The Dragon Girl Series-Dragon Girl Z: The Beginning of Legends!
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She was one of the last of her kind, he the last of a world long dead can these two work together to save what's left while growing as a superhero?
Supergirl/Dragon Ball Z Crossover Kara D./Supergirl/Future Trunks/ Pan/Winn
Romance/ Drama(and humor as well)
Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero
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ME: Yes guys I finally am starting last week's episode of Supergirl "Manhunter" which will be a bit shorter since its mainly flash-back oriented but that doesn't mean that important plot elements from the show or my story Arc will be ignored! I will bring in even more twists and turns to these two chapters than you think so get ready cause the madness starts now! Also Batman didn't appear in the Supergirl/Kara fight because he didn't appear in the episode of the show; I thought so based on the comment section on Facebook on the website discussing Supergirl so I do apologize if I did mislead you in that preview
Last time on Dragongirl Z, it was a bitter and vicious battle for Trunks and Kara as they duked it out; during the fight Trunks achieved the impossible. He unlocked the powers of the Super-Saiyan God which led him to dominate in his fight against Kara. Victory came at a price as John transformed into his Martian form leading him to be taken away by the police! Meanwhile Siobhan got fired by Cat Grant and has swore her revenge on both Kara and Pan(who has just starting a relationship with him) Alice also was looking in from the future along with Vados and Champa but what are they hiding from Cassie? Will Kara and Trunks regain the trust of the city, what will happen to their relationship and how does John's encounter with Jeremiah and the real Hank Henshaw fit in? Find Out RIGHT NOW ON DRAGONGIRL Z!
Chapter 33 Aftermath; Ghosts of a Martian's Past(Pt. 1)
Things were not okay as James predicted in the aftermath of the battle for Kara(and Trunks for that matter also). A very dark cloud had descended on the city and the rumors were swirling as to what happened to both Supergirl and the Gold Fighter. Although it was a uniformed story for Kara(as Supergirl) it was less so for Trunks(as the Gold Fighter). Specifically people were talking about Trunks' red haired Godly transformation and how he was pummeling the Kryptonian with ease during the fight. Yet those same people were saying that the Gold Fighter was struggling to keep up with Supergirl earlier so their main confusion was what happened that caused the tide of battle to tilt in Trunks' favor. Of course that didn't compare to the fact that the head of the DEO Hank Henshaw was really a shape-shifting alien from Mars and they were frightened of him because of the bad history the humans had with green aliens. Piccolo emphasized with Hank because although he wasn't one for human interaction, he shared in the experiences of fear in the eyes of human beings thanks to his previous incarnation(King Piccolo's) reign of terror as well as his own declaration of wanting to destroy the Earth during the 23rd WMAT. They were still a few humans left who remembered that terrible day and the terrible battle with Son Goku and in their minds they equated the two as being the same personage. The Kais appearance was also a much talked about thing with Alex and she wondered if what Dende said about Vegeta knowing about the powers of the Super-Saiyan God were true; the fact was that the pictures and the facts didn't lie. Trunks aura and eyes had changed and his power level couldn't be sensed and his sheer dominance of Kara(who Alex knew had god like strength) frightened everybody.
Trunks was alone on that mountain where his father spend time thinking of his defeat to Android 18 and just like Vegeta resolved to be better and stronger -thanks to his defeat at her hands- the hybrid did the same in terms of his relationship with Kara. Although Trunks knew that repairing the relationship was going to be difficult(and he would have to monitor her interactions for a while) he was encouraged by Cassie's words that said that he shouldn't give up and have regrets. Currently Kara was watching the TV looking desponded "what was once symbols of hope have now become symbols of fear" the reporter dully droned on the TV "early this morning Supergirl and the Gold Fighter arrived at a scene of a crime at West National City Bank but instead of the usual cheers Supergirl and Gold Fighter's intervention was met with skepticism and fear". Kara watched the scene where everyone was running from her and Trunks as the reporter continued "some say that Supergirl and Gold Fighter were under mind-altering drugs when she and her partner battled it out over the city. But she(now talking about Kara) turned against our people once the question on everyone's mind? What's to stop her from turning on us again?" At Catco -after watching the report and turning off the TV- Cat wisecracked "first Sandy Bullock steals my bike at spin class and then the juice bar runs out of chard and now this?" Everyone(including both Winn and Pan looked down as Cat steamed) "I knew people would be slow to forgive Supergirl and the Gold Fighter but this is ridiculous and now the crime rate in National City is up a whopping 40%." "That's no surprise" Pan muttered to Winn "they are quick to forget the good she and my mentor have done to the people of this city" leading him to ask "do you think Supergirl and the Gold Fighter's lost the public trust for good?" "I suppose if Mel Gibson can present at the Golden Globes than Supergirl and Gold Fighter can win the city back this too shall pass." she responded using the events of Hollywood history as a guide "Mel Gibson?" Pan echoed to Winn confused "who's he?" "Famous Director" he responded "oh" she muttered back.
