Lillian and Henshaw were behind bars; Morgan Edge had been arrested. Kara remembered General Lane being still at large; once they would take him down, Cadmus would end. Kara stood next to Alex; Lena and Maggie flew to grab some pizza. Hank was chatting to Astra, Jeremiah, and Eliza. It was quiet … a perfect time to talk to Alex.
"Hey Alex," said Kara; Alex put her tablet on the table. "So, I was thinking. We almost defeated Cadmus, almost all our enemies are behind bars. Soon, we will have a peaceful time. Alex, I love Lena, so, so much. I want to propose … let us both propose to our girlfriends once we defeat Cadmus."
Alex didn't say anything. She smiled, nodding in agreement. Yes! Soon Lena and Maggie would officially be their family. Speaking of Lena and Maggie, Kara saw the two women arrive in the DEO, carrying ten large pizzas.
"Who ordered kale pizza?" Lena asked, putting five of the pizzas on the table.
"Eww," said Kara.
"No fun times tonight," said Lena.
"Lena!"
"Why do you discuss these things, no, I am a good person, please –"
"Be glad that Lena hasn't suggested to Kara to toss salad," said Maggie, as Alex glared at her.
"Seriously though, do we have any other pizza but kale?" Kara asked.
"As a matter of fact, I ordered three pepperoni pizzas," said Maggie, opening one of her boxes. Yum, Kara would eat a pepperoni pizza. She still couldn't believe Lena tried to order pizzas with as much green poison as she could … kale was only marginally better than kryptonite. Kara had to introduce Lena to other types of pizza.
Kara took a pizza slice, ready to eat. As she opened her mouth, she heard some object flying to them. Was Clark or Lois vising them? Strange, the incoming object didn't resemble Clark or Lois; wait a second, a grey missile was flying towards them? What the?
Kara flew out of the DEO, flying towards the missile. She had to stop it. As Kara flew towards the missile, she spotted green glow on the missile's surface. Oh no. Kara changed direction, flying back to the DEO, landing on the table, sending several pizza boxes on the floor.
"Incoming!" Kara shouted, turning to the open window, seeing the missile get closer and closer. "It has Kryptonite!"
Several DEO agents ran to the balcony, and started shooting at the missile; they were unsuccessful. The missile collided with the building, producing an explosion; green smoke began to spread across the building. The explosion itself caused several walls to collapse, starting a chain reaction.
"Get to safety!" Kara screamed; the Kryptonians and Hank scattered, helping numerous DEO agents escape collapsing rocks.
Kara wasn't sure how much time passed; she heard screaming; numerous DEO's rooms were now full of Kryptonite dust. More and more walls collapsed.
Kara and others stood on the DEO's ruins; people separated amidst the chaos. Kara couldn't find Astra. Cadmus; apparently General Lane decided to finally strike. Kara needed to find him, but first, they needed to find a safer place to meet at. Kara sighed, looking at the DEO ruins; she spent so many months at the building; how could General Lane strike a government building?
"The DEO is gone," said Alex, staring at the ruins with wide open eyes and mouth. Alex hasn't said another word as she kept staring at the ruins.
"Director, you have to leave the city; we will scatter around the city, and reunite once you figure out how to stop this madness," said agent Vasquez.
"Susan is right. While Kryptonite hasn't penetrated the entire building, it seems spreading. We need to leave," said Lena.
"Agreed, but where should we meet? Even we don't count for all the DEO agents, we still will require a large area to regroup," said Hank.
"We can go to the Luthor Estate," said Lena.
"You family house?" Kara asked. The place definitely was large enough.
"Yes. We need to figure out what Cadmus is planning; we have to get to safety," said Lena.
Kara saw several explosions in the city; green glow appeared. Lena was right, they had to leave. Kara grabbed her phone, texting Clark.
"Alright, so here is what we will do. We need to get everyone out of the city; Maggie, get James, Lucy, and Kelly. They should be eating lunch in Noonan's. Lena, come with me; we will get Cat, Sam, Jess, Winn, and the kids. Karen can help. Alex, get your parents.
"I will find M'gann; we will arrive at Luthor estate," said Hank.
"Alright. I will call Clark. I will see you all at the estate," said Kara. They had to get everyone out. People rose in the air. Kara saw Susan waving to her, as the DEO agents scattered across the city.
Kara and Lena flew to L Corp; Kara remembered Lena telling her that Sam and Cat had a meeting; Jess was helping, with Winn wanting to update the gaming computers that now stood in Lena's office for the time the kids visited the office. Gertrude and Karlena were peacefully sleeping on a sofa's pillow.
