The new English teacher

Let me teach you a lesson

Kara's POV

My Kryptonian spirit is almost broken. I am as strong as steel but my muscles are turning into pudding. I have never felt like this before. The searing pain is immeasurable. It's like my blood is replaced by boiling hot water. It blinds me but still I try to figure out my surroundings. My vision is doubled, my enemy is looking at me and I see four eyes, two heads and twenty fingers.

'Hello, Kara', their voices echo in my head and I groan in pain.

'Focus!' Lex slaps me and suddenly everything is clear. The pain is still there but I am awake. What I don't get though, is that there are still two Lex's. I look around, frantically searching for Lena. She's not here.

'Looking for my sister? All that power yet so weak minded, it'll need some fixing. It really didn't occur to you that you have been used all this time?'

'Lena!' I haven't heard a word he said. I need to find Lena.

'Listen to me you idiot!' Lex says with gritted teeth as the other Lex presses Kryptonite against my skull, making me scream out in pain.

'Lena isn't going to save you. She is on my team. All this time you have been deceived.' My heart aches at his words. Could it be true? Perhaps the reason she came to my school was part of an evil scheme of her and her brother. But the way he talked to her, slapped her even. I could see it in her eyes how much she despises him. It can't be true.

'You're lying.'

'Oh yeah? Then how can it be that her boyfriend-', he shows a picture of him and Lena, doing science together, 'and her have shared their technology with me so that I could use it to kill you? It didn't dazzle you that the Kryptonite suit she gave you hurt you even more than Kryptonite normally would? You walked right into her trap.' He forcefully claps his hands together an inch away from my face, imitating a mouse trap. The combination of the scare and this information makes me cry like the fool I am.

'So weak, so fragile.'

I turn my head away from him. I feel embarrassed. How could I have thought that a rich, gorgeous woman who is way older than me could love me?

'Hey I'm sorry I was so harsh to you just now.' Lex looks at me with his pitch black eyes and I suddenly think back to my dream. He really looks like a demon. Then I think back to that dream I had weeks ago where Lena stood by his side. I should have realised it was a warning.

'I know what it feels like to be betrayed. Your cousin and I, we would better the world but then he threw in the towel when things got serious. We became rivals and I did some awful things out of anger. You may not see it now but I have changed. I'm sorry for the way I had to treat you to get you here but I knew you wouldn't cooperate voluntarily. Kara, I only ever want to help you. I can rid you of the horrible emotions you're feeling.'

Horrible. They're indeed horrible. The times she said she loved me were fake. The times she caressed my waist, kissed me passionately, they were all just part of her plan. Why destroy me like this? What did I do to deserve this?

'I trust Lena made sure to tell you about Biomax during your stay?'

I nod, not daring to look him in the eye out of embarrassment. Every single conversation had been planned.

'Do you know the real reason why Jack and she broke up? Well they never actually did but she chose science over him. She realised that nanobites could take away one's free will and she needed a test bunny. She however had her hands full on you so she allowed me to take control over Jack. You know what they say, behind every great man is a great woman.'

No no no. This can't be. Lena is a good person. The way she teaches, with genuine interest in her pupils, it proves that she only wants to help. I am hit with a flashback where I wondered whether teachers perhaps only ever act. What if she never stopped acting around me? What if I don't know the real Lena?

'I get that you're confused. Why am I here twice?' The Lex behind me has started to talk and walks towards me, 'because I am Jack.' He taps on his forehead and suddenly three little knobs are visible, aswell as a completely different face than Lex's.

'Image inducers.' I mutter under my breath. Another invention from Lena. With each hit of realisation, my heart breaks a little more.

'You're learning.' He gives me a smile, 'Now Jack here is me but the automatic processes in his body are of course-'

I gasp loudly. Jack's mouth opens and an inhuman scream erupts from it. The nanobites escape his body while he groans in pain. I start to scream when he collapses, making the Kryptonite slide out of his hand towards the other side of the room. Finally I am relieved of the pain and without thinking twice I break out of the chair that restricted me and use my laser eyes to burn Lex's legs.

I use my superspeed and x-ray vision to scan the building and within two seconds I have found the kidnapped people. My heart stops when I see Lena. I break through the door and untie everyone. I then stop breathing because I am looking at her. The woman who has betrayed me, destroyed my faith. She has blood on her face and is barely conscious but still manages to wrap her arms around me.

'Lena, stop, I know what you did.'

I step backwards even though I want to hold her so badly. I want to make her pain go away. Then her face hardens, basically confirming what I'm suggesting. A lump forms in my throat. She is finally showing her true colours.

'What the Hell did that son of a bitch tell you?!'

Suddenly she seems to have more power in her body than even me. She stands up and paces towards the television room with big steps.

'Kara, fly me there this instant!' I've never heard a voice become so shrill. Without thinking, I do as I'm told,

Lex still lies on the ground, gripping his wounded legs. Lena runs towards him and kicks him in the ribs, hard.

'You pathetic lying shit! Trying to turn her against me!' She grabs his head and slams it on the floor.

'Lena!' I don't want her to do anything stupid because of her anger.

'And then Jack!' She looks at him with tears in her eyes. Jack's body is not moving. 'You forced me to kill him, Lex!' Her voice breaks, giving Lex time to answer.

'H-how? How could you kill him?'

Lena smirks and shows her the hand with the rings. Those rings I had wanted to ask her about.

'Jack must have told you that I quit science because I knew it could do more harm than good. Well seems I was right about that. So, I always carry kill switches with me for my own inventions.' She opens a shiny black ring to show Lex a little button inside. Lex swallows and his eyes become glassy.

'Using my own inventions against me. I expected more out of you, brother.' She puts an emphasis on the last word and gives him another kick. I hate seeing her like this. She is the sweet teacher who motivated me to write poetry, not a martyr.

I approach her and put a hand on her shoulder. I turn her around slowly and I can sense that she doesn't want to.

'Stay out of it, Kara.'

'You're not a murderer, Lena.'

'But if I don't kill him you will forever be in danger, I can't let that happen.'

'He'll go to prison.'

'Because that has worked well before?!'

She turns around and once she sees my eyes, she softens.

'You're right. I shouldn't.'

I let out a relieved breath. Not only because she isn't going to kill him but also because I realise Lex had only been manipulating me.

'Just to check.' I start, carressing her cheeks, 'Do you really love me?'

Lena grins and considers her answer. 'I love you so much I'd almost kill for you.' She winks at 'almost' making me laugh,

She turns to Lex one more time to punch him in the face, using her badass rings to hurt him even more.

'Checkmate, bitch.'