Stars crossed again
The new day, nothing new from Cadmus ever since the warehouse incident and especially nothing from Otto.
"Is it possible that you actually killed him?" G.W.E.N. asks, believing that it's time to ask.
"No, Otto always has a way of getting away at the last second so he can make an appearance later when you least expect it." Peter states to her while searching for anything to do with Otto. "So, he's out there somewhere, lofting his revenge on me...again." He says when all of the computers start glitching out.
"To his captors...we demand you turn over Mon-El of Daxam. We know where he is harbored. If you do not relinquish him by dawn, we will take him with force." A voice warns them.
"Great." Peter complains, getting sick of these alien messages remembering Zod's message to Earth a while back that was almost exactly the same as that.
They then wait as Kara and Mon-El come in for answers.
"When the transmission came through, an unknown spacecraft entered the lower atmosphere right above National City." J'onn tells them all.
"What do these guys want with a guard from Daxam?" Peter wonders, not seeing why they would want him.
They bring up a hologram of the spacecraft and it looks sorta like a scorpion if you were to remove the scorpion's tail.
"Does any of this look familiar to you?" J'onn asks Mon-El.
"I've never seen a cruiser like that in my life." Mon-El tells them.
"G.W.E.N.'s searching for where the ship came from, see if that gives us any information to who they might be. But we've got nothing so far. I've got nothing so far." Peter tells them.
"Well, I think it's time to give the noons the old Supergirl and Spider-Man welcome in the meantime." Kara tells Peter.
"I'm coming with the two of you." Mon-El says.
"No. If they're after you, going to them should be the last thing on your mind." Peter says as his suit forms around him and they fly off.
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They fly up and see the massive ship in the air.
"This girl looks like she's taken a few hits." Peter says as G.W.E.N. did a quick scan of the ship.
"I'm going to approach." Kara says and starts flying towards it. "You find the front door on this thing?" She asks Peter when she is met by a missile coming at her.
Kara quickly dodges it and it exploded.
"I'm assuming that wasn't friendly fire." Kara states and goes into laser it, only to be met with a Force field.
"That's new." Peter says when the ship fires something else and it's aimed at Peter.
"What the hell?" Peter asks when it catches Peter and freezes and starts falling.
"Peter!" Kara calls and flies after him.
"Skirt, I'm trapped." Peter says as he tries using his laser to break out and nothing happens.
Kara comes flying in and starts beating the bubble until she causes it to shatter and grabs Peter.
"Thanks." Peter says and the two fly back up to the ship and are met by more weapons.
"Stop! Stop! Stand down! This is Mon-El of Daxam. To the invaders, I will relinquish myself." Mon-El says and the weapons power down.
"That was unexpected." Peter says and the two fly back to the DEO to figure out what's going on.
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Mon-El gets ready to go as they started teleporting him and Kara grabs onto him and Peter webs her and gets sucked up with them.
They all land on the ship and look they're on the main deck of the ship.
"Yikes. Beam me back, Scotty." Peter asks as he's looking around the room.
There are people in hoods around the room and they're kneeling to them.
"Did I miss something?" Peter asks as he retracts his mask and looks to the two of them.
"Are they bowing to us?" Kara asks, wondering the same.
"Mon-El?" A female voice asks and they look to see two figures.
"Mother?" Mon-El asks. "Father?"
"My son." His mother says.
"We finally found you." His father says.
"At long last." His mother says and hugs her son.
"I thought you were dead." Mon-El says.
"We are very much alive, my son." His father promises and looks to the two of them. "My apologies, Kryptonians, if you were injured." He apologizes to them.
"Nah, I've taken worse hits." Peter assures.
"It was just we were defending ourselves against your attack on our ship." He explains.
"Attack?" Kara asks confused. "I seem to recall you shooting first." She reminds them.
"Shall we go through the entire history of Krypton's carnage?" His mother asks them.
"No, but I have the feeling you want to." Peter states.
"Mother, father, this is Kara Zor-El and Peter Parker, Ho-Ren. Heroes of Earth." Mon-El introduces them. "Kara, Peter, these are my parents. Queen Rhea and king Lar Grand Of Daxam."
"Wait...king and queen?" Peter asks and looks to him.
"That makes you...the prince?" Kara says looking to Mon-El.
"Our prince." Rhea states. "Thank the Gods you're alive."
"And returned to us at last." Lar adds. "So, tonight, we feast!"
"Oh, I can't stay. I'm also a hero. Well, trying to be with their help." Mon-El says.
"Son, you can't leave. We've searched the stars to find you." Lar states.
"And we must get to know your friends as well." Rhea says. "Especially the prince of Krypton."
Peter looks down at his chest and remembers what his symbol was meant to mean.
"That explains a lot." Peter tells himself since they're from Daxam, hate Krypton, he's from Krypton, royal family and all that.
"We have much to discuss." Rhea states.
"You have no idea." Kara agrees.
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Later, they're feasting at the table with the six of them, and Peter can't believe how good the food actually tastes.
