The four vigilantes arrive to Earth-38, and meet the only likeable Luthor.

Enjoy chapter two!

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Oliver considered it extremely lucky that when they made the jump to Earth-38, they arrived in an abandoned warehouse. "OK, so what does this Cadmus have against Kara?" Malcolm asked as they headed for the exit.

"Kara never told me that," Oliver shook his head, stepping outside, recognizing National City from before. "Only that it seems they have it out for Kryptonians especially."

"How to we find this Lena woman?" Slade asked, letting Oliver take the lead.

Oliver pulled out his phone. "Let's hope Cisco was right about connecting to networks here," he muttered.

Sure enough, within a minute, he had found who he was looking for. "Lena Luthor," he told them. "CEO of L-Corp, formerly Lex-Corp . . . " He raised an eyebrow. "And her brother was formerly CEO. And guess which race of aliens was responsible for planting him in prison."

"Kryptonians," Laurel nodded.

"It was Kara's cousin," Oliver confirmed.

"Think Lena might know what happened to her?" Malcolm asked.

"I don't know," he shook his head, flipping through other links. "From what Kara told me, it didn't sound like Lena and her mother see eye to eye."

"Kid!"

Oliver turned when he heard Slade call from further down the street. "What?" he asked, jogging over, the others behind him.

"Seems like she's been gone for a while," Slade showed Oliver one of the CatCo magazines.

Laurel sighed, seeing the article written about Kara's disappearance. "Been about three weeks, it looks like."

"There's two different numbers to call if anyone has information about her," Malcolm noted, looking at the numbers. "One of them looks like it's her sister, Alex . . . " He grinned, pointing out the other number. "The other is a direct line to Lena Luthor."

"She must be really concerned about her," Laurel remarked.

"Or it's a way to tell her mother that someone's looking for Kara," Slade pointed out.

"Either way, it's a way to reach her," Oliver looked over Slade's shoulder, dialing the number. "And maybe a way to get one step closer to finding Kara."

***

Lena was going over the blueprints for one of L-Corp's new buildings when her phone rang. She froze, looking down at the cell phone she had bought just to keep an open line if anyone had any idea where Kara was. It looked like someone finally did.

She didn't recognize the number, but answered it, turning to look out at National City. "Hello?" she asked.

"Lena Luthor, I take it?"

Lena frowned, taking another look at the number. "That's me."

"We're looking for Kara Danvers. I was hoping you might have an idea about where to look."

Lena slowly turned to her computer, ready to pull up a trace on this number. "That's what I set up this line for," she told the man on the phone. "I don't know where she is."

"But you might know where Supergirl is."

Lena froze, taking another look at her phone. "Who is this?" she demanded. "Who are you?"

"My name is Oliver Queen. Kara spoke fondly of you the last time I saw her."

Lena paused in her actions, taking a moment to let that sink in. "Oliver Queen?" she repeated, stunned. She remembered Kara mentioning Oliver before, after one of his phone calls. Was it possible - ? "If you're Oliver Queen, then tell me this," she said slowly. "What makes it so difficult for you and Kara to keep in contact?"

"I live in a different universe," Oliver answered at once.

Lena nearly dropped her phone in shock. Last she knew, Kara's phone was in lockup at the D.E.O. No one, save herself and Alex, who she knew Kara had told, could have known that except the man himself. "Very well, Mr. Queen," she swallowed, exiting out of the tracing program. "You have my attention."

"Is there a way to meet? So I don't have to talk on the street? I have three others with me who have come to help Kara as well."

Lena nodded at once. "I'm assuming you're in National City?"

"Yes, we are."

"Come to L-Corp," she requested. "I'll leave your name with my receptionist downstairs. She'll send you and your friends straight up."

"We're on our way."

Lena hung up and sighed in relief, letting her head drop onto her arms. Finally, someone who might have a chance at finding Kara, someone her mother wouldn't expect.

With a smile on her face, she reached for her work phone to call down to reception.

