Flying back from the beach house, Kara lands on a scenic outlook to admire the view and consider everything. Haunted by the disappointed look on Cat's face when she told her that she had to leave and possibly wouldn't be back for a few days, Kara takes a deep breath and slowly exhales it. It's getting harder to stay focused on the mission. She must keep her distance from Cat until everything is resolved. But she has to admit, if Krypton is unstable, it's quite likely that Earth will be her new home. Kara sighs and then clicks the link to check in with Kal-El.


"I can't say," Cat remarks for the second time. She called Robert using Lois Lane's phone and Skype connection.

"We've been told that we cannot leave the house indefinitely. Cat, just who the hell is after you now?" Robert asks angrily.

"Robert, you know that I would tell you if I could, but you are safer not knowing," Cat reminds him.

"Do you have any idea how many times you've given me that line?" Robert scoffs. "Carter thinks that he saw that girl flying over the house today, the hero, the one you've been lauding in The Tribune," he says. "Does she have something to do with this?"

"Robert, she can't tell you that," Lois snaps entering his field of vision. "You have to trust that she's doing everything to keep you all safe," she adds.

"How is it that Lois always manages to be in the thick of it?" He replies snidely.

When Cat told Robert that she was bisexual, he always accused the two of them of having an affair. Even when Lois was engaged to another reporter at The Planet, Robert questioned their relationship.

Cat glances over at Lois and shakes her head. "This isn't productive, Robert. And I have to keep this short. May I please speak with the boys?"

Robert huffs, but steps out of view for a moment.

The two boys enter the room and quickly approach the computer.

"Hey Mom," they both say in unison as they sit down, Carter smiling, but Adam scowling.

"Adam, Carter," Cat says smiling at them both. "I apologize. I had no idea that I was putting any of us in danger with any of these stories," she adds genuinely apologetic.

"It's kind of cool," Carter says shrugging it off. "I saw Supergirl flying over the house earlier!" He adds.

"It was probably just a falcon. And it's not cool. We're on house arrest and we haven't done anything wrong!" Adam says angrily.

"I'll make it up to you both, I promise," Cat replies quickly.

"Boys, time is up. Your Mom has to go," Lois says with a small wave to both of them.

"But you're watching out for her right?" Carter asks worriedly.

"I am and so is Lucy," Lois replies.

"Lucy?" Adam asks perking up. He's had a crush on Lucy Lane since he met her. "Why couldn't she be here with us?" He asks.

"Guys, just hang in there. This will all be over soon and you'll both have an amazing story to tell, I promise," Lois says brightly.


"See, they are fine," Lois remarks after ending the call.

"Adam hates me," Cat counters sadly.

"He doesn't hate you. He hates being cooped up at home on a weekend. He's twenty-two years old and dating a model, he wants to be surfing and doing god knows what at the local beach," Lois reminds her.

Cat sighs, then puts her hand to her face and pinches her nose slightly.

Lois places a hand on the smaller woman's shoulder. "I'll give you a minute, but no wallowing. This isn't your fault," she says firmly.

"Lois, I'm not wallowing," Cat snaps.

"I thought we agreed that you wouldn't be snappish," Lois replies with a wry smile at the old joke.

Cat shakes her head and purses her lips. "Thank you," she says softly.

"Did you say something, I didn't quite catch it," Lois teases.

"Leave. Now." Cat says waving her off.


"Kara, we agreed that you would stay away from Cat's family," Alex says when the hero returns to the DEO that afternoon.

"I just flew over," Kara replies.

"They are safe. And you said yourself that you don't think Astra and Non would harm them," Alex reminds her.

"I know, but I promised Cat that I would check on them," Kara explains.

"Look, we've got this," Alex says firmly, placing her hands on Kara's shoulders.

"Okay," Kara says relaxing a little as Alex pulls her into a hug.

Breaking the embrace, Alex switches back to agent mode, "Now what did you find out from Kal-El?" She asks.

Kara takes a breath and begins pacing a bit. "His sources say that there was a member of the Brainiac tribe on board the ship. It's possible that she hacked into the navigational system on the prison ship and that she is responsible for them escaping the Phantom Zone," she explains.

"You don't believe it?" Alex questions, noting the skepticism in Kara's tone and body language.

"Well, I still can't believe that my mother would banish Astra to the Phantom Zone," Kara answers.

"From everything that I've read, Kryptowatch was a dangerous organization. Your mom would have been justified in containing them by any means necessary, " Alex remarks.

"I know that their methods were wrong, but they weren't wrong. Conservation prevented the first crisis on Krypton," Kara exclaims.

"Yes, but killing people who don't conserve is not reasonable," Alex points out.

"They didn't actually kill anyone," Kara replies.