Cat then ordered "Keera go find me a juice bar with an abundance of chard" leading Winn to intervene by saying "uh Ms. Grant I already told you Kara's out sick today"; "that was at 9 AM" she stated confused "well usually when people are sick it lasts the whole day" Winn told her. Pan getting the idea then added "yea Trunks is also sick today so I doubt you'll be seeing him around Ms. Grant". "Oh well that is unacceptable who will man the phones?" she asked right back "I guess I will" Winn sheepishly stated "I'll help too" Pan offered to Cat "its the least I can do until Kara returns to her..duties". Suddenly Winn got a text message from Siobhan then frenetically stated "just as soon as I get back from this thing I have to do"; 'I have a feeling I know who texted him' Pan thought to herself(dialog with additions from Supergirl episode 16 "Manhunter"). She decided to call Bulma to have Bulla help out in the office while she was gone because the quarter-saiyan knew that she was also affected by Kara turning evil. Pan also couldn't help that she also wanted to gloat to Siobhan proclaiming that when it came to warfare no one could beat a Saiyan and she wanted to get that message out loud and clear.
Meanwhile Trunks had returned to his solitude place in the mountains to contemplate what had just happened; the people's response to his(and Kara's) intervention as the Gold(now Mystic Fighter) unnerved him and while the hybrid knew that he had battled Kara he didn't know that the reason they had feared him was because of his own nightmare transformation when the Saiyan went Super-Saiyan God; "I must be better than this" he gritted in a determined tone "or else I'll be worse off than I was during the android fight". The hybrid then remembered that nothing compared to the misery of his experiences with the androids. He was always running and always hiding and he obviously worried that he might have to do it again; the Halfling even considered using the dragon balls once more to erase the memories of his heroics as the Gold Fighter but that would mean giving up his relationship with Kara because it'll basically be starting out at square one all over again. Trunks also knew that the battle with Non was going to involve heavy damage to the Earth and even loss of life and he decided to reserve the use of the Dragon Balls for that fight; it was going to be at that time where Trunks resolved to tell Kara about Time Travel as well as the Dragon Balls since he himself was getting tired of all the suspicion that surrounded his path. Faith also was going to "help" in his explanation to her thanks to a Certain Speedster as well as his future daughter but as of right now he was focused on rebuilding his burned reputation both with the city and with Kara.
Dende also had to hope that the seal that the Supreme Kai 'put' on the back of Trunks neck would hold until he regained use of his God powers again via the ceremony. The Guardian of the Earth knew that if it didn't the God power would leak into Trunks' Mystic power making that his new base form and overpowering everyone; in order to keep the balance the seal would have to hold. At Noonan's Siobhan was steaming over what had happened to her to Winn "that four eye bitch in kilt and that whore ruined my life" she spat; "look what's uh what's really going on?" Winn asked her. "No one will hire me" the former secretary fumed "I've send my resume out to every media outlet in town and when I call to follow up they're all polite on the phone until they hear my name and then..dial tone." "That's weird why?" Winn asked her(feigning ignorance) "because those blond means girls ratted me out to the Queen of all media"; "oh Siobhan that's crazy" he told her "no what's crazy is I've spend my entire life trying to be a journalist and in one fell swoop Kara Danvers dashed all my dreams" she sneered then spat repeatedly "I hate her". "Okay" Winn stated trying to calm her down "you just had a setback and you know what all powerful people have setbacks so you just focus on what you really want". He then reflected on Pan and told her "you know what once you have a goal nothing's going to stop you from going out and getting it"; "you're right nothing can stop me" she replied with a smile knowing what she had to do(gratefully) "thanks Winn". "I have a bad feeling about this" Pan muttered to herself cautiously having watched the entire conversation between the two of them convinced that Siobhan would go after Kara as retribution.
