Broken Angels

Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Oliver Queen, Alex Danvers, Maggie Sawyer, Barry Allen, Curtis Holt, Mon-El, Killer Frost, Caitlin Snow, Lex Luthor, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, J'onn J'onzz, Roy Harper, John Constantine, Quentin Lance, Sara Lance, Jefferson Pierce, Ray Palmer, Jefferson Jackson, Martin Stein, Rory Regan, Carrie Cutter, Imra Ardeen, Mxyzptlk, Kate Kane, Laurel Lance

Summary:

Star City has fallen silent. The night is no longer broken by the sounds of crime. Children are no longer woken by the sudden crack of a gunshot. There are no more cries in the darkness. No tires screech as wailing sirens chase desperate men and women through the streets. In a way, it is the city Oliver always dreamed of. But it is no dream.It is a nightmare. A perversion.
It is the silence of fear.
A silence only broken by the sound of marching feet. A sound that echoes around the world. Marching feet. The rhythm of dictators. The world is now ruled by an iron fist –
By a Girl of Steel.

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Super hearing trumps all of that tonight, because tonight I woke to the single greatest sound I ever heard –

"Kara?" Lena's groggy voice was little more than a whisper. "What is it?"

The sound of two heartbeats coming from one person.

The grin on her face was fixed in place as Kara sat upright in the bed, the covers pooling at her waist. Even half asleep and muted by the deep blue hue of the night Lena was a striking image, and Kara couldn't help but to feel her wife's beauty amplified by the knowledge that there was another life growing inside her. Kara jumped out of the bed, her mind racing with a million possibilities for the future, pacing the floor as she ran through anything and everything that leapt to the forefront.

"We need to get everything checked thoroughly. I'll contact STAR Labs, I trust Caitlin to be discreet." Kara began, her pace quickening.

"Kara?" Lena tried to interject but the Kryptonian continued.

"There shouldn't be any danger in the first trimester but I'm not leaving it to chance. We'll need a different place, obviously, can't stay in the penthouse."

"Kara!"

"Maybe we should move away from National City. Midvale would be a much safer and more private place to raise a child with powers. But I'd prefer National City High to—"

Kara was cut off from her rambling as something heavy collided with the side of her head. The Kryptonian wheeled around, grabbing the offending object before it could fall to the ground. Kara looked down, her hand closed around the hardback copy of War and Peace that Lena kept on the bedside table. Tuning to the bed, Kara saw a sheepish looking Lena, a coy smile on her face as she sat upright.

"Did you just throw a book at me?"

"You're invulnerable," Lena huffed as she got out of bed and began to walk over to Kara. "I should be able to throw satisfyingly heavy objects at you sometimes."

Lena stopped a few paces from Kara, a grin creeping onto her face as the two women held each other's eyes.

"It worked then?" Lena asked, her eyes flicking downward for a brief moment.

"It worked." Kara beamed, her smile growing even brighter.

"Well," Lena allowed a smile to consume her lips, reaching to wrap her arms around Kara's neck. "I'm glad our fetus has a high school picked out already, but I need you to slow down that super-speed brain. Let's just enjoy this moment."

Kara's brain finally dropped out of overdrive when Lena pushed herself forward and pressed her lips to Kara's. Humming unconsciously in pleasure, Kara's arms moved to wrap around Lena, pulling her even closer. The two revelled in the other's embrace, stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, bathed in the glow of the moon and the light of the city. The sheer ecstasy running thorough their minds at knowing Lena's experimental DNA sequencer had worked, she was pregnant, they would have a daughter.

The moment was shattered a moment later, Lena's phone lighting up on the beside table. With a groan of frustration, Lena grabbed the offending device and glanced at the notification.

"It's Luthor Corp," Lena grumbled, dropping her phone down on the bed and making for the wardrobe. "Something tripped the security systems in R&D, probably just a false alarm but I've got to go and check it out."

"I should come with you."

"Oh, should you?" Lena smirked as she slipped into a dress. "I don't remember you being so protective before you found out I was pregnant. Maybe you only care about the baby." Ignoring the petulant look Kara gave her, Lena pressed on, grabbing a jacket as she did. "Ah-ha! Your plan is finally apparent, alien. You have come to this planet only to breed, and you have chosen Earth's most beautiful woman for your nefarious alien scheme."

