Chapter 4: At Wits End (10 AM)
The whole DEO was at a standstill unsure how to fathom what was the right or wrong decision. Things had went from hectic and in a scurry to knocked backward as if the clock had been winded back, to too far forward too fast and then BOOM…
First it had been their caped hero, then it had been their Director and now they were on a deadline not knowing what choice would be the wisest. Teams had been reassembled with Captain Remzi and Co-Director Vasquez laying out the plans through multiple scenarios. Aaron's team had been at the doors of both Danvers sisters rooms and it killed the agents that were guarding their fearless leader.
The moment Alex had dropped unconscious to the floor Susan had no choice after J'onn had told her what he'd picked up in her mind and with a grave dislike, when they had got her into a med bay, Vasquez had ordered the Director's wrists cuffed to the bed rails her legs at the ankles to the bar at the foot of the bed. That same bad ass boss had gone from out cold to raging and snarling cursing and yelling thrashing against the restraints. She was completely out of her mind..
Susan felt her pager buzz against her hip and looked down to see the code. After the whole com and hacking they had gone from using their phones to using pagers and old school walkie-talkies. It was the best they could do for now with the way things were. She flicked her radio to the channel only a few of them were on bringing the device to her face hitting the side button.
"What's up Lena."
"We were about to try the new formula on the Director. Did you want to be present?"
"Be there in five." Susan slipped the clip of the radio on her belt and raised her hand motioning Remzi over. "Run through the other categories and codes. I am going to see the Director."
"You got it Boss. Is she doing any better?" Aaron asked.
"They are gonna administer the drug to see if they can clear her of the residuals. I'm crossing my fingers. Do the same okay?" He nodded. "Man the forte alright?"
"You can count on me Co-Director Vasquez." Susan patted his shoulder and took off toward the med bay. She had just turned the corner when she heard the cursing from Alex but it wasn't in english. It wasn't in any language she knew at all..
"What the...Supergirl?" Vasquez stopped by the doorway and Kara opened the door for her in a brand new suit similar to the one the kryptonian had made with some slight differences in the fit. "What…"
"Hey Vasquez." Lena welcomed the woman in as Kara stepped behind her shutting the door. "Hamilton is preparing to give her the formula through her IV."
"How did you even get an...IV...in her?"
"When she was passed out, luckily. If she hadn't been I wouldn't have been able to unless I had knocked her out or shot her with a tranquilizer gun. She's been rabid, her words are completely out of character.."
"They aren't out of character. They are kryptonese." Kara explained powering down the suit retracting it from her body in just plain DEO issued workout pants and a navy blue tank underneath stuffing the suit box in her pocket, walking closer to the bed. "Alex..hey.." The woman in the restraints had rage in her features and her eyes were a darker brown than she'd ever seen in her sister's orbs. Kara's eyes flickered up to where Amelia was preparing to inject the serum into her sister's IV looking back down at Alex. "Alex...Ezt Rao Alexandra. Kux Nha Veht Kahn Marz Mayarah Alexandra...El Mayarah.."
Lena stood off at the sidelines just watching the interaction between both sisters noticing how even before the formula had slid down the line completely, Alex's body had stopped thrashing. Instead her dark browns began to filter and glow in lighter milk chocolates. Kara was getting through to her. Then the last of the serum went through the line and into the Director whose head flung back her body tensed fists clenched as her entire frame shook. Her teeth were tightly clenched her breathing so rapid and rough. "Alex...Va Nurh Zienx Ezt Vha Rao. Kahn Lyuj Alexandra.."
"It's working. Her numbers are leveling Kara." Amelia shared forcing the cerulean blues off her sister's face. "She's steadying. Good job."
"K….a….r….a….ghu z...iye lohz...m...ay...a...r….a...h…" Alex felt the ringing in her ears finally let go and as it left her every bit of her felt more at ease. Her brain didn't feel as if it had been underwater for hours. Her body no longer hurt. Now...why was she restrained?
