Alex and Sam find out what's going on, the Red Kryptonite gets a tighter grip on Kara, Lucy takes a small trip, and Lena speaks with our favorite Team Arrow guys.

Enjoy part two!

***

"He's gone," Kara announced as she walked back into the main office, Lena cradling her face in her hand, James pacing restlessly. "And security knows better than to let him in again."

"He's not gonna come back and try again in person," Lena said. "This was an uncharacteristic outburst. I've never seen him so angry. He's gonna come back at me twice as hard. This is never gonna stop!"

"But you're not the one who's trying to kill him," Kara pointed out.

"No," James agreed. "He's tried to kill Lena plenty of times and she's never retaliated."

"So someone out there is trying to kill him," Kara nodded.

"He's got no shortage of enemies. But, like you said," James addressed Lena, "this is uncharacteristic for him. Edge is too good at covering his tracks to have somebody build a case against him."

"I mean, we don't even have enough for a damning story," Kara added, glowering at the thought. Oh, how she would love to write that story to get her friend closure.

"We should really be focused on this car hack," James decided.

Kara frowned. She really wanted that story, damn it. "Yeah," she finally nodded. "You're right."

"I'm just tired of this cycle of violence, OK?" Lena threw her hands up in exasperation. "I just want these threats, these attacks, these recriminations – you know, I've seen it ruin my mother's life and my brother's. I just want it to stop."

"Well, that's what we're here for," Kara stood up, walking over to Lena. "Let your friends help you."

Lena stared at her long and hard before nodding silently. Kara smiled back and gave her a hug, which Lena tentatively returned. As she did, she exchanged a look with James, who looked just as worried as her.

***

"So what do you see?" Sam asked as Alex watched the scans load.

"Nothing," Alex answered after a moment.

"Is that a good thing?"

"Well, it's neither good nor bad," Alex looked closer at the images. "It just means that whatever's causing the blackouts isn't showing up on the images."

"OK," Sam sighed, looking down at her hands. "So where do we go from here?"

"We send the images to an expert along with some bloodwork," Alex turned to her, pulling on plastic gloves. She raised an eyebrow, taking a closer look at Sam's face. "Are you OK? What are you thinking?"

"Yeah, I'm just tired of all the lying," Sam nodded. "Lies to Lena about my whereabouts, about the press conferences and the board meetings, and the earnings calls, and just . . . all of it. I lie and I tell her that everything's fine."

"I thought you told her about the work trip?" Alex asked, wrapping a band tightly around Sam's arm.

"I told her that my adopted mother was in the hospital," Sam admitted. "So, that's a lie on a lie on a lie."

"So maybe it's time for some truth," Alex suggested.

"The truth is that I'm becoming a burden," Sam told her. "To Lena, to L-Corp, to you, to my friends, to my daughter. I don't wanna be that person." Alex nodded somberly, and as she took off the cap of the syringe, Sam gulped. "I'm afraid of needles," she confessed quietly.

"It's really not that bad," Alex assured her. "I'm gonna make it painless."

Sam winced, turning away. "Can you go quick?"

"OK," Alex nodded, inserting the syringe into Sam's vein. She watched the woman's reaction as she drew the blood, then grinned when it was done. "Hmm? See? Painless. Your being sick isn't a burden to anyone. Lena might be your boss – hang on to that," she added as she put a cotton ball on where she drew the blood. Sam nodded, reaching over to hold it in place. "But she's also your friend. So, maybe you should try letting her in."

"Alex, I've handled everything on my own since I was sixteen," Sam told her. "Ruby, college, work, everything. Been white-knuckling my whole life. It's bad enough I included you in all these problems. So, I'm . . . I'll be fine."

"I know what it's like to be afraid to let other people in," Alex informed her as she wrapped gauze around Sam's arm. "I have always been used to dealing with things in my life on my own. So, after Maggie and I broke up, the thought of talking about it was terrifying. But Kara being Kara, she wouldn't let me shut down. She forced me to let her in so that we could figure things out together. That's the only way that I'm getting through any of this." Well, she wasn't about to add that being the Black Wolf was a nice way to let out her emotions as well. "And I am not about to let you make the same mistake that I almost made."