After Lena grabbed her handbag from the wardrobe, slinging it over her shoulder, she turned and looked back to Kara, who was trying to hide her smile and remain stern. Knowing she was already on a winner with her wife (and as both of them knew that Kara wouldn't be able to tell Lena what to do anyway), Lena continued.

"Kara, I'm not spending nine months sitting on the couch and getting fat while you go out and fight death rays. That's not how I operate."

"I'll worry." Kara's voice was smaller.

"I know." Lena smiled softly. "If only there were some way for you to keep an eye on me at all times. If only you had some sort of incredible x-ray vision combined with telescopic vision and…wait a minute."

Kara was grinning openly at that. "Okay, okay, I get it." The Kryptonian rolled her eyes as Lena walked back up to her. "I know I can't…" Kara trailed off, her attention to snapping to something out the window that Lena couldn't see.

"What is it? Trouble?"

Kara hummed for a moment. "I'm not sure."

"Then we both have somewhere to be." Lena pointed out. "Don't worry, you know how much Lex forks out for Luthor Corp's security, I'll be safe."

Before Kara could answer her, Lena reached out, cupping her wife's cheek and pulling her in for a kiss.

"Go save the world."

XXX

Trouble, as it turned out, was Green Arrow. It didn't take Kara long to find him, Oliver wasn't the subtlest when it came to brawling. In an alley not too far from the penthouse she and Lena shared Kara found him, engaged in a fist fight with a group of street thugs. Kara floated down slowly, allowing Oliver to continuing fighting. Her instincts told her to help him, after all she could wrap up the fight before they could blink, but Oliver wasn't one to appreciate help when he hadn't asked for it. Plus, she was riding the high of the night's revelation, Kara was feeling generous.

Dropping down to the ground, Kara leaned up against the wall, the thugs spared her a glance, but seeing that she wasn't interfering they focused on The Green Arrow.

"What are you doing in National City?" Kara asked.

"I'm on my way to the Starchives unit," Oliver answered as he dropped a thug with a gut kick. "Something sensitive was taken."

"You could have called." Kara pointed out, but Oliver ignored her.

As he dropped the final thug, Kara lifted from the ground. "When you're done, meet me up top."

It couldn't have taken Oliver more than a minute to clean up the thugs and scale the building Kara had perched herself on. She had taken a seat on the edge of the roof, legs idly kicking out, unable to keep still, her grin not fading in the slightest. Oliver's footsteps were light, but Kara heard him the moment he set foot on the rooftop.

"I have news." Kara grinned, not turning around.

"Lena's pregnant."

Kara jumped to her feet at that, spinning around to face Oliver. His hood and mask were down, a faint wisp of a grin tugging at his lips, bow clasped in both hands behind his back.

"How did you—"

"You're sweating, your hands are trembling, you can't stop fidgeting. You're Kryptonian, you don't usually show any outward signs of fear or stress. Last time I saw you like this you were going head to head with Reign. And I doubt Sam's turned again, because you're grinning like an idiot."

Kara's smile somehow grew at that. Letting his smile finally break out fully onto his lips, Oliver walked to the edge of the building, dropping down to sit on the ledge as Kara had been. The Kryptonian followed suit, returning to her perch and sitting at Oliver's side. The two sat in comfortable silence for a few moments, looking out at the twinkling night of National City.

"We want you to be the Godfather." Kara spoke suddenly.

Oliver's head jerked to the left, staring at Kara in shock for a moment as he gathered his thoughts.

"I…are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Oh, come on," Kara beamed. "You and Lena have known each other since you were kids, and we…we're good right?"

Oliver didn't answer, his gaze returning to the skyline, but the smile slowly returned to his lips.

"I heard her heartbeat, Ollie."

XXX

It was sunrise before Oliver finally managed to reach the Starchives facility in National City. He had stayed on the rooftop with Kara a little longer, allowing her to babble openly about Lena and the pregnancy. It was…nice, to see her so happy. It was more than she could ever have hoped for with anyone else. He knew what the pregnancy meant for Kara, it was more than it would be for any human. It meant a chance at something greater, a chance for her to have someone else like her, another Kryptonian. She had something similar with Mon-El, but it wasn't the same, there was too much animosity between their people for he and Kara to ever have been able to fill the hole that was left by losing both their peoples. And Oliver himself…he had never been able to give her anything close to what she needed, he was too damaged. The baby was a chance for something Oliver wasn't sure he would ever be able to understand.

