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Red Kryptonite Aftermath Chapter 7

It was early morning still but Kara had already been awake for hours. She had a restless sleep last night in her solitary confinement cell. Her worry and nerves got the best of her. She tried to sleep, counted sheep and used other exercises. It worked some, she went in and out for a few hours. It wasn't so much the mattress; which was not comfortable, or the enclosed space; which Kara having been stuck in a small spaceship for over 20 years, definitely had some minor claustrophobia. No, what caused her restless sleep is that her worry and nerves wouldn't let her relax and when she couldn't relax she couldn't focus on controlling her powers, in this case her hearing.

Kara heard everything last night, even from solitary confinement; drunks seeking attention, prostitutes being catty, the cell doors opening and slamming. But the worst was that she could hear out into the officers' cubicle and desk area, many of the officers were talking about her, or rather Supergirl. Some believed Cat Grant's article and felt sympathetic, some saw her arrest as something to brag about to officers from other stations, there were some with anti-alien views and the language they were using struck Kara deeply. But whatever the officers' or office staffers' viewpoint on Supergirl was, the energy surrounding her arrest was electric. Periodically throughout the night Kara would hear the metal window in her cell door open and officers would look in on her. She would pretend to be asleep but she could hear whispers, people saying "I told you so", or "Is that really her?" It might have only happened a few times but Kara felt like she was on display in a zoo, and all she really wanted at this moment was to curl in on herself and hide.

At around 7:30am Kara heard the locking mechanism for her cell door so she sat up from her mattress anxious. She was relieved when it opened to reveal Detective Sawyer standing there, "Morning Supergirl". Maggie stood there for a moment, her mouth searching for a few more words to say but she came up short. She felt she should maybe ask how Kara was, or how was her sleep but she knew the answer to those questions. She felt awkward because she had caused many of Kara's current problems so she chose instead to remain quiet. Maggie was trying to remain ever the professional, she respected Supergirl and the more she got to know Kara the more she really liked the girl. This, Maggie realized is one of the first times in her career that she didn't take pride in her job.

Kara stood from her mattress to greet Maggie attempting to pull all the strength from her Supergirl persona she could, "Good morning Detective."

Maggie stepped in the cell, "The District Attorney, Janice Porter and her goons are on their way" she told Kara. Detective Sawyer unsnapped the holster that carried her handcuffs and pulled them out. "I've been asked to bring you to the interrogation room." Kara only nodded and turned without being asked to, placing her hands behind her back, this time over the cape.

Maggie stepped forward and grabbed one of Kara's wrists placing one of the cuffs around it but just before it snapped shut she paused. After a few moments Kara could hear a release of breath from Maggie, "Shit, just come on." Maggie backed away from her and motioned for her to come, placing the cuffs back in her holster, "It's not like these can hold you anyway."

Kara nodded with a small grin at Detective Sawyer, "Thank you" she said making sure she acknowledged the respect the Detective had just shown her.

Supergirl was sat at an interrogation table, she was in a well-lit, small square room. The table had a long set of handcuffs screwed into the table top but they were just lying there empty, as Maggie had again decided to forego policy for her. The walls were all white, cameras were in two of the corners of the room positioned so that every inch of the room was covered. There was also a large two-way mirror on the wall. This would allow real time observations without the person being interviewed knowing who is behind the wall, but not Supergirl. Supergirl was left alone in the room but using her x-ray vision she could see both Chief Anderson and Detective Sawyer were behind the mirror monitoring.

After about five minutes of Kara sitting at the table, in walked a serious looking woman in a business suit and skirt. She had dark hair and pursed lips, her eyes narrowed at Kara as if she had just sighted her target. Janice Porter, Kara assumed. Behind her followed two men carrying briefcases, her 'goons' Kara thought thinking about how Detective Sawyer had referred to them, they also looked like they hadn't cracked smiles since college. Detective Sawyer followed all three of them inside and shut the door behind them.

The three lawyers sat at the table in front of Kara with Janice in the middle and her lackies flanking her. Maggie positioned herself just to observe in one of the corners of the room, she was facing Kara and just off the backsides of the lawyers. Kara appreciated seeing the friendly face in the room because ever since the lawyers walked in it had felt icy.