***

The receptionist sent the four up immediately when they reached L-Corp. The secretary outside Lena's office knocked on the door and opened it. "Mr. Queen is here, Miss Luthor," she said.

Oliver walked past the secretary and watched a woman with black hair in a bun, wearing a dark purple sleeveless dress and black flats, look up from her computer. "Thank you, Macy," Lena nodded, clicking something on her screen and standing up. "And please clear my schedule for the rest of the day."

"Yes, Miss Luthor," the secretary nodded, heading out.

As soon as the door closed, the woman let out a breath and walked over. "Mr. Queen," she held out a hand. "Welcome to L-Corp."

"Thank you, Miss Luthor," Oliver nodded. "Please, call me Oliver. And this is Slade Wilson, Malcolm Merlyn, and Laurel Lance."

"Lena," she told him. When Oliver nodded, Lena gestured towards her desk and the chairs in front of it. "I was starting to wonder if any of Kara's friends from your universe would ever check in."

"I started worrying when she didn't respond for two weeks," Oliver nodded. "Third week passed, and when I heard nothing, I decided to come. I'm glad I did."

"I am, too," Lena nodded. "Especially if I'm right about who has her."

"Before we came here, I asked a friend to see if he could reach her," Oliver explained as he sat down, the others doing the same. "He has the ability to see . . . visions, I guess, is the best way to describe it. He saw Kara being tortured by your mother."

Lena slumped. "I thought that my mother had her," she admitted with a sigh. "I even told the D.E.O. that much. Kara's sister has been attempting to convince the director to rescue Kara, but they barely even have a location, much less know anything about who is stationed there or what weapons they have."

"The D.E.O.?" Malcolm frowned.

"The Department of Extranormal Operations," Lena explained. "They specialize in dealing with aliens. Kara works with them, her sister and another one of her friends are agents there."

"And they don't know anything about this place?" Laurel asked in surprise. "Nothing?"

"They know about Cadmus, and that my mother is the one in charge," Lena nodded. "But, if Kara didn't mention it to you, Director Henshaw is actually a Green Martian. Alien. Which Cadmus hates."

"Which means your mother would want him as well," Oliver nodded.

"Exactly," Lena nodded. "Mother has tried extremely hard to take out all aliens on Earth before. Last Thanksgiving, she tried to release a virus that would kill all aliens on the planet. Then about half a year ago, Cadmus got their hands on the alien registry and took all aliens in National City, at least, and tried to send them off-world. All attempts she's made have been thwarted by Kara."

"Undesirable number one," Slade narrowed his eye.

"And since she's a very close friend of mine, my mother has not been releasing any information about Cadmus's whereabouts to me," Lena nodded. "The good news, however, is that while the D.E.O. has been working on their end to try and dig into Cadmus, identify who's holding Kara, I've been working on my end here at L-Corp. While my mother and I don't see eye to eye, she is still a Luthor."

"You said you had a location?" Oliver asked.

"I do," Lena nodded, clicking a few keys on her keyboard. A screen on the opposite wall lit up, and the four vigilantes turned to see the blueprints Lena pulled up. "I can't tell you anything about who my mother has hired, and I can't tell you what kind of security they may have. What I can tell you is that she has more than enough Kryptonite to possibly kill Kara."

Oliver nodded curtly and turned to Lena. "Would it be possible for us to get directions to the compound?" he asked. "Or to get us close enough that we could get in, rescue Kara, do some damage, and get out?"

Lena raised an eyebrow. "All four of you?"

"I owe Kara for saving my entire family," Oliver nodded. "It's because of Kara that these three have second chances in their lives. None of us are leaving until we know for a fact that Kara is safe from Cadmus."

Lena nodded slowly, then started tapping more keys. "I can give you directions, and I can also give you a drive that when put in a computer, will fry their systems. Everything will feed back here to me."

"To you?" Malcolm repeated.

"Kara's my friend," Lena nodded determinedly. "And tech support never hurts."