Alex decides to let the argument go and refocus the conversation. "Kara, what do you think really happened? Is it possible that this Brainiac person hijacked the ship while it was on Krypton and that your mother never sent it to the Phantom Zone?"

Kara looks up quickly, she hadn't considered that possibility and neither had Kal-El. It would make sense, if the Brainiac could hack into the ship's navigational system, there's no reason she couldn't launch it into space. Everyone would assume that it was just being sent to the phantom zone, except her Mother. Kara closes her eyes to focus, would her mother have known at that point that Krypton was about to destabilize? Would she have put the Brainiac onboard the isolated prison ship as a way to ensure that Kryptowatch could leave Krypton?


"Astra," Kara exclaims when the men swarm around her and her aunt drops slowly into view.

"Did you really think that this was over?" Astra asks as two of her men each take one of Kara's arms.

Kara flinches and tears herself out of their grasp before kicking one in the head, sending him down towards the earth. The other darts after him to save him.

"I'm not going to fight you, Astra. If we are going to save our people, then we are going to have to work together," Kara points out.

"Work together?" Astra questions. "Good, then you have come to your senses," she adds smugly.

"We need to work together with the humans," Kara explains. "Together we can save this planet and share it for years to come," she adds.

"You are blind to the truth, my dear niece. The humans are destroying this planet. And since they fear us, they will not allow us to help them save it," Astra counters.

"Astra, you and your men have been terrorizing them, that's why they are afraid of us," Kara snaps. "When I first came to Earth they were not scared of us. I lived among them, I was accepted," she points out.

"Only a few knew the truth about you and the rest simply thought that you were human too," Astra counters. "When I arrived people were not as welcoming."

They take a moment to land on a rooftop and Astra approaches Kara and brushes her hair away from her ear. "I knew that you were working with someone on Krypton. Who is it?"

"That isn't important Astra. How many people can the prison ship hold? Have you considered that you could take it back to Krypton and save the people of Argo City?" Kara asks.

"Do you not think that I have already offered to do that?" Astra shouts. "They don't trust me, they think that I will send them to the Phantom Zone."

"Astra, I know that my Mother helped you. She believes that you can save our people, but not like this. Not with death and destruction," Kara points out.

"My dear sister did not help me escape Krypton. She imprisoned me in the desert of Krypton to rot in a sweltering ancient Kandorian Prison ship. Had we managed to escape that prison, we would have died of exposure in the desert outside of Kandor," Astra counters angrily.

"Unless, Indigo could hack into the navigation system of the ship. Astra, do you really think Mother didn't know that a Brainiac like Indigo could do that? She was counting on it. Why else would she have imprisoned you all together?" Kara questions.

The truth slowly registers across Astra's countenance. She had been so angry with Alura for so long, that she hadn't considered that her sister had actually set her up to escape.


"El Mayara," Alura and Zor-El say in unison. It's more of a prayer than a statement at this point. The House of El has been discussing how to evacuate the planet for days now, but with no destination available to them, the conversation seems pointless.

"Kara is there. She is on Earth," Kal-El blurts out. "She knows everything and she is working to convince Astra and Non to stop terrorizing the planet and work out a compromise with the human leaders."

"Son, how could you not tell us her location?" Jor-El questions.

"Father, she left to avoid shaming The House of El. She went to Earth to protect the people from the Kryptonian prison ship," Kal-El explains.

"She is not a warrior, how could she think that she could protect Earth?" Jor-El asks.

"It is proven that Kryptonians have superior abilities under Earth's yellow sun," Zor-El reminds them all. "Kara has the heart of a hero. I have no doubt that she is making a difference, perhaps that is what we are missing here," he adds glancing over at his wife.

"Astra and Non have offered to send the prison ship back to Krypton to help us evacuate. The Brainiac still has control of the ship, so they can send it back empty and we can fill it with refugees and supplies for the return trip," Alura interjects.

Jor-El and Zor-El look at her in shock, neither realized that Alura was in contact with her sister.

"That ship could hold a significant amount of our people, but how do we know that they will be evacuated to Earth? Indigo is the least trustworthy of all the Brainiac people," Jor-El points out.

"Once the ship is here, we will have to get control of it," Zor-El counters.

"If the Brainiac has control of the ship, it will be difficult to remove her from the operating system. Indigo operates like a virus any attempts to force her out will only make her harder to fight," Alura remarks. "The best way to lure her out of the ship's navigational system will be to offer her another system to infiltrate."

"She won't be tempted by anything on this planet," Jor-El retorts.

"What about the satellite system that protects Kandor?" Zor-El suggests.

"She helped design it, but why would she be tempted to stay here?" Alura asks.

