Supergirl ~ Reign ~ Part Three

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"Samples from the remains of the victims confirm," Winn turned away from the news grimly. "They were killed by heat vision."

"It really is a Kryptonian doing this," Amaya swallowed.

"Yep," Winn nodded. "And Morgan Edge had nothing to do with it."

"Well, at least it's not related to the guy with the laser gun who went after Lena," Felicity pointed out.

"Nope," Laurel shook her head. "Just some guy Edge hired to try and kill him."

"And Harry and Iris were just in the crossfire," Caitlin sighed.

"So he thought he could get away with killing her and blame it on the Kryptonian?" Stein asked.

"See why we don't like him?" Malcolm snorted.

"Just like Coville said," J'onn said. "'Work of the Beast.'"

"That's not creepy at all," Cisco shuddered.

"Coville strikes me as a fanatic, not a prophet," Slade frowned.

"The two don't have to be mutually exclusive," J'onn shook his head. "He said this. The Beast would come. She would mark the city, and then She would take it. I think it's worth pushing through the noise here to see the truth."

"Well, the moment you start believing in something is the moment you give your power away," Kara huffed. "I'm not gonna give away mine. So what we know about this Kryptonian is that she's a pretender. I beat Kal down to the ground when I had to. I'll beat her down, too."

***

Lena looked down her phone when it rang, and frowning, she picked it up. "Hello?"

"I heard you were attacked by someone who tried to make it look like it was perpetrated by that thing that's leaving those alien marks," Edge said, and Lena growled, making Harry look at her in surprise. "That's awful! I mean, it's Christmas!"

"Morgan, you are a vile, despicable scrooge who's gonna die alone and in prison," Lena spat.

"Well, gotta go," Edge said cheerfully. "Christmas party!"

Lena hung up angrily, and Harry raised an eyebrow. "The Grinch?"

"Yeah," Lena seethed.

***

"OK, how hard can it be to track down a Kryptonian going around killing people?" Nate asked later, looking up from his work.

"She probably disguises herself like Kara does," Amaya answered.

"And we don't even know what she looks like," Caitlin pointed out.

"We have a lot to do," Alex sighed, rubbing her temples.

Kara was walking down the stairs when her phone rang, and frowning, Kara picked up. "James?"

"Someone just tried to heat-vision Edge," James cut to the point, making Kara freeze. "He's calling a press conference."

"Is he hurt?" Kara demanded, hurrying down the steps.

"Sadly, no. Of course this guy has a lead-lined panic room in his office. But whatever's out there wants him dead. He just got lucky."

"I'm on it," Kara seethed, hanging up and heading for the balcony.

"Kara?" Oliver walked over, frowning. "What happened?"

"The Kryptonian attacked Edge in his office," Kara answered as the others started gathering around.

"Oh . . . no," Winn blinked. "No? No, that's bad. That's objectively bad."

"I wouldn't lose any sleep," Malcolm snorted.

"It doesn't matter who the target was, they're just killing whoever they want," Kara shook her head.

"We're doing everything we can to track them," J'onn assured her.

"I'll head to Edge's office with some of the others, we can see if they left behind anything we can trace," Alex added.

"No," Kara said firmly. "No, I'm tired of playing hide and seek. The longer we wait, the more people are gonna die."

"So what are you thinking?" Sara asked as Kara headed out to the balcony.

"We do it their way!" Kara answered, shooting into the sky.

Winn sighed. "Well, that's comforting."

***

Kara flew over National City, and when she reached CatCo, she fired her heat vision, tracing the House of El crest into the roof. She looked down in satisfaction, then smirked. "Your turn."

***

"I can't believe this guy," Harry grumbled as he watched the news.

Lena scowled as she watched Edge work the press.

one of the reporters asked.

wasn't Edge responded.

"Sociopathic cockroach," Lena snarled angrily, turning and walking towards the elevator.

"I agree with you, and I just met the guy," Harry snorted, walking after her. "But look, neither Danvers nor Queen are gonna let him get away with this."

"Or Slade, or Malcolm, or Laurel," Lena smirked.

"Nope," Harry shook his head. "He'll get what he deserves. If it's one thing I've learned working with Allen, it's that they always do."

Lena nodded, pressing the button for the ground floor. "You know, your plan today probably saved my life."

"Well, right place, right time," Harry shrugged.

"I still think that means I owe you a drink."

Harry raised an eyebrow, folding his arms and looking at her. "Ms. Luthor, are you asking me on a date?"

"It's a thank you drink," Lena corrected, though there was a slight blush in her cheeks. "And please. It's Lena."

Harry nodded thoughtfully. "All right, he emphasized her name. "I'll take that thank you drink. Been a heavy day, after all."

Lena grinned as the doors opened. "To heavy days and Christmas, then."

***

Kara smiled fondly as she watched Mon-El and Imra in the training room, then turned when Sara walked up to her. "Hey there," she smiled.