Twenty Hours Earlier...
An intense light wakes Lex Luthor just before the day shift is due to start on day 501 of his time in the Metropolis Maximum Security Prison. He scrubs a hand over his face, trying to remember what his latest nightmare had be...
"A manhunt is under in Metropolis after inmate Lex Luthor, escaped maximum security prison averting several corrections officers, authorities said inmate Lex Luthor, 27, was reportedly in his cell when a bright light disrupted video feed and the inmate appeared to walk through cell bars and escape. In a press conference, Metropolis County Sheriff said the prisoner got out with the assist of some sorts. Local hero, Superman..."
Lena felt lines being drawn in the sand. Kara couldn't keep her eyes and ears off of the news.
How could she? She promised?!
There was a lumping growing in the back of her throat as the news hammered the details of the escape. Kara could feel herself becoming disoriented in thought. Her pulse picked up as if she was running a hundred miles per hour. She clutched her chest as the details of her cousins completed corporation sunk in further. For the first time, she felt dizzy she turned her back on the television with a sickening expression on her face.
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What am I supposed to do?
Lena could read the discomfort on Kara's face her nimble feet stepping closer to Kara. Her hands rub both sides of her shoulders. "It was Monica. I can't figure out why she would do this?"
Lies, that's something Kara didn't want between her and Lena. "She spoke to your mother, cut a deal to end Cadmus."
Also instantaneously Lena's hands moved away from Kara. "Why on Earth would she do that?"
"She said... She had her own reasons to see your brother." Kara answered. She couldn't help but feel guilty for letting the subject go to easily. Their bond of blinded trust had gotten the best of her.
Lena paced around. Kara could sense the wheels in her head working out things. "Me, that's the only reason that makes sense, she is doing this because of me."
Jarvis monotone voice always came at the bad time. "Pardon me, Ms. Luthor and Ms. Danvers; we have an incoming flying object in two minutes. Should I alert the team?"
Kara knew that the question was meant to her but he addressed them both. Lena was swift to respond, "Yes Jarvis."
"Yes, ma'am," Jarvis responded.
The first to respond to the alarm was Kid Flash, he phased through the front door uncaring of formalities. He first checked the perimeter then appeared beside Lena.
"We have boggy about to touchdown in 60 seconds. Lena I'll escort you someplace safe."
"Wally, I can handle myself," Lena said, arms crossed.
Kara briefly caught Kid Flash wisps her elsewhere to a secure room below the compound.
"I'm sorry. This is for your own safety." Kid Flash said.
A tremor traveled through the architecture. Kid Flash turned his head away from angered Lena Luthor, his hand flew to his ear, "Yeah, I felt that. Where's Monica? She should be here."