Kara and Lena arrived. "We saw explosions, is everyone okay?" Sam asked.
"Yes. Cadmus has attacked the city; we need to get out," said Kara. "Lena, take Sam and Jess. I will take Cat and Sam. Karen, please take Ruby and Carter."
The three Kryptonians lifted six people; Cat took Karlena in her arms, while Sam took Gertude. Kara, Lena, and Karen then flew away from L Corp. Winn closed his eyes, while Cat was screaming, as Kara flew quickly to her destination. They had to get out; what has General Lane had planned?
Thirty minutes later, those thirty minutes were long. Thirty minutes after Cadmus attacked them, everyone finally arrived safely the Luthor estate. While Kara and the others could have taken a shorter route, they all deliberately flew around, before finally ending at the estate. Even if Cadmus eventually were to figure out where Kara and her friends and family went, Kara hoped they could at least have an evening to regroup, and come up with a plan. Kara would be celebrating if she met all these people in a less stressful environment; but now they had to figure out how to stop Cadmus for good.
Kara looked at the huge house that still felt as if it stretched for several hundreds of meters in both directions. Lena walked to the door, putting the code. "Welcome Lena Luthor," said the voice, opening the door. Lena looked inside, hesitating to enter. She looked back at Kara, who smiled.
Lena took a deep breath, turning around, and walking through the doors. Everyone else followed her. Once the last person entered, Kara closed the door, and Lena locked the premises. She then pressed a button on a wall; the windows darkened. Lena then pressed another button; every room now illuminated light.
"Noone would suspect people using the estate; any person outside would still see the estate consumed by darkness," said Lena. This certainly should give them more time to figure everything out.
So many people stood in the lobby; golly, Kara saw all her friends. "Hey Kara," said Clark, approaching her. Lois went to speak with her sister, who was standing next to James.
"Clark, thank you for coming," said Kara. "Cadmus has crossed the line. We need to stop Cadmus for good."
"I completely agree, Kara. Cadmus won't know what hit them; we will stop Cadmus, and we will do it together," said Clark.
Kara smiled. "Stronger together," said Kara.
"Yes. Cadmus is going down. The House of El will finally put an end to these maniacs," said Clark. Lena tensed. Oh, Lena, it wasn't her fault. Clark looked at Lena. "Lena, the House of El will stop Cadmus; the House of El includes you."
A tear escaped Kara's eye. Yes, Clark apologized to Lena during the heat of the battle when Lena was afflicted with Red Kryptonite, but in such a more … relaxing environment, it felt … different. Kara had no doubt that Clark finally accepted Lena. Kara hated seeing her cousin being suspicious of Lena before; it warmed her heart that Clark accepted Lena. If only the House of El and the Luthors would end their feud.
Kara looked at Lena, and then at Cat. A lightbulb lit in her head, but this idea had to wait. For now, all of them had to prepare for the upcoming battle; Kara needed to spar with Lena. Kara needed to work with others on creating some tech to see what they were dealing with. Lois needed a suit; Kara needed to discuss how to improve their suits against at least low levels of Kryptonite.
Kara clapped her hands. "If I may get everyone's attention," said Kara, as everyone looked at her. "Today, Cadmus made their fatal mistake. It might seem hopeless; I mean, we are all standing in an almost abandoned house, currently on the run. But don't despair, we will prevail. Cadmus crossed the line; they have menaced all of us for months. But we will defeat them! Let us all prepare for the upcoming final battle with Cadmus. We protect ourselves, we will gather intel, and we will reclaim the National City, defeating Cadmus for good," said Kara, rising in the air.
"Go Kara," Alex screamed, everyone smiling at her. Cadmus might have driven them all away, but they were here, they were a group of friends, a family. And they would stand stronger together, defeating Cadmus. If only Astra was with them; Kara hoped that her aunt was safe.
"Alright, Kryptonians please follow me; we will spar in the basement. James, if you could spar with Lucy, Kelly, Sam, Winn, and Jess," said Kara.
"I will spar with M'gann," said Hank. Kara nodded.
"We will look after the kids, and think how we gain an advantage over Cadmus," said Eliza.
"Sounds good. Karen, please come with me. I don't want you to engage any heavy hitters solo, but it would be a good idea for you to spar with us," said Kara. Karen flew towards Kara, put her hands around Kara, and smiled. If only Astra was here, they would truly be one large family.
The group split, going to different rooms. James stayed in the lobby with his group. Cat lead Jeremiah, Eliza, Ruby, and Carter to a room nearby, sitting at a table in what seemed to be Lillian's old office. Hank and Megan went to a spare bedroom to spar. Krypto was wiggling his tail, flying around Karlena and Gertrude in the lobby, as the cat and dog watched the Kryptonian dog playing.
