SuperCorp Chronicles

Chapter 5

Kara was currently in her office working on some paperwork when she heard someone enter her office and looked up to see Lena enter her office.

"I was wondering when you'd show up here." Kara said with a smile as Avery came in behind Lena.

"I'm so sorry Ms. Danvers, she slipped past me." Avery apologized, but Kara waved her off.

"It's okay, I knew she was coming by eventually, since I was planning on offering a job here, but I didn't know when she was stopping by." Kara said.

"Yeah, sorry for dropping by unannounced, but I wanted to make sure I had something to offer to help you sell your board on the idea of hiring a Luthor." Lena said as she held out a flash drive.

"What's this? It better not be one of Luthor Corp's projects because that would be considered corporate espionage." Kara said.

"No, it's a record of all the times Lex has attempted to commit corporate espionage against Argo Enterprises." Lena said and Kara took it.

"We'll just have to add this onto Lex's long list of crimes, though that's pretty minor compared to all the acts of terrorism he's committed." Kara said and Lena nodded.

"So, does this help me?" Lena asked.

"It does. Especially if it matches up all the attempts we've caught over the years." Kara said.

"So, what am I going to be working on?" Lena asked, since they both knew that Kara was going to hire her.

"You see, that's tricky, since I know that I can't just assign you to a lower level position, since that would be insulting to someone as skilled as you, but at the same time." Kara said.

"You can't just assign the sister of your biggest competitor to one of your top projects. I haven't earned that level of trust yet." Lena said.

"Which is why I think I found a compromise. You'll be working with me in my personal lab, so I can keep an eye on you." Kara said.

"Really, because if I remember our time in school correctly, us working in close proximity never ended well." Lena said, remembering how many accidents had been caused, though Lena had always been blamed, just because she was a Luthor, though Kara had always tried to take responsibility for her part in it, but since Lena had always been the instigator, she'd always shouldered most of the blame, but the Luthors had donated so much to MIT over the years that they couldn't expel her.

"That's because we didn't like each other. Or rather, you didn't like me. But now we're trying to put that behind us. Besides, this way you'll have an easier time earning my trust and getting a real assignment." Kara said.

"Fair point and if you think it's a good idea, then so be it." Lena said, just wanting to get back to work.

"Great." Kara said, happy that Lena had agreed as they shook hands.

"I'll get the paperwork to you so you can officially sign on." Kara said.

"Great and rumor has it that I'm not the only one of your old classmates you've hired. Felicity, though I'm not surprised, since in addition to being one of the smartest people we've ever met, she's also your best friend." Lena said.

"And she never really had a problem with you. It was more that she just felt like she had to take my side against you back in the old days." Kara said.

"Good to know. And also, the rumor is that you've been turning down Harrison Wells' proposal to work on his particle accelerator?" Lena asked.

"It's too dangerous and could be bad for business." Kara said.

"No, I agree with you. It's way too dangerous." Lena said.

"Thank you, I'm glad that someone around here understands that. The risks of turning that machine on outweigh any potential benefits." Kara said, but before they could continue their discussion, suddenly, the alarms sounded.

"What's going on?" Lena asked.

"I don't know, but it can't be good." Kara said as Avery rushed in.

"Ms. Danvers, the building is under attack." Avery said as Kara ran over to her computer and pulled up the surveillance footage of the lobby and her heart dropped as she saw what had to be Kryptonian soldiers based on how they were dressed and the fact that some of them were floating, storming into her building.

"Avery, order an evacuation of the building immediately, I do not want any casualties. I'll trigger the lockdown from here and call for help." Kara said.

"Should I send them to the bunker?" Avery asked.

"Yes. This is exactly what I had it built for. Take Ms. Luthor with you." Kara said.

"Wait, what bunker?" Lena asked.

"A bunker buried beneath this building laced with an Nth metal alloy, it's a designated safe zone should we ever come under attack." Kara said, since she'd put protocols in place for this.

"What do you think they're after?" Lena asked.

"Who knows." Kara said as Avery issued the evacuation order before hurrying out of the office to head down to the bunker.

"Aren't you coming?" Lena asked as Kara began typing things into her computer.

"I need to activate our lockdown protocols first." Kara said, though she had another reason for staying behind.

"Here, I'll help you." Lena offered.

"You don't need to do that." Kara said.

"The more help you have, the faster it'll go." Lena said and Kara sighed, but nodded, since she had a feeling she knew where this was going to end as she reached into her desk and pulled out the watch she'd been holding onto for years, but never thought that she'd ever need to use before she let Lena help her lockdown the building and send a distress signal to her sister at the FBI.

"Okay, we're all set. Let's go." Lena said before she noticed Kara wasn't moving.

"Kara, come on." Lena said and Kara sighed.

"I'm not going down to the bunker. This office is just as secured as the bunker is and I'm not hiding underground." Kara said.

"Okay, I respect that courage, but what do you think you're going to do against what looks like an army of Supermans?" Lena asked and Kara sighed, since she knew there was no way she'd get out of this, especially as they felt the building shake and a little debris began to fall.

"Like this." Kara said as she removed her glasses, let down her hair and activated the watch, which caused her business suit to be replaced with a navy blue bodysuit with a long red cape with gold clasps, a gold belt, red boots and on her chest was a dark red S in a diamond with a gold trim.

"You made a super suit? That doesn't give you superpowers." Lena said, only for Kara to literally superspeed her into the elevator.

"I'll explain later, just get to the bunker, cover for me and keep your mouth shut about this." Kara said before she sent the elevator down before using the terrace in her office to fly out of it and down towards the invaders.