Chapter 80

(Warning! Lillian sucks as a human being and adoptive mother, and all that stuff that goes with it! Like mentioning killing Lena! Child abuse! Name calling (like bastard)! Slut shaming! Also abuse of power and mention of rape (sorry, I made Lionel a douche)! If this chapter is something you can't read for any reason, but want to know the vague plot, please contact me :)

It takes a harsh look from both Lena and Kara to make certain that the others agents stay outside. Kara knows that Alex will kick her ass, superhero or not, if/when she finds this out. But she knows that this is something she and Lena need to do alone.

Kara holds open the door for Lena, who walks in with her crossbow drawn. There's a large mahogany desk in the middle of the room, facing the door. The black leather chair is turned around and Lena can't tell if anyone's sitting in it. The chair's back is too wide and too tall for Lena to see around.

Kara comes in behind her, closing the door slowly behind her so it doesn't make a loud sound. Kara nods to Lena, knowing her girlfriend will know what she means. There is someone in that chair, and that someone is Lillian Luthor. Lena's heart beats wildly. She hasn't been around her for so long. She keeps her breathing even and her expression calm, waiting for something, anything to break.

Once the door quietly closes, the chair slowly spins around to reveal an unimpressed Lillian. She looks between Lena and Kara with impassive eyes, her lips twitching downward in distaste. A child she took in and raised as her own, grown up to become... this. This woman, who banished her from the Kingdom she loved and has forsaken her own brother. This woman, not just allied with an alien, but in love with one.

"I didn't think you would get this far, this fast. But I am always prepared." Lillian says coldly.

Lena and Kara watch as Lillian reaches into one of her drawers and pulls out a revolver. Lena blinks in surprise. A gun? Guns are rare, expensive, and hard to get. Though she should really not be surprised than Lillian managed to get one. She has always been rather resourceful.

Kara scans the gun with her X-ray vision and looks over at Lena in concern. Lena meets her gaze and knows immediately why her girlfriend looks so sad, so worried. It's loaded, and they both can see that it's pointed at Lena, not at Kara.

"You... Even you wouldn't shoot your daughter." Kara says, trying to sound more confident than she feels.

"Yes she would." Lena answers, not taking her eyes away from Lillian. "She has never considered me her daughter. Killing me would be like killing some leech that has been feeding off of her family for years. According to her, at least."

Lillian raises one eyebrow slightly. "You remember that."

"It's hard to forget when the woman who's taken you in likens you to a bloodsucking creature and tells you how easy it would be to kill you." Lena says coolly.

Lillian hums, unfazed. "Well, it is true, Lena. Whether you like it or not. You are not my daughter."

Lena sighs in frustration. "I know, you've been drilling that into my head since I was four."

"Let me finish, child." Lillian snarls and Lena shuts her mouth and straightens her back automatically. "You're not my daughter, Lena. But you are Lionel's."

Lena's eyes widen and her mouth drops open slightly. Whatever she expected her mother to say, it certainly wasn't that.

"I... What?" Lena asks, her voice shaking.

"You're not mine, you're Lionel's. You, Lena, are his bastard daughter." Lillian says, her tone cold as ice.

Kara reaches over and slowly, gently presses a hand to Lena's back. Her heart breaks into a million tiny little pieces when Lena winces at the touch before melting into it.

"Lionel had an affair with your mother while I was pregnant with Lex." Lillian continues, uncaring of Lena's mental state. "He didn't find out about you until your mother passed and he went to her funeral out of courtesy. He took you to us and adopted you. It did wonders for his approval ratings, appearing to randomly give a poor orphan a new home. But you reminded me, everyday when you walked around my home that I wasn't enough for my husband. That he slept with that whore." Lillian snarls.

Lena flinches and her jaw clenches. "Don't call her that. My mother was a good person."

Lillian scoffs. "No she wasn't. She took my husband from me."