At the DEO another broadcast was going on with Alex and Vegeta both watching "the real question is the identity of the alien who defeated Supergirl during her reign of terror alongside the Gold Fighter" the reporter broadcasted "who is this scary powerful and potentially dangerous monster?" Vegeta growled then stated "they're asking the wrong question; the question should be why the hell my son transformed and what is he capable of". Alex knew that he was right but when they went to visit John's cell they found him eating; "you don't look so dangerous shoving Chokos in your face" she joked. After eating a piece of it he asked "how did you know they were my favorite?" "You eat them at 3 AM; only a favorite will do at 3 AM" she responded trying to lighten the situation a little. Hank just looked sadly at Alex and said "you have to stop these visits"; "I like taking care of you for once" Alex softly disagreed with John's assessment of the situation. "My mission as Hank Henshaw was too protect you" John stated "missions change"(Supergirl episode 16 "Manhunter") Alex argued "just like Kakarot's mission changed" Vegeta added gruffly "he was sent originally to purge this planet of its inhabitants instead he bumped his head and became its greatest protector; one of the movies my wife has seen and can relate to in Rocky. In the 4th movie he was up against a foe that was the perfect fighter but he won". "How is Rocky relevant?" Alex asked a bit surprised that Vegeta knew about the Rocky movies "Rocky reminds me of Kakarot; he never gave up no matter the odds just like Kakarot" Vegeta chuckled with a slight smile before adding "when he won he said the following which I would like to repeat to you Martian(takes a breath and does an imitation of Rocky's line) if Kakarot could change and I could change...everyone can change!"(Rocky IV)
Hank heard the speech but he disagreed with the Saiyan prince "not this one" the Martian argued to the last full blooded Saiyan alive then said "which I why I'm telling the both of you to distance yourselves". "Don't check in on me stop bringing in cookies!" John ordered to Alex when she got up to walk away in defiance "just say you never knew about me say I betrayed you." "I would never do that" the sister of Kara declared "neither will we; when a Saiyan promises to stand with you their word is their bond" Vegeta grunted; "there has to be a reckoning Alex; Vegeta" John stated "an alien lied and took command of a government organization. This doesn't end in people getting fired or even going to jail people get disappeared for this sort of thing." John then blinked back a few tears and he told Alex "they're gonna tear this place apart looking for whoever helped me including your family Vegeta as well as Pan and Gohan". "I'll lie" Alex commented "I'll convince; I'll do everything you taught me to do but I am not abandoning you!" "The Prince of Saiyans put a blindfold over everyone's eyes regarding our secrets" Vegeta vaguely opined thinking about the Dragon Balls and his son's time machines "I have grown to respect you so count me in...J'ohn". Alex was happy that Vegeta was standing with her and declared "this is rock bottom and I know what kind of person I'm gonna be". Suddenly Agent Vasquez came in and worriedly told her "m'aam we need you to come out here right now"; "what now?" Vegeta grumbled as he followed her outside and when they did he saw Kara and Trunks with Lucy on the other end!
"Major Lane?" Alex questioned (using Lucy's military name) "what are you doing here"? "What the hell's the meaning of this?" Vegeta barked not pleased to see her. "Lucy quit her job because of James and now she's back at her old job" Trunks explained as he found out from Bulma(and later on Kara) what was happening as another general oiled "she's with me" causing Alex and Vegeta to ask "and who are you?" "Colonel James Harper United States Marines Corp" the man stiffly and militaristically introduced himself to them; "the Pentagon ordered a joint task force to investigate J'ohn J'onzz's infiltration of this Agency" Lucy commandingly explained to them. "They want to know what he's done and who knew about it" Harper added to them "so everyone here will be interviewed; all activities all communications scrutinized." "Sounds like a witch-hunt" Alex sneered distastefully "I couldn't agree more with Agent Danvers" Trunks agreed with a snarl(he was currently in his Mystic form so Lucy didn't recognize him) said "if it wasn't for him the people of National City would all be dead(thinking back to the fight against Indigo)".
"This is an internal investigation done by the book to identify, remove and ultimate prosecute enemies of the state" The Colonel sneered despairingly to the hybrid "and your here as our legal counsel to protect our civil rights?" Kara asked Harper critically. "She(*referring to Lucy) is here because this investigation required someone familiar with the players" Harper snarled "someone the government could trust to help cut through the subterfuge". "With all due respect Colonel is that really necessary?" Trunks spoke up asking another question "I'm concerned everyone here has been compromised by him" Lucy informally told Trunks in response "you should be too"; "which is why we need to figure out who knew what when and uncover anything John Jones and his confederates were planning" Harper footnoted to Lucy's statement then added "we'll deal with the questions of your loyalties later." The Colonel then ordered "take the Martian to the interrogation room we start with him" which was followed by a "yes sir" (dialog with additions from Supergirl episode 16 "Manhunter").
They Lucy and Jim went to John Jones in interrogation "Lucy, Jim its nice to see you" John politely began "you are looking well". Jim decided to exchange pleasantries with the Martian; "ah I look the same as I always have but obviously looks can be deceiving". Seeing John's silence Jim remembered the past he had with John(as Hank Henshaw) saying "for 10 years you have been in my home you've been around my children(sneering) my children and you haven't been who you said you were. Or what you said you were(he finished)." John tried to reassure his old friend stating "I want you to know I intend to fully cooperate with your investigation" causing him to scoff in disgust "what so you can plant false thoughts in our brain?" the general asked him. "I know what you can do" Harper snarled to the Martian "and what you can't do anymore(whispers in his ears) you smell that? It smells like burnt rubber right?" Then he explained how it worked; "its a little something my team came up with. We're generating a stasis field; it keeps you from shifting out of that body or using your powers". Harper then finished his explanation/lecture with a threat saying "so I hope you like that body John Jones because you're going to be in it until I'm done with you!"