"No, it doesn't," Oliver agreed. "We would also prefer to do this as soon as possible."

"Agreed," Lena nodded. "Come back tonight, after dark. I'll have the drive ready for you then."

"We'll be here," Oliver nodded. "Oh . . . and keep your balcony doors open."

"Why?" Lena blinked, looking behind her towards her balcony.

"That'll be how we come in," Oliver smirked, standing up. "Nice to meet you, Lena."

"And you," Lena nodded, watching the four leave. As she watched them leave, she turned to look at her balcony in surprise.

How would they arrive that she needed to keep her balcony open?

***

"Does this seem a bit easy to you?" Malcolm asked Oliver as they walked down the street back to the warehouse they had arrived in.

"A bit," Oliver admitted. "If Lena's lying, she's a good one, I'll give her that. But she's also a CEO, that means she has resources. And if she's telling the truth, those resources can help us get Kara out, quickly."

"We'll need everything we've got, kid," Slade eyed the sky and the setting sun. "It'll be dark soon."

Oliver reached where they had hid their bags and found his, unzipping it and pulling out one of the arrows, checking the tip. "Then we'd best be ready."

***

Lena finished working on the flash drive she would be sending with the four, pulling it out and twirling it between her fingers. The sky had turned black only a few minutes ago, and she turned to her computer, looking at the systems running. She was fully prepared to hack Cadmus once the drive had taken over their security. She just needed to wait for -

She heard four thuds behind her, and she spun around, eyes wide, to see Oliver, Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel land on the balcony in perfect crouches before standing. "Wow," she stared as they walked in, Oliver and Malcolm with their bows in hand, Slade's sword on his back, Laurel with a few knives strapped to her legs. "That's . . . impressive."

"Oh, wait until we show Cadmus," Malcolm smirked.

"Here's the drive," Lena handed it to Oliver. "I have at least the basic diagrams of the complex on my computer, so I can direct you to where the main security hub is. Just hook that up to one of their monitors, and I'm in."

"Will do," Oliver nodded, taking the Bluetooth devices Lena handed out. "Once we get Kara, it'll be a scramble to get out."

"There's an L-Corp warehouse that's closed down for the night about twenty minutes from the complex," Lena told him, pulling up a map. "If you can get Kara there, I can give you the code to get inside. Once you're there, I can send a message to Alex telling her you've got her sister."

"Only with people she trusts," Oliver added.

"She'll more than likely bring her fiancée, Maggie, and possibly J'onn," Lena nodded. "And once you get to the D.E.O., they can handle helping Kara recover."

"Good," Oliver nodded in satisfaction. "One more thing. We'll be using our code names while we're there. The less Cadmus knows about us, the better."

"OK," Lena nodded. "What are they? I'll use those when speaking to you."

"Green Arrow," Oliver answered.

"Dark Archer," Malcolm supplied his.

"Deathstroke," Slade told her.

"Black Siren," Laurel finished.

"All right," Lena nodded, making a mental note of that. "What, does that mean I need a name as well?"

"It wouldn't hurt," Oliver looked at her.

Lena nodded slowly, thinking it over, when she saw the Luthor chessboard by the couch. She walked over and picked up the white queen, turning it over in her hand, then smirked. "Checkmate," she put the queen back and made a show of flicking it over.

Oliver smirked and nodded. "Got it."

Lena frowned as they headed back to the balcony. "Do you need a vehicle?" she asked.

"We're covered," Malcolm smirked as Oliver pulled up the hood of his suit, Slade putting his mask on.

Lena raised an eyebrow, then nodded as the four vigilantes left. She sat down in her chair and fixed her Bluetooth to her ear, clicking a few keys and watching the diagram of the complex appear. "Hang on, Kara," she tapped her fingers on her desk.

***

I really do like Lena. I hope she doesn't end up a villain.

Next up, it's Green Arrow, Deathstroke, the Dark Archer, Black Siren, and Checkmate vs. Cadmus!