Chapter 106
Alice was preparing to make her next move in her plan to raze Hub City in the ground, since while her preference would've been Gotham, the city that was home to the man who abandoned her, she wasn't dumb enough to fight the Bat this early on in his career, especially since she hadn't forgotten that he'd at least tried to save her and her mom that day on the bus, unlike her good for nothing father. He'd pay soon enough. And she also had no intention of dealing with the Joker. At least not yet, since Alice did blame that unknown bastard for all the misery she'd endured over the years. And he'd pay soon enough.
But before she did any of that, she needed to break her sister. The infamous protector of Hub City, Batwoman. Alice was well aware of the fact underneath that cowl and red wig was her twin sister Kate Kane. The one person who Alice knew had never given up on her. Just as Kate hoped to turn Alice back into the weak fool Beth Kane had once been, Alice had plans to break Kate and turn her into something like her. Another playmate to sit with her, her Mouse and Ocean, at their tea party.
"Is everyone ready?" Alice asked as she heard her adoptive brother Mouse and her boyfriend, Ocean, walk up behind her.
"Yes, but there's been a complication." Mouse said.
"What is it?" Alice asked, not liking those words.
"There are rumors that your sister has brought in one of her friends from the Justice League in to help bring you down." Mouse said.
"Which one?" Alice asked, since the wrong one could be dangerous.
"Supergirl. Who brought her dog, who is likely tracking us down as we speak and unless you've been holding out on us, we have no kryptonite to use against them." Ocean said.
"Then you need to relocate. Take my mother and move the backup location now." Alice said.
"What about you?" Mouse asked.
"Her dog is most likely tracking my scent based on one of the numerous knives I've tried to shove in Kate's back and front throughout our fights." Alice said, knowing it was futile to try and escape Superdog's nose if he had her scent.
Before either of them could respond, Supergirl came crashing through the ceiling of the abandoned sugar factory they'd been using as a hideout.
"Too late." Supergirl said as Superdog landed next to her and started growling before finally Batwoman swooped in.
"It's over Alice. Where's mom?" Batwoman asked.
"You really think I'd tell you where my only leverage is?" Alice asked.
"I'll search the building, you deal with her." Supergirl said, since between her x-ray vision, flight and super speed, she'd find Gabi Kane easily.
"Go." Batwoman agreed.
"Superdog, take care of the henchmen. Let the sisters fight it out." Supergirl told her dog, who barked affirmatively and before she flew off to search the whole building.
"Find a way to stop her." Alice snapped, even though she knew it was futile before she barely had time to duck a batarang tossed right at her.
"Really, attacking me when I'm not looking? That's really more my move sis." Alice said as she pulled her out her butterfly knife and rushed at her sister to start fighting.
Supergirl was searching the whole building until she began to detect a woman's muffled cries for help. Using her super hearing, she tracked the voice to what appeared to be a sub-basement and after crashing through the door, she found what she was looking for.
Gabi Kane, alive, but captured and looking extremely malnourished, chained to a chair and gagged. As if Alice knew that her sister was close to finding her.
"Mrs. Kane, it's alright. I'm gonna get you out of here." Supergirl said as she rushed up to the clearly terrified woman and broke the chains restraining her.
"Who are you?" Gabi asked, since Alice hadn't exactly kept her apprised of what was going on outside this room. She had no idea who this woman was, except that she wore a costume similar to Superman's.
"I'm Supergirl. And I'm getting you out of here. Supergirl to Batwoman, do you read me?" Supergirl asked her friend.
"Little busy at the moment." Batwoman said as she continued fighting her sister.
"I've got Gabi Kane. I'm getting her out of here and taking her to the nearest hospital. I suggest you be ready to meet us there. Alice can wait, we accomplished the mission." Supergirl said as she used her heat vision to blast a hole in the ceiling to allow her to get Gabi out of here safely before taking the woman in her arms and flying out of there.
"Copy that. Let me know what hospital you're taking her to and I'll meet you there." Batwoman said with a grin as she backed away from her sister, since while she would bring Alice to justice, now wasn't the time.
"What's with the grin?" Alice asked.
"I got mom back. Which means that the next time we meet Alice, you'll have nothing to use against me." Batwoman said as she dropped a smoke bomb to cover her exit.
After Supergirl dropped Gabi Kane off at Hub City General Hospital, both Kara Danvers and Kate Kane arrived there not long after.
"I'm here to see my mom." Kate told the receptionist.
"Name?" the receptionist asked and Kate groaned in frustration.
"Gabi Kane." Kate said as the receptionist looked up to see her and jumped back at seeing the richest woman in the city standing there.
"One moment please." the receptionist said as she typed in the computer.
"You should be able to go in there for a little bit while the doctors wait on the results of the tests they ran." the receptionist said.
"Thank you. And Kara, please come with me." Kate said and Kara nodded as she followed Kate as a nurse led them back to a hospital room and Kate's breath hitched as she saw her mother alive and lying in that bed, with her own eyes.
"Mom." Kate said as Gabi's eyes opened slightly and she strained herself to see her other daughter enter the room.
"Katie." Gabi said, calling Kate by her childhood nickname.
"Mom." Kate said again as tears came to her eyes as she rushed forward to her mom's side.
"I never thought I'd see you again. And now you're all grown up." Gabi said as she also started crying.
"I missed you so much. I have so much to tell you. Later. Once you have time to recover. And I also need to call dad and tell him about this." Kate said, since she was not looking forward to that call, but knew that her dad deserved to know.
"We have all the time we need. Batwoman." Gabi said.
"What?" Kate asked.
"You think your sister didn't rant to me about you?" Gabi asked with a weak smile and Kate chuckled.
"I should've known." Kate said as Kara watched them with a smile.
"Kara, I know you probably need to get home soon, but do you think you have time to at least get drinks with me first? Especially since mom's likely gonna have some kind of surgery." Kate said.
"Yeah, I should have some time." Kara said.
"Thank you. For everything." Kate told her.
"You would've done the same for me." Kara said.
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