Supergirl ~ Fort Rozz ~ Part Two

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Reign walked into her fortress, approaching the hologram in the center of the room, which frowned at her. "Why were you delayed?"

"It's her," Reign sneered. "I can feel her."

"Who?"

"The human side of me. She has strength I did not expect."

"She is no excuse for failure."

"You're right," Reign acknowledged, nodding. "I must focus and find the others."

"You have another mission first," the hologram informed her. "The fortress has detected a signal. Supergirl and your other enemies have boarded Fort Rozz."

"What for?" Reign frowned.

"For more information about you, I presume. The Dark Priestess Jindah Kol Rozz has been imprisoned in Fort Rozz well before the destruction of Krypton. She knows the entire extent of our mission. She knows of your friends, the other Worldkillers. If Supergirl gets to her to get any information – "

"It'll thwart our plans," Reign concluded.

The hologram nodded. "You need to get to her before Supergirl does."

Reign nodded in agreement.

***

Livewire frowned, shining her flashlight everywhere. "This place is like the Mall of America."

"Oh, you have that here?" Sara asked Kara, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, we do," Kara nodded. "Why?"

"OK, Thea, the next time we take a break, girls' day at the Mall of America."

Thea smirked. "Got it."

"She's not wrong," Laurel shook her head. "You can wander around here for days and not find a thing."

Psi wrinkled her nose. "Do you smell that?"

Kara frowned, sniffing. "What?"

"Another dead body of an incompetent male, perhaps?" Livewire asked snidely.

Imra stopped. "I smell it."

Someone yelled, then a dark silver staff caught Thea in the side, knocking her into one of the cell doors. The dark-skinned woman wielding the staff turned and pointed it at Kara with a snarl. "You!" she growled. "You bear the sign of the House of El. How dare you show your face around here!"

Zari stepped in front of Kara, blocking the alien's view of the crest, and tapped her totem, making it flare red. She threw out both her hands, blasting the prisoner away. While she was distracted, Imra telekinetically yanked a cell door free and tossed it at her. Psi braced herself, sending a shockwave at her, but it did nothing. Livewire shot bolts of electricity at the prisoner as Laurel and Amaya backed up to find a good attack point, Sara twirling her batons into its full staff form. Psi stepped forward when the prisoner's back was turned, but she spun her own staff, smacking Psi in the side of the head. The meta dropped to the ground, wincing and reaching up to her head.

The prisoner focused on Livewire next, but before she could hit her, Sara got in front of her, blocking her staff with her own. Thea scrambled to her feet, drawing her sword and running behind her. Imra watched them duel, then turned and headed over to Psi, crouching in front of her. "Are you OK?" she asked. "It's OK."

Psi lowered her hand from her head, then reached out and grabbed Imra by the shoulder. She gasped, eyes wide, mouth agape, as Psi used her powers on her, glaring at her. "Imra!" Kara shouted.

Sara ducked under a staff swing, revealing Laurel behind her, and the meta screamed at the prisoner, blasting her away. While she was disoriented, the snarl of a lion was heard, and Amaya pounced on the prisoner, overpowering her and dropping her to her knees. As she struggled to stand, Livewire threw two lassos of electricity at her, wrapping her up and shocking her.

Kara ran over to Imra, whose hands were clutching her hair. "Imra?" she dropped down by her, taking her by the shoulders. "Imra?" She was shaking badly, but she slowly released her hair, taking deep breaths. "You're OK," Kara rubbed her shoulders comfortingly. "You're OK. It's gonna be OK."

Zari watched Imra try and get her breath back, then scowled at Psi. "What the hell was that?"

"More like why did you do that to her?" Laurel narrowed her eyes.

Psi just held her head, grimacing in pain.

***

"Good job," William smiled, dropping the card he held.

"Thanks," Ruby beamed, then turned to Alex. "Your turn."

Alex didn't respond. William frowned, seeing she was staring into space, then waved his hand in front of her face. "Aunt Alex?"

She blinked, then focused on William. "Oh."

"Are you OK?" he frowned, concerned.

"Yeah," Alex nodded. "I'm fine."

William and Ruby exchanged looks that clearly said they didn't believe her. "Maggie?" Ruby guessed. "From the text before? She's your girlfriend, right?"

"Fiancée," Alex nodded, then winced. "Ex. Ex-fiancée." She took a deep breath. "I wasn't expecting to hear from her. It's been a while since we broke up."

"Does she wanna see you?" William frowned.

"No," Alex shook her head. "She thinks that she left her passport here, I guess, and was asking I could please it to her."

William snorted, glaring down at Alex's phone. "Thanks, Maggie."

"Do you know where it is?" Ruby asked.

"Honestly?" Alex tilted her head back and forth, then pointed. "The only place I can think of is maybe in that top drawer."

Ruby nodded, climbing off the couch and walking over to check. She opened the drawer, peering inside, then held it up. "Here it is," she said, flipping it open to check it was hers. "Wow," she blinked. "She traveled a lot."

"Yeah," Alex nodded, taking the passport when Ruby handed it to her. "We had a lot of plans."

William moved the game aside so he could sit on the table, looking at the pages upside down, then looked up at Alex. "Are you OK?"

Alex opened her mouth to answer, shut it, then opened it again. "You know, I really thought I was moving on. But I still feel so sad." Ruby gave her a sad look, then offered her hand. Alex smiled fondly, taking her hand, and William crowded in on Alex's other side, between her crutches and her. Alex smiled, leaning her head on top of William's as he leaned against her. "It's like . . . this is my life now, and I can't do anything about it."

"I'm sorry," William murmured.

"It's not your fault, William," Alex shook her head.

Ruby squeezed Alex's hand, smiling sadly. "I know what you mean."