Chapter 22: "Bad and Worst"

"Pain is weakness leaving the body"- Chesty Puller

The trip to wherever Sergei was, was taking more time that what Kara had imagined, apparently, he was at a secluded area far from the city and Stonehaven. Neither Mike not Kara had said a word since they left the mansion and the atmosphere inside his truck was as tense as it could get.

"I still love you, you know?" Mike suddenly said, his words cutting through the deafening silence surrounding them.

"Mike" Kara interrupted with a warning tone ready to stop whatever bullshit was ready to come out of his mouth but he kept talking disregarding what she was about to say.

"Kara, I know that at some point you loved me too. All I ask is for you to give me one chance, just one chance so I can prove you that we are meant to be together" his eyes left the road for a moment while he said the last words.

"Before you realize that is not turning back for us, the better" Kara sentenced.

"You know he's after you, why did you accept to come with me?" the change in topic was welcome by Kara, she was glad that Mike hadn't pushed his luck once again.

"I believe he has some information about something important'" some lights appeared a few miles away of the road and Kara suspected than that was where they were heading. "What I still don't get is what are you doing with him"

"When the Prime Alpha summons you, you can't refuse" Mike simply answered.

"Believe me, you can" she was about to say more when Mike stopped the truck and four men were set in front of them.

"They will escort you to where Sergei is, just, be careful" that was the more sincere that Kara had seen Mike being for the longest of time, she was about to confront the Prime Alpha after all, even if she knew she was stronger than him, for the others, it could be practically seen as a suicide mission.

They walked for about half a mile through a dark road before arriving at what seemed to be a junkyard and as any villain in a movie, the man she had come to see appeared through the shadows, sporting a smile that Kara wanted to erase with her fist.

"I knew sooner or later we would meet again my pet" his words only fueled Kara's anger and it was becoming more difficult to not end him right there, but she had a goal, and that was to find out who had killed Jonn.

"I need to speak with you, in private" Kara said clenching her teeth after seeing his arrogant smile.

"You four stay here, and you two, wait for me outside the house" the men nodded and they quickly took their positions as they were been told.

The house was a few feet away, from the outside Kara was sure the property had seen better days but as soon as they came inside, she was surprise by how much it didn't match the exterior, apparently the Prime Alpha was not a very humble person, it didn't surprise Kara in the slightest. The man walked towards the corner of the room where a minibar had been set, he took one of the bottles, pour two glasses and handed one to her, she took it albeit a little worried about its content.

"So, my dear pet, why are you here? Don't get me wrong I'm beyond grateful that you are, but I'm surprise you came by your own choice" he said with his strong accent while stirring his drink. He hadn't taken a sip yet so Kara waited to taste her own.

"I need to know what happened with Jonn" Kara went straight to the point as she didn't want to prolong her stay more than necessary. She could sense a dangerous vibe coming from him, and even if she was stronger than him, he wasn't alone, the rest of the pack would come running if something went wrong.

"Hmm… and here I was thinking you wanted to know more about your past" he gave her a mischievous look and turned around to sit in a red couch at the corner of the room.

Kara saw through him, she knew he brought the topic of her past to deviate the conversation, but she also wanted to know more about herself, she had some memories back but the important details where unknown to her, she could ask about Jonn later.

"Okay, I'll entertained you, what about my past?" Kara replied still holding her drink.

"Well, I'm sure you don't know this, but your father and I were friends, best friends actually" Kara listened carefully, trying to determine if Sergei was telling the truth. "We met when we were kids in Ulski, for years we were inseparable. One day when we were teenagers we headed to a forest near to our school and that was when we were turned into werewolves, the details of that are for another time, all you need to know is that we had each other and we were able to tame the beast inside us, then came Alura, as soon as he introduce her to me I knew there was something different about her, I tried to convince him that she wasn't good for him, that something about her was wrong but he was in love, and as the day passed we grew apart more and more until we didn't talk anymore." He finally took the first sip and Kara did the same, the amber liquid burning her throat. "Even after that, the feeling I had when I met your mother still bothered me so I searched about her and her family, it took me some time to find out the truth about her origins, by the time I did I was already the Prime Alpha and your family was nowhere to be found"

"But you did find them" Kara added while she left the empty glass on a table nearby.