The Kryptonians went to the basement. Kara stretched, taking a defensive stance, putting her right foot forward, and forming fists. "Come at me, Lena," said Kara.
"Aww, honey, I am sure you want to," said Lena, biting her lip.
"No way, you two aren't sparring; we need to actually spar not engage in foreplay," said Alex, shaking her head. "Lena, you are with me. I am going to kick your ass."
"Challenge accepted," said Lena, charging at Alex. Kara laughed.
"I always wanted to see what Superman was made of," said Maggie, flying at Clark. Kara looked at Lois and went to spar with her; the two began to exchange punches.
The six adult Kryptonians continued to sparring, occasionally changing the person they were fighting. After sparring with Lois, Kara approached Karen, and sparred with cousin. Unlike others, Kara went easier on Karen. She wanted to teach her cousin how to better protect herself, but unlike the others, Karen was still ten. Yes, Karen was a Kryptonian, but she was much smaller than her.
"Alright, go Karen," said Kara. Karen rose in the air, flew at Kara, and pushed Kara on the floor. Kara laughed, standing up, and starting to spar with her.
Astra climbed away from numerous rocks that seemed to be everywhere. Normally she wouldn't struggle in escaping from any sort of cave in or collapsing buildings, but there was so much kryptonite in the area; Astra wasn't wearing her protective suit. She had no idea where everyone else was at the moment; Astra needed to find her family.
Astra saw one of her Kryptonian fellow Fort Rozz prisoners appear in the air. "General Astra, this Cadmus has gone too far. The humans and their allies might have killed Non and captured you, but now we have a chance to reclaim our rightful place in this world. General Astra, Myriad might have failed, but we still have numbers. We … our forces have been scattered ever since Supergirl has deactivated Myriad, but now with the DEO being destroyed, with Cadmus ready to kill all aliens, we have an opportunity to strike back. General Astra, you only need to give an order. We will stand by you. We will annihilate Cadmus, and bring prosperity to this world," said the man.
Astra worked so hard to save Krypton. Her sister, Alura, she betrayed her. Astra found Earth, she wanted to save the planet from the Krypton's fate. Her family … Astra has grown so close with them. She was a soldier, yes, Astra was a soldier. The DEO was in ruins, Cadmus was trying to take over. Astra sighed, Karen would understand. Kara would understand. The world needed someone, the world needed her. Astra would defeat Cadmus once and for all. She would show the world that under her guidance, they would escape Krypton's fate, Myriad or not. She would remove her only weakness, Astra would reluctantly take over this world; she would save this planet.
"Do it. Alert everyone in Fort Rozz that it's time. It's time for us to take over this planet, and to save it from otherwise inevitable destruction," said Astra.
A tear escaped her eye. Her family would have to understand; she hoped her family would forgive her. But she had to do it. Astra rose in the air, flying to Fort Rozz, with the soldier flying back as well. She would assemble her forces; Cadmus would perish, and Astra would reluctantly take over this planet. She just wished her family would understand. She was a general, Astra was one of the leaders of the Military Guild of Krypton. She was a strong woman, she would sacrifice her own happiness to save the planet.
Lillian sat in her cell, reading a book. Damn those Kryptonians. She turned the page of her book, hearing someone punching the wall to her cell. Punching? Lillian turned her head, noticing General Lane standing outside of her cell. He was wearing a Luthor armored suit. "Lillian, the DEO is destroyed. We don't know how many people have perished yet; we haven't seen any signs of Kryptonians," said General Lane, as Lillian stood up, and walked to the hole in the wall.
"Splendid, General. We will show people of this world that Luthors mean business. We will show this world that Kryptonians are a menace. Soon humans would retake their rightful place as rulers of this planet," said Lillian. General Lane smiled, lifting Lillian off the ground, and flying her to L Corp.
When they arrived, Lillian put her feet on the floor of Lena's office. She confidently and proudly walked towards Lena's desk, sitting at Lena's chair, putting her feet on the desk.
"Our Metallo and Tornado projects are completed. We have created several mecha suits. We are armed to the teeth with kryptonite. Lillian Luthor, we've won," said General Lane.
"Yes, General Lane, yes, you are right. The city is finally ours, and soon the world," said Lillian, laughing. She would personally end Kara Zor El and her family; she hoped Lena would come to her senses. Lillian began thinking about all the ways she could stop Kryptonians. Soon, the Kryptonians would be dead. Soon, she would show the entire world that she was a true Luthor. She would rule the planet; Lillian smiled, thinking how she would be the new CEO of L Corp. All the things she could do with the company's resources.