Sam swallowed, then nodded jerkily. "OK," she whispered, wiping a tear from her eye. "I'll talk to Kara and Lena today."

"Now that," Alex grinned, holding up a plastic-wrapped orange candy. "Is a good choice."

Sam giggled. "I get a lollipop?"

"You get a lollipop," Alex confirmed.

"I'll take it," Sam decided, taking it and unwrapping it, popping the sweet in her mouth. "It's my favorite."

***

"She's got them?" Oliver demanded as he returned to the D.E.O.

"Not only that," Laurel nodded grimly. "She's wearing them."

"And James just confirmed that it's already affecting Kara," Lucy sighed, hanging up her phone. "Morgan Edge just accused Lena in front of everyone of trying to kill him, and Kara not only threatened him, but physically made him leave."

Oliver, Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel simultaneously groaned. "Can this guy seriously lay off her for once?" Malcolm rolled his eyes to the sky.

"Well, here's what he looks like," Lucy flipped her phone around, showing him the whole picture.

Winn's eyebrows shot up, and Laurel grinned. "Tell me who did that to him. I wanna give them a thank you present."

"Warn James and Lena," J'onn told her. "General Lane could happen at any moment. And recall Alex to the D.E.O.," he added to Winn. "The closer all of us are, the less of a target there is out in the open."

"Dad wouldn't try to hit anyone here," Lucy agreed. "That's too much noise."

"What about James and Lena?" Oliver asked in concern.

***

Kara growled as she hung up. "OK, that was my source at NCPD," she said, turning around. "They just salvaged Edge's car and there's no sign of tampering."

"You think Edge did this himself?" Lena asked incredulously. "Why? To frame me?"

But James was shaking his head. "Edge is crazy, but he's not suicidal."

"Well, whoever hacked his car, it's above and beyond anything the NCPD has ever dealt with," Kara shrugged.

"What about the guy who hacked Maxwell Lord's limousine and tried to drive him off a cliff?" James suggested.

"Yeah, I thought of that guy, too, but there's no connection to Edge," Kara sighed.

The door to the office opened, and all three looked up as Eve entered. "Ms. Luthor," she smiled, holding out a take-out cup. "The usual."

"Thanks, Eve," Lena smiled thankfully, and Eve beamed at her before leaving. When she was gone, the smile faded from Lena's face. "Guys, listen, we've been at this for hours," she glared at them, standing up and heading outside for some fresh air. "How do we not have any leads?"

"Maybe we're barking up the wrong tree," James suggested as Lena took a sip. "Well, we can start with the attempts on your life, and maybe that'll get us into Edge's inner circle and look for new suspects – "

He cut off when Lena gave her cup a suspicious glance, then promptly collapsed, coffee spilling on the ground. Both Kara and James stopped, watching in horror as Lena foamed at the mouth, spasming on the ground. "Poison!" Kara ran to her side, taking her glasses off. "Go! I've got her!"

James ran back into the office, pulling out his phone and texting as he yelled. "Eve! Eve!" When the blonde hurried back in, James sent the text off and looked at her. "The coffee," he began.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Olsen," she blinked. "Did you want one, too?"

"No, where did you get it from?" he asked.

"The cart, where I always get it," Eve answered in confusion, and James burst past her.

***

"Hey," Alex jogged into the D.E.O., a confused look on her face. "I got the recall message. What's going – " She faltered, eyes wide as she took in the brunette woman that turned. "Lucy?" she asked.

"Hi, Alex," Lucy swallowed, not sure how she was going to explain this.

"When did you get back?" Alex demanded, Oliver looking for his phone when it beeped. "What's going on?"

Oliver blanched when he checked the message. "Oh, my God."

"What?" J'onn turned to look at him.

"It's James," Oliver swallowed. "Lena's just been poisoned, Kara's flying her here right now."

"Alex!" J'onn barked, and the agent immediately sprang into action, barking out orders to prepare for Lena's arrival.

"You were right," Lucy swallowed. "Everyone should have been here."

"Lena better survive this," Slade growled softly.

"Or National City isn't gonna survive a Red-K Supergirl," Winn agreed.

