After dealing with an exploding hospital in the center of National City, Kara wanted to enjoy sitting at the bar with Lena, Alex, and Maggie. Luckily, she managed to rescue everyone from the now semi destroyed hospital; some people were injured, but no one died. Good. Kara wanted to compartmentalize; she just wanted to forget about everything; enjoying the company of her loved ones. All four women wore their civilian clothes.
"So, I woke up today and saw Maggie sitting on her knees, talking to Gertrude," said Alex as Kara and Lena laughed, while Maggie blushed. This felt nice, the four of them were joking, relaxing, and enjoying these potstickers. Yes, the potstickers were amazing.
Kara smiled, lifted a potsticker, and brought it to Lena's lips. She opened her mouth, biting the potsticker, chewing, and swallowing it. Kara licked her lip.
"Kar, aren't you going to eat?" Alex asked.
Kara blushed. "I … I have eaten earlier," said Kara, briefly looking at Lena, blushing. "Not hungry."
Maggie snickered. "No, no, I am a good person, I don't need to know these things, no, no," said Alex, shaking her head.
"I can return the favor tonight," said Lena, as Maggie snickered once more.
"That's it, I can't. No, too much, it's too much," said Alex standing up, walking to the bar stand to grab a drink. Perhaps Lena and her shouldn't tease Alex like this. Well, maybe Alex deserved this for interrupting her and Lena bedroom activities.
Kara chuckled, looking at the door to the bar. She saw several police officers enter and walk towards their table. Strange, did they want Lena's autograph?
The officers approached. "Lena Luthor, you are under arrest for bringing a dangerous kryptonite bomb to the hospital," said one of the officers, grabbing Lena, and pulling her off her chair, putting handcuffs behind her back.
"Hey, Lena is innocent," said Kara, standing up. "Let's go of my girlfriend!"
"Jake, Lena hasn't done anything," said Maggie, standing up, telling one of her coworkers to release Lena.
"Sawyer, I respect you, but you are wrong. We have hard evidence of Miss Luthor bring some device to the hospital," said Officer Jake, putting an iPad on the table, and pressing some buttons, showing the footage the night before, where Lena's image put some green and grey box in the hospital.
"Officer, there must be a mistake, I was with Lena last night. And even if not, she would never –"
"Miss Danvers, isn't it? I am a big fan of all your scientific work; you do great management work at CatCo, but you are mistaken. Miss Luthor is a criminal, and will be taken to jail for this," said Jake, then looking at Maggie. "Sorry Sawyer, nothing personal. The evidence is overwhelming. I guess Miss Luthor is just as crazy as her brother."
"How dare you? I … I will ruin you! I –"
"Kara, it's okay. Let them take me, let's not cause a scene. I … I believe in you. You will find evidence that someone set me up," said Lena, as a tear escaped her eye. Another officer, Bob, grabbed Lena, and walked her away from the table.
"Let her go!" Alex cried, spotting the officers, running towards them.
"Alex, it's alright. Help Kara and Maggie to prove my innocence," said Lena, making a weak smile, as the officers pushed her, making her walk again. Kara saw Lena enter the police car; it drove away.
"Someone set up my Lena," said Kara, smashing her fist on the table. It broke in two. Her eyes turned red.
"Kara, we will prove Lena's innocence," said Alex, putting her hand on Kara's shoulder.
"Sure will, babe. We will do it by the book. We will vindicate Lena," said Maggie, trying to form a smile.
"I … I need some air," said Kara, running away from the bar, jumping in the air, and flying to L Corp. While she improved CatCo's technology, L Corp had the top technology on Earth. Kara didn't care about anyone who would see her; none of it mattered. She flew to Lena's office; luckily the window was open.
She landed in Lena's office and walked quickly to Lena's table.
"Kara," said Sam, noticing Kara. She stood next to Jess, talking to Lena's assistant.
"Miss Danvers," said Jess.
