August 28 ,2021 we are at Roy and Thea's house. It's still early in the morning. Roy and Thea are still cuddling in bed.
"Do you know why I married you?" Thea asked Roy
"Because, you didn't notice you could do better " Roy answered jokingly
Thea laughed slightly at Roy's comment but answered with "No but because even if we both breakdown and go to bed angry. I know everything will be alright." She then turns around and kisses him. They enjoy the moment only to hear the doorbell ring. They both get out of bed. Roy puts on a red hoodie and puts on a grey cardigan over her white blouse. As they approach the door and Roy states in tired tone "I bet you it's Lyla."
"Or maybe it's the faulty wiring, that you haven't fixed yet." said Thea in a annoyed fashion
Roy opens the door and they see Lyla. They let her in and start having breakfast with her.
"So why are here Lyla?" Roy asked
"Because of this" Lyla answered as she gave Thea a file which she opens. She reads a bit of it and says "What is RTF?"
"It stands for Real Team Five." Lyla answered in her usual serious voice
"Oh like rainbow six siege. You know Real team six."said Roy with confidence but Lyla just looked at him with confusion, clearly not getting the reference.
"Forgive him it's a game he plays with Nate and Ray." Thea explained as she leaned towards Lyla as if Roy didn't hear what she said
"Don't forget Nora. Speaking of which. Will you ever play with us?" Roy asked Thea
"Yeah still not happening. Anyways what is this?" said Thea in a dead serious tone
"You see Thea, things have changed since the meteor and ARGUS thinks it's only a matter of time until Supergirl's politics cause a crisis" said Lyla
"Ok but why do you believe this." Roy asked with a face of pure skepticism
"In the files you will see that a highly encrypted documents were sent to L corp a week after the meteor hit . Luthor corp is a highly protected facility so we need people like you two to break in."said Lyla
"Why is Batwoman here?" Thea asked. Since there is a picture of her in the files
"Originally RTF was going to serve a different purpose but sadly Batwoman died 4 months after you two got married and sadly we still don't know how or what killed her" said Lyla who is slightly saddened about it
"Yeah I mean not even Barry could explain it." said Thea
"Anyways are you guys in?" Lyla asked
"Yeah, we will do it." said Thea as Roy nodded in agreement
"That easy?" Lyla surprised she didn't need to debate her position
"You were right Lyla, about the meteor and if we would've done more......well maybe Superman would still be here" Thea explained
"Well determination in going to a necessity in these mission. Oh and there's a helicopter waiting for us outside "said Lyla
Roy and Thea change it more formal clothes and bring their gear in duffel bags. The helicopter takes them to an ARGUS facility in Star city.
Argus facility in Star city
They walk in with their duffel bags as Lyla brings them to the lowest level of the facility. An expanse bunker with a training room, gun and archery range, gym, computer room and even a living space.
"Man this is like something out of Fallout. Only more luxurious I guess?" said Roy as he admired everything
"Is this gonna be a regular thing with you?" Thea asked as she admired everything as well
"The whole video game references? Because if so, maybe?" Said Roy as he spotted someone leave the computer room
"Roy and Thea, Curtis he is going to be one of your teammates." Lyla explained
"Yeah! Like the old times." Said Curtis as everyone everyone smiled at each other followed by Roy asking "Hey I didn't major in Math or at anything really, but we are missing two members?"
"That would be us kid." Said Slade as everyone turned to see him and Helena
"Wait your one of Oliver's crazy ex girlfriends aren't you?" Thea asked Helena and she crossed her arms
"Uhh. What does a girl got to do to get a new title?" said Helena with a hint of sarcasm
The tension between Thea and Helena kept piling up until Curtis broke the tension by asking "So are we like Guardians of the galaxy or Fantastic Four?"
"I was thinking more like mission impossible." Said Slade which threw everyone off and Slade responded with "What? Mercenaries can't watch movies?"
"Huh, well played." Said Roy
"Well that's enough chit-chat. You all need to go to the training room. Slade has a training exercise for you all." Lyla stated as she lead them to the training room
The training room is a decently sized room with weapon racks on each end and the whole floor is covered in blue training mats.