***

James burst out the CatCo doors, approaching the coffee cart Eve mentioned, but when he found no one there, he whipped around, searching. A bearded man in black, a few yards away, immediately took off when he was spotted, and James chased him at once. He jumped over the rails, then dropped to the ground when the man fired bullets at him. He looked up to see the man run through a construction zone, and James turned in another direction, glad he knew National City by heart after a few years of being there and being the Guardian.

He caught up to the man easily, crashing into him and through tables at the outdoor café. The other man got to his feet first, James just getting up as the gun was aimed at him.

A sniper's shot cracked in the air, and James faltered, seeing the man collapse, but no bullet wound at all. He blinked, surprised, then dropped down. "What did you give her?" he demanded. "What did you give her?"

But the man didn't respond, and when James checked for a pulse, he found none. Stunned, he looked up and around, then pulled out his phone to call the police.

***

"What happened?" Alex asked as Kara flew into the D.E.O., a stony look on her face as she carried Lena to the gurney rolled her way.

"Edge tried to poison her," Kara answered as everyone else ran up, Lucy keeping back. "It was in her coffee."

"Two hundred milligrams phenobarbital, stat," Alex ordered the doctors around her.

"Come on, Lena," Kara bounced up and down on her heels, eyes narrowed as her friend kept choking and jerking.

"Kara," Oliver put a hand on her shoulder, hesitating when he felt how tense she really was. "She'll be OK."

"Two liters of saline, run it open," Alex ordered, Max emerging from the hallway to join Lucy, the major biting her nails anxiously. "I want a radial artery line and two red tox."

"Blood pressure, 70 over palp," one of the nurses told her. "Pulse is 30 and falling."

"I need to know what poison he used," Alex turned to Kara.

"I don't know," Kara shook her head helplessly, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Mustard gas, cyanide, strychnine," Malcolm rattled off poisons at the top of his head, trying to help Alex.

She leaned down and lifted Lena's mask, sniffing her breath. "Almonds," she declared, standing back up. "That's cyanide. Fifty mils of sodium thiosulfate!"

"How long has it been?" Malcolm looked at Kara.

"About two, three minutes," Kara answered, checking her watch.

"Cyanide is circulating through her system," Alex checked Lena's pulse. "Her brain and her heart are going to shut down."

"Well, do something!" Kara finally shouted, making Oliver wince and Laurel jump.

Surprised, Alex looked at her in shock. "I need to slow down her circulation in order for this to work," she finally stammered out.

"Well, how do you slow it down?" Kara demanded.

"Induce hypothermia," Malcolm answered.

"Then move!" Kara practically shoved her sister out of the way.

Alex stumbled, still looking at Kara with wide eyes. "Let her do it," Slade held out his hand, stopping the other nurses from approaching.

Kara used her freeze breath over Lena, only stopping when Malcolm put his hand on her shoulder. "That should be enough," he told her.

Kara stopped, licking her lips anxiously, looking up at the monitor showing Lena's vitals. "Come on, come on, come on," she fidgeted nervously. "Come on, Lena . . . "

Lena's temperature dropped, and so did her heart rate, both returning to normal. "Normal sinus rhythm," Alex smiled.

Kara practically collapsed in relief, and Malcolm laughed, patting her on the shoulder. "Good job, almas."

"Thanks," Kara nodded, looking Lena over one last time before walking past the gurney.

"Kara!" Alex ran after her.

"Don't," Laurel grabbed her hand, just stopping her.

"Kara!" Oliver hurried after her, and Kara stopped, hearing his voice. "Where are you going?"

Kara turned, narrowing her eyes, red flaring in her pupils. "To pay someone a visit," she answered in a clipped tone, turning around and shooting off into the sky.

Oliver watched her go helplessly before turning around. "Please tell me we've got a cure."

"Halfway there," Max answered, and Alex did a comical double take when she heard his voice. "It won't take long to finish now."

"Cure?" Alex asked sharply. "What cure? And what the hell are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you, too, Agent Danvers," Max smirked.

"What is going on?" Alex looked around. "What is happening to my sister?"

Oliver sighed. "We've got a lot to catch you up on."

