As the teenage Alex got off the elevator at CatCo she looked round the bustling office for her mother. Not seeing her, but not sure where she would be sitting she started to walk around the floor plate until a young woman approached her.
"Can I help you?" The woman asked.
"I'm looking for my mother, Kara Danvers."
"Oh, right." The woman said looking to Kara's desk, then glancing nervously at Cat's office. "She's probably in the staff meeting. It's probably safer for you to wait somewhere, not here."
"Kiera junior, in here." Cat called from her office.
"That's me, I think." Alex said to the woman before walking towards Cat.
"Shouldn't you have stopped her?" A young man asked approaching the woman who the teenager had been talking to.
"How?" The woman asked. "She was summoned. And technically she went of her own free will."
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"Any more signs of that game?" Alex asked.
"No ma'am. All is quiet. Since the Orange Tree servers were shut down there has been no activity. We were assuming that you wanted to not completely hand over the investigation to cyber crimes, so will keep monitoring from here."
"Thank you." Alex said before looking round the room. "We have just had orders from the President to release all of the returned civilians. However, they will need to undergo weekly testing. It is being run by Homeland, but we will give oversight."
"We will? Do they know that?" Vasquez asked.
"They do. They took it surprising well." Alex said. "Probably hoping they can use us for fall guys if they screw up."
"What about Cody?" Vasquez asked.
"Release him, but for now he is not to have any access to restricted areas and files. Keep him at the Echo site."
"Yes Ma'am."
Alex then turned to another Agent and asked. "Where are we with the Lieutenants? There must be some sign of them somewhere."
"Not yet. They are either dead or very good at covering their tracks."
"We should be better than them." Alex said. "Go through everything and find them. The have been on the Earth for weeks now, there has to be some sign of them. And if you still find nothing redo the interrogations with the ones we captured." She ordered leaving the control room.
"This is going to be a long day." One of the Agents muttered.
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"Hey Brad, what's wrong?" Kara asked as she returned to her desk an hour later.
"Um, well, the picture on your desk, is that of your daughter?"
"Yes. Why?"
"We tried to stop it, but there is no stopping her."
"Stopping who?"
"Ms Grant. You know what she is like."
"Brad. What are you talking about?"
"Ms Grant." He said as if that explained everything.
"Ms Grant what?" Kara pressed.
"Ms Grant took her, well summoned kind of. In our defence she went of her own free will."
"What?" Kara asked confused.
"Your daughter has entered the pits of hell." He said nodding towards Cat's office.
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"Is everything okay?" Kara asked as she walked onto Cat's balcony where her mentor and daughter were standing looking over the city eating M&Ms.
"Hi mom." Alex said before walking over to her and hugging her.
"What are you doing here?"
"Talking to Ms Grant."
"I meant at CatCo." Kara pointed out.
"I was going to walk you home."
"Did I know that?" Kara asked confused.
"No. Do you want me to go?"
"No, but I have some things I need to finish, why don't you go sit at my desk." Kara suggested to her daughter.
"Go home. Why break the habit of a life time and actually meet a deadline?" Cat said.
"Really?" Kara asked.
"Don't make me repeat myself." Cat warned.
"Yes Ms Grant."
"And Kiera Junior, think about what I said."
"Yes Ms Grant." The teenager said.
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"Where's Chewie?" Kara asked as she walked home with her daughter.
"MJ is borrowing him. You'd prefer not to know why."
"Now I really want to know why." Kara said. "Wait, does this involve a girl?"
"You know I am not answering that." Alex countered.
"So what were you talking about with Ms Grant?"
"Just stuff."
"Stuff?" Kara asked.
"Stuff." Alex confirmed.
"I remember when you told me everything." Kara grumbled.
"No, you remember when you thought I told you everything." Alex corrected.
"Thirty minutes with Cat and you have been corrupted." Kara complained.
"Cat called it being educated."
"Did she?"
"Umm hmm."
"Did she make you sign anything?"
"Like an exclusive rights interview?" Alex asked.
"Very specific, but sure."
"No. We just talked about living on Earth. Fitting in. Changing things."
"Changing what?"
"Perceptions."
"Of?"
"Just in general." Alex said, being deliberately obstructive.
"You keeping this up all night?" Kara questioned.
"Probably."
"Okay then." Kara sighed. "So what was the real reason you came to CatCo?"
"I was struggling with my powers. I wanted to go to the Botanical Gardens, but I didn't have any money, so I was hoping you could take me."
"We can do that." Kara said.
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"Hello?" Kara greeted confused when she entered her apartment with her daughter only to find her niece and nephew where there.
"Hi." Her niece greeted.
"Not that I am not happy to see you guys, but why are you here?"
"Hanging out." Her niece replied.
"I thought you were doing something with Chewie." The adult Kara said looking at MJ.
"I was. Until mom stopped me. So now I'm here."
"Does your mom know you are here?" Kara pressed.
"She's probably tracking our every move." MJ complained.
"I know the last few days have been hard on you guys, but try giving your mom some slack." Kara said. "You being in danger really freaked her out, it is going to take some time to get over it."
"Doesn't mean she can lock us away while she has a freak out." MJ said.
"She's not going to lock you away." Kara said.
"Not what she said." MJ countered. "Plus I am pretty sure I am going to wake up one morning and find myself chipped."
"I'll talk to your mom." The adult Kara said.
"Thanks." Her niece replied.
"I assume you guys won't object to staying here tonight?"
"So you can go deal with the crazy?" MJ asked.
"So I can talk to your mom." Kara corrected.
"That's what I just said." MJ replied.
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"Kids okay?" Alex asked when Kara entered her house.
"You are stressing them out." Kara replied. "But they are safe at my place convinced that you are tracking their every move. But seeing they are safe and occupied, I thought we could have a sister's night."
"I don't know, I have work I need-"
"Do I need to break out the pout?" Kara asked.
"I'm growing immune." Alex said.
"If you'd prefer I can take the kids and have a wild night out on the town." Kara said.
"You? Have a wild night?" Alex asked trying not to laugh.
"What? I can go wild."
"Sure you can." Alex said.
"I can." Kara protested. "Besides MJ and Kara would help me."
"Okay, that threat worked. We'll have a sisters' night." Alex conceded.
"Good. Pizza will be here in two minutes."
"What if I had said no?"
"That wasn't going to happen." Kara pointed out.
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"Should not have eaten that." Alex said after her third slice.
"But it is so good."
"Not for humans."
"When did you get so old?" Kara asked moments before Alex hit her with a cushion.
"Thank you." Alex said after a moment.
"For what? Eating pizza? No thanks required."
"Being here." Alex said.
"Always. But still no thanks required." Kara said pulling Alex in for a hug. "How are you really doing?"
"I'm scared. I don't know what to do."
"Well as someone who has lived in fear for a long time there are two choices. You can live in fear, which sucks. Or you can accept that bad things may happen, but if they do we will beat them."
"I miss Kelly." Alex said into the hug. "I feel so lost."
"I know. But you are not alone." Kara reminded her.
"Why am I so weak?"
"You are not weak. You are the strongest person I know." Kara assured her. "You are scared. But it is going to be okay."
"How can you be so sure?"
"We're the Danvers' sisters. Nothing can beat us."