Karen sat on the familiar chair, talking to Kelly. She was nice; today Karen discussed how she was starting her superhero career as Astrogirl.
"Astrogirl, you named yourself after your mother General Astra?" Kelly asked. Karen nodded.
"Mama did some bad things, but I talked to her; she is so proud of me. She approved of my choices," said Karen, smiling. She discussed how she liked to spend time with her two friends. Kelly asked her some questions.
When the session was over, Kelly stood up from her chair. "Kara should be back," said Kelly, walking towards the door, and opening it. Karen spotted Kara outside the door.
"Kara!" Kelly flew to Kara, and hugged her. Karen loved her cousin, she loved her entire family. Kara was strong, so strong. She wished to be so fearless and strong like cousin Kara one day.
"Kara, Karen has been doing well. She still hurts about what Lillian Luthor has done, but I think your cousin is doing better now," said Kelly.
"Kelly helped me a lot," said Karen. "She is nice. Kara, Kara, I now we will have a game night soon, can Kelly come too?"
Kara looked at Kelly. "What is a game night?" Kelly asked.
"Oh, it's a time when we get together, and play various games. Sometimes we play monopoly, never have I ever, charades … we play many different games," said Kara.
"Come, come, you made me happier, I want you to be happy too," said Karen.
"James will be there," said Kara.
"Jimmy, I haven't talked to him in a while. Sure, I will come. Kara Danvers, I am looking forward to meet your friends," said Kelly.
"Be ready for Kara and Aunt Lena to do much kissy-kissy," said Karen, giggling. Lena was such a nice woman, so caring, so kind. Karen wished that Lena would become a Kryptonian like her; Lena made her cousin Kara so happy!
"See you two at the game night, I will text you about the place and time," said Kara, taking Karen's hand, waving to Kelly, and leaving the office.
Lillian sat at her desk in a poorly lit warehouse. Soon Cadmus would achieve greatness, and deal a heavy blow to the aliens of the National City. She saw that Jeremiah and Oscar approached her.
"What's the status on project Exodus?" Lillian asked. Soon the aliens would be on the other side of the galaxy.
"We are almost ready to send the aliens away. The ship should be departing tonight," said Jeremiah.
"Good, very good. Our agents will continue capturing aliens across the National City, soon they will all be gone. Soon, the planet would be left for only humans to live on," said Lillian, smiling.
"Yes, Lillian. Project Exodus will be successful," said Jeremiah, nodding.
"What about me? I am glad we are sending all these aliens, but I want my girl, my poor daughter to become human! And you better find her treatment against her wicked desires! My baby girl, my Margarita is confused and charmed by this Alex Danvers. Turn her human and make her realize she actually likes men!" Oscar said.
"Mister Rodas, yes, Maggie should become a human, but her love life – she loves Alex. She likes women, there is nothing wrong with that," said Jeremiah. Oscar cursed, grabbed Jeremiah, and lifted him above ground with his right hand.
"Don't tempt me, pathetic man. It is your daughter who seduced my poor and confused daughter. It is your daughter who turned and charmed my daughter into being a Kryptonian … a Kryptonian lesbian. You are not the one to talk. Careful, or I will end you. Alex Danvers will pay, and if you try to do anything, Danvers, so will you," said Oscar with anger.
"I would rather die than have my daughter be endangered," said Jeremiah.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, we will deal with Kryptonians, but for now, don't forget our mission," said Lillian, as Oscar threw Jeremiah several meters away from them.
"Lillian, I am glad that our plan is almost ready for execution, but … I can't wait. I need some air, I need to think what we should do with Kryptonians. I will let you know what I come up with," said Oscar, walking towards the door, grabbing it, and slamming it.
Jeremiah stood up and approached Lillian. "Oscar is a lunatic, why is he working with us?" Jeremiah asked.
