Supercorp One Shots

Red Bottom

By: TheEvangelion

"Again?" Lena's eyes fly wide open at the DEO circus.

"The red kryptonite particles went up with the explosion last week," Alex says, overseeing the transfer of her sedated sister to the secure L-Corp laboratory. "And what goes up must come down. Jesus, I can't believe we didn't account for the rain."

"Wouldn't she be safer at DEO headquarters? It's just, her safety should be the priority." Lena doesn't want to seem too eager to palm off her girlfriend.

"If the DEO headquarters were still secret, sure." Alex rubs her temple, now suddenly thinking of other problems.

Her hazel eyes find Lena with a sense of exhaustion, as though there are too many things being juggled in the air and she needs someone to take Kara out of the equation.

Alex continues, "The League caught intel about our security protocols. Ironically, the one place Lex will probably not look is the place right beneath his nose. The building has enough lead-lining to hide her heat signature?"

"More than enough," Lena confirms.

"Well," Alex pats the chief executive's shoulder. "I'll call you tonight, and I'll leave her in your capable hands for a few days."

Lena laughs suddenly, the uncomfortable noise barely escaping through her tight teeth. "Please don't." She eyes Alex cautiously. "Just maybe let's workshop this idea—"

"It will be fine," Alex promises. "Just don't listen to her, put your headphones in, think of it as babysitting duty. I'll owe you one, big time." Alex stares as though she means it regardless of the complications it might cause later down the line.

An unconditional favour from one of the higher-ups in the chain of command at the Department of Extranormal Operations... That could certainly come in handy one day.

"Not the holding cell. Put her in the observation suite, the glass is resistant to her heat vision." Lena points to the clear glass room opposite the laboratory. "Extra restraints, green kryptonite lamps—"

"Green kryptonite could kill her," Alex balks.

"In larger quantities, sure." Lena nods. "In a smaller, medicinal dosage it nullifies her power for a short time. Like the small amount emitted by the kryptonite lamps your tech team developed last year in the event of..." Lena pauses, quirking her crimson lips as she searches for the right word. "Something unexpected." Alex instantly closes her eyes. "Bring them, bring all of the equipment. And extra restraints too, please."

"Why extra restraints?" Alex lifts her brow, confused.

Lena rolls her eyes, then turns to her personal assistant. "Jesse, clear my entire schedule from now until Tuesday. Alex, trust me, I'm doing you a favour, but I need the restraints and the kryptonite lamps. For my safety, you understand?" She glances at her girlfriend's sister.

"Whatever you need, Lena." Alex doesn't ask further.

***

Kara awakes slowly and feels the tension in her arms. They're captured around her ribcage, as though she is trapped in a suffocating hug. She shifts her shoulders, wiggling, unable to get herself loose from the poor, rough excuse for a blanket that has entwined her.

"You'll forgive me for being cautious," Lena says through the speaker. "It's for your safety, mostly."

Kara opens her eyes and simultaneously rolls them when she sees the applied restraints. Her arms are secured in a white strait-jacket, the tan leather straps buckled tightly, with another strap of leather secured between her nude legs to stop her wiggling out of it.