"Was anything else stolen?" Oliver turned his attention back to the situation at hand.

He was hunched over a broken storage device, the lead case torn open, the tell-tale signs of an explosion littering the area. The case was scorched, the metallic shards that had splintered from it littering the area.

"A small amount of equipment, but nothing as significant. You can understand why we didn't contact Supergirl." The scientist answered.

"You were storing Kryptonite here." Oliver stated, getting back to his feet.

"Not to hurt Supergirl, we were running tests on it, seeing if there was a way to convert it into a power source. See if it could cure diseases. We're scientists, not monsters."

"Well, it's in the hands of monsters now." Oliver commented, turning his gaze to the handful of corpses that had been moved into a neat row in the centre of the room. "I want a list of everyone who had knowledge of that Kryptonite's existence. No one leaves this facility until…"

Oliver was cut over as a powerful gust of wind blew through the room. The red blur faded away and Oliver was face to face with Supergirl. Kara's usually perfect hair was mussed, her eyes wide, her breath heavy. The scientist stumbled back a pace, stunned.

"I can't see her." Kara burst out, her voice shaking. "I can't see Lena."

"We're not alone, Supergirl," Oliver pointed out, nodding towards the scientist. "Maybe we should…"

Kara cut over him, holding out her hand.

"He has her."

Oliver reached out, taking the arrow that had been in Kara's hand carefully. It was as black as night, the metal cold even through the padding of Oliver's gloves. The tip was stained red, the blood still not dried.

"Please, help me," Kara pleaded, her hands gripping Oliver's shoulders. "Find her."

Oliver nodded, pressing a hand to his chest to switch on his comms.

"Overwatch, I need an all frequencies broadcast."

"Emergency broadcast active. I heard what Kara said to you, I'm already rerouting the Queen Industries satellites to scan National City." Felicity answered.

"This is a priority call to all Justice League members and reserve members," Oliver began. "I need as many eyes, ears, and minds as we can spare in National City. A woman is missing."

"You want the whole Justice League on a missing persons case?" It was James Olsen who answered first.

"Absolutely." Oliver answered sternly. "We believe she was taken by Merlyn."

"Who is this woman, Green Arrow?" Curtis questioned.

"She's one of us." Oliver sucked in a breath. "It's Lena Luthor."

"Lena?" Mon-El asked in surprise.

"Valor, Miss Luthor was last seen at a Luthor Corp. holding facility at the docks. Head there and find out if anyone has seen her or Merlyn."

"I'm on my way." Mon-El answered.

"Flash?" Oliver turned his attention to Barry.

"I'm…" Barry began, and a fraction of a second later he was stood in front of Oliver. "Here."

The two shared a knowing look of dread before Oliver continued.

"Search every inch of the city. Supergirl is scanning the city from above, so start with everywhere she can't see; underground facilities, basements – anywhere lined with lead."

"On it." Barry shot off immediately, disappearing in a haze of lightning.

Oliver began to head from the building, taking the side door he had entered through back into the alley where he had left his bike.

"Everyone else report in as soon as you reach National City. Share anything you–"

Oliver stopped as Barry appeared in front of him again.

"You have to see something." Before Oliver could answer, Barry had grabbed him and sped off again. "Sorry," Barry began awkwardly. "I know carrying you is a bit…awkward but it really is the quickest way."

"Just go fast enough that no one can see us." Oliver grumbled.

Barry brought them to a stop outside an open door, at a slightly run down looking building. The windows were blacked out, the brick work crumbling.

"I thought this might be related." Barry spoke as they walked through the door.

"A STAR Labs outpost?" Oliver asked.

The room as covered in a layer of dust, not a sign that anyone had set foot inside it in years.

"Shut down after the explosion, must have slipped from the records before I took over." Barry answered, as they walked. "But he…he definitely shouldn't be here."

Oliver continued towards the body that lay on the floor, slumped against one of the counters. Crouching down, Oliver reached out to pull the mask from the body.

"Jonathan Crane," He announced to Barry. "One of Kane's."

"Any chance it's just a coincidence that he's in National City the same day Lena goes missing?" Barry asked sardonically.

"It would make our lives easier if it was, huh?" Oliver smirked grimly, getting to his feet.

