"Where is he?" Supergirl asked as she approached Alex in the DEO control room.
"Hey, welcome back. Did I know you were coming back?" Alex asked confused as she saw her sister.
"No. But I need to see him."
"Who?"
"Mongul. Where is he?"
"Secure containment."
"I want to see him."
"Why?"
"I have questions."
"Okay. I will take you there. But before then I want you on a call."
"With who?"
"One of the ships is offering us a trade. I want to see how they react to you being on the call. If they are trying a fast one, maybe they will think again."
"Okay." Supergirl said following her sister to one of the offices.
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"I am Harl. Captain of this vessel." An alien said as he appeared on screen.
"I am DEO Director Alex Danvers." Alex said before nodding over to her sister and adding. "This is Supergirl."
"I know Supergirl." He smiled.
"I understand you have our people." Alex said.
"Some yes. Including your Agent Cody." He said as the camera panned and Alex saw her bruised and battered looking Agent.
"Ma'am." He greeted.
"How are you doing?" Alex asked.
"I got battered in the fight. But I survived. I and all other prisoners have been treated well up here. We have received medical treatment and food, even though there is little of both up here." He explained before Harl appeared on screen again.
"Your people are an inconvenience to me. Our supplies are limited so I would like to get rid of them."
"You said you wanted a trade." Alex reminded him. "You implied my people were hostages."
"That was an error in communication." Harl said. "Your Agent Cody has been explaining your principles and I see my demand was a mistake. Director, many of the people on this ship were slaves. Taken by Kelith, we want freedom and justice."
"There is a difference between revenge and justice." Supergirl said.
"Not for us." Harl said darkly. He then moved his attention to Alex again. "We would like to return your people. All of them."
"And in return?" Alex asked.
"We would still like Kelith's head. But while you decide on that, any food you can spare would be gratefully received."
"I'll get back to you." Alex said terminating the link.
"What do you think?" Supergirl asked.
"Probably a trap. The shuttle they send down could be full of bombs or they could have implanted bombs or diseases in our people. Cody said they have received medical treatment, that could have been a cover." Alex listed.
"He also said they were all prisoners." Kara said.
"I know."
"So what are we going do?"
"I need to speak to the President."
"And Mongul?" Supergirl pressed.
"Why do you want to see him?" Alex asked.
"I just do. I need to."
"Okay, as soon as I have I will take you to Mongul, but you are not seeing him alone."
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"Have you come to release me?" Mongul asked when Alex and Supergirl walked towards his cell.
"Why would we release you?" Alex asked.
"Your desire to survive." He said before looking at Supergirl. "I saw how strong it was. That is why you will release me."
"I'm not following." Supergirl said.
"Do you think you are the only one with allies? You saw the power of that ring. Where do you think I got that ring from?"
"From what I heard about you, stealing it would be my first guess." Alex said.
"I was given it. There are people out there who wanted me to have that power because they knew I would use it well."
"So you are a patsy?" Supergirl asked.
"Patsy?" He asked.
"Maybe you know it as 'jiro' or 'regur'" Supergirl said causing Mongul to angrily get to his feet.
"I am no jiro."
"Yet here you are, alone in a cell, while your fleet is gone and your mysterious benefactors nowhere to be seen." Alex pointed out.
"A temporary state of affairs." He said. "Soon you will be dead and I will be free."
"Do you think it is the air making him this delusional?" Supergirl asked Alex. "Do you think the Nitrogen levels down here do something weird to his brain chemistry?"
"Definitely a possibility." Alex said.
"When my benefactors come, you will not have your saviour. So think very carefully." Mongul said looking at Alex.
"Did you just threaten Supergirl?" Alex asked.
"I merely made an observation."
"I'm not going anywhere." Supergirl said.
"After I first came here I viewed the records we had on this planet and I heard your name. But it was not the first time I had heard your name." He said looking at Supergirl. "For the last few years there have been stories about a Kryptonian with a bounty on their head. A Kryptonian being hunted by Rensh. A hunt that took a very long time and a hunt that Lobo was very interested in. He wanted to know what his former student was struggling with. Then news spread of Rensh's death. Of course the contract died with him and no normal bounty hunter will pick up the old contract as there is no one to fund it. But Lobo, he isn't interested in the money. He is driven by pride and curiosity. His student's failure is his failure. He will come for you. You may have survived Rensh, but you will never survive Lobo. And when you are dead this planet will be there for the taking."
"And why give us the tactical advantage by telling us?" Alex asked.
"Because knowing and mitigating are two different things." He said. "No one can stop Lobo. Besides watching you live in fear will amuse me." He said before retuning to the bed in the cell and sitting down.
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"Kara you have no idea if Lobo is after you. But if he is we will fight him together." Alex said as she tried to keep pace with her sister who strode through the corridors looking stressed.
"This is Lobo." Kara said. "People don't beat Lobo. Lobo is well Lobo."
"I've heard the stories." Alex said.
"What if that is what I saw?" Kara asked pacing.
"What are you talking about?" Alex asked.
"Mongul. When I saw those images what if they weren't just fears? What if it was the future? I need to go and talk to my mother."
"Why?"
"I need to know more about the rings. Maybe on Argo they have information."
"Kara slow down. What do you need to know?"
"I need to know if they show fears or the future."
"Nothing can show the future. You can change the future. You've shown that before." Alex said. "What did you see?"
"Everyone dying, including Alex."
"Well we aren't going to let that happen." Her sister assured her just as her phone buzzed.
"You should go." Kara said knowing what the buzz meant.
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine. I'm going to talk to mom."
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"Mom? What are you doing here?" The teenage Kara asked when she saw her mother.
"You have your follow up appointment."
"I know. But you have work." Her daughter argued.
"Work can wait, this is more important. Let's go."
"Grandma said she'd take me."
"I know. But I stood her down, I want to take you." Alex said as her daughter got in the car.
"Are you sure you have time?"
"I'm the boss, I can make time." Alex said.
"You said the results were going to be fine." Kara said suddenly worrying there we ulterior motives.
"And I am sure they will be." Alex said. "That doesn't mean I don't want to go with you."