"Man this place has everything minus a MA40 of course" said Roy has he admired all the bows ,guns, crossbows and swords on the wall
"Halo?" Thea and Curtis asked sarcastically
"Wait you've played Halo?" Curtis asked with excitement
Before Thea could answer Roy interrupted her by saying "Don't get your hopes up. She only plays Halo infinite because she used to play Halo 2 with Oliver once or twice."
Thea was frankly offended by Roy's statement and fired back with "Hey I at least know Halo is the weapon and master chief is the guy!"
"Hate to ruin your petty argument but you should get geared up." said Slade stated in a very serious tone
Lyla leaves and the everyone gets suited up( but no one has their weapons) They all see Slade on one of the room while on the other end there is a line of red tape on the floor.
"On the line!" Slade shouted. Followed by everyone going to said line
"You know I've done this before." Curtis pointed out
"That's the thing in this there is no bell just you four versus me" Slade them as he pulled out a kendo sword " When ever you're ready, come at me"
"Isn't it a little unfair, that he has a weapon and we don't?" Roy asked as he got into a running stance
"Ehh just go with it " Curtis answered
"Alright guys just focus. We just need to make Slade fight a war on two fronts me and Helena distract him while you and Curtis ambush Slade" The stated with alot of confidence.
"We're going to fight Slade, and your grand plan is to split up?" Helena asked. As pointed out the flaws in Thea's plan
"My bad I didn't know you were such a tactician" Thea replied in sarcastic tone
"Well honey I am, so what we're going to do is you three go first and weaken Slade one by one then I'll finish the job." Helena replied in reaction to this Thea just rolled her eyes and said "Fine."
All four of them run towards Slade with Curtis up front. Slade tries to strike Curtis down with is sword but Curtis dodges it. Curtis then punched Slade in the face but it didn't seem to hurt Slade since he just reacted by kicking Curtis back. Slade then spotted Roy and tried to hit him but Roy did a forward roll to dodge Slade's attack followed by getting behind Slade and put him in a choke hold. Thea took advantage of the situation by taking Slade's sword from him. She then launched a flurry of attacks with the sword. Slade in retaliation got free from Roy's choke hold and punched right in the face followed by kicking Thea down. Helena then picked upped the sword and started to fight Slade. The fight seemed pretty fair until Slade took the sword back and hit Helena with it leaving her knocked down.
As everyone was getting up Slade stated "I got to admit you all lasted a little less than I expected"
"Maybe if we would've used my planned. We would've lasted longer." said Thea in a annoyed fashion as she directed her attention to Helena
"Oh please I'm ten times the fighter you'll ever be." Helena stated in a very confrontational tone as she got right in front of Thea's face
"Wanna take this outside" Thea stated
"We're in a training room there's no need to take this outside" said Curtis as he pointed out the flaw in Thea's rebuttal
"Yeah, I mean we're in a bunker. Shouldn't it be let's take this up stairs" said Roy as he laughed at his own joked
As Thea kept eye contact with Helena she said "You're not helping but your right. Lets 1v1."
Both of them grabbed a bo staff and were ready to fight until Lyla stormed into the room and said "It seems you have a practice run mission."
"What's happening?" Helena asked before Thea could in a clear attempt to be team leader
"There is going to be an anti Supergirl protest happening at a plaza near Catco. Some rumors say the protest might turn into a riot" Lyla explained.
"Ok fine me, Thea and Roy will be at the plaza Curtis you'll be in the van looking at surveillance cameras. Slade you'll be Curtis just in case." Helena said all this in a very team leader way
We are now at the plaza. Curtis and Slade are in a van. Roy is next to a bank where the majority of protesters are. While Thea and Helena are walking side by side at the other end of the Plaza. (Every one is just in regular clothes)
"So what exactly are we looking for?" Roy asked through the coms while looking around like lost dog.
"I don't know. I guess anything abnormal." Curtis answered as he looks at the surveillance cams through his laptop
"Just keep your eyes peeled hot shot" said Helena through the coms with a slight smile since she realized how Thea was irritated by her statement.
