Won't Let You Down (Book Two of The Unmatched Records)

Chapter Nine

Well, I'm glad I finally figured out where I was going with this chapter. I was literally stuck on an entire page for about two weeks before finally getting the rest of this going. Thank you, Miss Greenie, for the idea. :)

We'll probably start to get more Emerald Steel interaction next chapter. :) For now, enjoy chapter nine!

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"So who's the bitch that thinks she can get away with this?" Quentin asked as the two teams regrouped in the main hub of the D.E.O.

"Winn?" Oliver prompted.

"Meet Lillian Luthor," Winn tapped on his tablet, pulling her picture up on the screen. "Please, feel free to put an arrow or sword or bullet or whatever you come up with in her if you see her."

"Noted," Nyssa tilted her head, memorizing the face.

"If it does come to that, please, not when I'm around," Lena made a face.

"Also noted."

"Go on," Oliver nodded.

"Mother of Lex Luthor, adopted mother of Lena Luthor, former member of the Lex Corp board," Winn continued. "When Lex was incarcerated with 32 consecutive life sentences - "

"Dang," Curtis did a double take as Rene let out a low whistle.

"Mother was oh so happy about that," Lena said sarcastically.

"Anyway, after that, Lillian cut off contact with Lena and took over Project Cadmus," Winn tapped away, pulling up various Cadmus records and files, making Kara turn away. Oliver put his arm around her, letting her turn into him, ignoring James's surprised look and the look exchanged by their sisters. "And as if it couldn't get any worse, she severed Cadmus's ties with the government, using it for her own purposes."

"Eradicating all aliens," Alex nodded.

"And she's your mother?" Slade couldn't help but ask Lena.

"Not by blood," Lena snorted. "And she certainly isn't helping her case now."

"OK, so how are we going to do this?" Dig asked, looking around. "Killing her is obvious, I get that, and so is taking out Cadmus. Thing is, if we do that, I don't think it's something we can just cover up."

"Definitely not," J'onn agreed. "And I would technically need the President's permission to raze Cadmus to the ground."

"Guessing we're not getting that?" Malcolm raised an eyebrow.

"Put together an unbreakable case for doing this, we might."

"Not without doing something illegal," Maggie folded her arms. "Most of this info isn't something we're going to find without breaking the law."

"Then we don't get her permission," Alex shrugged, acting like it was no big deal.

"Danvers!" Maggie stared at her, eyes wide.

"Cadmus has been targeting my sister!" Alex defended herself. "My concern is making sure she's safe, not if the President approves of it."

"Lena and I are working on hacking through Cadmus's files, pulling everything they have," Winn said. "And what I've seen so far of their alien experiments makes me sick."

"I can help with that," Felicity put up her hand, walking over. "Just let me get set up, point to where you want me to hack, and I'll get to work."

"I might be able to help a bit, too," Curtis added.

"Sure," Winn nodded, turning to J'onn. "Boss?"

"Go," J'onn nodded, and with the permission, Winn led Felicity and Curtis over to his work station. "Do any other members of your team have powers?" J'onn asked Oliver.