He spun around in midair and focused his sight on Kara.

Lillian smirked from the side, knowing that this was going to be the end of the fight.

Hank used all his momentum from the height and speed of his descent and landed a devastating right hook to the side of Kara's face.

Even Lillian flinched slightly as she heard the resounding impact. In fact, she was fairly certain that some prisoners on the opposite side of the building had heard it as well.

Kara's cheekbone and jaw exploded in pain as the kryptonite-infused steel connected with her face.

She immediately crumpled to the floor, unable to comprehend anything except horrifying and excruciating pain.

She blacked out as soon as she hit the floor.

Lillian walked up to her, knowing full well that she was unconscious. "I hope you learned your lesson, girl. Insolence and disobedience will always be met with punishment."

She stood and motioned for Hank to follow. As they closed the door, she smiled, reveling in her victory for the day.

Meanwhile at the DEO

J'onn was pacing his main office, mind reeling. He had already been thinking about the possibility but was unwilling to accept it.

That is, until one of the agents brought it up in their most recent briefing. It was merely a possibility, but a highly likely one.

There's a mole in the DEO.

He continuously ran the day of the raid back in his head.

As soon as we gathered the intel on the location, we mobilized almost immediately. The only break was...

The realization dawned on him.

The only time I ever even left the briefing room was to make sure Alex was okay, and make sure she was in the right head space for the mission. The mole must have informed Lillian or Hank at that time. It would only make sense, with both the Director and second-in-command out of the room. No one would have noticed because of the chaos of preparing for the raid.

J'onn was confused however, as he personally screened every single agent beforehand, before they even stepped foot into a DEO building.

Argh, how could I have let this one slip through? We could have had her last week. How did I not see it before? I need to find who it is before any of our other plans are compromised.

Alex walked up to the door to see her boss pacing. She didn't want to interrupt whatever he was thinking about, but had urgent news to share with him.

J'onn was brought out of his thoughts when Alex called to him. "Director, I was just looking at the phone logs for our routine inspection and I found something suspicious. There was a time gap. The phone was being used, but there was no entry logged in. I investigated further on the computer to view the power output, and there definitely wasn't a glitch. Someone made a call that wasn't supposed to be made. Minutes before the raid."

J'onn nodded, not at all surprised as this new information confirmed what he had been troubled about. "Agent Danvers, this could only mean one thing."

They looked at each other and simultaneously spoke.

"We have a mole."

Alex's face was filled with pure rage. "J'onn we almost had her. We were minutes away from saving her. This god damn mole ruined everything. When we find out who it is, I am going to-"

J'onn shook his head, and attempted to placate his clearly frustrated agent. "Alex, I know this is hard for you to come to terms with, but what's already happened is done now. There's no going back. Now the only thing we can do is move forward, but that can only be possible if we both keep a clear head."

He sighed in disappointment as he pondered how this happened.

"I just don't understand how this is possible, Alex. I have personally screened every single agent that has ever stepped into this building. How was this person able to infiltrate and maintain a position for this long?"

Alex, seemingly back to her usual composed self, pondered much the same question. "Honestly, I don't know." She sighed before continuing. "But don't worry, J'onn. We will find this person. And when we do, it won't be pretty. I'm prepared to interrogate and investigate every single agent here. We'll find the mole. We have to."

J'onn agreed wholeheartedly. "We're going to do it for Kara."

Alex nodded emphatically. "That's right. No matter how long it takes, we will do it. For her."

J'onn felt newly emboldened by his right hand's confidence and determination. He looked right into her eyes before he spoke.

"We have some work to do."