"I did, I was told they had a daughter, by that time I knew everything about The Neuri, and who you would become, so as soon as knew their whereabouts I went straight to them and demanded them to hand you over to me, but let's say they didn't agree to my terms so, sadly, I had to kill them".

Kara growled with fury and took a step forward ready to rip his head off but the man raised his hand for her to stop as he flooded the room with his pheromones in order to subdue her, when Kara's knees buckled, he stood up, slowly walking towards her and kept talking.

"I had to do the same with Jonn, I asked something from him and he dare to challenge me" he sounded calmed and cold, Kara was almost in her knees when he stood in front of her, grabbing her by her chin forcing her to look up. "I've never seen a man or werewolf bleed so much as he did" Kara growled once more and was about to bit his hand when a fist connected with her face almost throwing her to the floor, Kara spit some blood and stared at him defiantly while she tried to get up. "Oh my pet thinks she can fight me? You know what? I'm in the mood to blow off some steam, and once I finish with you, I'll go grab that supposed mate of yours and you'll be begging for me to kill her"

The mention of Lena was all it took for Kara to regain her strength and focus, just as she was about to stand up, two sets of arms grabbed her and dragged her outside the house, she hit the dirt with a loud thump when his men dropped her.

"The pet and me are going to have some fun, you are not to interfere, is that clear?" the man almost shouted to the group outside as he began to undressed and Kara could only smirk for what was about to happen. When she raised her head, he was already on his werewolf form, his change had been fast and apparently, he wasn't one to play fair because as soon as he changed, he was charging towards her, when he was about to hit her, she rolled to her side and was barely able to dodge him. Kara tried to stand up but he was once again using his pheromones to submit her, she felt the strong blow at her side and the force of it made sent her body rolling, stopping just a few feet away. She knew how much the Prime was enjoying the situation but his words about Lena, about her parents and Jonn echoed inside her granting her with a new and unknown rush of power that flooded her blood stream, it was scary and intoxicating but she let this feeling take control, even with his pheromones all over the place it was easy for her to stand up, and a few seconds later she was running at full speed, her body contorting and changing in the course, it was the faster she had turned until now. The Prime was caught off guard as Kara charged against him once and again with so much speed that even her was astonished, and even if her focus was on him, she could hear and sense the rest of his pack getting anxious as her blows kept coming towards his boss but they still didn't intervene. After some time, the Prime was able to dodge one of her strikes and he run towards the open field, Kara followed at full speed and once she was at his side she struck once again, her limbs surrounded his neck and with the force of the impact both hit the ground with a loud thud. Once Kara regained some sense, she saw Sergei at her side, now in his human force trying to get up with some difficulty, the loud and menacing growl that came from her, made the man stop his movements completely.

"Kara, listen, we have to stop" he was now standing up, barely supporting himself upright. But something in Kara had awoken, a distant voice resonated in her head, a voice with a demand to end with the Prime Alpha, and with that voice came the feeling of power, the raw necessity to show her dominance. She tried to get rid of such emotions but same as before, she felt herself prisoner of her own body, she was just an observer in what was about to happened.

"I told you to stop" the Prime almost growled with his commanding voice but Kara, now in her human form, kept walking towards him with a wicked smile on her face. The man was paralyzed, Kara's strong pheromones hit him to such extent that his whole body was forcing him to subdue, when he was about to bare his neck both of Kara's hand were softly placed at each side of his face, he smiled at the gesture before said hands did a quick movement, a crack was heard throughout the field and his limp body fell to the floor "That's what happens when you mess with the Zor-El linage you low breed dog" her voice sounded cold and empty. Kara was about to turned around when she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, when she fell to the floor, she only saw two sets of boots before her sight went dark.

