Six Months Later…

Lori was standing in a warehouse, watching all of Lilian's goons working and planning their whole Exodus mission, or Exodus 2.0 as she liked to call it. She stood by a control panel and looked around the vast space. Trucks could be heard reversing and there were people talking away and comunicating with each other. Lori pulled the zip up on her jacket and decided that she was going to change the whole course of the mission.

Did she care about the punishment?

It didn't even cross her mind.

She cleared her throat and typed co-ordinates into the system. Lori didn't realize it, but she was clever. Over the past few months she had been studying maths and science like her life depended on it. It was ingrained into her.

Inside the spaceship it sounded like something had exploded. Lilian was down on the main floor, giving orders when the sound echoed through the building. Her eyes cast themselves on Lori, and an incredible anger swelled inside her chest.

"That girl." Lilian growled. She then radio'd up to the team on the platform where Lori was and alerted them that Lori was messing with their plans.

A moment later, Lori felt a gun pressed to her back. She stepped away from the panel, holding her hands up, but when the man thought he had her, she grabbed him from behind her and smashed his face into the panel. She had no powers, but she could use her strength. If there was one thing that Lena had taught her over the years, even if she didn't realize it-she taught Lori that protecting herself is top priority.

"Clean up on aisle three." Lori muttered, before pressing the com on her ear, "I'm not doing this. Let me go home Lilian."

"So much fire." A voice said behind her. When Lori turned around, she recognized the face. Her brows scrunched together, "Wait you're-"

A gun hit Lori over the head from the back and she fell to the floor, unconscious. Lilian looked down on her granddaughter, "I don't care how long it takes, she will learn." She then turned to the man that Lori was looking at moments before, "Jeremiah. Take her down below where she can't be of any trouble. With your daughter."

Jeremiah picked the teen up and slung her over his shoulder, and glared at Lilian, "Are you sure that's a good idea? The girl has never met me and it seemed like she recognized me and taking her down-" He paused, "She is supposed to be dead. Kara is under that illusion and has been for years, If Lori breaks out, she will tell everyone everything."

"That's why we find ways to keep her quiet." Lilian said sternly, "And before you ask, I will let your other daughter, Supergirl go when I choose. Right now it's too early. Lena is still holding out hope for her niece to return. We can't have that."

"How long will you give it?" Jeremiah asked her.

Lilian stared down at the control panel in front of her, "When Lena embraces her dark side, that's when. I'll give it seven years. Seven years, Lori can graduate, and restart Luthorcorp. That child will carry on the Luthor name the way it's meant to be."

Jeremiah fell silent. Lilian's plan sounded dire and ridiculous but he knew that he would make Lori follow the path that she had in place. Lori wasn't free. If she carried on Luthorcorp, she never would be free again.

…..

Lena was typing away on her computer in her office at Catco getting on with normal everyday business. She checked her phone once every few hours to see if Lori had at least messaged back but she got nothing. She rubbed the back of her neck, letting out a sigh.

The coffee that sat on her table was luke-warm. She was only half-way through her morning and it was becoming tiring. Each and every night before she went to bed, she passed her daughter's bedroom and like before, she wasn't there.

Last night.

Lena was typing out her monthly reports. The silence was all too consuming and she couldn't deal with it any more. She grabbed the radio remote from the coffee table and switched it on to a CD that she listened to every now and then.

Ultimate 80's.

The first track to play was 'The Bangles-Manic Monday'. As the song started, the room filled with sound, and it was no longer intoxicatingly silent. Lena reached forward for her water on the table, trying so hard to stay away from alcohol and caffiene. She forgot she was pregnant some days with everything that was going on with Lori.

Or what wasn't going on with Lori.

Lena looked around the apartment, and as she glanced at the kitchen it looked dark. Lori would spend some nights just baking while Lena would do her work, and they'd make chatter about each other's days. She missed when Lori would trudge through the door on an evening after an exhausting day at school.

She missed Lori.

