A/N: Okay, so this story really took off in a different direction than I intended, but I think it's good, so instead of reigning it in to fit what I originally intended, I've just decided to go with it and keep writing. Hope you all are enjoying it!


"I want this photo captured, it's not very good, but clearly it is her," Cat says trying to think clearly.

"Uh, Ms Grant, this is the dashcam footage from the police cruiser," Winn explains, "It hasn't been released yet, so we can't use it."

"Winn! You hacked into the Ventura Police Department for dashcam footage?" James blurts out.

"Well, yeah but only so I could get a clear shot of her to use for this," Winn says clicking to open another folder on his laptop. "I wrote an algorithm to use with the latest facial recognition software and then I ran it cross referencing videos loaded to various social media sites and now we have about 62 videos of SuperGirl in action," he says pointing up at the TV above them as a stream of videos begins to play.

"Can you find out who the woman in this photo is?" Cat asks pointing at Alex Danvers.

"Uh, yeah sure," Winn replies moving over to the couch with his computer and typing quickly, "I just need to capture her photo and upload it into the program," he mumbles to himself.

"James, tell Nick that he can go back to covering Lex Luthor, I'm going to handle SuperGirl myself," Cat says sitting down at her desk and pulling out pen and paper to begin making notes.

"I think that I've got it," Winn announces. "Her name is Alexandra Danvers, she's from Midvale," he adds.


"Cat this isn't a good idea, she knows you as Catherine Foster, you should assign this to someone else," James points out.

"She's here James, why would she come here to National City if she didn't want us to contact her?" Cat asks.

"Maybe because this is where she knows people. She knows people in Midvale, it's not that far from here. It could just be a coincidence," James counters.

"Alexandra Danvers has to be the connection here for Kara Zor-El," Cat says barely listening to him. "Danvers graduated from Stanford with a PHd in bioengineering, a masters in genetics and she was pre-med as an undergrad," she mumbles to herself. "Although, she is not registered with any of the usual professional organizations. She doesn't even have a gym membership."

"I think I can help you with that one," Lucy says entering Cat's office. "She's military."

"How do you know that? We searched the military database and it came back empty," Cat points out.

"If she's special ops, then she won't be in any database that we can search. Look, I've been reviewing the news footage, this vehicle has military registration," Lucy counters pulling up footage from outside the Ventura Police Department and pointing out the vehicle. Hoping that Cat doesn't get angry that she's inserting herself into the news story again.

"CNN News footage, of course, they broadcast everything," Cat quips, then it dawns on her. "If the government is there to clean this up, then it means that they don't want anyone to know about her?"

"Look, that's Danvers getting out of the car. And she bares a strong resemblance to the unidentified woman from the first mugging story," Lucy explains as she lays her tablet down so the two photos are side by side.

"Okay, so how do we get a hold of her? I haven't been able to locate an address or phone number for her," Cat asks.

"The easiest way to hide in plain sight is to create a second identity using your mother's maiden name," Lucy retorts. "Not that I've ever done that," she adds smiling mischievously.

"Hmm, if you're right then..." Cat stops talking and begins typing in another search based on the research she did on Alex Danvers earlier. Smiling brightly, she sits back proudly as the search returns an address, "If I'm not mistaken, this address isn't far from the mugging," she adds as she quickly writes the address down.

"Cat, what are you doing?" Lucy asks watching Cat tear off the paper, and then open her desk drawer to grab her purse.

"I'm going to get the story," Cat replies taking off her readers and digging her sunglasses out of her bag.

"No, Cat. You can't just go camp on their doorstep and wait for them to come home," James says holding his hands out in front of him.

Cat glares at him but before she can begin to respond, Lucy interrupts.

"Uh, look. There's a coffee shop near the apartment, I'll bet they go there every morning. I'll go early tomorrow and scope it out for you, just to confirm that we're on the right track," Lucy suggests.

"I'm going with you," Cat replies. "I want to see her for myself," she adds.


Cat paces around her penthouse, she's still getting used to the new space. Robert wanted the house in the divorce, which was fine because the last thing Cat wanted was to live up the canyon alone. She bought an oceanside penthouse not far from CATCO with top of the line security and a helipad on the roof. Since Carter decided to finish out the school year and stay at the house, Cat can take her time decorating the new place. But right now she needs to relax and think, so she sets the sound system to her favorite jazz selection, before pouring herself a drink and heading out to the balcony to watch the sunset.

Standing at the railing and looking out across the city, she wonders what Kara's doing right now. Why is she in National City? Is there any chance that she'll agree to see me?


"Switch!" Alex yells when she realizes that Kara's going to eat the whole pint before she even gets to try the new flavor.

"Next time we're buying more of that one," Kara replies as she reluctantly passes the container to Alex.

"Honestly Kara, the lack of ice cream on Krypton is what keeps me from returning," Alex jokes.

