Chapter 66

Kara happily pushes Maxwell Lord into the uncomfortable metal chair of the interrogation room as the agent stands nearby, carefully watching their interaction. The agent knows that if anything happens to Kara, they'll have the wrath of the Queen and Sir Alex Danvers unleashed upon them. Not to mention the fact that Princess Kara is now dating Queen Lena. They don't want to find out what would happen should Lord hurt her.

Kara carefully cuffs Maxwell to the chain under the table, just tight enough to be uncomfortable but loose enough to give the illusion of slight freedom. She gives him her best glare as she leaves the room but his smug face doesn't waver.

The agent shuts the door and stands guard outside it. Kara thanks them by name, smiling at them and their surprised expression before she heads to the room behind the interrogation room.

Alex, Lena, and Maggie are all watching Maxwell intently. Maggie and Alex are standing next to each other, unconsciously mimicking each other's pose, which Kara finds adorable. They're both standing up tall with their hands held together behind their back, an offensive position.

Kara walks over next to Lena, who's focus is still on Maxwell. Kara drags her eyes away from her beautiful girlfriend and to the man in the other room.

He sits still, an almost impassive expression on his face. But even Kara, who's not trained in reading facial expressions like the three women around her, can tell he's not comfortable. He shifts pretty often, like he's trying to get comfortable on the crappy chair she put him on. He glances at the door every so often, impatiently waiting for the interview to start.

After a couple more minutes, Alex and Maggie exchange a glance and nod to each other. They leave the room after Alex gives Kara a hug. They head into the interrogation room. At the sound of the doorknob turning, Maxwell's head snaps up but he looks back straight, rearranging his expression so he looks bored.

His eyebrow twitches up in surprise and distaste when Alex doesn't come in alone. He leans forward, eyeing Maggie with curiosity as he looks her up and down in a way that makes Alex want to step in front of to block his view.

"And who's this?" He asks.

"I am Sir Maggie Sawyer, Alex's partner." Maggie introduces.

"Another woman knight?" He sneers, looking her up and down again. He squints at her. "Partner, you say? What do you mean by that? Partner in crime, partner as in dating..." Maxwell trails off.

Maggie exchanges a quick glance with Alex, making certain it's okay to tell him. They had talked about it behind the tinted glass while Lena pretended not to listen, discussing whether they were comfortable with him knowing the true nature of their relationship.

"I'm Alex's partner both professionally and romantically." Maggie tells him.

"Ah, a conflict of interest in the DEO. Never thought I would see the day when Alexandra would be dating a coworker. And her partner, even. Does John know?" He asks with a smirk.

"You know it's J'onn." Alex corrects him, narrowing her eyes in annoyance. "He can read minds, and we told him. Yes, he knows."

Maxwell just hums in response and Alex reminds herself that he's crazy in order to calm herself and not punch him.

"Well, I guess now I know why you never went out with me. I wasn't..." He pauses and looks Maggie up and down in a way that makes everyone but him uncomfortable (which he happens to be very good at). "Feminine enough."

Alex snorts, letting some of her temper come out. "Maxwell, I wouldn't date you if you were the second most beautiful woman in the universe."

"Oh, but if I was the first most beautiful?" Maxwell asks, his smirk back as he leans forward.

"Then you would be Maggie, who I'm already dating." Maggie blushes at her girlfriend's words. "And Maxwell, you have a way of making even beauty ugly."

"Ooh, harsh." Maxwell pretends to wince like the words hurt him. Alex knows better. He thinks too highly of himself to let anyone else's words get to him. "That isn't a nice way to treat the man who's giving you information on Cadmus."

Alex shakes her head. "You haven't given us anything so far. And I know you, Maxwell. You don't do anything for free. So what do you want?"

"Pizza and some cookies." He deadpans. "I'm kidding. I want to be transferred to a human prison."

"A... Human prison." Alex repeats, furrowing her brows. "You do know that no prisons are divided by race or species, right? You'll still be with aliens, no matter where you go."

"Tell me about it." Maxwell grumbles, a look of pure hatred flashing in his eyes. "No, I just don't want to be here. Some of the guards are even aliens."

Alex doesn't point out that it's now become common practice to hire aliens as prison guards. He can be pleasantly surprised when he gets there.

"So you just want to be transferred to a different facility?" Alex asks for clarification.