"I agree, he is a lunatic. Don't worry, Doctor Danvers, Oscar is an idiot, but he is still a useful asset for Cadmus. He will play his part. If he steps out of the line, I can easily end his life," said Lillian, smirking. Oscar truly was an idiot, but him being Metallo allowed him to fight the bothersome Kryptonians. Perhaps Lillian needed to look up into body modifications and enhancements for herself. She wanted to be even more powerful than Hank; Cyborg Superman was strong, but she wanted to be stronger. Lillian would delight herself if she could lift Supergirl off the ground and be able to crush her neck with her bare arms. Yes, Lillian would look into becoming stronger.
Kara, Alex, Lena, Maggie, and Hank stood around the DEO table; in background yet another report of people kidnapping aliens of National City appeared. Karen, Carter, and Ruby were playing a videogame in a small conference room at the DEO.
"Cadmus is kidnapping more and more aliens; I wonder what are they planning. Cadmus never been so bold," said Hank.
"I scanned the DEO data, and found that Jeremiah Danvers," said Lena, looking at Alex, before looking back at Hank. "Jeremiah Danvers, he stole the alien registry."
"They have the information about all the aliens!" Kara exclaimed. Jeremiah, what has he done? Why did Cadmus, why did Lillian want to have the alien registry?
"We need to find out where Cadmus is taking the aliens to. There are several options on what they hope to achieve, some way more disturbing than the others," said Alex. Cadmus hated aliens, but surely Jeremiah would stop Lillian from killing all the captured aliens? She couldn't be that wicked.
"Agreed. We need to find more information," said Hank.
"We need to split up and investigate. I will patrol the city as Detective Sawyer, and see if I can find any Cadmus agents kidnapping aliens, so I could interrogate them," said Maggie.
"We need to warn all other aliens about the kidnappings. I … I need to go, I need to get to CatCo and tell Snapper to run the story," said Kara.
"I will check L Corp data; mother might have left clues as to where she is taking the aliens. She has used a warehouse that L Corp owned before; she could be desperate to use another L Corp facility," said Lena.
"I am going to check with M'gann. She might have heard something," said Hank.
The group dispersed. Kara flew to CatCo; entering through the window, she climbed in, and changed to her normal clothes. She rushed to tell Cat what she learned. Arriving at Cat's office, she saw that Cat and Lois were standing at the table, arguing, as Clark sat at the desk, with palms of his hands on his face.
Arguing? They needed to stop. "Cat, Lois, stop this. There is an emergency," said Kara, walking confidently into the office. She saw that three people looked at her. Cat and Lois instantly stopped bickering.
"What happened Kara?" Clark asked.
"I learned that Cadmus kidnapped a lot of aliens, and keeps kidnapping more. We need to run a special report to warn the alien population of the National City about the danger to their lives. Okay, so here is what we will do. Lois, you will do some investigating journalism, find more about Cadmus, gather information and evidence about Cadmus, and their latest machinations. Cat, Clark, while Lois is doing her investigations, you two work on the article. Clark, you will have a double duty of staying at CatCo to defend aliens against possible Cadmus involvement. Cat, let the aliens in the special news report know to come to CatCo; if they come here, Clark could defend them against Cadmus easily, and I and my friends will be able to come quickly to help," said Kara.
"Brazen, Kara," said Cat. Cat said her name correctly!
"I just … we need to protect people, and I can't have people argue. Get to work, I need to speak with Lena," said Kara, walking away. She was still amazed that she made Cat of all people to listen to her. Kara just wanted to protect people. Kara approached the window, quickly changed, and flew to speak with Lena. Her girlfriend might have found something.
Kara arrived on Lena's balcony. "Lena!" Kara said.
"Hi, Kara. I have examined various facilities which Lillian might have used. Mother is better at hiding her tracks now," said Lena. Her lovely angel was so smart.
"We will figure it out. Can we sit on the couch for a few minutes? I missed you," said Kara. She desperately craved Lena's physical touch.