"Welcome back Alex." Susan stepped forward setting a hand on the medical bed's wall at the side of her boss' head. "How you feeling?"
"Like someone played whack a mole with my skull with a titanium hammer then shoved my head in a cold ass bucket of water." Vasquez chuckled shaking her head. "What happened?"
"Another voice incident. Worse…"
"That why I'm cuffed like a prisoner to this thing?" Susan nodded. Alex looked back at her sister whom started to look rather pale. "Kara?"
"Shit...Kara activate the suit back on. You need it on.." Lena told her best friend whom looked ready to fall over. "Here." She quickly walked over to her and grabbed it from the pocket to slap it against Kara's chest as the suit began to cover her body once more, however it wasn't fast enough and Supergirl's body started to fold at her legs. "KARA!"
"Got her!" Alura had rushed forward immediately and caught her daughter. "Kara? Kara?"
"DIRECTOR?!" Remzi had roared from the hall and Lena, Alex, Susan, Alura and Amelia watched him dive into the doorway practically. "The whole DEO has been gassed!"
"WHAT?!" Alex and Alura both yelled. "Someone administered a vapor into the vents. The whole DEO is filled with a barely visible green fog. J'onn is ordering our backup circulating fans on and I need your key card.."
"Here!" Lena pulled it from her pocket holding it out to Aaron. "I had it while she was…"
"GO REMZI!" Alex ordered now fighting the restraints. "Get these the FUCK off me!" She snarled seeing her baby sister's limp body held up in Alura's arms. "What time is it?"
"Shit…" Susan dashed out of the room catching the rest of them off guard.
"Where is Alex's phone?" Alura asked. Lena grabbed it after she'd tampered with it while Alex was out. "Did they.."
"Yes." She growled seeing whom it was from. She showed the phone to Alex as Alura set Kara on a bed beside her sister. "Alura, can you unlock.." The woman took the keys and went to the sides unlocking Alex's wrists first which she rubbed to get circulation back to them enough with her legs finally free too. She dove right off the bed and walked a tad stumbled to Kara's side. "She's gonna have to stay in that for now Alex."
"We both will have to stay in your suits Lena." Alura added watching Lena grab the anti-kryptonite shield from the side table. "I wasn't exposed but she was. How long ago was the kryptonite in the atmosphere here?"
"I'll have to do those calculations later." Lena told her handing Alex the phone whom took it clenching it.
I applaud their efforts to clean house on your system. However, you need to show your cards. The time rules apply again. One hour you surrender or two hours and you let us in to take the mongrel away by my soldiers. Time is running out and you know if you keep the mutt in there the air alone will kill her, slowly...painfully. You don't have the luxury to play odds in your favor. One hour you come to a location I give to you over the phone once you get to CATCO alone, or...surrender and give us access to take the animal. Tick tock Director.
"Son of a…" Alex started to say looking around for the hidden camera that had to be in the room with them. Lena saw what the Director was doing and she scanned the walls the ceiling then at the vent and saw a flashing light. Alex was about to unleash a braided set of explicits until they heard Vasquez yell from the hall confusing everyone, then guns went off and Aaron dove in from the corner of the doorway with three of his men holding weapons and Remzi kicked the door closed. They all heard Susan's voice then. Both Alex and Lena grabbed the offered ammo fueled rifles from Aaron's boys.
"GIVE US THE KRYPTONIAN DANVERS!" That didn't sound like the Susan they knew.
"Fuck...how did she..?"
"An agent we thought was ours put a headset over her ears and she just went crazy. She shot at two agents and then started running this way.. "My team have her Director. Should I have her brought in?"
"Alex?" Amelia interrupted with both a grim and shocked look on her face. "The serum I gave you was the last one in my fridge.."
