Star City<br/><br/>Ember was happy to go about looking for wayward citizens and finding none. Erin threw up her hands in disgust again and headed off for her hotel after saying,<span class="fixed-color" style="color:blanchedalmond">"Then I leave you lot with this enigma. Who in their right minds would be out on an evening like this save heroes and Londoners? Good evening, then."</span><br/><br/>Artemis scoffed again.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkturquoise">"Who'd she think she was? Sherlock Holmes in the flesh? What a crackpot."</span><br/><br/>Elsa was looking at the runes.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:teal">"Someone get some pictures of these ancient Nordic runes before they fade completely. I want to decipher these... Because if we're talking Asgard? Loki and this girl might be just the beginning!"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:crimson">"Or the girl may be the only."</span>Mariam looked concerned.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:crimson">"The magician with the power of Loki may mean that girl... Who we need a name to call her..."</span>She gulped,<span class="fixed-color" style="color:crimson">"Is the sole survivor of Ragnarok!"</span>There... Finally... Was the wisdom of Athena.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:crimson">"We may be looking at the end of the Norse gods, and the last survivor."</span><br/><br/>Elsa looked at everyone.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:teal">"Well... THAT was encouraging."</span><br/><br/>Artemis raised an eyebrow.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkturquoise">"Damn, Queenie. And I thought I had snark."</span><br/><br/>National City<br/><br/>Lois watched the agent until he shifted to the more familiar forms. When she saw Kara alive but groggy and shaking, her mouth dropped...<span class="fixed-color" style="color:burlywood">"How...?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:lemonchiffon">"Tasered."</span>Kara was still wobbly and weak from her experience.<br/><br/>PowerGirl shook her head.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:lightsteelblue">"C'mon J'onn. You know better. I haven't instigated anything recently after Superman laid it out on the line for me."</span>She took a deep breath.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:lightsteelblue">"Truth is, we had them beat by about two minutes. I was in the hole trying to lift that god's hammer with no luck. They started on me, first, threatening immediately, while I took the diplomatic route, this time. DEO are the ones who took it upon themselves to act like I was some threat. As soon as they learned no mortal on this planet would be able to even lift it... They all saw me struggling with that, what would they have done? What they always do. Bury it. Too many witnesses."</span>She then held onto one of the bars.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:lightsteelblue">"Your turn, dear J'onn... If you can answer it... With all the meteors that fall all around the earth every day and night... Why is it only those that happen during severe thunderstorms are the ones actually gone after."</span><br/><br/>Kara looked at the man as if he had two heads, but not from the shape shifting. "<span class="fixed-color" style="color:lemonchiffon">If I've developed any strange abnormal abilities, it's from experimenting with glowing green rocks I found around the farm where I grew up in Smallville. And that... Bastard that hurt PowerGirl while she was just talking, was the same exact creep who barged onto Pa's farm in Smallville after a glowing green rock like the one I threw onto the nearby golf course somewhere. He caused my Pa to have a heart attack with his bullying, Mr. Jones. When I learned those rocks made Superman sick, I started experimenting with it to try to neutralize it. All I managed to do is make a supercat out of my pet, and then I couldn't duplicate that test for other farm animals. Pa nixed that, anyway. I'm actually still looking for a neutralizing agent so I can make Superman an antidote. I'm sure he'd love that. So only way I got anything... It's from those experiments."</span><br/><br/>Superman did need to return. If nothing else than to set his sister straight about Kryptonite and why it made HER sick from all the experiments (as well as being around it, although not as much now).<br/><br/>Gotham<br/><br/>Some Random Office Bldg Roof<br/><br/>With Huntress taking off for some place in City Hall, Hornette decided to approach Oracle. But first, she glanced at Batgirl.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:forestgreen">"Green Hornette... Or... Just Hornette, for short.</span>" She tipped her hat slightly.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:forestgreen">"At your service."</span><br/><br/>With a sigh, Oracle looked at the remaining Birds. She then looked at Batgirl.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkorange">"Where to even begin, young lady. Hacking. Breaking and Entering. Stealing. Impersonation."