"Hey hands to yourself" said Thea in strict tone has she scanned the area.
"Well I can't keep my hands to myself" Helena told her jokingly.
"Haven't notice the rings?" Thea asked as she raised her left hand point to her ring
"Well this girl does like a challenge" said Helena who finds, annoying Thea a fun little game
"Ok that's it!" Thea was saying only to be interrupted
"Guys, this is an open line." Said Curtis through the coms.
"Noted." Said Thea in an awkward tone.
"You got touin the cat fight?" Slade asked Curtis as he polished his gun
Roy sees a car that for something reason just looks suspicious to him. "Do you guys see the white Tesla model X?" Roy asked through the coms. While keeping his eyes on the car.
Helena and Thea spot it and Thea asked through the coms" What? Want one?"
Roy doesn't answer immediately rather he keeps examining the car and realizes the car is on auto pilot. He then finally answers with "No, Teslas are overrated " only to see the car take a hard left and head towards the Bank. Roy runs towards the bank. Once he gets in he tackles a guy to the ground as the car barely missing them and crashes into the bank. Roy got up and started examining the car and noticed the driver was passed out. He then heard a beeping sound to all this Roy instinctively reacted by ripping the door of the car out with his robotic arms and getting the guy as far away as possible from the car as it blew.
Thea and Helena drop to the ground as the explosion happened. They both see people run everywhere in a panic
"Roy do you copy!" Thea asked through the coms as she tried to get a visual on him
"Yeah I'm good" Roy groaned only to hen take cover behind the crashed Tesla and say "You got company."
There is now a person with a anti Supergirl shirt shooting up the plaza as people ran for cover.( The man is wearing a bullet proof helmet)Slade saw him through Curtis' laptop and instantly recognized the rifle "He has a Ak 12. He probably has thirty rounds in the mag" said Slade through the coms
"Good thing I brought these" said Helena as she pulled out to pistols followed by giving one of them to Thea. They pick different route to attack the shooter.
Helena notices that the shooter is about to shoot. Thea so she shouts "Get down!!" Thea ducks behind a bench. The shooter then turns his attention to Helena and shots her in the left arm. Helena falls down as the shooter is about to shoot at Helena again only to be shot three times in the back and drop dead. Thea then picks up Helena and brings her to the van. Everyone gets in and Curtis drives everyone back to ARGUS
Back at the ARGUS
Everyone storms into Lyla's Office
"Where's Helena?" Lyka asked
"At the medical station after some nutjob shot up the plaza." Said Thea
"Yeah, and coincidentally a Tesla crashed into the bank" Roy added
"Or maybe it wasn't a coincidence" said Slade as he grabbed the tv remote on Lyla's desk and out on channel 52.
We Supergirl giving a press conference
"Today, the anti Supergirl group showed their true colors. They are a terrorist group that should be punished. Everyone should stay as far away as possible from these people. The anti Supergirl group isn't a political world view they're borderline terrorist .Thank you for your attention."said Supergirl followed by Slade muting the tv
"You think Supergirl hired the shooter?" Curtis asked
"Yeah if I were I would start looking through her stuff" said Slade
"Maybe later. You all need to get ready to break into Luthor Corp" said Lyla
At Kara's apartment
Kara and Alex just entered the apartment
"What were you thinking!" Alex screamed at Kara
"I was thinking that those anti Supergirl protester should pay for what they did." Kara replied in a strict but still not screaming
"We still don't know if the shooter was associated with the protesters, plus they have freedom of speech"Alex replied with anger
"Freedom of speech isn't freedom of consequences." Kara snapped back at her
"Oh please what do you think Barry..." Alex was saying only to be interrupted by Kara
"Barry? Barry is an idiot! He's a diplomat who can't pick a side." Kara screamed back at her
"What has gotten into?" Alex asked
"Nothing has gotten into me. The problem is Alex, you hold to this dumb belief that people can't change!" Kara screamed at her followed by going to her room
At Star labs
Barry ,Cisco, Caitlin and Ralph just finished watching Kara's press conference
"Kara is wrong on so many levels." said Ralph
"Agreed." Caitlin stated plainly
"How is she wrong?" Cisco replied clearly being baffled be Caitlin's comment
"Cisco we're scientists. We both know correlation is not causation." Caitlin replied in a much more polite tone
"Yeah, what she said" said Ralph clearly not knowing what ' Correlation is not causation' means
"Oh come on isn't a known fact that anti Supergirl people are a bunch of conspiracy theorists." said Cisco
"That's not an argument, being a conspiracy theorist doesn't automatically make you an idiot." Caitlin replied in tone that escalated the argument
"I'm sorry but if you believe Supergirl is going to create a regime to control the whole earth, maybe you should be called an idiot" Cisco replied
"I don't agree with their world view but now anyone who's anti Supergirl is going to be harassed." Caitlin replied
Ralph noticed Barry was a little too quite so he asked "Barry what do you think?"