"I am busy. Sam, check the financial information, and send any suspicious things to Maggie. Jess, send me the files that have the footage of Lena's supposed crime. And bring me seven orders of potstickers. I … I will be sitting at Lena's desk, trying to figure out who the hell has framed the love of my life," said Kara, sitting by the desk.
"Yes, Kara," said Sam.
"Will be right there," said Jess, walking away. Good, she would soon have data, lots of data. Kara would get to the bottom of it. While she normally didn't care about the financial statements and various tech programs, she was raging. Supernovae were exploding in her blood. Oh, whoever framed Lena would pay. Oh, they would pay. She hated when people tried to hurt Lena, but trying to frame her, implying she wasn't the lovely angel on this earth? Oh hell no. She would flex her scientific understanding; whoever was framing Lena made a big mistake. Nobody would accuse her love of being evil and get away with it. Nobody.
Kara received the files, soon eating fifty. Sixty? She lost count, it didn't matter, she quickly ate a huge amount of potstickers, examining all the data she just received. Her eyes turned red, but the heat vision didn't escape her eyes. Whoever framed Lena would face someone much scarier than a Red Kryptonite Kryptonian. And she wouldn't throw a single punch. No, it would be too easy.
Maggie sat at her desk at the station. Her computer just received several requests from Sam Arias. She didn't know the woman much, but she worked for Lena. Normally she would follow protocol when receiving large amounts of information, but if Lena trusted Sam, she would too. Maggie opened various financial statements, building ownerships, various projects. Most of the information looked good. Wait, why did she get an email from Lena? She looked through an email, seeing Kara sending her hello, attaching more documents.
Maggie scanned the documents, seeing an angry emoji next to the plans of one building. She clicked on it, and gasped. A Cadmus facility. Several places had red hexagon with Cadmus logo. She has seen photos of various rooms full of Kryptonite, chains, lots of guns and ammo. One photo had Lillian grinning, holding some tablet in her hands. Maggie closed the document and saw another email from Kara, stating to meet Alex at that facility in one hour. She then saw another angry emote, with words Karen written in red. The hell?
Maggie sent an email to Kara, asking if she would join them. She got an almost instant, "no." Kara was busy with something, but still asked Maggie to investigate that facility. People endangered Lena before, but Kara acted so much different. She and Alex were frustrated and angry, but Kara seemed to enter tranquil fury. She would do everything she could to prove Lena's innocence, Kara could count on her. She just wished Little Danvers would calm down.
"Sawyer, can you believe that that the Luthor turned evil, just like her brother? I say, I saw it coming from a mile ahead," said Officer Jake, entering her office. Great, what did he want? Maggie looked at Jake, spotting a familiar red hexagon on his uniform. How could she miss it?
"You," said Maggie walking towards Jake, grabbing him, and pushing Jake against the wall. "What do you know of Cadmus?"
"Sawyer, calm down, what's gotten into you?" Jake asked as Maggie grabbed the red hexagon pin off his uniform and ripped it away.
"Cadmus. Yes, they are technically working for government, but … what. Do. You. Know. Of. It?" Maggie asked forcefully.
"Please don't hurt me, Margarita! I was only following orders! Luthor told me to arrest Miss Luthor. I know she hasn't been at the hospital last night, please don't hurt me!" Jake screamed, as Maggie threw him on the floor.
"Stay down, traitor. If you value your freedom, you will cooperate with other officers. Trust me, I would find out if you betrayed me. I am friends with Powercop, and she won't be as merciful as I am," said Maggie, briefly showing Jake her gun, before putting it back in her pocket. A Cadmus mole at her station? Cadmus gone too far.
Maggie went outside to grab a drink. Kara told her to meet Alex in one hour, forty-five minutes from now, she had time to get a quick coffee and a bagel before meeting Alex.
