Next of Kin Part 20 - You Called Her Grandma Lillian

As Kara walked into the waiting room of Smythe, Matterson, Abadi, and Abadi, she paused seeing her sister and Winn sitting in chairs. Alex sat stiffly as if prepared for an interrogation and perhaps she was. Winn was slumped, leaning to one side, his cheek against his hand. He looked defeated.

Kara took a seat next to her sister and whispered, "Alex, what's going on?"

"Your girlfriend," Alex grumbled.

Kara sighed. "I wish."

"Hey." Alex elbowed her, shaking her head. "You haven't spoken to Lena have you?"

Kara returned the head shake. "I left her those voicemails but didn't hear anything back. I figured she needed space, so I was giving her space. In time, I thought she'd call me. Since she came to National City, we've always been in each other's lives. I can't believe she hasn't at least texted me. Then I got this today." Kara held up the letter in her hand.

Alex did the same, elbowing Winn who held up a letter but made no other movement.

"What does yours say?" Kara asked.

"The same as yours I'd imagine," Alex replied. "It's from these guys, Lena's lawyers but not L-Corp lawyers which is interesting. They asked me to come down here regarding an investigation into some medical records of hers that had been tampered with. They asked that I voluntarily come down here today at 10:00 AM to answer some question in the hopes of stemming a formal investigation."

Kara nodded. "Mine was pretty much the same, but it mentioned Lena's power of attorney, not her medical records."

"Mine mentioned both," Winn said, still not moving. "You think they'll give me a cell next to my dad, like a family suite?"

"Relax," Alex said, eyes straight ahead. "No one's going to jail. We're not without our own clout. Don't say anything. Don't admit to anything. We're going to walk away from this." Alex inhaled deeply, then let the air out. "Then J'onn's going to have our asses."

Winn had been looking encouraged, but he slumped even deeper into his seat. "Oh, that's much worse. Can't I just go to jail please?"

"He can get you even in jail," Alex reminded him.

"Miss Danvers?" The woman at the front desk asked.

Both Kara and Alex looked over at her.

"Miss Kara Danvers?" She clarified. Kara began to stand, but she put out a hand, encouraging Kara to sit again, then lifted her phone. After a moment she said, "They're all here. Yes, Sir." Hanging up, she stood and said, "Follow me please?"

The office was large, an oversized desk that screamed 'overcompensating' with a chair that nodded in agreement. On the opposite side were two smaller chairs, obviously created for the objects of intimidation. There was a bar along the short wall, a long serious of wall-to-wall windows where the long wall would be, and a table the length of the long wall. It was covered with documents. Two people stood in the room, one a middle-aged man wearing a suit that cost more than the combined monthly rent of the three newcomers. The second a familiar face.

"Maggie?" Alex asked.

"Hey, Danvers," Maggie said, her usual smile long since gone as she nodded to her girlfriend.

"Why is she here?" Alex asked the man in the room. "She has no part of this. She has no fucking part in this!"

"Hey, hey!" Maggie was across the room, grabbing Alex by the arm and squeezing, her body between that and the target for her upset. "That's not why I'm here. I'm on the job."

"On the job?" Alex shook her head. "What does that mean?"

"I'm here in an official capacity. I'm here as a member of the NCPD."

"As a cop?" Alex's voice was full of uncertainty, having no idea what that could mean, and then it struck her why a cop could be here. She spun on Kara, her words coming out between gritted teeth. "You need to fucking talk to Lena. She fucking brought my fucking girlfriend into the fucking middle of this. That's not fucking cool, Kara. I don't care how you do it, but fucking talk to her." Alex was poking Kara hard in the shoulder with each expletive, but it did nothing to her sister. All it managed to do was jam Alex's knuckle which she ended up shaking and pulling on to try and dislodge the pain.

"Alex, chill out!" Maggie cajoled, turning the redhead to face her again. "This is a good thing. Well, this is a shit show, but in a shit show, I'm the cop you want with a ticket. You don't want anyone else here. So far, I'm the only one from the department who has seen all of this." Maggie's arm spread across the table. "I think that's the point."

A deep frown sculpted into her face, Alex replied, "You still shouldn't be involved."

"You're here. I'm involved."

Alex nodded, resisting the urge to hug Maggie but giving herself a raincheck. If they walked out of this bruised but not beaten, she'd cash it in immediately.

"Please, have a seat," the man in the room said.

"We'll stand," Alex said, stopping Winn whose hand was on the back of a chair.

"Very good, Agent Danvers. My name is Mr. Abadi."

"Senior of Junior?" Alex asked.

"The third," Mr. Abadi replied. "However, we're not here to talk about me. We're here to talk about certain violations against Miss Luthor's privacy. Miss Luthor has retained the services of a rather prestigious firm which specializes in cyber security and cyber-attack forensics."

"What's the name of the group?" Winn asked.

"The White Hat Agency," Mr. Abadi replied.

"Wh...Wh...White Hat Agency?" Winn stammered out.

"How bad is that?" Alex asked.

Winn swallowed audibly. "Well, if The Justice League were a cyber security team, they'd be the White Hat Agency."

Alex spun on Kara again.

"What!?" Kara asked.

"You need to fix this with her."

"How? She's not talking to me. I'm not allowed to see her. There's nothing I can do. If she won't talk to me, there's nothing I can do," Kara protested.

"What about..." Alex looked over at Mr. Abadi, then pulled her sister to the far side of the room, whispering, "What about Lori?"

Eyes wide, Kara shook her head.

Alex continued to whisper harshly, "Kara, I'm serious here. If Lena is going to throw her money at this and get lawyers who are 'the third' on our asses, we need leverage. If this—"

Kara's hand clamped down over her sister's mouth, head shaking. "Not an option."

"Mmmph Mmm Mph," Alex said.

"What?" Kara asked, suddenly pulling her hand back when Alex's tongue licked at her. "Eww! Gross Alex."

"Keep your hand to yourself," Alex said, pointing at her sister. "Fine. No...you know who for now. If it's this person or me, it's going to be me, Kara. You hear me?"