"No, I want your promise I will be transferred. A knight's promise can't be broken, Princess Alexandra." Maxwell reminds her smugly. Alex grits her teeth at the sound of her full name.

"You have my promise." Alex says.

Maggie looks over and gives her girlfriend a surprised look. She didn't expect Alex to give in that easily. But one glance at Alex's face tells her that Alex has a plan, so she lets that ease her worries slightly.

Maxwell claps his hands together, the metal cuffs clanking together as well. "Wonderful. Now, about Cadmus. You already know Lillian is the leader, yes?"

"Yes, we do." Maggie confirms.

"Hmm. What you may not know are her motivations and intentions." He leans forward.

"She hates aliens." Alex says.

"Yes, despises them. But that isn't what motivates her. She doesn't want Lex's death to be in vain. She's mad, that woman. She has a team of scientists looking through Lex's old notebooks. They aren't as brilliant as I am, so my being locked up definitely set their plans back."

"So what are they working on?" Maggie urges him.

"Ooh, this is the fun part. See, when Superman and Supergirl first landed here, they didn't just bring their space ships. Soon after they landed, large meteors struck the ground all over, as far as we can tell. Green chunks of rocks that glowed, that were slightly radioactive, but not enough to be dangerous to humans. But as scientists studied them, they noticed something interesting. These rocks had come from Krypton itself, from the explosion that destroyed their planet. And they have the power to hurt Kryptonians."

Alex controls her anger just enough that she's not as tempted to deck him.

"They call it Kryptonite, you may have heard of it. It's what nearly killed the infamous Superman, and would have, if Lex hadn't been killed." He says casually, like he's discussing the weather. "We've been working on how to modify it to hurt more, making it into weapons. Crossbow bolts, swords, daggers, arrows. So you might not want to bring the Super cousins to your raid."

Alex purses her lips, fighting down the panic. They'll have to work on this, too. And Alex has a plan.

"Anything else?" Maggie asks him.

"Nothing I can think of. Good luck, ladies. You're going to need it."

"I'll have you transferred to Penske in the morning." Alex says formally.

"Penske? That's a maximum security prison! That's worse than this place!" He shouts but Alex doesn't flinch, doesn't waver. "Dammit, you lied!"

Maxwell tries to stand up to do something stupid like try to fight a fully trained knight of the DEO. What he hasn't realized is that the table is bolted down. Maxwell's momentum works against him and pulls him back down, smacking his face against the table. He sits back down, groaning with a bleeding nose and bruises already beginning to form.

Alex punches him in the nose, making him make a high pitched pained noise.

Alex leaves the room, leaving Maggie alone with him. She leans her hands on the table, holding herself in a dominant, threatening position.

"If you ever try to harm Alex or her family again, no one will ever find your body. Understand me?" She growls.

He nods, his eyes full of fear. She kicks his chair back, causing him to hit his head on the table again. He's still groaning and whimpering in pain when she leaves the room.

***

Alex paces back and forth in her lab, Maggie watching her with worried eyes. Kara and Lena are holding hands, both shaken by what Maxwell said.

"Does anyone have a plan? How do we fight this?" Vasquez asks.

"I have a plan." Alex says, the sound of her voice startling the others. They expected her to pace and not talk while they talk things out. "Kara, I want you training more using the Kryptonite dampener. I want you to try to get comfortable with being around low levels of it, build up your tolerance. Winn, Maggie, keep working on the crossbows. We still need them. Vasquez, Lena, I want you to work on a cure or something to counteract Kryptonite. I'll bring you a small sample."

"What will you be working on?" Maggie asks, standing from her stool and taking Alex's hand in hers. Alex stops pacing and looks at her.

"I have some tests to run." She says as an explanation.

Alex walks away, grabbing a few things she needs before rushing out of the lab.

Ooh, what'll happen? Alex has unknown tests to do, Maggie's worried, Kara and Lena aren't having the greatest day... Next chapter, we'll find out what Alex is up to! I know my authors notes have been shorter lately, and if you're curious I did post the reason on my profile here... It basically boils down to I went to a funeral on Saturday and a (LONG, especially because I'm family) viewing yesterday, and today is another funeral! And the viewing was originally from three pm to seven, which is long, but because I'm family, we went at like two. And he died young and unexpectedly, at 31, so pretty much everyone he knew turned up and it ended up going past seven... Anyway! Enough depressing things! Thanks for sticking around! :) Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!