Gravity (Supergirl)

Chapter 2

Lena looked around the room at the four men, none of whom she recognised. "Who's behind this?" she demanded.

"You might be boss at L-Corp," the bald man said, "But you don't make the calls here."

"Let Kara go," Lena said with gritted teeth.

"What part of 'you're not the boss here' don't you understand?" he bald man asked.

The creepy looking man, who was still standing too close to Lena, sniggered.

"If that man is going to continue to stand disgustingly close to me, can someone at least give him a mint," Lena said.

The man swung his arm and punched Lena in the side at the bottom of her ribs, knocking the air out of her. The bald man grabbed Lena's right arm to stop her from falling. "Hey!" he yelled at his colleague.

"Lena!" Kara cried.

"I'll teach her to talk to me like that," the creepy man said as Lena straightened up and blinked back tears.

"Sometimes the truth hurts," Lena said, catching Kara's eye. Perhaps it was a trick of the awful fluorescent light, but Lena was sure Kara's eyes weren't usually that green.

"You can have her later," the bald man said, "Swap places with Chip."

The man blew Lena a kiss and swapped places with a man with a patchy beard who had been standing beside Kara.

"Lena, please, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, but you..."

"I deal with this shit all day," Lena said, trying to regulate her breathing. "I can take one more bastard who thinks he's better than me just because of what's between his legs."

"No, Lena, please just..." Kara said, wriggling to try and make herself more comfortable.

Lena looked at her. One of Kara's sleeves had ridden up, showing that the green lines of kryptonite poisoning went up her arms too. The ropes which tied her to the chair must have been soaked in it, and it appeared to be just enough to sap Kara's powers and leave her in an uncomfortable, but manageable amount of pain. "What the hell is this all about?" Lena asked, looking back a the bald man, "You let her go. Can't you see you're hurting her?"

"Lena, you don't have to protect me," Kara said softly.

"We know what she is," the bald man said.

"In that case," Lena said, drawing herself up to her full height, "If you know what she is and who I am, I suggest you let us both go right now before we - "

"Ugh, enough," the bald man said, rolling his eyes and pulling out his gun.

Lena recoiled.

"Take it," the man said, holding it to Lena.

"What? No."

"Take the fucking gun, Miss Luthor," the bald man said, pushing the handle against her chest.

"No," Lena repeated, taking another step back.

"Lena, take the gun," Kara said.

"Kara, whatever is going on here, you are clearly not in control of the situation, so you do not get to tell me what to do," Lena said.

"I'm sorry, Lena," Kara said. "I'm so sorry, I - "

The bald man grabbed Lena's hand and shoved the gun it in. "Shoot her," he commanded, nodding towards Kara.

"No!" Lena said, dropping the gun.

The bald man bent down, picked the weapon up and fired it into the ground.