"The Brainiac tribe in Kandor is not evacuating. They are her people, perhaps she would consider staying here to help them," Zor-El points out.


"I am evacuating the children to Almerac," Kal-El explains to Kara.

"Why did they pick you to evacuate the children?" Kara questions.

"I offered to do it. I know Almerac almost as well as you know Earth," he reminds her. "And I can keep them safe there until it is time to reunite them with their families."

"Kal-El, be safe and I am so proud of you my dear cousin," Kara says beaming a huge smile.

"Kara, you will have to stay sharp and focused. Indigo is malicious and cunning. Remember that you can not trust her or Non, no matter what Astra tells you. They do not follow her counsel, they only follow their own," Kal-El points out.

Kara nods, "I know that and I've used it to my advantage with Astra. Thank you Kal-El," she adds before ending the communication.

Kara and Astra land outside of the DEO and two teams of agents immediately flank around them.

"Ms Zor-El, you have brought an enemy combatant onto our base unrestrained," Hank bellows.

"Astra In-Ze is not an enemy, she is an ally. Let us explain," Kara says firmly as both Kryptonians stand calmly at ease.

Alex motions for the agents to stand down. "How do we know that we can trust her?" She asks.

"You trust me and I trust her, that has to be enough for now," Kara points out.

Hank stares intently at the pair. Astra mumbles something in Kryptonian under her breath and Hank smiles, before answering her telepathically.

Surprised, Astra stares directly at him and asks telepathically, "Who are you to know and speak my language?"

"I am J'onn J'onzz from Mars," he replies wordlessly, surprised that the Kryptonian would open up to him telepathically.

Kara shares a knowing look with Astra. "Perhaps we could move this inside. We have a lot to discuss," she interjects out loud, not wanting to draw attention to their silent conversation.

"Yes, we do," Hank says out loud, gesturing for them to follow Alex into the base.


While Hank and Astra meet alone in his office, Kara explains why she is willing to trust Astra.

"Non is worthy of your concern," Kara replies. "Astra's marriage to him was never understood by my family. Non is of the warrior tribe, the last of his kind. Most were wiped out during the first destabilization period of Krypton," she explains.

"If he is the last of the warrior tribe, then why would he make Astra the General?" Alex asks.

"He knew that putting Astra In-Ze in front would protect him and give his cause credibility. Astra is a brilliant scientist, Alex. She worked tirelessly with the Science Council to map out a conservation program to stabilize Krypton. It was her plan that made it possible for us to save Argo City and Kandor the first time," Kara answers.

"Hmm," Alex considers. "I just don't understand how she went from one extreme to the other."

"That was all Non. The warrior tribe were naturalists who lived in harmony with the planet, but not all were so noble. Non's brother lead a group of trophy hunters who killed for sport and they over hunted the wilderness, all but leading to the extinction of several species. Non led the group of warriors who hunted them down and killed them all.

"He hunted down and killed his own brother?" Alex questions with a shiver.

Kara nods. "Yes, and when you were visiting Krypton, she hadn't met Non yet," the blonde points out.

"Wait, Astra and my father were working together," Alex blurts out. "She was the scientist on Krypton who was studying the atmospheric effects on humanoids across galaxies. My mother told me that it was a scientific exchange program and that it wasn't exactly sanctioned by the government."

"Yes, it was a scientific exchange program approved by the Council of Elders on Krypton. Astra and my father were monitoring us the whole time, first they had to evaluate Earth's atmospheric effect on me, then they made adjustments to Argo City's atmosphere for you," Kara answers. "Astra explained that the whole purpose of the exchange was to ensure that humans could exist on Krypton."

"So everything that they told us about the exchange wasn't true. We weren't specially selected, Kara. We were the only options for the exchange. How long have you known?"

"A few hours, Astra just told me," Kara confesses. "But Alex, the fact that they used us means they were certain that it would work. Our parents would never have put us in danger," she adds.


"Non, I don't trust the elder council," Indigo says after he outlines the offer from Krypton.

"Kandor and the whole planet will be ours," Non reminds her.

"My people will not evacuate," Indigo remarks pacing around the command console.

"Once Argo City is evacuated the planet can be restabilized," he remarks.

"Not everyone from Argo City will be able to evacuate on the ship," Indigo points out.

"They've already evacuated some people to Almerac," Non explains.

"To Almerac?" Indigo questions.

"Yes, mainly children and young adults. The remaining population of Argo City will fill the ship, but they do not trust you to navigate it," he replies walking up closer to her.

"I will only agree to stay in Kandor if you will leave Astra and come with me," Indigo says turning to him and placing her hands on his shoulders.

Wrapping his arms around her, he smiles down at her. "Of course, darling. We'll save Krypton for ourselves," he replies smugly.