Supergirl ~ Reign ~ Part Two

***

Amaya straightened from where she was leaning on the balcony railing, running back down into the D.E.O. "They're back!" she called.

"Good," Sara sighed.

But Kara swooped right over their heads, going deeper into the D.E.O. "Whoa!" Cisco swerved to avoid her, watching with wide eyes. "OK, the last time she did that, Samantha died."

"Oh, I hope someone didn't die," Felicity winced.

Ray and Firestorm flew in next, and the moment they hit the ground, Firestorm separated into Jax and Lily. "Please tell us no one died," Dig looked over, completely serious.

"No," Ray shook his head, pulling off his helmet. "But there's a bigger problem."

"What could be a bigger problem than someone dying?" Iris frowned.

"That field we were called to?" Jax folded his arms. "Someone burned what looked like a Kryptonian symbol in the grass."

There was stunned silence from everyone. "OK, that's probably a bigger problem," Iris admitted.

"I thought Skirt and her cousin were the only ones left," Mick scowled.

"Guess not," Malcolm sighed.

"Did Kara recognize it?" Oliver asked.

"No," Ray shook his head. "But it was a diamond shield, just like hers."

Felicity looked down at her tablet when it beeped. "It just came in," she tapped it, then blinked. "Oh . . . yikes."

"That was about our reactions," Lily sighed.

"Whoa," Nate's eyes widened when he saw the symbol as Felicity flipped her tablet around. "That's . . . OK, yeah, this can't be good."

Barry sighed. "I'll run back to S.T.A.R. Labs and get my suit."

"Wait, what?" Felicity looked up, surprised.

"Guys, you don't have to stay," Oliver began.

"Kara was worried by that symbol," Ray shook his head. "If she was worried, this can't be good."

"And if it Kryptonian, we all know how hard it is to take one down," Jax pointed out. "I'm inclined to stay. That's if the captain is OK with it."

"Anyone opposed?" Sara turned to look at the Legends. When no one did, Sara turned around. "Then we'll go back to Earth-1 and grab our gear. We'll help."

"Well, I've got to get back to Star City," Quentin said. "Wish I could help, but someone's got to be in the office."

"Thank you for coming," Oliver told him sincerely.

"Of course," Quentin nodded. "Let me know how things turn out."

"Will do."

***

Kara looked at the symbol on a tablet of her own, frowning. "I've seen this before," she said. "When I was a kid on a field trip to the ruins of old Krypton." She looked up at the hologram in front of her. "What does it mean?"

"The symbols predate recorded history," the hologram of Alura Zor-El answered. "The glyphs are known as Low Speech and used in Urrika, the Kryptonian continent where life began."

"And the people who used them?"

"The Juru were matriarchal, tribal, polytheistic. Over time, their sun god became known as Rao. The tribes began to worship Him alone, and modern Krypton was born."

"So, then the Book of Rao must have something that can help," Kara said.

"There is nothing in the book," Alura said. "The ruling council destroyed much of Krypton's so-called superstitions."

Kara blinked. "But if someone's trying to send me a message through this, I have to know what it means! This feels important!"

"I represent the total accumulation of knowledge on the twenty-eight known galaxies," Alura said. "If I cannot translate it, the translation may not exist."

Kara sighed in frustration, turning the tablet off.

***

the news was saying, and Lena shook her head bitterly as she watched.

"OK, guys," James turned around in his office. "I know it's almost Christmas, but we have some breaking news. We gotta pull some people in. We need eyewitness accounts. We need coverage on the City Council's press conference. Crime, I need you to talk to NCPD, figure out if they've initiated any lockdown procedures on federal buildings. OK? Guys, we need in formation. And we also need to decide how to frame this story so that we don't incite further panic. Let's get these stories into copy by noon. Thanks, guys."

"Nice place," a voice behind Lena said.

She jumped, startled, and turned around to see Iris and Harry walk in. "Hey," she smiled. "Uh, I just bought CatCo this year."

"It's still nice," Iris looked around. "Then again, it's headquarters for a media empire."

"Working on figuring out that symbol?" Harry guessed.

"I've been thinking about it," Lena admitted.

"Well, we just came back from the D.E.O.," Iris said, lowering her voice. "We think it's Kryptonian."

"You're certain?" Lena asked, surprised.

"It's shaped like Kara's," Iris pointed out.

"You think it's something else?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Well, Kryptonian could make sense," Lena looked back up at one of the TVs broadcasting the symbol. "But the first appearance of this symbol was on L-Corp property."

"You think it may be a personal attack?" Harry frowned.

"Kryptonian seems like a better idea," Iris admitted.

"It would be a Kryptonian symbol," Lena nodded. "But maybe it's not a Kryptonian making the symbol?"

"A frame-up?" Harry tilted his head. "It's not the craziest thing."

"OK, but who would want to frame a Kryptonian as part of a personal attack on you?" Iris frowned.

"Easy," Lena folded her arms. "Morgan Edge."

"Who's he?" Harry frowned.

"Tried to buy CatCo originally to make the media swing to his side, and after I bought it instead, he put chemicals in a swimming pool so that when children used it, they became sick with symptoms similar to lead poisoning."

"The Daxamite lead bomb," Iris realized, eyes wide. "He did that?!"

Lena nodded grimly. "Bastard," Harry summed up in one word.