Kara and others finished sparring. Karen flew upstairs; she wanted to talk to her friends, leaving six people in the basement. "That was a good practice," said Alex.
"Yeah. I like this place; I wouldn't mind going to the sauna. Cadmus awaits, we need to figure out exactly what we are dealing with," said Kara, walking upstairs. She called Lena, Winn, and Carter; while she could probably assemble things she wanted to create, it would be easier for her to work with others. Alex and Maggie went to check the wine room, while Clark and Lois went to speak with their friends.
"Kara, why are we making this giant box thing?" Winn asked, standing around a table in a room that was located next to the kitchen.
"I want to know exactly what we are dealing with. Advanced 3D dimensional map of the National City would allow us to learn about where Cadmus is located," said Kara.
"We could make this 3D map able to zoom in, showing us in detail the movements of people in the city. It probably wouldn't allow us to see who is hiding in which building, but we would be able to tell where Cadmus was travelling," said Lena.
"Exactly," said Kara, smiling. While she sometimes had to explain her scientific ideas to others, Lena always managed to quickly catch up with what she was suggesting; Lena might not have had Kryptonian education and knowledge, but she brilliant mind understood what Kara wanted. The four began constructing the digital table map.
Several hours later, Kara stood up, stretching. The table they created showed a 3D map of the National City. "Hey Kara, what are you making, oh cool, you made a replica of the National City," said Alex, entering the room.
"Watch this," said Kara, approaching the electronic table. She touched a portion of the city hologram on the table, and moved her hands apart. The images changed, showing a zoomed in city district of the National City instead.
"Amazing," said Alex. Kara zoomed in a few more times. "Oh look, L Corp building," said Kara.
"Why are there small images of people hovering outside of my balcony?" Lena asked. She leaned in, seeing a small image of a woman standing on the balcony. "Mother!"
Lillian had escaped. What could stop her?
"Lillian took over L Corp building, not good. At least we know where she is. Hmm," said Alex, examining L Corp building. "The building is heavily fortified, we would have to go through a lot of enemy forces before we get to Lillian."
Kara saw a large and familiar structure appear in the hologram of the city. Fort Rozz just landed outside the City, parking on an empty land. But Non was dead. No, Kara had to be wrong. No. Kara took a few steps where Fort Rozz image appeared on the table, zooming the hologram a few times. A tear escaped eye. She saw Astra, her Aunt Astra was hovering outside of Fort Rozz; several squads of Fort Rozz prisoners were flying around her. Aunt Astra, why? No, Kara refused to believe that her Aunt has forgotten about all the time they spent together … Kara just needed to talk to Aunt Astra. She would make Astra realize she was wrong.
"This complicates things. We need to call others," said Kara. Winn and Carter stayed in the room; Kara, Alex, and Lena flew away from the room, telling people to show up in the room with the map.
Five minutes later, everyone stood at the table. "Kara, what is this impressive 3D image?" Cat asked. Kara explained to everyone how this map worked.
"We wanted to examine what Cadmus was really up to. We learned that not only has Lillian returned, but also Astra," said Lena.
A tear escaped Karen's eye. "At least we know that Astra is safe. She, however, seemed to have rejoined the Fort Rozz prisoners. I believe we can talk to Astra; unfortunately, Astra's and Lillian's forces are about to clash. When we return, we will be heading into a war zone," said Alex.
"That's a lot of flying robots or people wearing advanced armor," said James, pointing at numerous small figures flying in the city.
"We need to be prepared. Winn, Carter, talk to Hank and Alex about protection from kryptonite. We need to come up with some shields as soon as we can, even if they would be temporary. There are way too many whatever these things are in the air, and knowing Lillian, they would all be armed with Kryptonite," said Kara. She then looked at Lena and Cat. "We, we need to talk."
Kara, Lena, and Cat walked to the adjacent empty room. Cat sat on the chair, while Kara and Lena remained standing.
"I thought you two geniuses knew a lot about the Kryptonite," said Cat.
"We do. I am actually unsure why Kara wanted us two to speak," said Lena.
"The world needs hope," said Kara.
"Kara Zor El, as much as I respect you, as much I know you mean well, how the hell will hope end the conflict between the forces of General Astra and Lillian Luthor?" Cat asked.
"Kara?" Lena asked.
"Hope," said Kara. "Look, hope itself cannot do anything, but if we show to people that hope exists, that friendship exists, we will prove them wrong."
"Kara, I love you, but how would a speech full of hope stop General Astra of the House of El and Lillian Luthor, oh," said Lena.
