Chapter 153 - Prison "Escape"

Kara is woken up by the ringing over her phone. The blonde opens her eyes, and groans a little bit about being so abruptly woken. Kara then proceeds to grab her phone, and that is when she sees it's only 6 in the morning, and J'onn is calling her. Kara answers the phone, as she knows if it is J'onn who is the one calling, then it could be important, and might even be some form of Supergirl emergency.

"Hel..lo?" Kara answers, in a tired voice.

As Kara answers the phone, she glances over to her side, and she sees that Lena is still fast asleep, snuggled into where she was laying on the bed before she answered the phone.

"Kara.... sorry to wake you up so early.... but this is important." J'onn replies.

"Hmmm... What is it?" Kara asks, "Do you need me somewhere to deal with some criminals or something?"

"No.... last night.... at about 3AM..... there was a brief security blip in the prison housing Lillian Luthor..... Once the systems were back in order, the prison did a cell check, but Lillian Luthor was gone." J'onn explains.

"What? Are you telling me that she broke out?" Kara asks, surprised.

"We don't know what happened yet, Kara.... But that is one theory that is being suggested...." J'onn replies, "I'm heading to the prison at around 9 to have a look around, I thought that maybe you would like to come with me, along with Lena?"

"Uhh.... yeah.... sure..." Kara says, as she looks over to her still sleeping fiancé, "But I have to say J'onn..... Lena has been going to see Lillian.... and it does honestly seem like she is making an effort to change.... and be a better mother for Lena.... So.... I don't know.... I know she could have been lying.... as that would be in character with her history of manipulation.... But.... I just don't feel this is her breaking out.... At least not of her own accord."

"You may be right, but we won't know more until we have a look around the prison." J'onn replies.

"Alright." Kara says, with a sigh, "We'll meet you there at 9."

"Come as Supergirl." J'onn says.

"I will." Kara replies, and then ends the phone call.

After the phone call ends, Kara looks to her side, and simply thinks about how telling this news to Lena is just going to be another awkward and difficult thing.

"Lee?" Kara says, softly, stroking Lena's side, deciding to wake Lena up now, rather than waiting to tell her the news.

"Hhmmmm...." Lena mumbles.

"Lena.... I need to tell you something.... You need to wake up..." Kara says, in a soft voice.

Lena slowly begins to open her eyes, and then tiredly looks at Kara.

"What.... what's wrong?" Lena asks, with a yawn.

"J'onn just called me.... and Lillian is missing from her prison cell...." Kara explains.

"Wh... what?" Lena asks, confused.

"Apparently there was a brief security glitch in the middle of the night, and then when the guards went to check the cells after, Lillian was gone." Kara says.

"They think she escaped?" Lena asks.

"That's one of the possibilities." Kara explains, "J'onn has invited both of us to visit the prison with him in a few hours to check things over."

"One of the possibilities? So, you think there are others?" Lena asks.

Kara looks at Lena and sighs.

"Look..... I know that you and Lillian have been getting closer again.... and I know that you have told me you truly believe she is changing..... or making an effort to change.... So if you say that.... and are sure of it..... then there must be another explanation for why Lillian is no longer in her cell...." Kara says.

After Kara says that, Lena's eyes slightly widen, and then she freezes.

"Leviathan." Lena says.

"What?" Kara asks, confused.

"Leviathan must have taken her!" Lena says, "I mean.... they would have the ability to do it..... They must have had a Leviathan agent or something tamper with the prison's security systems..... which then allowed one of those shadow women to enter Lillian's cell, undetected, and grab her. It makes sense!"

Kara nods her head.

"You're right, it does make sense." Kara replies, "But we don't have any proof of that just yet, so we will simply have to wait until we get to the prison and see what we find."

"Yeah.... okay...." Lena says, now in a worried voice.

Lena has grown a bit closer to Lillian over these last few weeks, so because of that, she is really worried about something happening to her mother. Lena has literally just got her real mom back, the last thing she wants is for her other mother to be gone.

Kara glances at the time on her phone again, and sees that it is only 6:10 now, still too early for them to get up and start their day. Plus, now that she and Lena will be heading to the prison at 9AM it's not like they have to get ready for work or anything. The only thing the two parents have to actually get up and be ready for now, is to take Alura to school.

"You should try and get some more sleep." Kara says, placing her phone back down on her bedside table.

"I don't think I'll be able to." Lena replies, with a worried look on her face, "I'm just going to be constantly thinking about what could have happened at the prison from now until we actually go there."

Kara sighs after Lena says that.

"Okay.... well..... at least let's snuggle for a little while.... So we can rest a bit more." Kara says.

Lena nods her head, and then moves herself further into Kara's side, resting her head on the blonde's chest. Kara, in response, kisses Lena, lovingly, on the top of her head.

"Don't worry, Lee. We are going to sort everything out, together." Kara says.

Lena nods her head again in response, although she isn't sure if she believes that they will sort everything out, this is likely Leviathan they are dealing with after all, and they have already shown they are difficult to deal with.

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It is now 9AM, and Kara and Lena have just landed outside the prison that used to hold Lillian Luthor. Since just after 6AM, when Kara told Lena the news, the two fiancés spent another hour and a bit resting in their bed, neither of them going back to sleep, until they eventually had to get up to take Alura to school. Once both the parents were up, Lena was being a bit slower than Kara, simply because she was just lost in her head thinking about everything. So, this ultimately meant that Kara ended up taking Alura to school on her own, before then returning to the penthouse to fly herself and Lena to the prison, dressed as Supergirl of course.

"Supergirl..." J'onn says, as he approaches Kara and Lena, along with another man, who looks like he works at the prison.

"J'onn." Kara nods, in Supergirl fashion.

"This is Mr Reaver, he is in charge of the security at the prison. We were just talking over things while we waited for the two of you to arrive." J'onn explains.

Kara nods her head at Mr Reaver, not saying anything, as honestly, she doesn't have anything to really add.

"Miss Luthor.... I can assure you..... we are doing everything in our power to find out how your mother escaped..... Once she is returned to this facility, we will make sure she is never able to do such a thing again." Mr Reaver says to Lena.