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Guest - Alex will be strict on Kara getting tested. Kara still has a way to go, but everyone will rally round.
"John. Good seeing you." Alex smiled as Diggle was shown into her office.
"Hello Alex." He replied. "Sorry it has taken so long to come."
"As long as you come with good news I don't care." Alex replied.
"I do come with good news. The Green Lanterns have agreed to take Mongul and imprison him."
"That is the best news I have heard in a long time." Alex said before asking. "If Mongul had been working for Sinestro would you have helped us?"
"I would like to think I wouldn't have been ordered not to." Diggle replied.
"That's not a yes." Alex pointed out.
"The situation is complicated. We don't want an all out war." John explained.
"Isn't it always? So what's the plan?"
"A ship will arrive in three days time." He started only for Alex to cut in.
"A ship? I thought you guys didn't need them."
"Need, no. But we do have access to ships." John confirmed. "The rings only have finite energy and we don't know how many prisoners we will be taking."
"You are taking more than just Mongul?"
"Possibly. If you don't object."
"You can have all of them." Alex said before asking. "So your ship is coming in three days?"
"We would be grateful if you did not destroy it. It will land by your desert facility and we can take possession of Mongul and anyone else we feel is appropriate. After that they will be transferred to a prison planet to serve time for their crimes. Until then I have been asked to help in Mongul's transfer to the desert facility."
"That would be great, especially with Supergirl out of commission."
"How is she doing?"
"Honestly, I don't know." Alex said. "But while you are here, do you think there is any link between the attacks and Sinestro, or at least could someone be orchestrating them to get Sinestro's attention?"
"Once Mongul has been imprisoned I will look into it."
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"Your social life hasn't already bombed enough?" MJ asked as he sat next to his sister in the hall.
"What are you doing here?" Kara asked turning.
"Seeing Alex refused to tell Aunt Kara about the match I thought she might want support." MJ said. "You?
"The same." Kara said as she saw a couple of MJ's friends come into the hall. "Why are they here? They don't strike me as the chess type."
"Tom still has the hots for Alex." MJ said. "No idea about Carl." Waving to his friends.
"Pretty sure you didn't need to do that. We are like the only people here." Kara said.
"Is Chess watching actually a thing?" MJ asked.
"No idea." Kara said as MJ's friends sat next to him, just as the two schools' teams walked into the hall. As the teens took their seats at various tables one of the teachers started reading the rules.
"I'm getting tired all ready." Tom said as the reading went on before he heard a key statement. Immediately he looked at MJ said said. "Wait, each match lasts an hour and they all do three of them? That's like three hours."
"Looks like those math classes are finally paying off." Kara said from MJ's other side causing Carl to laugh in a very exaggerated way before Tom punched his arm to silence him. Meanwhile the teacher started to read out the first round of matches. As he said Alex's name, the four watching teens hollered their support. Then as Martin's name was read out Kara and MJ cheered.
"I kinda feel we are breaking etiquette." Kara commented to her brother.
"We are popularising it." MJ shrugged as the teacher kept reading the list.
"How exactly do we follow this?" Tom asked as a horn sounded and all tables became a hive of activity. Before MJ could answer though they noticed Alex shaking hands with her opponent.
"Wait, it's over already?" Tom asked confused. "But that was like a minute."
"Looks like Lena's tuition paid off." Kara said as Alex walked over to them.
"What are you guys doing here?" She asked.
"Cheerleading." MJ said. "Did you win?"
"Yes."
"Isn't chess meant to last longer than ten seconds?" Tom asked.
"I used Fool's mate, you win in two moves." Alex shrugged as the door opened again and they saw Martin's uncle enter the hall.
"Hi Alex." He greeted as he approached the chairs.
"Hi." She replied.
"You aren't playing?"
"My first match is over." Alex said.
"She won." MJ added.
"Congratulations." He said before noticing the lack of adults. "Should I not be here? Is watching not a thing?" Steve asked.
"Doesn't look it." Kara said.
"It's a practice match." Alex said. "They weren't expecting support."
"Then why put the chairs out?" Tom asked.
"So we could sit on them between matches." Alex said.