</span>She folded arms and raised an eyebrow.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkorange">"Shall I go on?"</span><br/><br/>Hornette chose then to strike.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:forestgreen">"Granted... But couldn't we use someone like her, turn those talents to good?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkorange">"I'm listening, Hornette. Better make it real good considering the thin ice you're on <b>with Huntress</b>."</span>Oracle emphasized the last two words. She had no idea Hornette had fallen out of favor with one of her staunch supporters due to pressure from activist groups.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:forestgreen">"If Huntress wasn't impressed with what she was able to do.... We're talking the fort Knox of all alarm systems, here. Plus the evasion tactics that caused me to miss the cape. The heart is usually something you go by."</span><br/><br/>Oracle nodded.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkorange">"Why you're on the team. Alright..."</span>She rolled over to Batgirl.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkorange">"I want one good reason to give you a chance for every crime committed that I already listed. Why should I give you a pass and a chance?</span>" She held up a hand to Ivy.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkorange">"She stays wrapped up for delivery if she can't."</span><br/><br/>Hornette was the one to say<span class="fixed-color" style="color:forestgreen">"ouch."</span><br/><br/>GCPD HQ<br/><br/>Commissioner Gordon sighed as a trio of his friends, who right now weren't exactly happy with him right now stormed in, with the female of the trio coming right to the desk and slamming her hands on it.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:dodgerblue">"Problem, Prosecutor?"</span>He nodded the two gentlemen. One in black, and a chauffer's outfit, arms folded, holding station, and the other in a green trenchcoat, mask and hat, hands on side, arms akimbo.<br/><br/>"Problem?! Damned right there's a problem, Jim. Why are we pulling Hornette when she's actually been doing an outstanding job? She took down Rupert Thorne, and we had enough evidence that stuck, that he's going away for a VERY long time! We're talking several DECADES, Jim... DECADES!"<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:dodgerblue">"First. She had help from three Birds of Prey... Though I have no idea how Catwoman became a Bird."</span><br/><br/>"Oracle had n anonymous tip. From a certain insect." Green Hornet Senior said casually. "We all agreed to put my daughter in that team and not leave her to her own devices. This isn't when I was roaming the streets thirty years ago. It was getting a bit dangerous then. She needs to be on a team, Jim. A team."<br/><br/>Katherine poked the desk. "Everyone worked hard on her cover, Jim. Everyone. You included. You're throwing all this out... Something that is working... Why?!"<br/><br/>Jim Gordon pinched his nose as he rubbed his eyes.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:dodgerblue">"Long story short, I'm getting flak from child's rights activists who can't grasp that she's 16, and thus legal consent to be working in any job that isn't selling alcohol. She's busting them, without even going in. But no... Child labor laws. Which support us, actually. We're leading to her delinquency. Her hours are too long. All kinds of other things."</span><br/><br/>Britt Reid scoffed. "I never thought I'd see this day. Get a load of this Kato. The girl you trained, who is of legal age to work on certain cases, is about to be fired by her employer who is caving in to people who are protesting against something they don't understand." Looking at the Commissioner, he said, "Jim. Wake up. Some of these are the same people who want to defund you! It's like they'd rather have Thorne back on the streets... We can't have that, can we? What would Batman say?"<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:dodgerblue">"He might agree with me. Put her in Teen Titans. There were plenty of teens with no powers who were with them."</span>Gordon sighed.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:dodgerblue">"As much as I love your work, and what she's doing... I may have no choice but to..."</span><br/><br/>"Fire her?" Katherine growled. "With all the mob bosses still out there? Including Penguin?"<br/><br/>If ever the COMMISSIONER needed support... It was now.<br/><br/>Watchtower<br/><br/>Harley glanced at Star Girl.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:magenta">"Stifle it, Starshine. I just got a message from  ol' Mars hisself to let things be. It's handled. Ca-pish-she? Ya don't like it go get some lumps on the obstacle course. Maybe you can show the new girly how it's done."</span><br/><br/>Harley had a point. Stargirl's only ace was the obstacle course, and even that wasn't fully 100%. Just an A. Her only one.