A pain filled Lena's chest as she thought about everything she missed about her daughter. She couldn't do her work now. She just couldn't. She glanced at the clock across the room.

'22:30'

Lena closed the lid of her laptop and put it beside her on the sofa. A lump formed in her throat when she thought about how much she missed her daughter. Lena was going to get her revenge someday. Someday she would get her daughter back.

Just as Lena was getting wound up in her thoughts, Kara strolled in from the balcony and walked over to Lena, placing a kiss on her temple. Lena felt angry. Fire erupted in her stomach that she had never felt before and she embraced it.

She picked up her laptop and placed it on the coffee table. As she sat forward, she got to her feet. The Luthor looked behind the sofa where the parasite posing as Kara stood. The creature must have sensed Lena's anger because it actually smirked at her, "The more you think about her." The creature spoke in Kara's voice, "The more you will wind yourself up. You will be asking yourself the what if's and wondering if you could have done things differently and while you could, you need to remember that embracing who you are is what is at stake here."

The creature moved to the front of the couch and took Lena's hands, "Embrace that anger and live it because that is who you really are. You aren't a good guy Lena, not really. That is just a pretense to protect yourself from reality. Who you are Lena is that fire in your stomach."

Lena glared at the woman and growled, "All I want is my daughter back!"

Kara's eyes lit up, and she shook her head, "You don't have a daughter. Lori is my daughter and her father is your brother. Remember when Kara first told you the truth? You remember that anger don't you?"

She nodded, "I was angry. I had a right to know."

"Yes you did and she kept it from you." The creature smiled, "And you wanted her dead didn't you?"

Lena stepped back as the creature cast it's eyes down on her chest. "I never wanted Kara dead. She was my friend?"

"Was?"

"Is…She is my friend." Lena corrected herself. Her eyes roamed the other body in front of her and she could not help it. She needed release and she needed it now. The anger swelled so much that Lena launched herself at the other woman, pinning her to the far wall. She kissed her like her life depended on it. It wasn't long until Lena found herself without her bra. She shoved herself against the other woman and she begged for more and more.

The creature gave Lena everything that she wanted. They were at it for hours until Lena tired herself out. The anger was still there, it felt like it had always been there.

As she got up and walked to her bedroom naked, she stopped at Lori's bedroom door. She froze and found herself reminded that she wasn't worth it. She was a Luthor and didn't deserve the luxury of children. The twins that she had growing inside of her, Kara's twins…They deserved better.

Present day…

Lena looked up as Kara walked in and glared at her, but found a small smile gracing her lips, "Last night was fun…I want that again tonight."

Kara's eyebrows raised, "Again? Wasn't last night punishing enough?"

"You're right. I need to forget about being a mother. I don't deserve it anyway." Lena then shrugged, "I have two businesses to run. I don't have time for kids." She then shrugged, "Tonight, you don't get to say no."

Kara smiled as she sat down in a couch, "Round two. I look forward to it. You really are embracing your true nature. Hopefully Lori will too and she will stop being stupid too. Immature child. She tried to mess up a really important mission, Exodus number two."

Lena's heart skipped a beat upon hearing Lori's name. Kara must have heard it, because her attitude changed.

"You still care about her." She growled, "I heard your heart skip when I said her name. Lena forget about her! She doesn't need you!"

Lena looked down at her desk, "I'm sorry…After raising her for fifteen years, it's hard to block her out."

"Just pretend she doesn't exist." Kara shrugged, "It's better that way."

…..

CADMUS BASE… AN HOUR LATER

Lori groaned as she turned over. Her hand shot to her head instantly. "Ow." She moaned.

A woman shot over to the side of her and helped her up, "There you go kiddo. Are you alright?"

Lori squinted at the light, "I think so…I know your voice.." Her eyes adjusted slowly and as the woman knelt beside her, her eyes widened.

"It's been a while." The woman laughed sheepishly, "Hey Lori. Look at you…All grown up."

"Aunt Alex?" Lori gasped.

"Yeah, it's me." Alex laughed, "Hello Lori."