"Of course, Kara," said Lena, standing up, and walking towards the couch, sitting on it. Kara flew to it and sat next to Lena, putting her hand around Lena's neck. The two women sat in silence. Lena's heartbeat was calm.
Maggie flew through the city in her Powercop suit. Having protected people in her Powercop persona, she preferred to wear her superhero costume; she liked travelling faster and cover larger distances in a shorter period of time. Maggie was glad that the entire Kryptonian family was in the city, they could help out. For now, Maggie needed to find a lead.
Maggie kept flying. She spotted two men wearing heavy armor exit the vehicle, run inside a store, and grab an alien, Brian Maggie thought. As the two men dragged Brian outside the store, Maggie landed on the ground and calmly walked towards them and stood between the men and the car.
"Step away, and we won't have to cause a scene," said one of the men in the heavy armor.
"No," said Maggie, restraining her strength, using only a very small portion of it. She pushed one of the Cadmus agents on the ground, and then lifted the other in the air. "Brian, get inside, and call police."
Brian ran away. Maggie looked at the agent she held in the air. The other Cadmus agent stood up and threw a punch at Maggie's back. He screamed in pain. "Talk. What is Cadmus planning?" Maggie asked.
"I will never talk," said the agent that Maggie held in the air.
"Talk," said Maggie. Her eyes turned red. "I will not ask another time."
It worked. Of course it did. "Don't hurt me, I am just doing what I am told! We are capturing aliens to remove them from the city. Don't hurt me lady," said the man, wiggling his legs in the air.
"Where are you taking them?" Maggie asked.
"She will hurt us –"
"Where are you taking them?" Maggie's eyes glowed redder. The Cadmus agent cried, and began talking. He talked so much! Exodus? The ship? Forceful removal? Maggie's eyes returned to normal; once she was satisfied, she threw the man on the ground, tore a portion of the car, and used it to tie the men together, so they wouldn't be able to escape. She also poked holes in two tires, making them flat, so that the men wouldn't escape easily. Maggie left the two men for police to arrest; she rose in the air, and flew to the DEO.
Ten minutes later, Kara stood at the DEO table; having received a text from Maggie, she lifted Lena, and flew her to the DEO. She saw Alex, Maggie, Lois … Lois? Kara smiled, she liked her, sometimes Kara imagined being a reporter like Clark or Lois, but she liked her current authority. She liked tinkering with various technology devices, and leading meetings at CatCo. The company has been improving its productivity ever since she began taking a more managerial role at CatCo. Cat, she would miss Cat; Kara would need to adjust being the sole person responsible for running CatCo.
"Maggie, you said you found something?" Kara asked.
"Yes," said Maggie, telling everyone what she learned from the Cadmus agents, including the location. "We are in luck, the removal is scheduled for this evening."
"We need to be careful, they likely have hostages at that facility. I am going to check it out. Maggie, can you patrol the city in case Cadmus managed to capture more aliens?" Alex asked. Maggie nodded.
"I am going to let Clark and Cat know about what we learned. I am going to meet up with you Alex, I want to find evidence to incriminate Cadmus," said Lois.
"I am going to stand by; Cadmus might release the ship early. I will speak with Cat first," said Kara, rising in the air. She lifted Lois and flew her to CatCo; Kara knew that Lois could fly herself, but Lois was wearing her normal clothing. She already took a risk flying to the DEO without a suit; Kara didn't want to risk Lois' revealing Lois' identity. She should really get a suit.
Kara and Lois arrived at CatCo. Kara didn't bother changing into her normal clothes; instead she followed Lois into CatCo's office.
"I think we are almost ready to make this report," said Cat. Kara and Lois told her what Maggie found. "Alright, hold the camera, I will interview Supergirl. Let's give this warning to other aliens of the National City."
Kara sat in Cat's seat and looked at the camera. She began speaking, giving everyone a warning of what Cadmus was doing, and for the aliens to come to CatCo.