***

Edge walked across the top of the parking garage to his car, paying no attention to the wind whistling behind him. He did when a heavy weight smashed into him, and he yelped in surprise. "You're a hard man to get an appointment with, Edge," Supergirl snarled, grabbing him by the throat and hauling him towards the railing.

He grunted, trying to shove the Kryptonian off him, but she just yanked him over the edge, dangling him by his knees. "Let me go!" he yelled, seeing the bottom of the garage beneath him.

Supergirl just chuckled, raising an eyebrow. "Do you really want me to do that?"

"OK!" Edge yelled when she loosened her grip just slightly. Supergirl tugged him back, and Edge panted, leaning against the rail. "What do you want?"

"You poisoned Lena Luthor," she accused.

"No, no, no, no," he shook his head rapidly. "That doesn't sound like something I would do."

"No, you get people to do your dirty work for you, and then you kill them before they can talk," she sneered.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Edge glared at her. Had Supergirl gone off the deep end or what?

Supergirl smirked. "Then you'll be happy to know she survived."

Edge glowered. "No," he told her. "Actually, I despise her. There's a lot of other people in this city who'd be happy to rid this place of a Luthor. Maybe you wanna dangle one of them over the side of a building before you make an enemy out of me." Supergirl narrowed her eyes, and then Edge found himself dangling over the railing again, this time literally by Supergirl's pointer finger and thumb holding on to his belt. "All right, OK!" he cried. "All right, OK! OK!"

Supergirl pulled him back, and Edge shook his head, dazed. "See, that's where you're wrong," she hissed. "I am your enemy, Edge. So, you better tread carefully." She threw Edge against his car, and his head smashed into the glass. As he collapsed on the ground, Supergirl strode away, cape billowing in the breeze. "Because if anything happens to Lena Luthor, I will find you . . . and you won't be walking away from that."

Edge groaned in pain, weakly looking up in time to see Supergirl shoot into the sky, leaving him crumpled on the ground.

***

Lucy walked into the lab where Max was working, seeing him bent over the same gun that was used to deliver the cure to Kara last time she had Red Kryptonite poisoning. She took a deep breath, walking over to him. "Alex says Lena will wake up soon," she said.

"Mmmhmm," Max nodded noncommittedly, paying attention to his work.

"Kara still isn't back yet."

Max finally looked up, lifting his safety glasses. "And how soon will it be before we get a call saying Supergirl attacked Morgan Edge?"

"Probably soon," Lucy admitted.

"Wonderful," Max griped.

"Basically," Lucy nodded in agreement, sighing and looking down at the gun. "We should have come here sooner."

"There's no way we could have proven your dad was up to something if we came sooner," Max pointed out, leaning against the table. "We had bits and pieces, nothing solid."

"All we had when we came here was the Red Kryptonite earrings," Lucy countered. "We had no idea who my dad would target. Oliver was right – my dad's assuming too much."

"Well, he got Kara's emotional attachment to Lena guide what she's doing right now," Max shrugged. "She went after Edge, like he expected. And if that's not the Red Kryptonite speaking, I'll eat this gun."

Lucy smirked. "You don't have to do that."

"Good," Max nodded. "Because I don't know how I'd do that."

Lucy sighed, running a hand over the gun, desperately hoping it would work like it did last time. "How did the two of us ever get here?"

"Well, I settled whatever I had with Supergirl after she saved the world twice," Max shrugged. "And your dad's gone off the rails."

Lucy snorted. "What a team we make."

Max grinned at her. "Not a bad one, I don't think."

"No," Lucy agreed, smiling. "Not bad at all."

***

"She's still not back yet?"

Oliver looked away from the railing as Mon-El and J'onn approached, and he sighed, shaking his head. "No," he answered. "She's probably still threatening Edge."

"Well, from what I've heard about him, he probably deserves it," Mon-El shrugged.

"That's why Malcolm, Laurel, Dinah and I did the dirty work when he poisoned children," Oliver said darkly. "If Kara's doing it, and if it gets out to National City . . . "

J'onn watched Oliver shake his head, then looked out at the sky. "This world is a crazy place right now," he said. "People are acting, reacting, escalating behaviors."

