Brave New World: Black Lightning

Chapter 11

This chapter will contain a twist to the arrowverse that I think a lot of people were wishing had happened in the actual show.

"Agent Odell, you have an incoming transmission." Major Grey said to her boss as she entered his office at the Pit.

"Take a message, I'm busy." Odell said.

"Sir, it's the President herself." Grey said and Odell sighed.

"Fine, put her through." Odell said and Grey nodded as she left the room before the monitor in Odell's office flashed the presidential seal before the image of Olivia Marsdin came on the screen.

"Madam President, to what do I owe this unexpected honor?" Odell asked, though he could tell that she was angry.

"Agent Odell. I'm calling you in the hopes that you can clear a few things up for me that have recently been brought to my attention in regards to your organization." Marsdin said.

"Of course. How can I be of assistance?" Odell asked.

"By giving me a reason why I shouldn't toss you in a cell and throw away the key right now." Marsdin said, surprising Odell.

"Excuse me?" Odell asked, wondering why she was making such accusations.

"Argus Director Lyla Michaels has presented me with ironclad proof of the heinous and illegal operations that the ASA has been running since it was founded. Experimenting and weaponizing metahumans, abducting black children, the list goes on and on. And the fact that you've done it all with apparently no oversight is outrageous." Marsdin said.

"Madam, with all due respect, the ASA is simply doing what it was created for." Odell said.

"I'm aware of that, though honestly, now that both Argus and the DEO exist, I'm not really sure what purpose the ASA serves anymore, which is why I hereby shutting your entire operation down, effective immediately and sending in a joint Argus/military task force to take possession of all your resources and more importantly, detain you and all other ASA personnel until we can determine who is truly guilty and who was simply duped into thinking that they were doing the right thing." Marsdin said.

"You can't do this. This organization has existed since World War 2." Odell said, trying to convince her otherwise.

"And it has outserved its purpose. Unlike my predecessors, I am not willing to condone the actions you have taken. My decision is final and it has been approved by both Congress and the Senate. And don't bother running." Marsdin said as the transmission ended, leaving Odell stunned.

"Major Grey, get in here." he shouted.

"What is it sir?" Grey asked when she entered his office.

"I want you to take Wylde and your commandos and track down and eliminate the Tailor immediately." Odell said.

"Can I ask why?" Grey asked him.

"Because he somehow managed to get incriminating evidence against the ASA to Argus, since I know it was him and the President is shutting us down and sending an Argus task force to take us all in. And while I hold no illusions of us being able to repel them, since even if we did have the resources to do so, which we don't, it would only further brand us a enemies of the state, but not we're not going down without a fight and it will not go unpunished. The Tailor must pay the price for his betrayal. Commander Williams will take point on transferring any other sensitive assets to an off the books location." Odell said.

"Yes sir." Grey said as she walked out of his office.

"Time to make a last stand." Odell said.

Later on that night, Jefferson and his team were gathered in the Sanctum trying to make plans to prepare for however the ASA might choose to retaliate against them for selling them out to the ASA, since Lyla had called to inform them about the situation, when suddenly, some kind of strange, swirling blue vortex opened up in the middle of the Sanctum and to their surprise, Lyla and someone else that they all recognized, though some of them for different reasons, walked through.