"I don't know what I believe." Barry answered as he walked out of the cortex
Ralph felt this situation was gonna go south so he leaves Star labs and calls someone. Ralph waits outside of Star labs .
"Did I give him the right address? Why hasn't he showed up?" Ralph asked only to see someone land in front of him
"Cool superhero landing J'onn. Did you practice before getting here?" Ralph asked
"Why did you call me." J'onn asked completely ignoring Ralph's questions
"Well I have a feeling you and I agree with me. Kara took it too far." said Ralph
"I have seen good leaders corrupted themselves and become tyrants on my planet but that is not Kara" J'onn respond
"Well I have a proposition to test your theory" said Ralph
At the Waverider
We have Nate and Sara at the library trying to figure out why Helena and Slade need the tungsten.
"Ok, so I think the tungsten could be used to make some sort of superalloy or Slade needs the tungsten for some bullets" said Nate as he keep looking through piles of papers
"But why would Slade and Helena steal a molecular transmogrifier and not use it?" said Sara as she saw Mia walk into the room
"Sorry to bother you guys but I think i know what the tungsten is for" said Mia
Nate was opened to any ideas so he said "Alright what do you think is for?"
"It's something I fought before. In 2041 there is a crime lord called Jonathan Allen. He stole supplies from L Corp to make the RFG" Mia explained
"What does RFG stand for?" Sara asked
"It stands for Rods from God. It's theoretical weapon here in 2021" Mia answered
"That makes sense. The tungsten is for kinetic bombardment." said Nate as he fully understood what Mia was talking about
"Exactly a weapon capable of kinetic orbital strikes" said Mia
"What does that mean?" Sara asked since she wasn't understanding all the scientific terms
"In the Vietnam war the US used these lazy dog bombs. Essentially solid steel pieces dropped from planes above Vietnam. The RFG is that on steroids. It's a giant satellite with tungsten rods that I could blow up any bunker In fact the satellite could hit any target in the U.S. in under 15 minutes." Nate explained
"Can you gives us the room Mia?" Sara asked
"Sure thing" Mia answered as she left
"What if Kara hired Slade and Helena?" Sara whispered
"Why would Kara need the Rods from God?" Nate asked
"Think about it according to Gideon everyone opposing Kara is dead by 2026. We just found out that there is a weapon that could destroy any hide out in minutes." Sara explains in her normal base
"If the RFG goes online. The resistance won't stand a chance." said Nate in a worried tone
"Exactly" said Sara
"Have you told Barry about the newspaper?" Nate asked
"No. He can't be trusted. Barry would probably try to reason with Kara or something I'm not taking that risk" said Sara
"Are you sure? I mean Barry is probably the only hero who could even pose a threat to Kara." Nate explained in a very professional tone
"What's the worse that could happen if we leave Barry in the dark?" Sara asked in a almost rhetorical tone
"I mean maybe Kara pulls a emperor Palpatine on Barry and he joins her." said Nate
"You think Barry is Anakin?" Sara asked
"You've watched Star wars?" Nate asked in a excited tone
"You put your tv at full blast. I think everyone on this ship has heard you screamed 'It's over Anakin I have the high ground!" said Sara in a annoyed fashion followed by her leaving the room
Author's note
Hopefully you've enjoyed the chapter. Fyi Chapter 7 will focus on RTF infiltrating L Corp.