"Like Morgan Edge and Lena," Oliver scoffed.

"Like Morgan Edge and Lena," J'onn agreed. "What our lawmakers are doing, sniping at each other, going round and round in circles, it's not doing any good. It reminds me of Mars before the civil war. But, like my father said then, there is great power in being the calm at the center of the storm. A beacon to show the way. Supergirl is here to remind us on Earth about what's best in ourselves."

"But if she puts that aside for one moment, one day, to go after Edge," Oliver palmed his face. "Is that worth it?"

Before J'onn could answer, a blur of blue, red, and blonde flew past them. "Whoa!" Winn spun around, seeing her zoom down the hall. "Hello!"

Kara left again in a second from the room Lena had been placed in, and Mon-El watched them leave. "Well, hopefully Lena being alive will be better than if she was dead."

Oliver sighed, then nodded in agreement.

***

Lena groaned, trying to force her eyes open, feeling like they'd been shut with cement. "What happened?" she mumbled, finally getting them open.

"Hey," James moved to help her sit up. "Just take it easy, OK?"

Lena winced and nodded, taking the glass of water Kara offered her. "Why do I feel like I've been hit by a truck?"

"You were poisoned," Kara answered, sitting down across from her.

"It was the coffee," James nodded. "Kara got you to the D.E.O. in time and saved your life."

"Malcolm said it's best for you to rest," Kara added.

Lena swallowed hard. "It was Edge, wasn't it?"

"Yeah," Kara nodded.

"Has he been arrested?"

"No," James sighed. "He didn't do it himself. He hired a hit man, and now that hit man is dead."

"So Edge is gonna get away scot-free again?" Lena asked incredulously.

"For now," James confirmed.

Lena scoffed, standing up. "You know, Reign was right. Scumbags like Edge need to be put down, OK? He wants a war, then he's got one. I'm the only one who can protect myself."

Kara surprised her by staying silent. "No, Lena," James shook his head. "You do not win this by being a killer."

"Yeah, James?" Lena raised an eyebrow coldly. "Maybe you don't know what I am."

"Do we have any leads?" Kara interrupted them.

James cleared his throat. "Uh . . . yeah. Yeah, we weren't able to find any fragment of the bullet. No exit wound, no shrapnel, nothing, no casings."

"So it just vanished?" Kara raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, it's some really weird futuristic technology," James confirmed. "But if we can find out who can manufacture a bullet like that, we can find the shooter."

"Lena," Kara stepped forward, and Lena did not like the burning look in her eyes. "I give you my word, Edge will not get away with this again."

"OK," Lena nodded, giving her a weak smile. "I feel better."

"Good," Kara smiled, giving her a hug.

Lena hugged her back, but on the inside, her mind was going a million miles a minute.

***

"Major Lane?"

Lucy looked up from her tablet to see Lena walking towards her. "Just Lucy, please," she smiled, walking over. "What can I do for you?"

"James said the shooter left behind nothing of a bullet," Lena told her. "Was that right?"

"Yes," Lucy confirmed. "Why?"

Lena swallowed, then pulled a file out from underneath her coat. "Is there any way your father could have gotten his hands on this?"

Lucy frowned, opening the file. Her face drained of color as she read over the specifics of Evanesce Project, designed to manufacture dissolving bullets. She took a shaky breath, closing the file. "Follow me."

Lena did without hesitation, and Lucy led her down to Max's lab, the man aligning a few crystals. Lucy waited until he was finished, then knocked on the door. He looked up, then stood up straight. "Ms. Luthor," he greeted. "What can I do for you?"

"We need to look through those files we found," Lucy said, handing him the Luthor Corp file.

Curious, Max opened it up, and as he read the report, he narrowed his eyes. "The hitman."

"Yes," Lena nodded.

Max handed the file back to her, moving to the computer he had nearby. "I got the drive back from Agent Schott," he said, logging in. "I just need to pull up its contents . . . " He skimmed through the files uploaded, then let out a low whistle. "Well, no specifics here, but I did find this."

He turned the screen to them, and Lena swallowed, seeing the blank file that opened up. "Evanesce."