Lena sat patiently in her cell in jail. Life hated her. She lost her mother, she lost her father, who while acting cold, did love her in his own way. She lost her brother to madness; her mother hated her. She now lost freedom. Lena looked up; at least she didn't lose Kara's unwavering believe in her goodness. Kara, her Kara would find a way to stop madness. Lena was worried that even if Kara were to find evidence of innocence, the press surely would crucify her. Maybe it was her destiny, for people to hate her. At least she had loves ones, she had found family of people who loved her for who she was, not for who her relatives were.
Lena heard loud noises. Strange, she looked to the source of the noise, noting Hank Henshaw walk through a destroyed portion of the wall. Hank? Why did Martian Manhunter come here? Wait, it wasn't Hank. Oh. The original Hank Henshaw came to visit her. Did he plan to kill her? Fine, Lena just wished she could say one last goodbye to Kara, her Kara.
"Miss Luthor, stand back. I guess you don't have to stand back, I don't mind if you get hurt. My boss requested your presence; she wanted to get you out of this jail so you could talk to her," said the Cyborg Superman, grabbing the iron bars, bending them, and creating a large opening. Lena took a few steps back.
"Get away from me," said Lena.
"No, you are going with me, willing or not," said Hank, grabbing her hand.
"Oi, you are hurting me," said Lena, as Hank laughed, grabbed her other hand, and then pushed Lena out of the cell, flying from the jail. This was bad, this was very bad. Lena didn't mind spending time in jail awaiting her friends finding evidence of her innocence, but her supposed jail break would look badly; people would be even more convinced that she was behind the hospital explosion. At least this Cyborg Superman couldn't fly as fast her Kryptonian friends. Lena closed her eyes, not wanting to look down. While Kara always held her gently, carrying Lena bridal style, this Hank was flying while holding her wrists. It hurt. She wouldn't break any bones, probably, but bruises? She would likely receive bruisers from this rough flight.
Alex landed outside the facility that Kara sent the address of. She wore her white Powergirl suit. A minute later she spotted Maggie in her Powercop costume, landing next to her. "Alex, Powergirl, Supergirl sent me this address, wanting us to meet," said Maggie.
"Yeah, Supergirl has reason to believe this place has answers that we seek," said Alex. She looked at Maggie, then at the wall of the building, and then back at Maggie. She grinned.
"Let's do this, Danvers," said Maggie as the two of them rose in the air, and flew towards the building, climbing inside through an open window, and looking around.
"Intruders, Powergirl and Powercop are here!" One Cadmus agent said. Alex grinned. Good. Nobody hurt the woman who she considered as a sister; while Lena wasn't as close to her as Kara, Alex began forming sisterly affections towards the younger Luthor, and she needed to release her anger. Alex smiled, flying towards the Cadmus agent, and easily knocking him on the ground. Alex spotted a squad of Cadmus agents arrive on the scene.
"Good," said, flexing her muscles. She and Maggie easily took care of all the Cadmus agents in the facility, soon arriving at some lab. "I wonder why we are here, Kara sent me this address. She did mention Karen."
"Babe, I think Kara might have found the facility where Cadmus kept the girl," said Maggie. What? It made sense. Cadmus endangered young Karen; oh, they would pay. Nobody hurt little kids.
Alex and Maggie walked around the room, looking through various files. Alex left Maggie, who was checking various folders that lay on one of the tables. Alex meanwhile sat at one of the computers; she was surprised when she guessed correctly "Lex" password. She looked through various camera footage. Lab work, more lab work, Karen, wait Karen? Alex paused the video and looked at the footage. To her horror she saw Karen strapped to the table with some green glowing ropes. Lillian Luthor stood next to Karen, holding a sharp glowing green rock, occasionally poking Karen into her arms, causing the young girl to scream.
Alex's eyes turned red, she looked at one of the walls in the room, releasing heat vision, and making two small holes in the wall. Lillian dared, she dared to hurt Karen. Alex didn't want to look at more of this footage, but she continued. In several more clips, she saw Lillian make light cuts to Karen's legs and arms. Too much, no, Alex couldn't watch this horror. She put her phone on the table, and connected it to the computer, using the phone to send things she found to the DEO and L Corp's Lena's office where Kara was doing things. Several minutes later Alex received some angry emoji; Kara's texts had no words just raging emoji.