"This salted caramel is fantastic," Kara exclaims taking a big spoonful.

"Yes but this Mocha Chocha Latte is amazing," Alex sighs into another bite.

Distracted by the ice cream, it takes Alex a moment to realize that Kara is zoned out again.

"Hey, what is it?" Alex asks touching her shoulder.

"Kal-El," Kara replies quickly, returning to focus on her cousin's words as she leans forward to set the ice cream down.

"Hu-Wu was the hacker afterall," Kara repeats. "Oh Kal-El that's such a relief. So I'm cleared of everything?" She asks.

"For the most part, although you still didn't report the stolen files," he reminds her.

"What about Mala? Do they know that she was involved?" Kara asks.

"Yes, she's in custody and being charged along with Hu-Wu," Kal-El informs her. "Kara you can come home now," he points out.

Kara looks over at Alex and freezes a moment before replying, "No Kal-El. Uh, I'm not done here. I've been training to fight and we're just about to start rounding up escapees," Kara explains.

"Your parents are upset and really want to talk with you Kara, you should return soon," Kal-El replies firmly.

"Thank you for everything that you've done Kal-El, but I'm staying here on Earth a bit longer," Kara repeats.

Alex sits stunned on the couch, she's been so caught up in Kara being here, that she hadn't thought about her going back to Krypton soon.

"That was Kal-El?" Alex asks.

"Yes, I'm no longer being suspected of espionage or collusion, although I still face charges of receiving stolen documents," Kara explains.

Alex nods her understanding, but she is still stunned at the thought of Kara leaving.

"You know it's been so great to have you here, that I guess I hadn't let myself think about you leaving, but you will go back to Krypton," she states, trying to hold her emotions in.

Kara turns to Alex, "Alex, I love it here. And I love you and Eliza. But Krypton is my home, I will need to return there... to my real life," she admits.

"This could be your real life Kara, you could stay here and work at the DEO. You could have a life here on Earth," Alex points out.


"There. They. Are." Lucy says as she slowly gazes across the room.

Cat remains facing the wall, willing herself not to turn around, although she's wearing her usual disguise, a Hermes scarf wrapped around her hair with oversized sunglasses, she has to admit that she still isn't ready to confront Kara.

"Alex Danvers is definitely an operative. She is carrying at least one weapon and she's got a comslink in her left ear," Lucy remarks, holding her coffee in front of her as she watches the two women order at the counter.

"FBI? Homeland Security? What agency would house a Kryptonian openly like this?" Cat whispers.

"There's only one agency that I know of and it's classified," Lucy murmurs.

"Oh please, you expect me to believe that there is a secret government agency that no one's heard of?" Cat quips.

"There are more than you would like to know," Lucy replies, "I'm going to get a refill and see if I can get her to talk to me." The brunette says moving swiftly to join them at the counter as they wait for their drinks.

"Hey, could I get just one more refill?" She asks the barista sweetly, flirting with her eyes.

Alex smirks and looks away. "Typical", she scoffs under her breath.

"Excuse me?" Lucy says looking offended.

"Nothing ma'am," Alex says glancing over at Kara for help. "I was just commenting to my sister."

Kara laughs, she's not helping Alex this time. "I don't remember what we were talking about, remind me?" Kara asks.

Alex covers her mouth with her hand and whispers softly, "Help me and I'll get you another sticky bun."

Kara smiles brightly, "My sister was saying that it's typical that a beautiful woman, like you, would not be single," she gestures behind them to the woman watching their exchange.

Alex almost spits out her coffee. She's going to kill Kara.

"Oh really?" Lucy says turning back to face Alex. "Lucy," she says holding out her hand.

"Alex," Alex says reluctantly, recovering quickly from Kara throwing her under the bus.

"Uh, do you come here for coffee often? We haven't seen you here before," Kara says watching them curiously, trying to decide if Alex will talk to the woman if she leaves or if she'll just use Kara's leaving as an excuse to follow.

"No, I live across town. My colleague and I have a meeting nearby," Lucy says glancing over to where Cat is sitting. "In fact, I should get back there," she adds taking her refill and walking away.

Kara moves over close to Alex and grabs another sticky bun, "Go get her number, she's cute and smells wonderful," she adds between bites.

"Not going to happen," Alex says grabbing her coffee. "Let's get going or we'll be late...again."


"Was that her?" Lucy asks Cat when she returns to the table.

"Yes," Cat says thoughtfully.

"They seemed quite comfortable around each other, not like an agent and handler," Lucy points out. "Even introduced themselves to me as sisters," she adds.

"Well, they have known each other a long time, Kara stayed with the Danvers family when she first came to earth," Cat explains. "And Alex stayed on Krypton with Kara's family."

"Wait, it hasn't been that long that Krypton is stable enough for us to survive there," Lucy says considering this information. "Ten years ago, would have put Danvers there during the stabilization period," she adds.

