New Earth: World's Finest

Chapter 9

"Alice, are you sure this is a good idea? We're exposed at the moment. And how do you know your father isn't setting you up for a trap?" Dodgeson asked her as they approached the location that had been determined for the weapons buy.

"Do you really think that I'd just blindly trust him? I made sure to confirm this wasn't a trap." Alice said.

"So how do you know it isn't?" Dodgeson asked.

"Because I'm not the only person my father wants to kill. He's trying to set things in motion so that we kill Batwoman and Supergirl with these weapons and then he can use them as a martyr to kill me." Alice said.

"Wow. And here I thought your dad was just an ass who wanted to help his city, but did it the wrong way. But it turns out he may actually be almost as crazy as you." Dodgeson said.

"Now you know why I didn't just have you kill him when you had the chance." Alice said.

"You wanted to expose him for the fraud he really is before you ended him." Dodgeson said and Alice nodded.

"I wanted the city to despise Jacob Kane as much as I do." Alice said.

"What about your sister?" Dodgeson asked and Alice sighed.

"Honestly, my sister is the only member of my family that I know didn't forget about me. Well aside from my mother obviously." Alice said.

"That's why you don't want to kill her." Dodgeson said.

"Exactly. Once I remove the other factors from play, I intend to bring her to my way of thinking." Alice said as the seller finally arrived.

"You must be Alice." the seller said.

"And you're late. I don't like it when people waste my time." Alice said.

"Sure these will make it worth your while." the seller said as he snapped his fingers and several crates were brought out of the truck he'd come in.

"This does look promising." Alice said as she began examining the weapons.

"So, do any of these items catch your eye?" the seller asked.

"All of them." Alice said.

"Perfect and how exactly will you be paying?" the seller asked.

"Call this number and tell Dante that Alice has what she promised. You'll receive your payment then." Alice promised as she handed him a slip of paper with a phone number on it.

"You understand that I won't be able to let you leave with any of this gear until I confirm your payment right?" the seller asked.

"Be my guest. But I'm sure that your boss is aware of Dante." Alice said.

"He is, which is exactly why I want to make sure that you really do know him before I charge him for something that he didn't authorize." the seller said and Alice nodded.

"Go ahead." Alice said as the seller pulled out his phone and dialed.

After speaking to the man for a few minutes, the seller hung up and nodded at Alice.

"Okay, everything checks out, but Dante has requested I send half of the weapons to him to cover your debt." the seller said.

"That was the deal I made with him." Alice said, knowing better than to cross Dante.

"Okay then. Take your pick of which ones you want for yourself." the seller said, right as one of the crates was destroyed by heat vision.

"What the?" Alice asked as suddenly, Supergirl and Superman dropped out of the sky, along with a black guy in a black and red suit and a man wearing what looked like a reverse color scheme of Superman's suit and she was shocked to see her sister with her.