Kara sat up a little straighter trying not to be intimidated. She made a movement while doing so to straighten her skirt with her hands and then clasped them on the table unthreateningly in front of her. Or so she thought, but her hands being free of the cuffs did not go unnoticed by Ms. Porter. "Why isn't she cuffed Detective?" was shot directly at Maggie.

Maggie didn't flinch, "Because it's not necessary. Supergirl turned herself in and she's cooperating." The detective stopped, stating this matter-of-factly, but continued to make eye contact with the DA until it was Janice who turned her attentions back to the matter at hand.

"Supergirl lets start with the basics, my name is Janice Porter. I'm the District Attorney for National City and the surrounding county. We're here because days ago you were scene terrorizing much of National City." Kara's eyes averted down remembering the incident. "Between the billboard, the street, and the side of the CatCo building there was millions of dollars in damage. Someone needs to pay for these things, someone needs to be held accountable. Not to mention the trust issue we are now having with a superpowered vigilante flying about."

Kara couldn't disagree with anything specifically Ms. Porter had said. So she nodded and looked up to meet her eyes, "I understand and If you'd give me the chance, I'd like to explain myself."

"Good, let's start with trust. I noticed these forms have a lot of holes in them." Ms. Porter pulled out Kara's intake forms and slid them across the table to her, "How about a name?"

Kara released a breath she hadn't realized she been holding when she caught the papers that were slid into her hands. She looked at them but she really didn't need to read them, she knew all the details that had been left out. "I'm sorry Ms. Porter. Supergirl is all I can give you" Kara said.

Janice turned to the detective and said snidely, "I thought you said she was cooperating." Maggie leaned forward about to respond but Janice didn't let her, turning her attention once again to Supergirl. "Okay, what can you tell me concerning your actions that led to the damage AND throwing Cat Grant off a building a few nights ago?"

Kara leaned forward, "Okay, uhm… a few days ago, in fact a couple days even before the night of which you speak, I was exposed to a substance, an altered version of Kryptonite." Kara tried to gage her audience to see if they were following but she didn't get a reaction at all so she continued, "Uhm… being the DA in National City someone's told you about Kryptonite, right?"

Janice looking almost bored, "Yes, when you started flying around the city we made contact with Metropolis. We're aware of the meteorite and what it does."

Kara couldn't help but gulp, eyes going a little wide. Hearing at any point the city had the knowledge and if they wanted to, could've taken action against her. Kara shook herself out of it to continue with her story, "Well this chemically altered version of Kryptonite, it didn't weaken me….." Supergirl began talking with her hands trying to express the feeling she had under Red Kryptonite, "it brought out in me all my power and it buried all my control. I was all anger and want and need. I couldn't think…" Her words lingered for a moment, "The incidents you speak of, that wasn't me" Kara finished slightly pleading.

Janice picked up a pen and placed the tip at a piece of paper in front of her, "Well if this is all true I think we can help each other. Who altered the Kryptonite and exposed you to it?"

Kara looked down again, she more or less breathed out "I can't say."

Janice looked up in frustration, "Where were you exposed to it?"

"I can't say" Kara said again but continued, "and by this point it would be cleaned up by now anyway. There wouldn't be any there."

Janice drops her pen entirely, "Well this makes your story pretty hard to confirm don't you think?" Kara just silently nods. "Supergirl I don't believe you fully understand the predicament you're in, that we're in. Millions of dollars in damage, charges will be filed and at the moment you are the most visible suspect in all of this."

Kara momentarily wanted to expose Maxwell Lord's evil deeds but knew she couldn't. Maxwell knew her identity and he was a survivalist, himself first above all others. He would trade that card in a heart beat if it meant he would stay out of prison. "I understand the predicament; however, the honest answer is…"

"Don't finish that sentence" was almost yelled by a man walking into the interrogation room after the door was flung open. Kara looked at him, she didn't know him, but he was mid 50's, salt and pepper hair, business dressed in a suit and tie carrying a briefcase. Everyone stared at the new comer.

Janice spoke first coldly, "Bernard, and what business do you think you have here?"

Strolling in behind Bernard was none other than Cat Grant. "Supergirl, I thought I would have taught you better than this, ALWAYS come prepared." She surveyed the room but then returned her attentions to the Girl of Steel, pointing to the man "Meet your lawyer."

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