Outside Alex, Kara and Trunks were watching the interrogation with Alex asking her "what can you hear?" Kara concentrated to hear the conversation(wincing a bit in the process) but to her shock nothing came; "what; what's wrong?" both Alex and Trunks asked the Kryptonian simultaneously. "They've done something" she panted "they're blocking me out"; "let me try" Trunks stated trying to do the same thing with his mental powers but it didn't work causing him to say "I can't seem to get anything either". Alex was at a loss over what to do; if Kara and Trunks couldn't hear the conversation who could and picking up on that the hybrid stated "too bad Piccolo isn't here he'd be able to hear that conversation". "I can and Dende can create a visual of the events from John's point of view" Piccolo mentally communicated with them "then hook us up" Alex demanded; the Namekian complied as they used his ears to hear the conversation as Lucy demanded "tell us what happened to the real Hank Henshaw". John complied and recalled the events of the past(thanks to his obtaining knowledge of Hank's operation of the DEO).
FLASHBACK 10 YEARS AGO "the ancient Greeks had Hades, the Egyptians Anubis, the Incas Supay the Lord of the underworld God of Death " the real Henshaw was telling his agents describing ancient cultural beliefs of the afterlife "today the villagers that live among the ruins of that empire believe that Supay has returned to live amongst them but this creature is no devil. It is an alien fugitive; the Manhunter one we have been hunting for so long and we finally found it. Hank then pulls up an imagine on the computer before continuing "it triggered one of our remote outpost probes where the Peruvian Amazon meets the Eastern Andes that is where we should find our quarry. This thing is the most dangerous fugitive we have ever faced; even more dangerous than Cell. Your mission(he stated to the agents) is to shoot-to kill; gear up gentlemen". However Jeremiah wanted to make a counterpoint and after the others left to gear up he approached Henshaw saying "sir if that creature is as old as you say imagine what it's seen what it might know!" He then added "besides Cell was far worse than he; that android absorbed the life force of millions of people how can you equate the two?" Henshaw snarled "The only thing I wanna know is the color of its blood and I don't want a repeat of the what happened during those nightmarish years. So check your bleeding heart at the armory and man up, Agent Danvers." (dialog with additions from Supergirl episode 16 "Manhunter")
At this point Alex asked "wasn't Cell killed?"(remembering the reports she read about Cell's death when she started at the DEO) "Yes; I killed him" Trunks told Alex; "then why did Hank think John was Cell?" Kara asked this time. "My theory is that the Maritan may have reminded him of how many victims were absorbed by the android and didn't want a repeat with John". "That does make sense" Alex muttered agreeing with Vegeta as it did sound logical 'still' she thought to herself 'what exactly was Cell trying to accomplish by absorbing the life force of humans?' 'Whatever Cell's purpose was it has to be more than sucking the life force of human beings there has to be a reason why he was doing it' Kara thought unknowingly picking up on her sister's train of thought. 'Damn it' Trunks cursed to himself 'I hope the real Henshaw didn't mention about the time machine to Kara's dad that could really complicate things'; meanwhile Hank continued on his reflections to Lucy as Piccolo and Dende continued to let them hear/see it.
Flashback(continued) "Thermal tracker indicates the target has been active within a two mile radius" Henshaw said to his agents in a warning tone "prepare to put up a fight; he will not go quietly." After taking another second to allow them to comprehend what was going to happen Hank then ordered "lets move out" to his agents; Jeremiah moved out on his own to try and find Martian Manhunter. He was so focused on finding John Jones that Jeremiah didn't notice a poisonous snake coming in to strike him dead "lookout dad!" Kara yelled to the projecting image that was shown; "there's a snake behind you!" Trunks added. The image of Jeremiah did notice the snake and was struggling to fire off a good shot to kill the snake; he stumbled and fell and everyone in the room waited for the strike of the snake that never came as John Jones suddenly appeared to save his life!" "Oh my god..." Alex muttered shocked "its the Martian!" Vegeta added just as bewildered as they watched to see how John would interact with both Jeremiah and Hank now that Alex's father had 'seen' him. Alex then said "they've been in there for hours"; "we have to get in there" Kara commented. "And implicate ourselves as accessories?" Alex asked back; "isn't that what we've been doing all along?" Trunks riddled to Alex "after all we all thought that John was connected to Jeremiah's death thanks to your mom".