"Lena," said Kara, approaching Lena, and taking Lena's hand in her own. "Look Lena, you and I, we belong to feuding families. Aunt Astra is the misguided woman, wanting to conquer the world, hating the Luthors. And your adoptive mother Lillian –"
"She doesn't deserve being called Lena's adoptive mother," said Cat, smiling "Lena Kieran, my little Kiera."
"You are right. Lillian Luthor is a terrible parent. She is a Luthor, a member of family who hates aliens. And yet, look at us, Lena. We hail from feuding families, and yet, and yet we love one another," said Kara.
Kara saw Lena sending her heart eyes. "You are right, but I don't want to reveal to the world that we are together. We can't reveal to the world our superhero names," said Lena.
"You are right," said Kara. "But we don't have to. We love one another, but we are also friends. And while our loved ones know about our relationship, Supergirl and Lena Luthor are best friends."
"Of course," said Lena, smiling. "Cat, get ready a camera. We are going to make a recording. I will be right back, I need to change to something more … Lena Luthor appropriate."
Lena left the room. Lena, her Lena caught Kara's train of thought quickly. Lena was so smart. Astra and Lillian hated what the other represented; just like Clark and Lex felt the same. But Kara and Lena … they will show everyone, they will show that this feud between Supers and Luthors would come to the end. Cat stood up and left, looking for some camera equipment.
Lena returned, wearing a formal business suit. If they weren't preparing to end this war, Kara would have pushed Lena on the floor, and ruined her. Oh, how Kara wanted to ruin Lena. She would scream her name. Kara closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. The two of them would enjoy the victory when everything was over, for now, Kara had to focus on ending this feud. Kara opened her eyes, walking towards Lena.
Cat returned, bringing a camera. "I think this will do," said Cat.
"I agree," said Kara, looking at Lena. "Let's do this."
Lena smiled. "Stronger together," said Lena, as Cat began recording.
Thirty minutes later, Cat turned off the camera, finally making the recording the three of them approved. They returned to the room where Kara and others constructed a 3D hologram table map.
"Kara, I think we did it," said Winn, showing a small silver shield in his hands. "This device will attach to our uniforms, protecting you all from Kryptonite radiation. The shield should generate a small invisible energy shield that will block any Kryptonite radiation."
Winn gave the shield to Kara. She looked over the small silver strip of technology; Kara looked at her suit, attaching the shield on her right shoulder.
"I also designed something. Lois, check the box," said Winn. Lois raised an eyebrow, approaching the box, and opening it. She saw a suit. Winn smiled. Lois lifted the box, and walked away to an adjacent room to change.
"Guys, look what I found," said Alex, bring several military suits and a large suitcases. Alex dropped the suits on the floor. She put the suitcase, and opened it, revealing guns. "Luthors had a secret stash of armor and guns. We can use this."
Lena grinned. "Using my family's equipment against them. This sounds perfect, Alex," said Lena. Alex flew away, soon returning with more miliary suits and guns.
"Alright, let's do this. We will use this room to see Cadmus' movements. We have protective equipment against kryptonite; we have armor and weapons to help us fight. Cat, I will upload your recording when the time is right. For now, let's retake the city," said Kara. James, Kelly, Sam, Lucy, Winn, Jeremiah, Eliza, and Jess took an armor suit. Cat elected to stay at the mansion, citing someone needing to stay at the hologram to tell people where Cadmus and Astra's forces were moving. Ruby, Carter, and three pets remained with Cat.
"Protect them, Krypton," said Clark, petting Krypto's head. "Yes, who is a good boy, yes, who is a good boy?"
Krypto rolled on the ground, then stood up, barked, and flew around the room.
Lois returned. She was wearing a costume that had blue torso and sleeves, blue tights, red trunks, red gloves and boots. A silver "S" was in the middle of her chest. Lois wore a silver cape. She approached and kissed Clark. Lois finally had her own costume!
People left the room, carrying their armor suits, finding empty rooms. Lena flew away, soon returning in her Lunargirl costume.
"This night we take down Cadmus," said Lena.
"Yes. Lena, tonight we end this Super – Luthor feud," said Kara, leaning closer, kissing Lena's lips. They took each other's hand, walking to the lobby.
People began to arrive in the lobby; while Kryptonians were wearing their costumes, and Hank and Megan transformed to Martians, wearing their own armor, all adults except Cat who lacked powers wore protective gear.
Kara and Lena walked to the main door. Kara widely opened the door. "Let's do this," said Kara. Kryptonians and Martians took people who couldn't fly in their hands, rising in the air. It was time to end this madness. Tonight, the Super – Luthor would end.