Disclaimer: I do not own Supergirl or the characters.

A/N: This is set a few weeks after the season finale.

Alex marched into the DEO holding cell still hoping that Vasquez had been wrong. She had to be wrong, there was no way that they would do this, not even General Lane.

As she entered though her heart stopped momentarily as she saw what was happening. In front of her Supergirl, no her sister, rendered powerless from Kryptonite emitters, was being held down by two guards as General Lane stood in front of her picking up a syringe. The heart stopping fear was quickly replaced by pure rage as she demanded.

"What are you doing?" As she spoke Kara looked over and Alex saw the blind fear in her eyes, mixed with a flash of hope caused by Alex's presence.

"You are a traitor and have no authority to be here." General Lane said as he briefly glanced at her before going back to focusing on the syringe. "But seeing you asked, I am extracting information about the Kryptonians and their technology."

"Supergirl is on our side." Alex said.

"And whose side is that exactly? Americans? Aliens? You can dress her in patriotic colours and get her to speak with an American accent, but she will never be one of us. She is an alien. Her loyalties are unknown and she can never be trusted. Just look what she did a few weeks ago. What will stop her attacking the city again?"

"That wasn't her fault. She was poisoned." Alex argued. "By your partner in crime." She added glaring at Max who stood on the far side of the room.

"Says an alien and the traitor." Lane shot back. "If she could really be trusted she would tell me what I want to know."

"So you can make weapons and kill indiscriminately?" Alex asked.

"So I can protect our nation from all threats. If she believed in truth, justice and the American way she would tell me."

"She won't tell you because she believes in justice and you can't be trusted." Alex said. "You have proven before that you will use unethical and immoral means to reach your objectives. Supergirl is better than that."

"You are the last person to discuss ethics. You lied to this entire facility about Henshaw being an alien." Lane said as he approached Kara with the syringe. Seeing Kara starting to panic Alex launched herself at Lane only to be jumped on by two guards.

"Don't do this." Alex screamed as she punched one guard away before being kicked in the knee by the other.

"Alex!" Kara cried as she saw her sister go down.

Using her good leg Alex swept the legs out of the guard and again tried to get to Lane, this time being stopped by the first guard who had recovered enough to tackle her into the ground. Alex struggled to free herself whilst reaching out an arm to her sister as she again begged Lane. "Don't do this."

She never heard the reply from Lane as she was punched in the side of the head knocking her out cold.

"Keep her in holding, if this doesn't work maybe we can use her to get the alien to talk." Lane said before moving Supergirl's hair away from her neck and injecting her with the Kryptonite. As she screamed in pain Lane looked over to the figure on the other side of the room and said. "Soon we will have the answers we need."

"Let's hope so. I find torture rather tiresome." Max said, ensuring his watch was directed at Supergirl.

-00-

"I have a gift for you." Max smiled as he approached Cat's desk.

"Earrings to control my mind this time?" Cat asked.

"No. A story."

"What type of a story?" Cat asked.

"One that features pain, suffering, torture, betrayal."

"Sounds like a promo for a new soap opera or reality show." Cat pointed out.

"Maybe, but is actually about what is happening at the DEO. In particular what is happening to your pet alien."

"You know where Supergirl is?" Cat asked.

"I do. And for once she needs your help." He said holding up a thumb drive. "May I?"

Nodding Cat sat back and let Max plug the USB device into her computer.

"I should warn you," Max said. "The video you are about to see is definitely not child friendly." He then turned the computer to face Cat and pressed play.

"She looks like she is imprisoned." Cat commented.

"She is."

"Why?"

"General Lane believes that the alien threat is significant. After Myriad and then the landing of the pod with Superfreak, TradeMark pending, he believes there is clear and present danger to security enough to warrant gathering intel on Myriad, the Omegahedron, technology and weapons. He is willing to do whatever it takes." Max said as Cat continued to watch. "Unfortunately for your Superpet she was unwilling to share her alien secrets. And that didn't go down well."

"What are they doing to her?" Cat asked appalled by what she was seeing.

"You know about Kryptonite?" Max asked.

"Of course."

"That is a liquid form of it. By injecting it straight into a Kryptonian you cause accelerated cell death, which translates to pain, a lot of pain."

