Chapter 5
Kara groaned in pain as she came to.
"Welcome back." Mon-El said as he and Lena turned off the sun lamps.
"Thanks. Remind me to punch Jacob Kane." Kara groaned.
"Already did and your cousin is planning on doing it as well." Mon-El said as Kara realized that Lena was here.
"Lena, what are you doing here?" Kara asked.
"After you got shot out of the sky by Batwoman's father, Mon-El called in the cavalry. J'onn's here too and Superman is on his way." Lena said.
"Guess I need to add exposing Jacob Kane to my to do list. But first I have a promise to keep with Kate." Kara said as said person approached them.
"Kara, I'm pretty sure that if you try going out again, my dad will try to finish what he started." Kate said.
"Good thing I came prepared." Lena said.
"So you finished it." Kara said.
"Yep." Lena said as she pulled a shield about the same size and shape as the glyph on Kara's chest out of her purse and attached it to the glyph and tapped the center of it, causing it to meld into the suit.
"What is that?" Kate asked.
"It's an anti-kryptonite suit. I built one for Kara in our old universe and one of the first things I did after we built the Tower, I started building Kara one here. I also built one for Superman, but I doubt he'd ever wear it since it was built by a Luthor." Lena said.
"What's the deal with that? I know that Kara detests Lex with a passion, but I never got the whole story on the problem between your families." Kate asked.
"Lex is Superman's greatest enemy. They used to be best friends, until Lex grew paranoid of Superman and every other alien on this planet and eventually declared open war on Superman." Lena said.
"It sounds like he's picking up where he left off here. Why hasn't he been arrested yet?" Kate asked.
"Because Lex is good at covering his tracks. It took Superman years to expose his crimes and even so, it took him turning the sun red and all the chaos that created for him to finally be convicted." Kara said.
"Why would he turn the sun red? Wouldn't he be killing himself, since the world can't survive under a red sun?" Kate asked.
"Yes, but my powers come from a yellow sun. Red is the color of my home planet's sun and under it, kryptonians are powerless." Kara explained.
"Why are we calling him Superman? Doesn't everyone here know his identity?" Kate asked.
"We do, but your friend Luke doesn't and think Superman would prefer if it stayed that way. He still doesn't know that Lena knows." Kara said.
"You haven't told him?" Kate asked.
"I did some stuff in the old universe that has made him a bit weary of trusting me." Lena said.
"It's in the past and she did help evacuate my earth during the Crisis." Kara said, making it clear that she would not tolerate people questioning Lena's loyalty after they'd worked out their issues.
"Okay then. Anyways, any chance you can build me one of those suits?" Kate asked.
"Why do you need an anti kryptonite suit?" Lena asked.
"While my suit is impervious to most conventional earth weapons, the suit is vulnerable to kryptonite and it sounds like my dad is packing it now." Kate said and Lena nodded.
"I'll see what I can do." Lena agreed.
Jacob Kane was currently sitting on the couch of his new apartment, holding an ice pack to his head as he nursed the pounding headache that other guy had given him after he'd shot Supergirl. Why couldn't people realize that he did what he did because he was trying to protect both Gotham and the rest of the world from these powerful aliens who flew around, inflicting their will without a care in the world.
"Hello daddy dearest." a new voice said, startling Jacob as he turned to see Alice walk out of the shadows.
"How did you get in here?" Jacob demanded as he reached for his gun.
"That's not important. And I wouldn't use that gun if I were you." Alice said.
"And why not?" Jacob asked as he aimed the gun at her.
"Because if you do, every major news station in Gotham will see this." Alice said as she held out her phone to reveal a video of Jacob shooting Supergirl.
"What do you want?" Jacob asked, since while he didn't regret his actions, he knew the public would not understand them.
"It's simple. You've got some very impressive toys there commander. Toys that could be very useful to me." Alice said.
"I'm not giving you any Crows weaponry." Jacob said.
"Then I guess all of Gotham is about to find out what kind of man Jacob Kane really is." Alice said as Jacob quickly thought through his options and came up with a plan, that if it was executed correctly, could end up solving all his problems.
"I won't give you any weapons, but what if I give you my provider." Jacob said.
"I'm listening." Alice said, since her interest was genuinely piqued.
"Use this number to get in touch with Sam Lane and he can connect you with my supplier, since the supplier of these weapons does not trust people easily." Jacob said as he wrote down a number and handed it to Alice.
"Perfect. But why exactly would an army general tell me anything?" Alice asked.
"I'll call him and explain things." Jacob answered and Alice nodded.
"If this doesn't work, all of Gotham will want to kill you as much as I do." Alice said as the lights flickered and then she was gone.
"Sucker." Jacob said as he pulled out his phone to call Sam and tell him about his plan.
"Are you crazy, I get you want to take out Supergirl, so would I, but why would I allow a terrorist to use weapons of that caliber?" Sam asked after Jacob told him.
"It's all a part of my plan. If Alice kills Supergirl and Batwoman, then all of Gotham will be calling for her head and I can use the trackers you'll make sure are hidden in the guns to track and put her down." Jacob said.
"Are you sure you want to do this? If it backfires, it's both our asses on the line, not to mention the source of these weapons." Sam said.
"I've thought about it and I believe that the benefits outweigh the risks." Jacob said.
"Okay then." Sam said as he hung up, neither him, nor Jacob realizing that this conversation had been overheard by two different sources.
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