"Looks like dear General Lane was in cahoots with a Luthor," Max nodded.

"He always was Cadmus's number one supporter," Lucy glared down at the file, shaking in rage.

Abruptly, she turned on her heel and headed out. "Hey!" Max shouted after her. "Where are you going?"

"To find my dad!" Lucy shouted back, storming down the hall, opening the file again, gaze zeroing in on the location of where the production happened.

***

Lucy looked up at Thundercorp Labs building in front of her, then took a deep breath, walking inside. She passed a forklift going past, recognizing army camouflage around her. She walked further into the building until she found who she was looking for. She stopped a few feet away, bracing herself. "Hello, dad."

Sam Lane turned around, frowning when he saw her. "Lucy," he nodded, seeming surprised. "I didn't expect you to be here."

"I didn't expect you to be here, either," Lucy countered. "Why are you back in National City, Dad?" She eyed glowing green rock being sorted out nearby. "Come to kill Reign, I assume?"

Lane scoffed. "That demon demolished Supergirl like she was an ant under her boot."

"Which is why she's the one you need to go after," Lucy countered. "Reign hasn't been seen since Albatross Bay. Have a plan to lure her out?"

"She's Kryptonian, Lucy," Lane shook his head, waving the men he was speaking with away. "If one of them can be such a monster, so can the rest of them. They all need to go."

Lucy stared at him incredulously. "You really try to see the worst in all of them, don't you?"

"I see the truth," Lane retorted. "It's what I keep telling people, Lucy – Kryptonians are dangerous. Myriad? Attempted by Kryptonians. Zod? Kryptonian. The Daxamite invasion? Daxamites hate Kryptonians. By having them on our planet, we are sitting ducks unless we admit they're the problem and get rid of them."

Lucy scoffed, staring at her father in disbelief. "So you concocted a plan based on the faintest idea that Supergirl would be effected by Lord's Red Kryptonite and she would go after the first person she thought of after someone close to her was harmed."

"And it worked, didn't it?" Lane held out his hands. "All that needed to happen was the right push, and the guilty party will take the blame."

Lucy frowned at him before horror dawned in her eyes. "Morgan Edge's car hacking. That was you?"

"The rivalry between Morgan Edge and Lena Luthor is something everyone in the city knows," Lane smirked. "Including Supergirl, who seems to be very buddy buddy with Ms. Luthor. All that needed to happen was push Edge to the point he retaliated to kill Ms. Luthor."

"Except she's still alive," Lucy pointed out.

"I admit, it would have been more convenient if she died," Lane nodded, making Lucy gape at him. "But Supergirl will come for Edge again. And when she does . . . " He looked and eyed the Kryptonite being brought in. "We'll be there to show the world that every Kryptonian should be our enemy."

Lucy swallowed, knowing exactly where her father's thoughts were heading. "You're insane," she accused hoarsely.

"I'm realistic," Lane retorted. "And I'm trying to keep the American people alive."

Lucy chewed her lip, then nodded. "You do what you have to do, Dad."

She let him interpret that how he wanted, and when he smirked and nodded, she took it he wasn't going to keep her contained. She turned sharply on her heel and headed back out of Thundercorp Labs, pausing once she was a few yards away. She took out her phone, ending the recording she had been making, and sighed, slipping into the car waiting for her. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the seat before quietly saying, "Let's get out of here."

Max silently nodded, peeling the car out of the lot and heading back to the center of the city.

***

Lena slowly walked out of the elevator into CatCo, trying to figure out what to do with the recording Lucy had made when James came up to her other side. "Hey," he frowned when he saw her face. "What happened?"

"We know what's going on," Lena took a deep breath. "It involves – "

"Hey, Lena." Lena looked up at her name, blinking when Sam nervously approached, followed by Alex and Kara. "Can we talk?"

Lena blinked, looking at her CFO worriedly.

***

"Sam, I'm so sorry you've been going through this," Kara told the brunette with wide eyes as they sat in CatCo's main office.

"I wish you'd have come to us sooner," Lena agreed from next to her. "You shouldn't have had to go through this alone."