"Shit…" Alex knew what that meant. "When the hell did someone raid…"
"How many more of them are in our DEO?" Remzi asked with his boys aiming their guns at the door just in case. Truth was, no one had a clue the answer to the question on all their minds. Aaron looked over to Supergirl in her armored protective suit. "What do we do Director?" His eyes met his Boss'. What could they do?
The agents in the entry with the scanner allowed and one of the ones that gained entry waved their hand with the agent with the device putting the box behind his back nodding to her. Beside her was the agent she'd commandeered from their open caging of Superman, and now in their pathetic little compound her and Gregory her loyal protector walked over to one agent whom was barking orders at several people that scurried around.
"Jauq, left in charge huh?" Gregory spoke up and the Captain nodded. "Has the Director come out of her haze?"
"From what I'm to understand she's back on point. They had to restrain Vasquez though, something went wrong and she attacked a couple of us. The Director is with a couple of Captain Remzi's team. Should still be in the west wing med bay Keplur."
"Good to know. The radios working for us so far?" The woman under the DEO mask had smiled at the fact her doggy had noticed the little ants and their kid toys on their belts. The man nodded.
"We can pray we find these bastards and get our systems back up. But...I will talk with you later. We are running out of…"
"Don't worry Agent Jauq." The woman spoke to the agent and his body tensed then completely relaxed. "Continue your duties, but order a few agents to guard the med bay and not let anyone passed them after we've gone there."
"Yes ma'am." The Captain spoke robotically.
"Good boy. I'll recruit you later for a special mission." The Captain nodded and both of them walked quickly toward the west wing of the medical compound. "Gregory, you have your capsules ready right?" They strode easily passed a few agents and she smiled under the mask as she heard the doggies ordered to stay. No one would interrupt her plans now and once her handsome soldier slid the capsules in that would fire the smoke bomb and sedative vapors it would be lights out for the little crew.
She slid her phone from her pocket pulling up the feed seeing the pathetic bunch looking all over for the camera and was impressed they had figured out they were being watched. It took them long enough to put those pieces together. Oh well. Both her and Gregory walked over to the guarded area of the medical wing. That was okay, she was ready for that too and her boy toy turned his gloved palms upright flicking his index finger on both hand. Darts shot out of his sleeve cuffs and the ones on watch went down oh so easily.
"Coms?" Keplur asked. She nodded and he went over to the partially stunned agents slipping the pieces into each one's right ear clicking them on when doing so. "Good."
"Time to wake my now loyal dogs." The four men groaned then stirred to look her way. "Good boys. Guard the door and let no one else passed. Tell the Director you need to speak to her." She walked right up to the door and tapped the watch on her left wrist. Time to mask her normal voice.
"Director?" One of the agents hollered.
"Yes? Did J'onn get the fans on?" The female voice yelled back. She nodded to the agent.
"Yes, just gonna take a while for them to circulate here. Give or tops a half hour?" She held up her phone after typing a message showing him what to say.
"Shit..Supergirl is stuck in this bloody shell."
"Is she alright? Could I speak with you regarding our patrols and codes for this area?" Luckily she could text fast on her screen for the man to say.
"Give me a sec then I'll be out." They heard grumbling groaning and the door unlocked. The Director stepped out to speak to her agent in her black combat suit. "Not really wanting to leave Supergirl agent. What's so import…" Alex didn't even get to finish her sentence as one of her agents cupped a hand over her mouth and another almost her height fired something into her neck making her gasp then groan with her eyes falling back her body succumbing to the drug in the small capsule dart at the side of her throat.
"Take her down that hall to an empty room and wait for me." She pulled her mask off revealing her darker blue eyes clicking the pager on her hip as her whole body's appearance changed. "No one is to go down there and give that little band of misfits the smoke toy then secure the door with this." She handed the agent in charge at the door the digital lock ring. "Put it around the doorknob at the end and it will force the door to lock completely from the other side."
"Good boys." She smiled in Alex's form with her voice walking down the hall where the Director was taken. "Time to collect my dues…" Nodding to her new obedient puppies one held the door open for her and she handed an agent a ring for the doorknob. "Make sure that goes on once I'm in there. My soldier is the only one that can remove it, do you understand me?"
