The Death of Supergirl

The Search Begins

"God I wish Winn was here!", Lena said, completely exasperated. So far they had identified all the shooters, each one was linked to CADMUS which meant Lillian. But Lillian was in prison and from everything available to them, was in no shape financially to hire this kind of firepower for an assault on Lena. They couldn't find any proof that Lex was still alive, and Alex was about ready to have the body exhumed to prove it was Lex. They all vetoed that idea, just on principle. Sam was researching the board members at L Corp, but all of the men that been hired while Lex was the CEO had been fired or removed from the board as soon as their true allegiances were known. James was using every source he had on the streets and Lucy was exhausting her sources within the government, but they couldn't seem to figure out where the money was coming from.

They decided to break for lunch, and Lena stepped out to ask her guys what they wanted. Scott, the team two leader, called in an order to Noonan's and stepped into the apartment to ask the boss a question and overheard a portion of their conversation.

"Excuse me ma'am's", Scott interrupted, "These sound like black ops, maybe you are trying to track the wrong thing. These guys were good and well armed, maybe the worked for cash and supplied their own weapons. Black op guys don't trust anything they haven't done themselves and they would have requested cash to cover their own asses."

Alex look at James, then back at Scott, "You are a genius."

"Thank you ma'am?"

"We were looking at it the wrong way. We were not thinking in that direction. More common criminal."

Out of the blue, Cat yelled out, "Got a hit on an arms dealer here in National City."

Alex spun in her chair, "Where?"

"Operates out of a club on the north side of town. The Blue Nickel"

Scott heard the name, "I know that club, lots of mercs operate out of it."

"Bingo!", Alex yelled. "Get a team together, and notify NCPD that we are headed that way."

An hour later, the DEO and NCPD S.W.A.T team were in place. "Director Danvers, our captain has given full command of this op to you and your team, we are here to support you in any way ma'am.", the NCPD senior officer on the scene said.

"Thank you Captain, I suggest a duel assault, your team through the front, mine through the back. That way no one gets out?"

"Sound like a good plan, my team spiked the building, we have confirmed locations on 10 guards, but we don't know how they are armed."

"Hopefully this will go down peacefully, my team is more military minded, would you like to send a senior officer with them to assist in arrest?"

"Yes ma'am", the captain was impressed, he knew this op was personal for Director Danvers, but she never let it override her professionalism. When this was all over, he would be looking into her unit for the next step of his career. Supergirl had saved him twice in his career and a chance to work with the group that worked with her sounded really good.

"NCPD and DEO Assault, pincer assault front and back, DEO I am sending one senior officer through with you to assist in arrest, I know this is personal for you guys, so try to leave us one or two for questioning."

The DEO guys smiled to each other, the captain was a sensible man, and they all decided together that they would do whatever it took to not kill someone today. Kara wouldn't have had it any other way.

"Everyone in place?", the captain asked.

All the radio's clicked at once, both teams were ready.

"On my mark, MARK.", he ordered.

Both teams breached at the same time, three man units swept each room. Rooms were cleared quickly, and no shots were fired on the first floor, as the men worked their way to the stairs. The 6 men on the lower floor were all handcuffed and handed over to non assault team members. The assault forces made their way to the second floor. They exited the stair wells at opposite ends of the hall way, and moved forward quickly, clearing the rooms as they went. All room were clear, when they reached a center hallway, the S.W.A.T team halted, as did the DEO. The DEO team leader peaked around the corner, and was met with a hail of gunfire. All four remaining guards were prepared in the hall way, but they were very tightly grouped. The DEO team leader looked at the S.W.A.T. Leader and using sign language, let him know that they had a tool for this job. He pulled an odd looking grenade off this assault vest, primed it and through it towards the group at the end of the hall. No explosion, but was sounded like a water balloon busting. The two team leaders peaked around the corner and found the four guards stuck to the wall. Seems the grenade that Kara had helped develop for taking down aliens worked just as well agains humans too.

They breached the door the guards were guarding and sitting behind his desk was former General, Bill Lancaster with his hands up. "I'm prepared to answer any questions you have gentlemen, just don't kill me please."

The DEO allowed the NCPD to take him into custody, but when they took him downstairs, they loaded him in a DEO vehicle. "We would like him back when you finish with him Director."

"Of course Captain.", Alex responded, "Thanks for the assist."

"Just track down her killer ma'am and we will call it even."

He thought he saw a tear as Alex responded, "Stronger together captain."

Thump, Thump, a steady pulse and then the eyes flutter...