"I see what you always meant by food from other worlds tasting." Peter tells Kara, remembering all their talks about food when he and Gwen were planning their wedding.
"Where's that appetite of yours?" Lar asks his son. "Aren't you happy to see us?"
"Of course, of course I am." Mon-El assures them.
"Or have you been distracted by Kryptonians in capes and steel since you fled Daxam?" Rhea asks looking at the others.
"How did you find me?" Mon-El asks them.
"We heard your beacon." Lar explains and the heroes remember when he first tried contacting his home world when they first met. "The transmission was incomplete, it brought us to this galaxy. It was just a matter of gathering the bread crumbs."
"We had our greatest success at Slavers' Moon." Rhea says and Kara remembers when they went there, for Peter it was the same day Gwen was murdered. "We heard from one of our Dominator ambassadors that you've been freeing slaves."
"Did he say Dominator?" Peter asks looking to Kara, remembering the whole thing about them and the battle with other heroes.
"Imagine our surprise at your heroics." Lar adds on.
"Your influence, I'm sure." Rhea guesses and looks to Peter and Kara.
"I wasn't there. I was dealing with an enemy on earth." Peter tells her, trying to not think about that day.
"We freed them from being treated like animals." Kara tells her. "They weren't goods to be traded."
"There's that famous Kryptonian exaggeration." Rhea mocks them.
"Mon-El, you remember how well your servants were treated at the palace. Just like family." Lar reminds Mon-El.
"Because you stole them from their families." Kara states.
"We liberated them, from greater hardship. We gave them a path." Rhea states as if it's something to be proud of.
"How did you escape the blasts?" Mon-El asks his parents. "I thought you were dead."
"When Krypton exploded, Kryptonite rained down, killing everything. We had to get off the planet to persevere." Lar explains to him.
"And to find you. So now that the atmosphere is hospitable. To make Daxam great again." Rhea states.
"Daxam was never great." Mom-El informs them.
"Have the Kryptonians rubbedoff on you so much so that you have forgotten?" Rhea asks. "I know you're fond of a pretty face, but be reasonable."
"Well, I think what he might find novel about me is integrity." Kara tells her as Peter's staying silent, not wanting to get in the middle of yet another family feud.
"You know, let's not argue about worlds of old." Lar tells them and looks to his son. "Why don't you tell us of your journey as how you survived?"
"Yes. I would love to hear about that." Kara states knowing that the story he told them the first time was a lie.
It turns out he wasn't saving anyone, but the exact opposite. The guard was transporting him to a vessel to escape and even killed a Kryptonian citizen to get the spacecraft and Mon-El used that to escape and ended up in the Sea of Stars.
"My son, you were so brave, and your guard dines at the gods' table." Rhea states. "Hail Mon-El, prince of Daxam."
Kara then gets up and apologizes and explains she needs to return to earth.
"I gotta go, too, she's my ride." Peter explains and takes a mouthful before leaving.
Hey, he might be royalty, but he has never acted royal before so why start now?
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The three returns to earth and Peter leaves the two to talk.
"You're a liar." Kara states to Mon-El.
"I'm sorry, Okay? Can you really blame me for wanting to just be Mon-El, a regular guy from Daxam?" He asks her. "I mean, with how do you feel about Daxamites, if you had known that I was the crown prince, would you even talk to me?"
"You didn't even give me the chance." Kara informs him.
"I tried to tell you so many times, Okay? I really did."
"Is that supposed to make this better?"
"Me being the prince doesn't change anything. Not anything."
"This changes everything. It's bad enough you lied, but you being the prince? I thought you were just born on a cruel planet, but you lead it. You benefited from its cruelty. What about that Kryptonian Emissary? Your guard...do you even feel guilty?"
"Of course I do."
"I can't even look at you." Kara says before flying off.
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The next day, it would seem Winn's girlfriend has framed him for a crime and now they need to find her and prove he's innocent.
"We've examined the footage frame by frame, she's just not there." Alex says while looking over the footage.
"Well, she was there. And I have the bruises." Winn states to them. "They're wonderful bruises."
"Please stop talking." Peter begs of him, knowing what he's saying.
"Winn, who are her people?" Kara asks.
"Valerians." Winn tells them.
"Valerians can't be seen in photographs." J'onn informs him.
"Or on security cameras." Peter guesses.
"And there appears to be no picture of her in her amnesty file either." G.W.EN. tells them going over the files.
"Great. So I have an invisible girlfriend." Winn realizes.
"So she used your tech skills to get into the museum, and then she used her disappearing act to make the grab." James sees.
"It looks like this wasn't her first time either." Alex says looking at the information of heights in the past and they both claimed their girlfriend set them up.
"Sorry, man." Peter apologizes.
"No, don't apologize. It's not your fault I'm an idiot." Winn informs him.
"Hey, sometimes the people closest to us are our biggest blind spot." Kara says and that was obviously a hit towards Mon-El.
"Do you know where she lives? Where we could find her now?" James asks.