"I'm at the docks," Mon-El's voice came over the comms. "We got lucky. As soon as I showed up someone ran."

"And?"

"Tell him!" Mon-El ordered, Oliver assumed he must have had whoever attempted to run pinned down. "Tell them what you told me."

"That archer guy isn't in the city," A voice answered weakly. "He hijacked a military sub, took off with some lady."

"I see it." Supergirl growled down the comms. Her feed cut off a second later, after the groaning of twisting metal filled Oliver's ears.

"We have to get to the docks." Oliver turned to Barry. "Now!"

Barry didn't hesitate, grabbing Oliver once again and shooting off in the direction of the docks. Oliver's mind ran through every possible scenario as Barry hurried them towards the docks. There were parts of a puzzle, the break in at the Starchives, Scarecrow being in National City, Lena going missing. It all had to be connected. Oliver didn't believe in coincidences, he refused to. There had to be a reason for it all happening. And Merlyn being involved? That Oliver couldn't understand. The Dark Archer had always been obsessed with him, he had never taken to dragging others into the duel between them that never seemed to end.

Oliver was pulled from those thoughts as they reached the docks. Barry released Oliver for only a second before Oliver spotted the submarine, jammed onto an outcrop of land on the horizon. Oliver didn't need to point it out, Barry saw it too. Mon-El was stood not far from them, now joined by J'onn J'onzz who must have radioed in while Oliver was distracted with his concerns. With a nod of agreement, the four of them headed off towards the submarine, Oliver still held by Barry.

The four arrived to see Merlyn clambering from the submarine, dropping to the sand of the outcrop through a hole torn in the hull. J'onn was the first to react, levelling Merlyn with a blow that dropped him to the floor. As Mon-El touched down, Barry released his grip on Oliver. The archer immediately moved towards the open hull of the submarine, hearing Merlyn's voice as he did.

"Did Flash carry you here, Oliver?" The Dark Archer chuckled. "Striking fear into the hearts of criminals, while his bright red friend carries him through the night. If only channel 52 could get footage of that."

Ignoring the taunts of his rival, Oliver stopped at the hole in the hull, looking into the ship through a green haze that filled the air. Cautious of what the gas in the air was, Oliver surveyed the interior of the ship. Surgical equipment lay scattered around, an operating table in the centre of the room, leather straps hanging from it. Before Oliver could make a move, Barry was at his side but showed no sings of stopping. Oliver's hand shot out and grabbed Barry's shoulder, stopping him in his tracks. When the speedster turned to him in confusion, Oliver spoke,

"Scarecrow's fear toxin." Oliver pointed out, recognising it in the atmosphere.

Wheeling around, Oliver stalked towards the Dark Archer.

"Where is she, Merlyn?!" Oliver demanded, hauling his rival to his feet by his collar.

"Oh, come on, Oliver," Merlyn taunted. "You're smart, you can see the truth. You just don't want to look at it too hard."

"What did you do to her?" He growled, his grip tightening.

"I operated on her, she's the trigger." Merlyn answered coolly.

"Flash, the missile on the submarine, check to see if the warhead is still there."

"Don't bother, it isn't." Merlyn smirked. "When her heart stops, every heart in National City stops too."

"Why would her…" Oliver trailed off, the pieces of the puzzle coming together. The kryptonite. The fear toxin. Lena. It all made sense. Merlyn aerosolised the Kryptonite, mixed it with the toxin so that it could enter Supergirl's blood stream through her lungs. "Supergirl!" Oliver shouted, switching on his comms. "Supergirl, can you hear me?"

Oliver turned his attention to the sky, just able to see the retreating blur of Supergirl climbing higher and higher towards the stratosphere.

"Supergirl, stop!" Oliver called out. "Whatever you're seeing it isn't real!"

No answer came from Kara, the four Leaguers standing in place, staring up at the sky in fear. They had all pieced it together, they all knew what Merlyn had been planning, what had had done.

"Did you know that she was pregnant?"

Oliver's resolve snapped, hands dropping from Merlyn's collar and his bow quickly swiping to strike Merlyn in his face. The blow sent the Dark Archer stumbling, blood slipping from his lips.

"It's Lena, Kara!" Oliver cried out down his comms. "It's Lena!"

Then, two heartbeats coming from one person…stop beating.

The explosion was biblical.