When the blonde woke up, she wasn't in the field anymore, she was in a small room, her body was tied up to a chair with chains and all she could think about was Lena and how she had lost control during her fight with Sergei. "Dammit" she whispered as she tried to get rid of her restraints and failing, she was in her third attempt when the door was finally opened.

"I'm glad you're still alive and kicking" Lex said with a smile on his face.

"I can't say the same about you" Kara replied in anger, she should have been surprised to see him alive but she knew Lex and how sneaky he could be.

"What can I say, the news about my death were greatly exaggerated, God that sounded cringy" He came closer to Kara "let's just say I have some friends in important places".

"You are like a talking cliché" Kara interrupted and Lex laughed, a loud almost maniacally chuckle, once he calmed down, he continued.

"Well, I can't argue that" he finished and became suddenly very invested in his nails, Kara watched him for a couple of minutes but her patience was running short.

"Sorry to interrupt your mental manicure, but why am I here Lex?" his attention was once again on Kara, her gaze was cold and empty and his smile made every hair in the back of her neck raised. He walked towards her and crouched down until Kara could feel his breath on her ear.

"You're here dear Kara, so I can show my little sister the kind of monster you can be" a chill run through her spine as her eyes began to change, her wolf feeling threatened by his words and attitude, she knew she was stronger than him, but she also knew how sick Lex was, she could still feel the cold silver running through her veins when he shot her, she was about to answer something when the door was opened and a man came inside, he was dressed similar to what Kara thought a professor would wear, but she could smell something in him, something dangerous and powerful, the man interrupted her assessment by clearing his throat.

"We are ready for her" the man said with a deep and sharp voice. Lex clasped his hands "Oh Kara, we are going to have so much fun".

"She should be back by now" Lena pacing from side to side in the room, checking her phone and waiting anxiously for Kara to contact her.

"She's right" Brainy added "Winn call Mike again, see if he answers this time, I think is time to track Kara's phone, it might be nothing but I don't trust Sergei".

"Please, I'm trying to sense her again but I can't feel anything" Lena had tried their bond before and a cold sweat hit her with a strong sense of danger and adrenaline, she knew it all came from her mate and she got restless.

They were at a room full with first technology equipment, Lena was astonished by the contrast between the medieval castle and this place, the only noise in there was the sound of the keyboard being used by Brainy.

"Shit" Brainy whispered after some minutes of trying to track Kara's phone and ultimately failing.

"What is it? "Lena asked, her heart pounding rapidly in her chest as Brainy kept looking at the monitor in front of them. "Brainy, what is it?" she tried again while she rested her left hand on his shoulder with hopes of providing him some sense of comfort.

"I can't track her phone" the man replied in a dull tone, when she was about to asked him why he couldn't Winn came back, sighing as soon as he entered the door.

"Mike's phone is off, I can't reach him, any luck here?" he asked with hope.

"I was tracking her but someone is working hard to hide her whereabouts"

"What do you mean?" Lena and Winn asked at the same time and Brainy gave them a sad smile.

"As soon as get a signal with her position, it multiplies with at least 50 more points, as if she was at 50 different places at the same time, each one set on different states" he finished while showing a map with the different locations flashing with red dots.

"Well, at least now we know there's definitely something weird happening" Winn said and Brainy elbow him on his ribs, "Auch, what was that for?" he said rubbing at his side, that's when he saw how worried Lena looked, of course she would, Kara was her mate and he was being a jerk, not that he wanted to be one, but when he was nervous, he didn't know how to keep his mouth shut. "Sorry Lena, but hey, we are going to find her" he said giving her a gentle squeeze on her arm.

"It's alright Winn, and you're right, something is going on, maybe we should call Alex? She might have some other way to track Kara down".

Kara felt pain through out her body, her insides were burning and her mind was foggy, the sensation was similar to what she felt the first time she had turned.

"How long has it been?" the man that self-called himself Agent Liberty asked, Kara could hear the bouncing of his foot, the sound was loud on her eardrums.