"I hadn't really thought about that aspect of it," Cat remarks considering it a moment. "Kara did mention that Alex had difficulty adjusting to the gravitational pull, I assumed it was because she was young."

"Okay enough of this. Cat what's your plan now to get your girl?" Lucy asks.

Cat almost chokes on her coffee.

Lucy smirks happily, she saw the way Cat looked when she was talking about the alien, there is definitely something going on there.


Kara and Hank are about to begin yet another training exercise outside in the desert when his eyes flash red, then she hears it too and drops to her knees.

"Hank?" She gasps. "Do you hear that?" Kara asks putting her hands up to her head in pain.

The martian glances around, he did hear it, but he can't admit it. "Kara, what is it?" He asks disguising his own discomfort from the transmission.

"He says that he's going to hurt everyone in National City, if I don't meet with him," she explains as she stands up slowly, glancing around worriedly. "I've got this," she says before taking off.

"Hank! Hank, what the hell is going on?" Alex asks from the observation deck inside the command center. "I just saw Kara take off..."

"Just get a team together, we need to get in the air, now!" He barks rushing over to the command vehicle as Vasquez jumps into the passenger seat.

A few minutes later, Hank and Vasquez pull up to the helipad and rush onto the helicopter where Alex is waiting for them. The three of them climb in and the copter takes off with Hank providing instructions. Neither Alex nor Vasquez question him on how he knows where Kara went.


"Vartox, I know who you are and I'm here to stop you," Kara says boldly as she stalks through the abandoned power plant looking for him.

"You and what army?" He snaps from behind her and strikes her quickly.

Kara dodges the strike and whirls around. "I am the army," she says confidently.

"On my planet women bow before men," he sneers.

"We're not on your planet," Kara reminds him, watching him closely for the first sign of his attack.

Vartox sizes her up a moment, he knows that they both have powers here on Earth, but he also knows that his ax gives him an edge. He vaults over her and she follows him, he turns quickly and lands a solid punch that sends her flying into a stack of pipes.

Kara groans, she hasn't been hit that hard before. She rolls off the pipes and onto her knees before rising to her feet again.

"You look like Alura. I told the others that you were her daughter. They will all come for you now," he spits out at her.

"How do you know my mother?" Kara asks.

"She sentenced me to Fort Rozz. She was our judge, jury and jailer. She sentenced all of us to Fort Rozz. And since we can't get to her, we'll have to settle for killing you," He quips.

"You can't be from Fort Rozz. Fort Rozz is on Krypton, just outside of Argo City," Kara protests. "My Aunt Astra is sentenced there," she adds. Rushing at him swiftly and landing a punch that sends him reeling through a concrete wall.

"General Astra is here on earth, she sent me to kill you," Vartox says advancing on her again and landing another solid blow sending her flying through the wall of the building.

Kara picks herself up again. Her mind trying to comprehend that Astra is here on Earth and wants to kill her.

"I don't believe you. My mother would never banish her only sister from Krypton," Kara counters. Taking flight, she manages to get the jump on Vartox and she lands a solid punch, but this time he stands his ground and punches her back. Gasping for air, she breaks his grip on her throat and wrenches away from him.

"You have no idea what your mother is capable of," Vartox replies. "She sentenced all of us to Fort Rozz and then released us into the phantom zone," he adds.

Vartox smiles and pulls out the ax from over his shoulder. She backs up as he swings it at her and misses.

"She wouldn't do that," Kara argues, not taking her eyes off the ax. "She wouldn't banish her own blood to the Phantom Zone."

"Yet here we are," he says smiling oddly. "You can join us or die," he adds tauntingly, advancing slowly until she stumbles and falls to the ground. Then he rushes over and strikes at her burying the ax into the asphalt.

Kara rolls away from it and jumps back to her feet. Landing a hard blow to his back as he tries to wrench the ax from the ground. It suddenly is free and Vartox swings around and throws it at her.

Kara spins away to avoid it and it clatters to the ground.

Vartox advances on her again just as she realizes that the ax sliced her arm open. Stunned by the pain, Kara freezes in place and the alien wraps his hands around her throat, his face inches from hers as he begins to squeeze. Struggling to breathe, Kara glances over to where the ax lies just out of her reach.

Vartox follows her gaze and laughs in her face. "Kara Zor-El, this is your last breath," he taunts.

The sound of a helicopter approaching, makes him glance up and Kara takes advantage of his distraction to shove him away and reach over for the ax. He pulls her back before she can grab it. But just then the helicopter fires a shot that just misses them. Vartox gets to the ax first and spins around to look at Kara, but another shot is fired from the helicopter so he runs off. The chopper hovers over Kara just long enough to lower Alex down to the ground.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asks looking at the torn suit and blood on Kara's hand.

Kara nods slowly still stunned by the fight and everything that she just learned about her Mother.