Lena's eyes flash with sudden understanding, remembering a note from her mother that she read. Before she passed, her mother wrote a note to her, and on the envelope it said for Lena not to open it until she was at least 18 and sure she wanted to read what was inside.

"My mother wrote me a letter." She says, and Lillian frowns, confused as to what this has to do with anything. "She told me not to read it until I was 18 and sure I could handle what was inside. She never named my father but she did say one thing about him. He was wealthy and influential and he... Forced himself upon her, threatening her job and her safety. And even if he didn't, the blame wouldn't solely be on her."

"She-"

"It takes two, Lillian. My mother wasn't a siren, Lionel wasn't seduced. He knew what he was doing, but still you blame my mother." She takes a shaky breath. "And me. You took your anger at your cheating husband on a child. A . I couldn't understand why you hated me so much. I thought it was me, something I did, but it was you."

"You reminded me of-"

"And Lionel didn't?" Lena snaps, her eyes flashing with anger.

Lillian purses her lips, glaring. "This is not why you're here."

"For once, you're right. It's not. Cadmus is over, Lillian."

Lillian smirks. "It's not over, Lena. I still have a gun. How fast can you draw that crossbow? Is it faster than a bullet?"

"That won't work, Lillian." Kara says confidently. "I have superspeed, remember? I can stop the bullet."

"Oh, how could I forget?" Lillian says and it sounds incredibly fake. She smirks again. "Not anymore, you can't."

She turns her chair quickly and pulls a lever on a nearby wall. The room glows green.

"Kryptonite." Lillian say proudly. "How ironic, rocks from your own destroyed planet are the only material that can kill you. The emitters are at 100%. You have no powers now, Supergirl."

Kara looks down at herself, alarmed when she notices her hearing isn't as good as usual. Her X-ray vision works, but she's not as fast as usual. Kara's heart jumps up to her throat, pounding. She looks over at Lena, and her worried expression tells Lena everything she needs to know. The Kryptonite is working.

How? Kara panics as she tries to think of why. Only an... Oh. An electric discharge. Like the one she got hit with earlier. Crap. They're screwed. Kara moves so she's blocking Lena from where the gun is aimed.

"Get out from in front of her or I'll shoot her in the head." Lillian threatens, her hand moving towards the gun.

Kara's eyes widen in horror and she practically leaps away from Lena. Lillian's hand continues towards the gun and she picks it up, first swinging it towards Lena, and Kara tenses, ready to jump back in front of her.

Lillian points it at Kara and Kara's shoulders sag with relief. If Lillian shoots, she'll be distracted for a good enough amount of time for Lena to be able to shoot her crossbow at her. She hates that it's Lena who has to decide whether her adoptive mother will live or die. But right now, it's the only way. Kara makes her peace, thanking Rao for letting her survive the death of her planet and for allowing her to meet Lena. She mentally apologizes to everyone she loves.

Lillian cocks the gun and Kara already knows the safety is off. All that's left is for her to pull the trigger. Right before she can, Lena snaps out of her panic and leaps in front of Kara right as Lillian shoots. Lillian's eyes widen in surprise and Kara's do as well, in horror. Her hand moves faster than she expected to be able to, but she knows she's still not fast enough to completely block the bullet. Plus, Kara doesn't know if she's currently impenetrable but that doesn't matter to her right now.

Kara redirects the bullet as far away from Lena as she can but it's not enough. The bullet doesn't go into Kara's skin but it goes through Lena's upper shoulder. Kara nearly sobs with relief; it almost went through Lena's heart.

Lillian's baffled that a child she raised risked her life for... An alien.

Lena raises her crossbow, which she loaded right before jumping in front of Kara, and shoots. She doesn't hesitate. Lillian falls back on her chair, her eyes wide and unseeing as a crossbow bolt sticks out of her chest.

Wow, that got so much angstier than I meant? Dang. But they're okay! I mean, Lillian's not, she's dead. And it'll all go uphill from here! Promise! :) Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!