"Babe, I found so much dirt on Cadmus in these files," said Maggie, giving some files to Alex.
Kara briefly paused what she was doing. She downloaded the files Alex sent her to an usb, stood up, and opened the window, flying to CatCo. She quickly entered the building through an open door and walked quickly towards Cat's office.
"Kara, I am a bit busy," said Cat, while sitting at her desk. No, this couldn't wait. Kara continued walking; she approached Cat's desk.
"Lillian, she tortured my cousin, and I have hard evidence," said Kara, putting the usb on Cat's desk. Cat took it, and inserted it in her computer, looking through some of the video files.
"Poor Karen," said Cat, closing the video file and grabbing her phone.
"What are you doing? We need to publish this to destroy Lillian," said Kara, her eyes turning red.
"Hold on Kiera, I need to speak with a friend," said Cat, making a phone call. "Olivia? I know you allowed Cadmus to take a more active role in working with the DEO, but … are there limits on what Cadmus is allowed to do? Children? Thanks Olivia, bye,"
"Children?" Kara asked Cat.
"Olivia told me that Cadmus has a broad authority in protecting the planet from alien invasion, but they are not allowed to treat children, especially preteens as enemy combatants. Cadmus tortured your cousin, they will pay. Luckily, Cadmus' jurisdiction doesn't extend to torturing preteens," said Cat.
"Good. It's time for Cadmus to stop working with the DEO; I am happy that soon Lillian will be behind bars. Thanks Cat, I will be back, I need to find evidence of Lena's innocence," said Kara, leaving the usb at Cat's desk. She was glad that Alex and Maggie found this; oh, how Lillian would pay. Kara needed to focus, she still had to prove Lena's innocence.
She looked on the report on a TV screen, "Lena Luthor escaped prison," read the words on the screen. Escaped? She wouldn't escaped. Kidnapped! Kara's eyes turned red briefly before returning to normal. She walked towards the window, and flew back to L Corp, where once again, she sat at Lena's desk, and continued looking through numerous files. She finished creating the device she wanted to use, she only needed to prove that Lena's innocence. She was definitely framed. Kara looked through the video file once again, and decided to try some tricks she knew. She pressed several buttons, and the image changed. Instead of Lena planting the bomb, she saw Hank Henshaw, although he wasn't her Hank. The original Hank Henshaw! He was planting the device at the hospital. Kittens, he would pay!
Lena stood in an abandoned facility. Hank Henshaw was holding her hand, so she wouldn't try to run. "My dear Lena, we meet again. Look at the news, people hate you. They believed the evidence of you destroying the hospital. Lena, Lena, Lena, join me. Your old life is over; you are a fugitive. You cannot return to work for L Corp. You cannot return to your precious Kara. But you still have me. And you still have your brilliance. I can put you in a safehouse, where you will work for me, and use your genius to get rid this world of aliens," said Lillian, smiling.
"No," said Lena. How could her mother think she would join her? Yes, her old life was over, but Lena would surrender at the first chance. Regardless, if she could return to her old life or not, she would never do her mother's dirty work, she would never betray Kara, her Kara, who was probably searching for her by now.
"No? Lena, dear, your old life is over. People hate you. Supergirl hates you. Work for me, stupid girl, and get rid the world of the supers!" Lillian said.
"Never," said Lena. Strong winds destroyed a portion of the wall. She spotted Supergirl hovering in the air.
"Lillian Luthor!" Kara screamed, landing close by.
"Kara Danvers, welcome. Came to say goodbye to my daughter?" Lillian smirked.
"No. I came to destroy you," said Kara, retrieving a small remote from her pocket.