Alex knew that Trunks had a point there and cautioned Kara "we won't be of any use to Hank if they lock us up with him"; "well if they imprison me I could always transform to break out of it" Vegeta haughtily stated which Kara added to by saying "I like to see them try and lock me up". "If they do; they will regret it" Trunks voiced in an angry tone "we'll show that Harper that you do not mess with me and my friends!"(dialog with additions from Supergirl episode 16 "Manhunter" as well as dialog with adaptation and changes from Dragon Ball Z Kai episode 45 "Kaio-Ken Times Twenty! An All-Or-Nothing Kamehame-Ha"). Lucy however doubted John' "you can't expect us to believe you saved Jeremiah Danvers' she said to the Martian "he was on a mission to kill you". "You asked for the truth" John retorted to Lucy "what is truth to you John?" Jim asked in a very Pilate like manner; "wearing skin that doesn't belong to you or pretending to be someone or something you're not?" "I did not kill Jeremiah Danvers" John stated to the colonial leading Lucy to ask "then how did he die?" John sighed and remembered what happened next.
Flashback continued The two sat alongside each other in absolute silence and Jeremiah didn't know how to react to the alien; after all this was the guy who Henshaw was obsessed with capturing and now he was sitting alongside the alien with him making a fire. Jeremiah was however baffled at John's fear of fire and sighed "fire won't kill you but it will prevent me from freezing to death tonight unless you're willing to cuddle?"(he offered to the Martian). Seeing John's fear Jeremiah again asked "you don't like fire do you?" "My planet burned to death" John groveled in a lone tone to the human being "what planet are you from?" Jeremiah naturally asked him "Mars" he simply stated. "So there is life on Mars?" Alex's father inquired always wondering if there were life on other planets "was" he grunted back prompting another question by Jeremiah "how many others escaped?" he asked the alien. "I am the last" the alien commented to him sadly "I'm sorry" Jeremiah apologized; "you are hear to kill me" the alien discerned from Alex's father "no no no no" he quickly interrupted before explaining "the agency I work for they pinned you as a threat just like Cell; that was before you saved me before I learned that you're not a danger." "Cell?" the Martian asked unfamiliar with that name "who is this...Cell?" "An Android created by Dr. Gero of the old Red Ribbon Army; he had the DNA of the strongest warriors to ever walk the Earth and he was a monster" Jeremiah explained before unloading a bombshell; "you are a refugee just like my daughter".
Then Jeremiah pulled out two photos from his pocket; the first was a family picture and when he showed it to the alien Jeremiah pointed out Kara saying "this one here Kara"(*Jeremiah hands to photo to John who examines the photo while he explained*). "She's adopted; she's not from here either(*notices John's confusion*). "That one Alex"(he continued to the Martian) "she's tough they both are in their own way." "Alex; Kara" John muttered slowly repeating and memorizing their name as he examined the photo; he then turned back to Jeremiah and stated "I too had daughters". Jeremiah was stunned and told the Martian "when I link back up to my team I'm gonna explain to them who you are and what you did for me". "I am not a threat" the alien declared with a growl "I know that but humans can be ignorant even the Z fighters knew that especially when they're scared" Jeremiah insisted "Z fighters?" the Martian asked again confused; "they are or were the Earth's mightiest defender" Jeremiah stated "their leader was Son Goku although my boss says that he has a feeling that Capsule Corps was connected to this man". "What was it about this..Capsule Corps that lead to this conclusion?" the Martian asked "well my boss said that they always have experiments going on that the government doesn't know about" Jeremiah stated to John getting off topic a bit before he promised the Martian "but I will do everything in my power to help keep you safe help you find your place here". The man finally decided to introduce himself to the Martian lest he thing this was considered "normal" human behavior "I'm Jeremiah Danvers; you can consider me a friend" the human said to the alien. It was one of those moment of truths; just like the blind kid befriending Majin Buu in the 7th universe which led the misunderstood and pink Majin to not see himself as a monster (and eventually led him turn to the side of good by saving Vegeta's life during the battle with Kid Buu) so to was Jeremiah's choice in befriending John Jones in the 6th universe. John Jones seemed to pick up on this moment(even though he didn't realize it at the time) by shaking Jeremiah's hand and introducing himself "I am J'ohn J'ohnzz" they were about to shake hands when the Martian heard an audible 'click' and muttered "someone is here".