"They're torturing her. She saved the planet and her reward is torture."

"Pretty much. Guilt by association." Max said. "That and the fact she refused to tell General Lane about Kryptonian technology and helped SuperFreak escape."

"And you were there? You did nothing?" Cat asked her voice dripping with distain.

"Do what? You saw what they did to Agent Danvers who tried to stop it. I did all I could, I recorded what they did and brought you the evidence."

"And they don't know?"

"No. As far as General Lane is concerned I am fully onboard with his plans."

"Why have you brought me this?"

"Because you can do something to stop it."

"What's your angle?" Cat asked.

"My angle?" Max asked.

"You only act to meet your objectives. If bringing me this wasn't in your best interests you wouldn't have done it." Cat pointed out. "So what do you get out of me releasing this video?"

"Perhaps I am listening to my better angels."

"You would need some for that to be true." Cat shot back.

"You are the only person who can put a stop to this." Max said. "If your paranoia causes you to sit on it, that is your choice. But, I really don't know how many more of these sessions she can take. And if you leave it too long the damage may be irreparable."

-00-

"Winn." Cat bellowed as Max disappeared. "My office now, bring Olsen."

"Um, okay." Winn said nervously as he sent James a message before walking into Cat's office. As he entered Cat said.

"Sit down. Drink?"

"Um, no."

"Have one anyway, you'll need it." Cat said handing him a glass.

"Am I fired?" Winn asked.

"If I was firing you why would I offer you some of my whiskey?" Cat asked.

"Um, you wouldn't?" Winn guessed as James entered the office, causing Winn to sag in relief.

"What's the problem?" James asked as Cat gave him a glass of whiskey.

"Sit, there is something you both need to see." Cat said putting her tablet on the coffee table. "We'll talk after you've seen it."

Not wanting to watch it again Cat sat at her desk and observed as the two men watched the video. She saw them both pale as their expressions changed from shock, to horror, to anger. Emotions she felt inside herself as Supergirl's cries of anguish, fear and pain sounded in her office. When the video had finally finished James stood and asked.

"Where did you get this?"

"Maxwell Lord."

"Wh...why would he give it to you?" Winn asked.

"So we can use it to help Supergirl. Although I have no idea what his real motives are. All I know is even if he is playing us I can't sit back and do nothing. I'm assuming that your friends at the DEO are not responding so we'll have to do this ourselves. Winn, I need you to edit that video. I need you to pixel Alex's face and cut out the words revealing her name. I do not want her identity revealed."

"Okay." Winn said, still shocked and appalled by what he had seen.

"How long will it take?"

"An hour." Winn guessed, but one look at Cat made him revise his estimate to. "Twenty minutes."

"You have ten. Make sure you leave in the part about Supergirl being poisoned."

"James, I need to take a still from that video and get me an image that will cause the city to revolt against the military complex and General Lane." Seeing both men were still in her office she added. "Go."

-00-

As Alex started to come round she couldn't help groaning as pain radiated from her ribs, knee and head. Slowly she managed to clear the fog from her mind and remembered why she was in so much discomfort. Suddenly her eyes flew open and she sat up so quickly she caused even more pain to radiate through her body.

"Easy." A familiar voice said from the side. Looking round Alex saw a weary look Vasquez sitting in the room.

"Kara?" Alex immediately asked.

"We can't get to her. General Lane has completely taken over the facility. There are only five DEO staff still here. Everyone else are Lane's people."

"Why are you here?"

"Lane is locked out of the central computing facility and can't work out if I am the cause or his only hope of getting in. In return for being able to check on you I said I would try to help him." She then pressed a button and said. "This will give us ninety seconds to talk privately. We can't get anywhere near Kara and we can't access the security feeds, but based on overheard conversations she needs help. The agents who have been removed from duty have asked for help from previous allies and tried to reach Director Henshaw and Major Lane. But I don't know if we have that long."

"Can you get me out of here?"

"I have been locked out of the security system and so far I have not managed to hack it. We don't have long, if I do get to her is there anything you want me to say?"

"Tell her I am going to get her out." Alex said defiantly.

TBC...

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