Supergirl ~ Damage ~ Part Three

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"Initiate release sequence," Edge ordered. "Bring the plane up three degrees."

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Lena ran back to the cargo bay, watching the plane open, the barrels starting to rattle. Quickly, she grabbed a metal pole and slammed it down as one of the caribiners released, jamming the release and stopping the barrels from flying out.

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"The release isn't working," the man said to Edge's chagrin. "I can't dump the payload."

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Lena ducked when someone flew past her, then Kara landed inside the plane, grabbing a lever on the floor and pulling it back. Lena sighed in relief as the ramp closed.

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"She's closed the ramp," the man reported.

"Only one thing left to do," Edge narrowed his eyes. "Crash the plane."

"Are you sure?" the man looked at him.

"Crash the plane!" he barked, the man hurrying to do what he said.

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The plane rocked, and Kara yelped as she went flying into the side, Lena grabbing on to the nets on the side. "The barrels are treated to dissolve in water!" she called. "If the plane crashes, they'll poison everyone!"

Kara nodded, then leapt into the air, placing her palms against the top of the plane. "Strap in!" she shouted. Lena grabbed tighter to the nets, and Kara started to push, trying to get the plane level again. "I'm gonna get them to blow the engines!" Kara shouted.

Lena nodded again, holding on for dear life.

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"It's not going down," the man shook his head.

"Oh, yes, it will," Edge growled. "Get up, get up, get up, get up!"

The man stood up, and Edge took his seat. He scowled when he saw one of the engines blow, then started tapping on the keyboard.

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Kara blinked when she heard a cracking noise, then the top of the plane cracked open. She quickly grabbed both sides of the crack, watching the plane completely split. In one hand, Kara held the part of the plane with the barrels in it. In the other, she held the other part of the plane . . . with Lena tumbling to the bottom of it, screaming the entire way. "I can't hold both!" she shouted.

"Save the chemicals, not me!" Lena shouted back.

"No!" Kara shook her head desperately. "I'm not gonna drop you!"

"Let me go!" Lena insisted.

"No!" Kara shook her head violently, straining to hold onto both parts of the plane. "Climb, Lena! Climb!" Lena took a few deep breaths, then grabbed onto the netting on the side, pulling herself up towards Kara. "You can do it! Come on! Come on, you can do it!" Lena reached the top, gulping and stopping herself from looking down at the large drop. "You have to jump, now!"

Lena took a deep breath, then leaped and grabbed for Kara's hand. She released the plane to grab her, and as Lena clung to her friend, both watched the other part of the plane crash into the water. Kara pulled Lena closer to her, Lena laughing in sheer relief as Kara flew the rest of the wreckage away from the water.

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The system crashed, and Edge narrowed his eyes, his anger building. "What do we do?" the man asked.

"Well, shoot the console," Edge answered, pulling out a handgun, cocking it, and handing it to the man.

Confused, the man took it, Edge stepping out of the way. The man shot the console, knocking out all the systems. "What was that for?" he asked.

Edge shrugged, taking out a handkerchief and taking the gun back. "Just needed a little gunshot residue on your hands."

"No!" the man protested as Edge shot him dead without a care in the world. He left the body inside, walking out to where his car was waiting.

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Kara waited in the shadows of Edge Global, tapping her foot impatiently, her anger about to boil over when she heard a chirp from her phone. She pulled it out, smirking when she saw the text she received.

Kara texted back a positive, then strode into Edge Global like she owned it. She walked past the cleaners and right into Edge's office. "Poisoning innocent children for your vendetta against Lena Luthor?" she demanded. "It's even lower than I expected of you, Edge."

"You know," Edge turned around from pouring himself a drink, "I sold Acre Lee Chemical over two years ago."

"Convenient," Kara rolled her eyes.

"Besides, I heard they found the guy," Edge continued. "Yeah, he was some crazed, lone wolf, former Marine, Air Force. He had a bone to pick with her family. It's too bad he killed himself, 'cause we could have brought him to justice."

"Hmm," Kara scoffed. "Too bad."

"You know, I was thinking he must have really hated her," Edge remarked. "Do you ever wonder what that feels like? That kinda hate? Because I don't think you're capable of it."

"You have no idea what I am capable of," Kara hissed.

"Is this about me now?" Edge raised an eyebrow. "Because when you got mad at me, you dumped me on a cargo ship in the middle of the sea. What a hassle. It cost me a few hours. Thirty bucks of dry cleaning. I don't know what kind of hippy-dippy justice you practiced on your planet, sweetheart, but this is the real world. It's dog-eat-dog out here. Now, if had an enemy, I'd crush her without mercy. Let's say, for instance, I was enemy, hmm? The thing for you to do right now would be to kill me. But you capes . . . you don't have what it takes. Do you?" Kara glared at him, and her gaze suddenly slid past him. Edge scoffed, thinking she had backed down. "Yeah. I didn't think so. You can leave the way you came in. I think the cleaning crew enjoyed the show."

Kara nodded to herself, turning to leave. She stopped with one foot out the door, then turned around. "I hated," she informed Edge, making him turn around. "The first person I hated, you know what he did? He took the family and friends of a man I had met before, including his son. He became so desperate for help he came to me personally to ask me to help. That man I hated, he played a game, was always ten steps ahead of the person I went to help. Do you know what happened to that man, Edge?"

"Enlighten me," he said sarcastically.

"I made sure to break every bone in his body so he couldn't hurt anyone again," Kara grinned, enjoying seeing Edge choke on his drink. "Last I heard? He died in the prison he was being held in." She walked back towards him, seeing Edge was actually starting to look scared of her now. "There was one other person I hated," she held up a finger. "Just one. You know what her last name was? Not Lena. Her mother. You see, she had this grudge against my cousin and I, said we ruined her family's lives. She took every chance she could to kill me. And when she finally got a taste of her own medicine, I got away." She folded her arms, smirking. "There's a reason no one's heard from her since then. Do you want to know what happened to Lillian Luthor, and the organization she led?" Edge didn't answer, but the color was starting to drain from his face. "Project Cadmus's headquarters was burned to the ground," she whispered, her grin widening. "The entire organization was decimated in less than two weeks. As for Lillian?" Edge looked very scared about how wide Kara was grinning now. "You remember who else was on that cargo ship with you, don't you?" When Edge's eyes widened, Kara laughed, turning around. "Guess which one killed her!"