Supergirl ~ Of Two Minds ~ Part One

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"Well, that was a very sick creature," Alex declared, standing up straight from examining the bird on her table and looking at everyone in the room. "And what's odd is that I can't find a virus or infection of any kind."

"Well, something must have done that," Kara frowned.

"The Blight," Imra answered grimly.

"OK, I can't be the only one thinking this," Dig frowned. "Why pigeons?"

"Yeah, I'm with Dig," Malcolm pointed. "What did pigeons ever do to Worldkillers?"

"My guess?" Slade raised an eyebrow.

Felicity giggled, but quickly disguised it as a cough when Imra looked at her. "We went through this on Winath," Mon-El said. "The Blight is preceded by mass wildlife death and plant life, crops rotting in the Earth."

"Soon it will manifest in people," Imra nodded.

Unconsciously, all members of Team Arrow took a small step away from the bird, making Kara, Alex, Lucy, and J'onn look around at them in mild amusement. "It's a short incubation period," Mon-El continued. "It's one hundred percent fatal and extremely contagious."

"Oh, this just gets better and better," Dig grimaced.

"Based on my tests, whatever this bird had, it wasn't transmittable," Alex said. "Not even from bird to bird."

"Good?" Oliver asked cautiously.

"It had to have come in contact with Pestilence herself," Alex explained.

"Still not sure if that's

"It might not be contagious yet, but if Pestilence gets stronger, even the strength of the Blight, the entire city would fall ill in a matter of days," Imra told them.

definitely Lucy frowned.

"But we won't let her get stronger," Kara shook her head.

"Now remember, the cure is written in our DNA," Mon-El looked at everyone.

"With Brainy's help, we'll be able to extract it, weaponize it, and use it to kill Pestilence before she ever becomes the Blight," Imra nodded.

Kara blinked as Imra headed to leave. "Whoa!" she hurried after her. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're not killing anyone. We got too aggressive with Purity, and that's when things got worse. I'm not making the same mistake twice. There is a human side to Pestilence. We're gonna find her, and we're going to save her."

"We came here to end the threat to our time, and that means ending her life in this time," Imra frowned.

"It's just not how we operate," Kara told her.

"That's not how usually operate, but these are extreme circumstances," Imra countered.

"OK, how about before we get into argument that we need right now," Oliver began to cut in, only for his eyes to go past Imra, locking on a man in a black jumpsuit walking into the room. "Hey!" he barked, making the man halt.

"Stop right there!" Alex quickly drew her gun quickly, followed by J'onn, Slade, and Dig.

"Whoa!" Mon-El stood in their path. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, guys, it's Brainy!"

"What?" Laurel blinked.

"Oh, of course," the man nodded. "I'm wearing a personal image inducer." He touched his forehead, and Querl appeared in his Coluan form. "I had to purchase some apple cider vinegar, and I nearly caused a riot at the Piggly Wiggly."

"Huh," was all Kara had to say in response as Querl activated the inducer again.

"I thought this would, uh, help me fit in better," Querl nodded. "In your universe as well, if the need arises," he added to Oliver.

"Whoa," Felicity grinned widely.

"Why am I more comfortable with than you shifting right in front of me?" Dig asked J'onn curiously.

"No idea," the Martian shook his head.

"Hey, guys!" Winn hurried into the room. "I just god word from City Hall . . . " He trailed off, looking at Querl, then nodded. "Hey, Brainy."

Felicity's eyebrows shot up. "Wait, you recognize him?" Kara asked in surprise.

"Yeah," Winn nodded, looking Querl over, who looked just as surprised as Kara. "What is that, an image inducer, eh? Ah, so our brains just we're seeing a human, but no. Hey, can I borrow that for Halloween?"

"Agent Schott," J'onn interrupted him. "You were saying?"

"Oh, yes!" Winn nodded. "The mayor, the chief of police, uh, like, five city councilmen are all sick. High fevers, bloody noses. So either it was sushi day at City Hall cafeteria or . . . " He shrugged.

"It's her," Imra said confidently. "Let's go."

"OK, wait," Oliver held up his hand. "Imra, wait a minute. We're not going to walk into this without knowing who Pestilence really is, let alone if she's still there. Right now, the people who are sick are our priority."

"Oliver's right," Kara nodded as Imra opened her mouth to argue. "So let's go run some tests on them. Meanwhile, you guys extract the cure so we can give it to the victims," she looked at Mon-El.

"It won't take long on our end," Mon-El nodded in agreement, giving Imra a warning look. "So we'll meet up with you later."

"Thank you," Kara nodded gratefully, then looked at Imra. "Don't worry, we'll get her."

Imra nodded reluctantly, watching the rest of the team file out of the lab.

***

"Explain it to me again," Sam looked at Lena.

"When Reign is triggered, your genome is rewritten," Lena answered. "It's why you can't shoot heat beams out of your eyes whenever you want."

"So you think there's an enzyme in my body that triggers a change," Sam frowned.

"Yes," Lena nodded. "And if we can isolate it, we can eliminate it, and no more Reign." She took a deep breath before continuing. "But in order to find it, I need to study you while you're her."

"And the only definite way to turn me into her is to electrocute me," Sam said with a frown.

"The pain response brings her out," Lena nodded.

Sam took a deep breath. "How much is it gonna hurt?"

Lena bit her lip. "We're gonna start with five hundred volts – "