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kryptonian virus

The DEO

Mon was in a cell, facing J'onn, Kara, Barry, Iris and Alex on the other side. "Is this really necessary? I feel fine. I could do 1,000 push-ups one-handed," Mon said.

"While that's very impressive, we can't risk you transmitting whatever you were exposed to in the bar to the rest of us," J'onn said.

"Which begs the question, what the hell was he exposed to?" Barry asked as Iris eyed Mon.

"Tell us what happened again," Iris said.

"I already... I told you guys," Mon said.

"Please?" Iris asked in a soft tone and Mon sighed.

"I saw you," Mon said, referring to J'onn. "But not you, the real you, the original Hank Henshaw. I followed him outside, we fought and I lost. And then I heard the screams. If I hadn't followed him outside, I could have stopped this."

"The only reason you're still alive is because you chased Hank Henshaw outside," Iris assured before looking at Kara and Alex while Mon softly smiled at her.

"I have never heard of a weapon, bio or otherwise, that can target only alien physiology. And that thing killed everything in that bar except human beings. I would like to bring my mother in to help analyze the crime scene. She specializes in astrobiology, I think she could really help," Alex said.

"That's a good idea," J'onn said.

"Great, let's get going," Kara said as she started to leave but Barry grabbed her hand, preventing her from leaving.

"No, no, no, no, no, no," Barry said but Kara looked at him taken back.

"You and I will remain quarantined here at the DEO until we can figure out exactly what sort of toxin we're dealing with," J'onn said.

"J'onn, this is Cadmus. I know it. They're planning something," Kara said but then Barry made her look at him.

"My alien girlfriend is not leaving here until we figure out how Cadmus was able to target only aliens," Barry said but Kara sighed annoyed. "Hey. We'll all stay here with you. Right, Iris?"

"Yeah. It's better safe than sorry," Iris said and Kara nodded in agreement.

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Later, Iris was sitting outside of Mon's cell, him also sitting inside his, and had a monopoly board out in between them. Iris did her best to try and keep Mon sane while he was locked up. "Oh, crap," Iris said, getting on a tile she didn't want to be on.

"Aw, sucks for you," Mon said and Iris rolled her eyes with a smile. "My turn. I mean, please."

Iris grabbed the dice and rolled them. When she got to the right number, Mon's piece landed on jail. "And you're in jail," Iris said with a smile.

"That feels appropriate," Mon said and Iris looked up at him.

"You'll be out of here soon enough. You and Kara both. So don't pout," Iris said but Mon pouted, causing them to laugh. "Hey, you don't, uh...You don't like me, do you?"

"Of course I like you," Mon said.

"No, I mean, like, you don't like me like me?" Iris said.

"Like you like you? Sorry, English is my second language," Mon said and Iris smiled.

"Kara's mom, Eliza, she...She thought you were being extra nice to her on Thanksgiving. That's like a thing that boys on this planet do. They're nice to the moms of girls they have crushes on sometimes. Which doesn't entirely make sense because she's not my mom, but I guess she's the closest thing to my mom-" Iris started to ramble.