"Yes Director." She stayed professional turning to look down the hall nodding to her boy toy then stepping foot inside the private office. "Perfect." She shut the door and heard the lock placed with three clicks on the other side of the slab. Tapping the device at her hip made her normal appearance return.
"My my...such a pretty thing you are." Kayla came around with the woman on the empty desk and without even having to ask her new recruits had cuffed the Director's wrists behind her smirking as the woman started to come to. Her dark blues watched the struggle in Alex's glazed browns. The drug was still in her system. "I had been waiting to have a private chat with you." Kayla spoke without her toys or gifts and Alex's eyes narrowed as she attempted to struggle.
As she went to scream her mouth was covered instantly and she did her best to try to bite the hand but was met with a thick rough gloved material. "No no, no biting little loyal DEO wolf. I started to think about what you would look like as an animal from the images and footage. First I thought, perhaps a tiger. Then...your actions your tenacity your ferociousness and I knew you were a fierce wolf, a lupa."
Alex was trying like hell to get out of the restraints but she knew this metal, they were Nth ones. She was fucked if she didn't get help and fast.
Kayla saw the flutter of different emotions and questioning trembles in those sweet warm browns but as they flicked back into her blues that warmth turned ice cold with fury. "There's the wolf. That fiery leader I see so much in." She knew the moment she took her gloved hand off the woman the bitch would scream. So what was she to do? Oh she knew, this was just her little sadistic foreplay before she fucked over this little queen and made her lay down at her glorious feet worshiping the ground she walked on. "Now now, be good and shut up for a moment so we can talk calmly." Kayla had a pen in her other hand as she clicked it several times and the agent saw it heard it. "Force of habit." She lifted her hand off the broad's mouth. "Talk.."
"I'm not your fucking dog. You messed with the wrong agent you sick twisted demented deranged bitch.." Kayla just laughed and stopped clicking the pen for a moment bringing the hand holding it to the woman's head and out of the corner of her eye Alex saw the glint of silver from the shiny pen. "Taking notes? Add to my description of you an aggressive sadist with hyper-tendencies of multiple personalities with a homicidal complex.." But the Director saw absolutely no shift in the woman's face her posture. In fact, she was smiling. "Do yourself a favor and go out there and give yourself up to my…"
"To your agents? Oh no, noooo no dear Alexandra….to mine. You see i have one of yours I reformed and he's done such a good job I've used him to invade your little party house. As we speak he's tossing several gas capsules in that room with your so called sister, that little mutt I'm having my new doggies take to the pound." Kayla smirked clicking the pen again and Alex's body tensed now seeing the device fully. "Uh uh...no screaming for you." She slapped a gloved hand so quick over the agent's mouth that Alex didn't even have time to react when she felt something sharp and painful fire into the side of her skull behind her ear. She could hear the clicks much louder in the pen that she knew know to be a syringe. "Theeeere we go.."
"W….h…..w…..a...n...wh….u...t.." Alex felt a burning painful pulsing where her head had been pierced and it felt like her brain had been submerged so much deeper this time and instead of her body struggling against the drowning it was floating yet heavy at the same time. Kayla snickered and took her hand off her little captive's face patting the woman's cheek leaning down with her face hovering directly over Alex's.
"You see…." Kalya brought her hand back to her head to run her gloveless fingers through the agent's short dark auburn hair. "That wasn't so bad now was it.." She smirked and dove down kissing sweet Alexandra hard on the lips lingering there for a moment then pulling her head back seeing the tears running down the breaking queen's face. Kayla took her hand away from the woman's hair and touched the side of her watch feeling the injection in her wrist cooing happily then flicking her dark blue eyes to Alex's unbalanced browns. "Now...time for a new lesson in my training of you. My voice is the only one you answer to now." Oh how she was going to have fun with this...