Suddenly gunfire rang out causing Alex and Kara to gasp in shock(they were still watching the memories) and Trunks to angrily growl "HENSHAW". The man himself hysterically yelled "I GOT HIM I GOT HIM" and Jeremiah trying to get him to stop saying "No no STOP!" Hank didn't listen(or rather he didn't want to hear what the agent had to say) and roughly shoved the father of Alex Danvers out of the way. "I designed these bullets specifically for you Martian" the head of the DEO stated to John in a low Batman like tone "Hank" Jeremiah stated wanting him to listen but he didn't and sneered to the fugitive "the most powerful being on the face of this Earth" then he asked "you know who called you that? Superman; sure means something coming from him." Your wrong Hank" Jeremiah voiced disagreeing with him "the most powerful being on the face of this planet is not Superman in fact it isn't even my daughter"; "not this nonsense of yours again" Henshaw sneered. "I mean you no harm" John stated but was silenced by a gunshot causing him to groan in pain;"NO HANK STOP!" Jeremiah yelled; "please" the Martian begged. "Heard a rumor you could regenerate just like that accursed Demon(referring to Piccolo) and Android(referring to Cell)" Hank growled to the Martian "best finish you off quick". "NO STOP HE'S A GOOD MAN HE'S A GOOD MAN!" Jeremiah stated finally fed up with Hank but the head of the DEO just gave him another hard shove to the ground "HE'S NOT A MAN!" Henshaw thundered and angered by his words Jeremiah gave a battle cry and started to fight Henshaw! Eventually Jeremiah managed to throw Henshaw off a cliff but in the process Jeremiah was stabbed by his boss's weapon ;"take care of my girls" he rasped out to the Martian before closing his eyes in death causing Alex and Kara to cry because they witnessed the moment where their father died. Trunks comforted the Kryptonian saying "he was a true hero and now he's resting in peace just like Goku". They were so emotional they didn't get the next more vital part of the conversation with John Jones, Jim Harper, and Lucy Lane.
The Martian on the other hand knew what to do to start "fulfilling" the promise he had made to Jeremiah to take care of his girls; at the same time he wanted to investigate the story of this 'Cell' that Jeremiah talked about as well as the secrets of the mysterious Capsule Corps . When an agent saw 'Henshaw' he said "welcome back Director Henshaw" "its good to be back" he said to the agent ; it was the beginning of John's new life and mission End Flashback "From that day forward I took on the responsibility of being the director of the DEO" John stated to Lucy and Jim then added "and this 'disguise' allowed me to prevent many actual alien attacks. I dedicated my life to protecting this world and if you wanna take me down for being different so be it". Lucy was a bit shaken up by John's strong words but said "this isn't about being different"; "maybe you planned to build an alien army like the Saiyans wanted to" Colonial Harper suggested to the Martian "but why?" "Who better to protect Earth from aliens than an alien?" John threw back rhetorically thinking of Trunks as well as Piccolo in that moment; "what better place to take down our world than from inside the organization tasked with protecting it?" Harper asked right back with a sneer(*he was thinking of Capsule Corps and the Red Ribbon Army). John disagreed with his old friend's assessment of his job at the DEO saying "all I've done is bring honor to this department to this name. Before I came along Hank Henshaw was a sorry excuse for a man and whatever hatred the DEO had regarding aliens died with him"; "Hank Henshaw was my best friend" Jim sneered "and he dedicated his life to keeping this country safe and you murdered him"(Dialog with additions from Episode 16 "Manhunter"). Then Jim asked the Martian "what's the deal with that android Cell?" The refuge grimaced as he responded "a girl named Lime was brought in to questioning"; "what did a girl have to do with a sicko like Cell?" Lucy Lane sneered to him. "Her parents were absorbed by the android and my men reported that one day they magically reappeared" John evenly responded to him "furthermore her grandfather had some...stories about Son Goku and his fight against the Demon King Piccolo in the 23rd WMAT because he was a Martial artist." (Dragon Ball Z episode 207 "A Girl Named Lime").
"Oh really so why did Cell absorb those people in the first place?" Lucy asked; "according to Lime and her grandfather, Cell wanted to absorb Androids 17 and 18 to evolve to his final form" Hank answered "but the androids were destroyed!" Jim pointed out "how could he absorb androids that don't exist?" Lucy answered. "Lime stated that Cell heard about some sort of device that could allow him to transport to another place and time where the androids did exist so that he could obtain his final perfect form even if the population of the planet was low at the time" John told them "unfortunately when I looked into it the records were destroyed or missing; its like someone or something magically removed them"(Dragon Ball Z episode 143 "His Name is Cell"). Outside Trunks gritted his teeth "damn it" he cursed "do you know who this Lime was?" Alex asked; "I didn't actually meet Lime but Gohan did" Trunks managed to lie. He didn't want them to know about his time machine but at the same time the events of the past just kept on coming back to haunt him; 'how did Gohan meet Lime?' Kara asked herself 'and why is Trunks so angry that a young girl would tell John about Cell; what's the connection?' Lucy was stunned and shaken by the conversation and getting up announced "I think we have everything we need" and took him out the door; "where are you taking him?" Alex asked Lucy when she saw her walk out with John. "Hey you need to step back" Jim ordered; "don't you dare to Agent Danvers like that you bastard" Trunks growled "what right do you have taking away a man who wants to protect life?" Alex then added "I've worked with that man for the last two years he's never endangered this planet; he's protected it like "(*corrects herself*) "Mystic Fighter says".