"You won't hurt me. You are a hero, Supergirl. You won't touch me," said Lillian. Would Kara actually hurt her mother?
"You. Framed. My. Love," screamed Kara, her eyes turning red. She turned her head in various directions, sending red rays that put numerous tables and chairs on fire.
"And yet you cannot touch me, girl," said Lillian. She laughed. "Go on, girl of steel, punch me!"
"I don't have to," said Kara, calmly, pressing the button on her remote. Numerous plates began to appear in the sky, connecting via electromagnetic connections, soon forming several giant screens all around the National City. The footage of Lena first appeared but then quickly changed to show Hank Henshaw. Another image of Karen strapped to the table appeared, although showing only a brief instance of Lillian poking her in the arm with a kryptonite shard. Kara wanted to show incriminating evidence, but she didn't want to traumatize people. Granted, she sent unfiltered tapes to the DEO and police station, but she didn't want to use everything to prove a point. She didn't have to.
"What nonsense is this?" Lillian asked. Kara smirked. She looked back at the giant screens that hovered in the air.
"Lillian Luthor and her Cadmus operations framed my friend Lena Luthor for the crime she didn't commit. They framed a literal earth angel of being an evil woman," said Kara's face on the screens. In the footage she was wearing her Supergirl costume. "Lillian Luthor, I am Supergirl. You hurt my friend, and you tortured my cousin. Lillian Luthor"
Kara smirked, hearing her recording say the f word at Lillian. She smiled, hearing police car sirens. She saw Maggie wearing her police uniform lead several other officers into the building.
"Lillian Luthor and Hank Henshaw, you are under arrest," said Maggie, holding her gun.
"On what charges? My lawyers will dismiss anything, the evidence you gathered without any warrants or authorizations," said Lillian.
"You are wrong, Lillian. The Cadmus facility footage was made in a building owned by L Corp," said Kara, smirking.
Lena chuckled. "Mother, you lost. As the CEO of L Corp, I allow the police access; you are finished," said Lena.
"Huh," said Lillian.
"Lillian Luthor, Hank Henshaw, I repeat, you two are under arrest," said Maggie, taking a step forward to the two leaders of Cadmus.
"I, I don't think so, Detective Sawyer," said Lillian, grinning, retrieving a gun from her pocket and shooting Lena in the stomach. Hank threw Lena on the floor, grabbed Lillian, and flew the two of them away.
Kara flew towards Lena, lifting her, and flying promptly to the DEO. Lena lost consciousness.
Kara smiled, seeing Lena open her eyes. She sat on the edge of Lena's bed. Alex and Maggie stood nearby. "Lena! Careful, don't make sudden movements, Alex patched you up. I think Lillian wasn't trying to actually kill you, but you still lost a lot of blood. But not to worry, you are all patched up. Oh, and Lena, Lena, Lena!"
Lena chuckled, moving slowly up in the bed. "It's okay Kara," said Lena.
"Lena, I showed to the entire country how Lillian framed you. My technology using your devices, long story, I transmitted the footage of your innocence; I am pretty sure the entire county has seen that Lillian has framed you and how he held Karen hostage. She might have escaped, but President Marsdin just revoked any funding and authorization from Cadmus. No more, they will work with us no more. Lillian might be out there, but she is not a fugitive. Serves her right," said Kara.
"Kara Danvers, did I hear you curse earlier?" Lena asked with amusement.
"Lena, you remember that! Yes, yes, I cursed! Golly, I said the f word! I said the f word!" Kara said, jumping in the air, briefly hovering in the air, and then returning to the ground.
"Lena, I know we were interrupting. As your doctor, I won't let you out just yet, but how about the four of us resume our double date. I have vodka!" Alex said, lifting a bottle of vodka.
Maggie brought three chairs and put them next to Lena's bed. Kara ignored her chair, she sat on Lena's bed, smiling, as Lena gently rested her head on Kara's shoulder. The four of them would continue their double date. Kara smiled.