"I know," Sam said miserably across from them, Alex sitting with her. "I'm sorry I didn't. I . . . I've always had to take care of myself, you know, and I guess I was just afraid that if I let you in . . . you know, let myself feel vulnerable, I would completely fall apart."

"Yeah, but falling apart is OK," Kara assured her. "'Cause you'd have us to pick up the pieces."

"Yes, if it were just me, then that would be one thing, but it's not," Sam took a shuddering breath. "When Ruby was first born, the nurse handed her to me in the hospital and she wrapped her tiny hand around my finger, and I just stared at her in awe. And I swore that I would always protect her, no matter what." She gulped, her voice starting to choke as her eyes filled with tears. "So my greatest fear is that something will happen to me and I won't be around to protect her. All Ruby has is me. So, if I'm not here . . . if I'm not around, then what will happen to her?" She tried to smile, even as she started to cry. "I'm scared!"

"But we're your family," Kara reached out to take her hand. "And we're Ruby's family, too."

"And that little girl has got the fiercest mama on the planet," Lena added.

"And you got to remember you're not alone," Alex put her hand on Sam's arm.

Sam smiled through her tears. "You have no idea what that means to me."

"Well, good," Kara smiled back. "Because all we have to focus on now is getting you better."

"Yeah," Sam nodded, wiping tears off her face, smiling at Lena when her friend nodded to her.

***

Lena rubbed her hands together anxiously as she nervously paced one of the training rooms at the D.E.O., trying to calm her nerves. When the door opened, she turned around, hoping she didn't look like a total mess. "Hey," Oliver frowned in concern, stepping inside with Slade and Malcolm behind him. "You OK?"

"Yeah," Lena blew out her breath, nodding. "It's just . . . I needed to speak to someone, and Kara on Red K . . . I don't think that would have gone well."

"OK," Oliver nodded slowly, folding his arms. "Shoot."

Lena let it out in a rush. "I tried to kill Edge."

All three men blinked. "Good for you," Malcolm finally nodded, then winced when Slade punched him in the arm.

"When?" Oliver walked forward.

"After he poisoned the children and tried to frame me," Lena admitted. "I went to his office with a loaded gun and the intent to kill. The only reason he's still alive is he outsmarted me."

Oliver nodded. "OK," he told her. "Well, the good news is, you didn't. That is never something good to have on your conscience."

"Yeah," Lena nodded, licking her lips. "The other thing is . . . my mother's still around."

"I beg your pardon?" Slade blinked.

"Lena, unless she was a clone, Slade and I killed your mother," Oliver shook his head.

"Not like that," Lena shook her head. "General Lane was in league with my mother before. He used the plans for Lex Corp's disintegrating bullets."

"The hitman," Oliver seethed.

"Yes," Lena nodded, sitting down on one of the benches. "When I realized what my mother's legacy was doing, it made me realize two things about myself. One, I very well may be a killer."

"You'll have to work much, much harder to accomplish that, Lena," Slade shook his head.

"Maybe not yet," Lena smirked. "But I do have the emotional range of Medea."

"And two?" Oliver asked.

"I'm smart," she smirked. "Cunning. Strategic. I think steps ahead of most people."

"I think the chess trophies Kara's bragged about seeing speak that for you, not plans for disintegrating bullets," Malcolm snorted, then blinked when Slade glared at him. "What?!"

"So you think steps ahead," Oliver folded his arms. "What are you thinking?"

***

Kara packed up her things to go, then looked up when a TV broadcasting the black-tie gala appeared in the main office. She walked over curiously, then picked up the remote and unmuted the screen. "Of course I'm happy to be here, Simon," Edge was telling the reporter. "I donated $10 million to the Parks department so our beautiful city could have more trees. After all, who doesn't like a little more oxygen, huh?"

Kara narrowed her eyes, flickers of red going through her pupils as she focused on Edge accepting a lanyard from someone. National City news was going to be covering the gala, with all of National City's elite there.

What a perfect place for a confession from Morgan Edge.

***

This Red K version of Kara was much more fun to write than it was to see her in 1x16.

Next time, it's Team SuperArrow trying to save Supergirl and take down both Edge and Lane!