"About six hours, she hasn't change once since we started" Lex answered as he watched Kara's vital signs.

"Increase the power then, we need her in her wolf form, we don't have time to waste, I was informed that the DEO is already looking for her" Kara perked up at the mention of her sister' team.

"I thought you'll never asked" Lex once again kneeled in front of Kara, she could feel his breath on her face but this time, she was too tired to raise her to meet his gaze. "I told you we could do this in a nice way or the slightly messier way"

"You never gave that alternative" Kara mumbled as a trail of saliva fell through the side of her mouth.

"Didn't I? I must have forgotten, but well, as we are already in the messy way I think is best to keep going this way, I don't like to change plans in the middle" his hand went to his keyboard.

"Wait, wai…" the charge came almost without warning, Kara screamed so loud that her throat burned and her vocal cords felt swollen, she was not sure if it was because of her screams or the electrical charge that her body was receiving, either way, her throat hurt like hell, the only certainty was the pain coursing through her body, the feeling of needles running though her blood stream and when her skin began to itch, she knew she was beginning to turn.

"That's it, good girl, that's all we need" Lex said while he watched Kara's body contorting because of the pain and her transformation, he could see her eyes and canines changing, her skin was beginning to tear apart. "That's it, keep going Kara"

"NO!" the blonde screamed and bit her lip hard, the taste of blood and pain made her regained enough control to tame the wolf inside her and with that she was able to stop the change.

"Is nice to see how you think you can stop this, you're only delaying the inevitable Kara" without warning he stabbed her in her neck with a syringe.

"What was that?" she was completely in her senses again, her body vibrated with a sudden burst of power.

"That, my dear sister-in-law, was a shot of adrenaline, let's see if you can manage to stay in control with this combo, I really hope your heart can take it" Lex was able to see for the first time the fear behind Kara's gaze "but don't worry, we are ready if something like that happens, you're not going to get away that easily" he ended as another distressed scream echoed inside the room.

This was the first time Lena had felt Kara's bond in almost a week, it started with her mate calling her name, she was happy when she heard her soft voice, but then Kara was screaming her name, her voice raspy and almost unrecognizable and suddenly Lena was on the floor, her hands on her chest trying to rip her shirt off in desperation because her heart felt like it was being ripped apart.

"Lena? Lena what's happening?" Winn could see the pain in her face as he got closer.

"Grab her hands, she's going to hurt herself, wait here" Brainy disappeared and came back holding a syringe in his hands. "Hold her still"

"What are you giving her?" Lena was stronger than she looked, but Winn was finally able to grab her hands and stopped her movements enough for Brainy to give her the shot.

"It's a sedative, just to calm her, it won't put her to sleep" mere seconds later, Lena's body relaxed and Winn was able to let her arms free. "Lena? How are you feeling?"

As soon as she came to her senses, her eyes were flooded by tears, she tried to speak but her voice failed her.

"Winn go get her some water" Winn nodded "Lena, take your time, breathe"

"Here" Lena took the glass Winn was offering her and took a sip, her tears kept falling without restrain now that she knew what she had felt. "I… I felt her"

Winn smiled brightly "That's awesome, Lena, that's good, now we know she's out there, somewhere" he was about to hug her but she continued.

"Winn, I think…" her words once again got stuck on her throat. "What is it?" Brainy asked in a neutral tone. "I think, I think she was having a heart attack…" as soon as left those words out, reality hit her, she knew how the human body worked, she knew the symptoms, and what she felt, the pain and the calm that came right after, was what she imagined having a heart attack would feel like.

"Are you sure?" the voice coming from the door startled the three of them "Is she dead?" Alex asked with a trembling voice, Lena quickly got up and walked towards her.

"She can't be, Alex, I can't go through this again" Alex hugged her tightly. "We won't allow it Lena, that's why I'm here, we have a lead, come on, we have a rescue to plan".

As always, sorry for the long wait, we're near the end of this story, there's one or two chapters left, I might re write this fic eventually, but for now, hope you're enjoying it
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