Felicity smiled as she walked into the office of her own college mentor, Ted Kord, the CEO of Kord Industries, since he'd reached out to Kara about some kind of deal he wanted to make between Kord Industries and Argo Enterprises. Something that wasn't uncommon, since Kord and Argo did have some history of working together on projects.
"Felicity, welcome." Ted said to his old protege.
"Ted, it's good to see you." Felicity said as she hugged him, since Ted was more of a father to her than her own father was.
"You too. I see that Kara Danvers beat me in the race to recruit you from the minor leagues of Queen Consolidated's IT department." Ted said, since like Kara, he'd also been trying to recruit her to his company.
"Yeah, you may have been my mentor, but Kara was my best friend in college. But anyways, what did you want to discuss?" Felicity asked.
"A merger between Kord Industries and Argo Enterprises." Ted said.
"Wait, what?" Felicity asked in shock, since of all the things she thought Ted would say, it would be that.
"Look, ever since I shut down the weapon's manufacturing division of Kord Industries, we've been going under, especially with how significant Argo Enterprises had become." Ted said.
"What, but you guys have been at the head of the defense industry for years?" Felicity asked, since while Ted had shut down the weapon's division of the company, he'd replaced it with nonlethal defense systems that were built to be efficient.
"We were until Argus was shut down and we lost our last big contract, since other government organizations use either Argo Enterprises, LexCorp or Wayne Enterprises for those things. We're becoming obsolete and my sister is trying to use the fact that it happened due to my becoming CEO to oust me and return Kord Industries to what it used to be." Ted said.
"And Victoria has no morals and would likely sell your technology to terrorists and other enemies of America." Felicity said, since she'd met Ted's sister Victoria a few times.
"But if I can bring in Argo Enterprises as a parent company, not only would that save us, but it would also keep Victoria from doing any real damage." Ted said and Felicity nodded.
"I'll let Kara know you want to merge." Felicity said, right as they heard explosions and the building shook a little, right before alarms blared.
"What's going on?" Ted asked over the intercom.
"Mr. Kord, we're under attack, a small squadron of people are storming the building, but they all seem to have the same powers as Superman and Supergirl. We're trying to hold them off, but it doesn't look good. I recommend immediate evacuation. His head of security said and the second Felicity heard that, she turned on her signal watch.
"We need to get out of here." Felicity said.
"Not yet. There's something I need to grab first." Ted said, since he was pretty sure he knew what these powered intruders were after as he quickly activated the entrance to his hidden vault.
"What's going on?" Felicity asked him.
"Follow me." Ted said as he pulled her into the secret passage, which closed behind them.
"Ted, where are we going?" Felicity asked.
"There's something I can't risk the attackers getting their hands on. Something I locked away years ago and went to great lengths to make sure that no one could ever find, but now I don't have a choice." Ted said as he opened the vault and Felicity was stunned by the amount of alien tech in this place.
"What is this place?" Felicity asked.
"It's a vault where I've been storing alien technology we've recovered to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. Especially Victoria's." Ted said as he moved to the center vault, which seemed to have the most security and the most tightly sealed.
"What's in there?" Felicity asked.
"I'll show you." Ted said as he walked over and unlocked the vault, right as the building rumbled.
"It sounds like whoever those intruders are, they're getting closer." Felicity said, hoping that Supergirl and the others would be here soon if they weren't already.
"Don't worry, we can leave in a minute." Ted said as the vault finished opening and Felicity was surprised to see that the only thing inside it was a small blue scarab beetle.
"That's it?" Felicity asked.
"Trust me, it may not look like much, but this thing is more than meets the eye. It was left to me by my mentor, Daniel Garrett." Ted said as he grabbed the scarab.
"And I want it." A new voice said as they turned to see a young blonde woman who was wearing what looked like a Kryptonian battle suit, standing there.
"Who are you?" Felicity asked, wondering why Supergirl was taking her sweet time.
"My name is Lora, but more importantly, I want that scarab. I can give its power to someone who deserves it." Lora said.
"You're not taking this anywhere." Ted said.
"Really, because unless you can turn that thing on, you've got no way to stop me." Lora said with a grin as she did a super stomp that knocked them both back onto the floor.
"Damn it." Ted said as he looked around for the scarab, since he needed to be sure that it didn't fall into this woman's hands.
"Where is it?" Lora asked as she looked around, right as Felicity came too and saw the scarab had landed near her.
"I don't know what this thing is, but if she wants it, I can't let her have it." Felicity said as she grabbed the scarab, only for something strange to happen.
Suddenly, the scarab turned on and began crawling up Felicity's arm.
"What the hell?" Felicity asked as she felt it crawl under her shirt and down her back until it reached the center of her spine and then, in an extremely painful moment, it embedded itself in her spine, causing Felicity to scream in pain, causing both Ted and Lora to look at her in shock.
"No." Lora said.
"It's impossible." Ted said as suddenly, blue armor began to materialize around Felicity, somehow appearing from the scarab without shredding her clothes, something Ted knew she'd be grateful for later as Felicity was suited up in blue and black armor, complete with four scarab legs coming out of the back and her face covered by a blue and black face plate with orange eye slits.
"What the hell just happened?" Felicity asked, though her voice was muffled by the mask.
"Scarab systems back online." a female voice said in her head.
"It can't be." Lora said.
"Blue Beetle is reborn." Ted said in shock at the sight of a new hero being born.
Ted Kord is played by Hugh Jackman and the scarab is voiced by Becky G.
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SuperCorp Chronicles
FanfictionAlternate reality where Kara chose to become scientist instead of a reporter. Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor never thought that they see each other as anything more than rivals. But a chance encounter at their college reunion changed everything in mor...