"Two years?" Harper asked the sister of Kara doubtfully(as Lucy stated to herself 'since when did Trunks team up with Supergirl to protect National City? He's not a fighter!') "this alien is over 300 hundred years old 2 years is like a coffee break for him" causing Vegeta to ask "and how the hell did you obtain that little piece of info about him?" Alex then whispered "he saved my life more times than I can count"; "he's saved Supergirl's life against Bizarro and mine when that virus attacked my body" Trunks added to Alex's statement(not wanting to mention also that the Martian saved him when Kara turned evil since it would only draw further suspicions). "Let me tell you this" Trunks said now going on the attack "if he was evil as you claim would me and my father would never allow my sister to be trained by a murderer. The fact is that you are taking an innocent alien to suffer for a crime he didn't commit and mark my words you will regret this decision general" Seeing Harper's silence on the matter Alex(who agreed with Trunks statement) then passionately added "he's the best most honorable man that I know". "He's not a man" Harper scoffed "where are you taking him?" Kara questioned "where he belongs" the Colonial declared "and Danvers since you have so much to say about him, your next" he promised to Alex then proceeded to escort the Martian out. "This is not good" Trunks murmured worriedly "I don't know what's going to happen with John in the possession of a man like him".
The warriors and Alex didn't know how much trouble they were about to get into as well as not knowing that Siobhan was also carrying out her plan to bring down both the Kryptonian and her sister once and for all. Siobhan snuck into the building after Cat Grant left; she was 'following' Winn's advice of taking what she wanted by the horn and the way that was going to happen was taking revenge on Kara. After Siobhan got on Kara's computer she composed the following letter in 'Kara's' name to the media mogul; "Dear Ms. Grant" the letter read "I've been your assistant for a shockingly long time but I've never let you know how I really feel about you." Siobhan gave a devious smirk as she kept on typing away however she didn't realize that she was being watched by Pan(who kept her power level low so that Siobhan wouldn't know that she was there). "I knew it" the quarter saiyan spewed with a silent hiss "I can't let her get away with this; I have to tell Winn what's going on". The female hybrid then departed to look for Winn and back at the DEO Lucy and Jim turned their attention to Alex as they questioned her.
Bulla had arrived and she said "mom just told me about John is it true?"; "it is" her brother replied to Bulla sadly "they want to question you as well" Kara added to the daughter of Bulma. "I'm guessing because John had been training me for the last 5 months because of his status with you" Bulla surmised; Trunks nodded his head and told her "we still can't find out what they are questioning about we only got visual flashbacks thanks to Piccolo but they completely blocked us out." 'Damn it" Vegeta cursed to himself as they continued looking at the screen; "you were director Henshaw's right hand; I find it hard to believe that he kept you in the dark" the colonial mused to Alex. Then he added "or that you'd allow yourself to be kept in the dark"; "turn it on" she challengingly said daring him to test her via the lie detector "ask your questions I've got nothing to hide colonial". "We'll see about that" Harper sneered then with a beep Lucy turned on the machine as she begun questioning her asking "is your name Alexandra Danvers?" "Alex yes" she truthfully said to the sister of Lois as Supergirl and Trunks waiting impatiently outside; "this is too much" Bulla huffed "we got to know what's going on here!"
Supergirl then made sure that no one was watching her as she whispered "Vasquez I have to hear what's going on in that room; can you disable the sound-dampening tech they're running to block me and the Gold(*Mystic*) Fighter? "I can't disable it" Vasquez replied to Kara "I won't"' Trunks growled hotly; "we have to know what's going on with Agent Danvers. She means a lot to Supergirl and my family". "Colonial Harper and Major Lane have a job to do and frankly ma'am and sir I suggest you two let them do it" she retorted back to both aliens; "coward" Trunks spat silently as Agent Vasquez walked away "if both Danvers and the Martian die she will be held accountable" Vegeta vowed with an angry scowl suddenly Kara smiled and mentally communicated with Trunks saying "I have an idea"."Kara you read my mind" Trunks mentally replied back with a smirk of his own after he saw the same thing she did to disable the tech that was blocking out the conversation going on with Alex; "did you know that Hank Henshaw was being impersonated by an alien criminal when you were recruited?" Harper asked her. "He is not a criminal" Alex voiced with a whisper in response "answer the question Agent Danvers" Lucy demanded "I did not know that Hank was being impersonated by an alien refuge when I was being recruited by the DEO" she stated to Lane. That statement was true as Alex began to tap unpleasant memories as she told them "the man who recruited me the man that I believed to be Hank Henshaw he saved my life. She flashed back to three years ago as the future agent and her friends were partying hard in college; Alex had drank too much alcohol and had failed a breathalyzer test as well as a sobriety test. As the sister of Kara sat in jail holding her head Hank Henshaw came in to see her.