Karen looked at Carter and Ruby. "Guys, let's check this out. Let's find this ship, and rescue people from it," said Karen.
"I don't know, Karen," said Carter.
"This should be fun. But let's be careful. If Carter and I are coming, let's be sneaky and not fight others," said Ruby.
"Let's do this," said Karen. The three friends walked towards a balcony at the DEO, and when nobody was looking, Karen took Carter and Ruby into each hand, and flew them to the location of the spaceship.
Karen landed next to a very large spaceship stationed near harbor. Cadmus agents could be anywhere. That was okay, they would just be sneaky.
"Let's check it out. We should have plenty of time to search and rescue people from the ship before launch," said Karen, as the three of them cautiously walked towards the ship, occasionally hiding in the shadows not to draw attention to them. Once, they saw a Cadmus agent patrolling the area; Karen grabbed her two friends and flew to hide behind a large box, patiently waiting for the Cadmus agent to walk away.
"Come on, shoo, shoo," said Ruby. The bad man took his time to scout the area. Finally, Karen saw him walk away, and enter a building.
"Let's go," said Karen, as three friends ran into the open door of the ship. It was a large ship. "I … I am not sure where to go."
"Let's to find prisoners," said Ruby, as the three of them walked through barely lit corridor.
"We should check the cockpit first; hopefully there is a detailed map of the entire ship in there," said Carter.
"Yea, let's check that first," said Ruby. They moved slowly through the dark corridors, occasionally stopping when they heard noises, hiding in the dark corners in the corridors, waiting until Cadmus agents passed them by.
Alex landed outside the Cadmus facility, wearing her Powergirl costume. She was wearing an extra belt with several pockets attached to the belt. This was it, she would take down Cadmus. She would rescue her father. Alex saw Lois land next to her; this time Lois was wearing a black DEO suit. Not bad, but she should really get a costume of her own.
"Hey Lois," said Alex.
"Alex, I want to get as much evidence as possible to put Cadmus behind bars," said Lois, showing her phone. "I plan to record as much as possible here, to expose Cadmus operations even more. Kara is making a report on warning aliens about Cadmus, but I want more info."
"Okay, but we need to take precautions. We need to find Lillian, and put an end to Cadmus operations," said Alex. Lois nodded, and the two women approached the building, slowly opening the door and sneaking inside.
Fifteen minutes later, Alex and Lois, after sneaking around various corridors and smaller rooms, arrived into a large hall that had a lot of miliary equipment; Alex saw numerous boxes. Many Cadmus agents patrolled the area. Perfect, Lillian must be nearby.
Alex spotted a TV screen that showed the latest CatCo report. There, Kara was in her Supergirl costume, giving a warning to all the aliens of the National City. Go Kara! Alex couldn't wait for her sister to join her.
"Damn it, Supergirl, we must accelerate our plans," said Lillian. Lillian. Good. Alex heard her voice; the two women kept sneaking, walking towards where Alex heard Lillian speak.
"Lillian Luthor, it's all over. You failed," said Alex, walking towards where Lillian stood by several computers. She saw her father sit at a computer desk. "Dad!"
"Ah, Director Danvers came to take me in," said Lillian, smirking. "Admirable. Alex Danvers, you are determined, you have a killer instinct, you are a strong woman. You should have been my daughter, not my coward Lena."
"Your operation, Cadmus, it's all over," said Alex.
Lillian chuckled. "I don't think so," said Lillian, shaking her head. "Even a Kryptonian wouldn't be able to stop this. I see you brought a friend, hello Lois."
"I have plenty of evidence to destroy you," said Lois, showing her phone to Lillian.
"It appears so, but would you do it?" Lillian asked, grinning.
"Let my father go!" Alex screamed.
"No. I like having a Danvers at my side; Danvers have great brains. It would be only perfect if you joined me, Alex Danvers. Come, work for me, you can spend time with your father," said Lillian.