"No, we've only ever been to my place. I know she's from Starhaven and she came by herself and that she's registered." Winn tells them what he does know.
"The address she's registered under looks like it's a fake." J'onn says.
"Well, great. I mean, the alien bar, it's where we met." Winn offers.
"That's a start." Kara says.
"Let's go catch a thief." James agrees. "Should we get Mon-El?"
"No." Kara tells him.
"You know what, you guys go ahead, I'll catch up." Alex promises and the three of them leaves Kara and Alex to talk.
But when they left, Rhea came down from her ship to talk to Kara.
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Peter decides to interrogate one of the regulars at the bar and uses his metallic arms to slam him into the wall.
"Anyone ever tell you you've got anger issues?" He asks Peter.
"I've heard that before, yes." Peter assures him.
"Worris, we're looking for a girl" James tells him.
"Aren't we all?" Worris asks and Peter uses his real hand to punch him.
"I'd answer his questions, 'cause those arms and fists don't get any softer, buddy." James warns Worris.
"Lyra Straid, an Valerian. She's been involved in a string of art thefts." Peter tells him.
"I've never heard of her." Worris says.
"My lie detector indicates you do." Peter says as G.W.E.N. is monitoring his facial expressions, heartbeat, and voice.
"Even if I did, why would I tell you?" Worris asks.
"What's it gonna cost us?" James asks and Peter let's him down from the wall and retracts his arms.
"Hamilton tickets." Worris says. "Orchestra."
"Well, were screwed." Winn sees.
"Deal." Peter says, agreeing to his terms.
"Her kind hangs out at the trailer park. Up near Blackmore." Worris tells them where to find her.
"I'll get you those tickets by tomorrow." Peter holds his end and they start leaving.
"How are you gonna pull that off?" Winn asks.
"The guy in it who plays King George? He's from Rimbor Five, said he owed me a favor after saving his neck." Peter explains as they leave to find her.
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They found his information was correct and Winn tried to get some answers from her and why she set him up. After getting those answers, Winn left and Raina sees he brought Guardian and Spider-Man.
"You're coming with us." James tells her.
"Oh, you brought backup? So did I, and mine kill." Raina says and they turn to see more Valerians.
"You get Lyra, I got these guys." Peter promise Guardian and he runs to stop her.
Peter made quick work of these guys and used his arms to give him some distance.
"We done here?" Peter asks when his senses go off and he turns just in time to get hit by a truck and the two men get inside before driving off.
Raina trues running to catch up as Alex joins them and has got the painting back.
"You have no idea what you've done." Raina tells them.
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They brought Raina to the DEO where she explains to Winn that she was trying to save her brother who is captured.
Peter met back up with Kara who had a talk with Rhea about Mon-El and she wants Kara to talk him into making him return to Daxam.
"You sure you want to do that?" Peter asks her.
"I don't know. What would you do?" Kara admits and wonders.
Peter thinks and truth be told, he has no idea what he would do. "She's right, he does need to lead his people, but are you willing to be the one to make him leave?" He asks and Kara decides to go at least talk to him and leaves.
"What do you think she's going to do?" G.W.EN. asks him.
"The right thing. For whoever it's right for, that's up to her." Peter says.
"Alert; anomaly detected." G.W.E.N. warns and Peter looks to see someone has appeared from another dimension.
"Tell J'onn I'm gonna go check this out, I'll be back." Peter says and leaves.
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Peter goes flying in and sees someone new he hasn't met before.
"Who are you?" Peter asks the guy who looks a lot like Mxy. Which isn't a compliment.
"I'm your new prisoner." He says while holding his hands up to be handcuffed.
"What?" Peter asks, completely confused.
"I'm not a refugee, I have no reason to be here, so take me in." He states and Peter is still confused but has G.W.E.N. run a quick search and he doesn't exist, so that means he does in fact need to be brought into the DEO.
"G.W.E.N., I need you to tell J'onn I'm bringing in a new prisoner." Peter says and handcuffs him before taking him on.
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At the DEO, everyone sees the new guy Peter brings in.
"Ooh, he looks fun." Winn says.
"Oh, there you are." The prisoner says looking to Kara.
"Who, me?" Kara asks.
"Yes, you. Why else do you think I'd let myself be caught by your friend here?" He asks looking to Peter. "I've been looking for you." He says before doing something with his eyes and Kara walks towards him.
"Skirt, what are you doing?" Peter asks when he realizes that he can't even move.
Kara walks up to him and the prisoner breaks free of the handcuffs and throws Peter around and steals the breach device Cisco gave her.
"Stand still!" Peter tells him.
"Sorry, Spidey. Can't do that." He states before opening a breach behind him. "Ladies and gentlemen, this dimension has been so much fun. I've had a blast! But I've gotta go chase down the partner of the fastest man alive. Toodles." He says before dropping into the breach and tossing the device.
Peter quickly goes in and catches the device as Kara drops and Peter quickly catches her.
If he's going after the fastest man alive's partner, that must mean he's going after the Earth-1 Spider-Man.
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