Author: Ashley

Title: Losing Your Inhibitions

Rating: M - Mature

Part: 1/16

Pairing: Mon-El and Kara Danvers (Zor-El)

Word Count (Prologue): 637

Summary: "He squinted as his face moved closer to the object, his eyes carefully examining it. His hand reached out and he ran it across the edges, his finger then moving to slide along the shiny red piece." - Mon-El comes across an object that effects him in the same way that Red Kryptonite effects Kara. What kind of trouble can he get himself (and Kara) into?

Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl, DC Comics or anything related to such things. The ideas, dialogue and plot points were inspired by the show, but they are my own. Plagiarism isn't nice. Please don't steal my ideas.

A/N: HAPPY HIATUS EVERYONE *insert abundance of tears here*! But on a better note...Yay! It's finally here! RED K!

I know many of you have been waiting MONTHS for this to finally be posted, and believe me I'm probably just as excited to share this as you all are to read it! But a few things before we get started...

In my mind, Red Kryptonite doesn't make you do bad things; it just dampens your inhibitions. It makes you more easily able to convince yourself that you should do something you wouldn't normally do; make you do something that the good side of you thinks is wrong. Kara is a very good person and (despite what some people may think or say about him), we all know that Mon-El is, too. Let's all remember how he might have acted on Daxam; the things he was taught, the traits that he learned were okay. When Mon-El is infected, he turns back into the guy he used to be, only emphasized by the mineral infecting him.

All sex that takes place in this fic is consensual, HOWEVER, at times it's rough, it's aggressive, it's forceful, it's angry, its RED K. I don't want anybody to be surprised. Mon-El is not acting like himself and he's not being the best boyfriend. He's going to say some not nice things and he's going to do some not nice things. I'll remind you guys with warnings for each chapter if it's going to get dark.

I've been writing and editing this for MONTHS, so I wrote the outline for this fic before Season 3 even started airing. So (as with most of my fics), we're taking place in Season 2 (Post 2x07: The Darkest Place for sure as that's where this opening scene picks up) and please ignore the Daxamite Invasion and Mon-El being sent away in the pod.

The idea for how Mon-El gets infected goes to Corbin+Nugent who suggested it in an AO3 comment a LONG time ago. Also, please ignore any holes in my science. Thanks.

NOW (FINALLY) ON TO THE FIC! (Oops, my ANs are going to be longer than the actual chapter...)

Prologue

They broke down the door to the warehouse, agents fanning out along the hallways and into different rooms, searching every corner for signs of CADMUS. Alex followed closely behind as two agents kicked open the door to the room that Kara had instructed them to search.

Empty.

Totally and completely empty.

She spun around before exhaling heavily. "Damn it." She moved about the room, eyes scanning the empty walls and floor with a dejected look on her face. Her fingers lifted to her ear.

"It's completely empty," she spoke into her comm. "What should we do, sir?"

"Take a look around," J'onn's voice came through the comm, echoing loudly in her ear. "Bring back anything you see that looks suspicious. Anything that you think might be a tip or helpful in finding out where the hell CADMUS went."

"Copy that," Alex turned to look at the agents watching her and awaiting further instructions. "Look around. Search the whole building. If it's suspicious, we bring it back," she repeated J'onn's words to them. The agents nodded, fanning out around the warehouse to continue their search.

They spent a few hours combing through the place, everyone coming up empty and siding with the conclusion that CADMUS had once again slipped out of their grasp. They filed out of the warehouse and back into their DEO vehicles to return to home base. One of the last agents to leave placed their hand lightly on Alex's shoulder.

"Agent Danvers," he started. "The building was complete empty, but this rock was sitting by the back door. I've never seen anything like it. I think J'onn would want to check it out further in the lab."

Alex eyed the rock in his hands; heavy, robust, shiny, a little less than half a square foot in size. It was dark, flecks of silvery white with some dark-red pieces pointing outward on random angles. She furrowed her eyebrows as she stared at it.

"It looked like it had been dropped there. Accidental even. It seemed suspicious, and any-"

"Anything suspicious, we bring back." Alex nodded. "Let's check it out back at the base." She took it from his hands as they headed back to their van.

"Well, we better do some tests," J'onn sighed as his eyes scanned the rock Alex had placed in front of him. "Bring it down to the lab. We're all hands on deck for finding CADMUS, but if Winn or you need a break, you can start looking into this. Try to figure out what the heck it could be."

"I've never seen something like this before." Alex shook her head. "I mean, I almost feel like it could be lead? This silver colour is sort of like unfinished lead."

"Didn't Lillian use lead bullets against Mon-El when she held him and Kara there?"

"You think they were making their own lead, sir?" Alex asked confusedly.

"Lead is a common metal, Alex. That metal is formed from a mineral, right? This could be one of those minerals. Maybe they were taking a natural mineral and working on something sinister. I wouldn't put it past them…" J'onn suggested, his arms crossing over his chest as he stared at the rock.

"Well, we know Mon-El didn't have any weird reactions to the bullets after being shot. But, this red stuff here," she ran her finger along the jagged coloured edges. "I don't know why lead would have this."

"Be careful with it just in case it is lead. Make sure there's no lead dust and handle it with gloves. We don't want any humans getting hurt by inhaling any lead dust particles."

"Yes, sir," Alex nodded as she moved to grab the rock before heading down to the lab. "I'll tell Winn about it and we'll look into it soon."

A/N: Short, I know, but we're just doing a little background here. All other chapters will be much longer ;)

If you want a visual for yourselves, find me on Archive of Our Own (under the same username) and I have a link posted in the final AN to a picture of the rock.

As per usual, thank you all so much for reading! Your comments and love are appreciated! I thought I probably wouldn't get around to writing more Red K, even though I love it so much...but you guys are your excitement helped make this happen, so thank you!

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