Flashback "Alex Danvers" was his first words to her prompting a reply of "I didn't ask to talk to a lawyer". Its a good thing I'm not a lawyer" he jokingly said but the future agent of the DEO asked "are you a priest then? Your wasting your time; I'm not exactly a prime candidate for jailhouse conversion". "I wouldn't think so; scientists are generally skeptics" John mused then added "not that your much of a scientist these days that is if your latest transcripts are any indication"; "how do you know about that?" she asked a bit stunned that 'Hank' knew that about her personal life. "I have a hard time believing that Alex was dysfunctional" Alice commented "why?"; "she had a tough time accepting her..adoptively special sister" Future Pan vaguely responded to Alice not wanting to say that it was Kara that caused Alex to act out in College as they watched the conversation from the future.
"I know a lot of things about you Alex" Hank scoffed to Alex then stated "I know about your house in Midvale, where every night you watch the stars from your roof; I know how you got that scar on your arm(drops the bombshell)and I know about your sister"; "what about my sister" Alex asked Hank suspiciously. "It's hard" Hank mused with a slight smile in a knowing tone "someone comes into your life with these extraordinary powers and you feel like you can never measure up . Like there's nothing special about you; well you are special Alex and you can't afford to throw your life down the drain you owe that to yourself... and your father"(he lectured to her). "Who are you?" Alex asked him "my name is Hank Henshaw" the fake head of the DEO introduced himself "I work for a government organization dedicated to defending this planet and we need you Alex. We need you to be the person I know you can be". Alex decided to trust the man and as she explored the DEO for the first time Hank told her how things would operate "for the next five months you will be spending 12 hours a day training"; "training for what?" Alex inquired "anything; everything" he responded then laid out a job description for her. "You will be fighting attacks from creatures from all over the universe" he stated seriously "you need to be ready for whatever happens out there"; "when will I be ready?" the sister of Kara asked her new boss with a nervous chuckle. "When you can beat me" the alien refuge told her. END FLASHBACK
"How prophetic Hank's words would be" Future Pan mused to Alice "he has been fighting creatures from all over the universe and that he would be ready for whatever happened out there. Its a shame that 'whatever happens' involved the death of Kara and Trunks she whispered to herself as Alice scrunched her face in confusion. 'How is this..Kara related to all the creatures that John and Dad fought?' she asked herself as they continued to watch for the future. "Hank Henshaw or John J'ohnzz or whatever you wanna call him gave me a home; a purpose" Alex told her interrogators "I served him with honor and I'm proud of that you're the ones that should be ashamed of yourselves." "Well that's all very heartwarming but it still doesn't answer the million dollar question" Colonial Harper exasperatingly berated before asking "did you know that Hank Henshaw was an alien"?"No" Alex lied(which showed up on the machine) which led Harper to sigh and say "well congratulations Agent Danvers the only thing you're guilty of is being duped by the very creature you were meant to be hunting which makes you a terrible agent but lucky for you not a criminal". He had no idea that Supergirl and the others were listening on the other end of the line; "wait" Lucy suddenly said to her superior "she's lying". "He told you he tried to rescue your father he told you he's protecting you" Lucy grilled Alex using her own words and that of John's against her "he made you believe he was the father you lost and now you're under arrest." "I won't stand for this" Bulla cried when they heard that statement as they ran out; "HEY!" Kara shouted to Lucy "what the hell is going on?" "That was the same question I was about to ask" Trunks muttered as Kara pleaded "you can't do this; where is she going?" "Same place I'm taking your little green friend" Harper sneered to the Kryptonian "Project Cadmus".
'Damn it mom and Gohan were right' Trunks cursed to himself as Kara asked "Cadmus? What is Project Cadmus?" No response was given "WHAT IS PROJECT CADMUS?" Kara asked aloud again "GENERAL IF SHE'S UNDER ARREST YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE ME AND MY DAUGHTER AS WELL" Vegeta boomed "have you lost your mind?" the Kryptonian asked the saiyan prince. "I assure you I'm not crazy Kryptonian" Vegeta retorted "if my wife and the brat are right about this Cadmus than the only way to know for sure is to go see this for ourselves..even if it means lowering my pride to do so"(dialog with additions from Supergirl episode 16 "Manhunter"). They had no idea the storm that Vegeta's(and Bulla's decision) would have as they would find out something shocking regarding Jeremiah's faith; at the same time Siobhan was also still scheming to get Kara fired from her job and the repercussions of which would change how a certain female hybrid and male IT member of Cat Grant's staff saw and regarded Siobhan. Finally the storm would also stir the memories of both Kara and Trunks regarding past events as the ghosts of the past finally had(moreso in Trunks' case) caught up to them..TBC