"Surrender," said Lois.
"I don't think so," said Lillian. A man approached them. Wait, what was General Lane doing there?
"Dad?" Lois asked.
"Hello Lois. I see you are still working with that alien pet husband of yours. A pity. You are a smart woman, Lois. You shouldn't work with Kryptonians," said General Lane.
"Why is he here?" Alex asked, looking at Lillian, then looking at General Lane. "Why are you here?"
"Isn't it clear? He is working with me," said Lillian, smirking again. Lillian and her smirks, Alex hated them so much.
"Dad? I know you never approved of Clark, but Cadmus? Dad!" Cried Lois, as tears escaped her eyes.
"I see you are much weaker than I remember, hysterical girl," said General Lane.
Alex's eyes turned red. "How could you do this to your own family?" Alex asked.
"I haven't done anything, Lois is a stupid woman for choosing aliens over humans. I will have my Lois back. For now, you both will see the marvel of Cadmus engineering. The ship is going to remove all these aliens from this planet," said General Lane.
Alex noticed Lillian holding a switch. "Ah uh, nope, Director Danvers, if you take one more step, I will remotely activate the ship; it will take off and remove all these … aliens from this planet," said Lillian.
Alex looked at her father. "Dad, dad! You can't work for her. Choose, you know Lillian is wrong!" Alex screamed.
Jeremiah sighed. "Alex –"
"Jeremiah, if I were you, I would be very careful. Get back to work, or I will go to war with your family," said Lillian.
"Dad, it's not too late to choose what's right," said Alex.
"Jeremiah!" Lillian said.
"While I appreciate the sentimental nature of this family reunion, I can see hesitancy in your voice, Jeremiah. It's time for you to go," said General Lane, pointing his gun at him.
"Dad, no," Lois cried, flying and tacking her father on the ground. Several Cadmus agents instantly fired Kryptonite bullets at her; Lois managed to dodge, rising in the air.
"It seems it's time to accelerate my plans," said Lillian, pressing the button. Alex heard the engines turn on. No.
Alex rose in the air, and flew quickly towards the ship. She saw the door closing, and managed to get in before it closed. Lillian was such an ass. Alex hoped that Kara and others would be there; the ship taking off would make so much noise that any Kryptonian in the area would surely notice it. Meanwhile, Alex would need to free the prisoners.
As Alex was running through the corridors, she spotted several cages holding aliens behind bars.
"Powergirl!"
"Save us!"
She would save them; Alex needed to get to the cockpit to try to turn off the ship. She flew quickly through the entire plane, arriving in the control room; okay, this was good, wait, kids? Karen? Ruby? Carter? Why were they here?
"Cousin Alex!" Karen shouted in happiness, waving her hand. "This ship is taking off! Help!"
"Kids, what are you doing here? Nevermind, let's see if we can stop the engines," said Alex, jumping in the main pilot's seat. She debated whether she should destroy the controls, but any miscalculation, destroying the wrong equipment could make the ship explode. No, Alex needed to safely turn the ship off without damaging it.
The ship was rapidly gaining height. It was still flying relatively slowly. Alex looked at the control panel. T minus three minutes. She had only three minutes before the ship would disappear, flying to another part of the universe. Alex had to hurry.
"Kara!" Karen said, pointing at Kara, who hovered outside of the ship. And she wasn't alone! Alex saw Kara, Maggie, Clark, and Lois at the window.
"Kara," said Alex, smiling, putting her hand on the window. Kara extended her hand, the palm of her hand touching the window on the opposite side of the window; only the glass stood in the way of the two sisters touching the other's hand.
"Alex, everything will be alright," said Kara, as the ship began to accelerate.
Alex looked at the kids. "Karen, take Carter and Ruby deep into the ship. Go, free people from the cages. I will help Kara and others," said Alex. Karen nodded, taking her friends into her hands, and flying deeper into the ship.