"Should I go?" Steve asked.
"Now you're here you may as well stay." The teenage Kara pointed out.
"Um, ok. How's Martin doing?" Steve said sitting.
"If he screws up the next move he'll loose in six." Alex said looking over at his table.
"You need to work on your sugar coating." MJ said.
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"Where have you guys been?" Alex asked when the teens finally returned home.
"School."
"I know that much. But why? Did you get a detention?"
"No."
"Then why are you back so late?"
"We were cheering Alex on." MJ said.
"On in what?" The adult Kara asked.
"Chess."
"You had a match?" Kara asked looking at her daughter. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"It wasn't a match. It was a practice event to allow everyone to get ratings before the tournament." The teenage Alex explained.
"How did it go?" Her mother asked.
"She destroyed her opponents." MJ said.
"I had the worst rating as I hadn't played before. So I only played their worst players." Alex said downplaying it.
"I thought that last opponent was going to cry." MJ said.
"Not sure you are helping." His sister whispered to him.
"I'm going to walk Chewie." The teen Alex said.
"I'll come with you." Her mother replied.
"Is that okay? I mean you still don't have powers." Her daughter said.
"I can still walk." Kara reminded her.
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"Why didn't you tell me you had a match?" Kara asked as they walked down the street.
"Because it wasn't important." Alex shrugged.
"Yes it was. I would have gone."
"It wasn't really a watching thing."
"MJ and Kara watched."
"Yeah, that kinda confused everyone." Alex said. "And when Steve turned up it got worse."
"Steve was there?"
"He didn't believe Martin when he said it wasn't really a spectator thing. But he says hello."
"Don't change the subject. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I told you, It really wasn't a spectator thing."
"And?" Kara probed.
"And you were going back to work, I didn't want you to feel like you had to come and get stressed out again." Alex confessed.
"Firstly I will always stress about you, more so if you hide things. Secondly you are more important than work. Thirdly, I really hate it when you shut me out."
"Sorry." Alex said hugging her mother.
"It's okay, but next time tell me." Kara said.
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"So how is school? Any more problems?" The adult Alex asked as they all ate dinner.
"Holtz is suspended." Her daughter reminded her.
"Doesn't mean he won't do something stupid." The teenage Alex said.
"Plus he probably feels pretty invincible right now. I mean he has got away with murder, almost literally. Why hasn't he been expelled?" Eliza asked, her tone making it clear she wasn't happy with the situation.
"Money still buys a lot of perks." Alex said. "His father is huge contributor to the school. The Principal probably doesn't want to miss out on a new arts centre."
"Why does he go to this school rather than a private one?" The adult Kara asked.
"He has been to private schools. Two in fact, but he was expelled from both. Apparently when everyone is capable of bribery, it doesn't get you as much." Alex explained.
"You know an awful lot about him." Eliza said.
"If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat." The teenage Alex said. Noticing the strange looks she was getting she said. "It's a quote from Sun Tzu."
"We know that." Her mother said. "Why are you quoting The Art of War?"
"It seemed like an appropriate quote."
"She's got you there." MJ commented as Kara asked.
"When did you even read The Art of War?"
"Lena has a copy at her place." The teenage Alex shrugged.
"So what's going to happen with Holtz?" Eliza asked
"He has another couple of weeks of suspension after that there will be a school board discussion about it."
"But his father than just pay for the result he wants?" The teenage Kara asked.
"Maybe not." Alex said. "I gave a strong counter argument to the Principal."
"Is that why the Principal seems to be avoiding all of us?" The teenage Kara asked.
"I can't comment on his actions." Her mother said.
"What exactly did you do?" The adult Kara asked.
"I just talked to him and highlighted there were limits to what money could buy." Alex said.
"That didn't really answer my question." The adult Kara said.
"The important thing is that hopefully the Principal is going to see reason."
"Do you think he'll be expelled?" The teenage Kara asked.
"There's a strong chance. But Chris won't be." Alex said looking at her daughter to see how she reacted.
"We figured." Her daughter said.
"But if he has any brains he'll stay away from you." Alex said.
"He doesn't." MJ commented.