Alex threw a punch at the window, smashing a large hole in the cockpit. She flew out, and hovered in front of the ship next to Kara. Kara, she was with her sister, they would stop this ship.
Five people pushed the ship back. At first, it kept moving, but the force the five Kryptonians exerted at the ship eventually produced enough impact to push it back; the engines shattered, and Alex and others began to push the ship back to the surface, landing it several minutes later safely on the ground. They flew to the ship's main door, forcefully detaching it from the ship. Alex saw Karen standing in front of her friends and alien hostages at the door. They were safe!
Alex flew back to the Cadmus facility, but Lillian, Jeremiah, and General Lane were long gone. Several Cadmus agents remained; they spotted the Kryptonians, and opened fire.
That evening, Kara stood with her friends and family in the DEO's lobby, watching more reports from CatCo. The first special report featured Cat Grant.
"People of the National City. Cadmus has done many terrible things, but they now resorted to separating kids from their families. I won't disclose the identities of the kids that ended up on the ship that Supergirl and her allies stopped. Cadmus, this was a new low, even for you. You endangered kids. Lillian Luthor, let it be clear, I despise you. The day you end up behind bars I will celebrate," said Cat, providing a few more details of what she learned. Kids, Cat probably hated Lillian for endangering the life of her son. Speaking of kids, she needed to speak with Karen and her friends; Kara liked their determination in wanting to help, but this venture was too risky. They needed to work together; Kara couldn't lose any more of her family.
Kara looked at the screen. Cat ended her special report, and now Kara saw Lois speaking. "Cadmus is a terrible organization. Like Cat said earlier, Lillian, you should be behind bars. I gathered enough evidence to send to the police. However, I am here to make a statement," said Lois. An image of General Lane appeared with a gun in hand. "My father, General Lane is working with Lillian Luthor. I thought he was just a xenophobe and racist, but now I have proof of him working with Cadmus. Dad, if you can hear me, you will pay for this. You betrayed your family! Screw you father! The next time I see you, I hope to see you in prison."
Golly, Cat and Lois got a lot done. Good, Kara was so tired with dealing with Cadmus; she would enjoy her life once Cadmus would be no more. She imagined celebrating with her friends and family. Perhaps she could treat Lena to a night of absolute delight.
Lillian stood in an underground bunker, outside of the National City. General Lane and Cyborg Supermen stood next to her. "Our main plan has failed," said Lillian.
"I cannot believe that Lois betrayed us! She .. the Kryptonians will pay! Lois will become a human!" General Lane said with anger.
"Yes," said Lillian. "We suffered a setback. Not to worry, we might have failed project Exodus, but this just means that project Medusa has just started. We will eradicate all the aliens on this planet; I will just need Kryptonian blood. Imagine, Supergirl's own family would provide us with the means to stop all aliens."
"If your use of Myriad is successful on your traitor of a daughter, I will gladly use it on Lucy, and wait for you to develop a serum to turn Lois back to human, so I would use Myriad on Lois as well. If my girls won't join me willingly, they would work for me without having a will of their own," said General Lane.
"In all due time, now we need to prepare to get access to Medusa, and then destroy aliens on this planet. From Lex's notes, he discovered about Medusa shortly before Superman took him down; Medusa should be ineffective against Kryptonians. But not to worry, while I control Lena, I would find a way to use Kryptonite to kill Kara Zor El," said Lillian. General Lane chuckled.
Alex returned from work, and stepped into her apartment. Maggie should be home soon; Maggie texted Alex about her dealing with some police business. While Lillian and General Lane escaped, the police managed to capture quite a few Cadmus rank in file agents.
Alex stepped inside her apartment. She approached her fridge. "Hello witch Danvers," said Oscar, shooting a Kryptonite dart at her neck. Alex tried to take a step, but fell; closing her eyes, as Oscar was laughing.