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- The Kryptonian teenagers are at the non-existent mercy of Reactron, who begins choking Supergirl until Chris realizes red sunlight doesn't affect his tactile telekinesis. Chris and Thara break out and rescue Kara, and the three heroes come up with a strategy to take him down: Thara will go high, Chris will go low, and Kara will kick his butt up the middle. Supergirl, Flamebird and Nightwing charge him.
Unfortunately, Reactron is still too powerful. He manages to take Thara down and depower and knock out Kara and Chris. During the battle, Lois shows up to witness and report the fight. He threatens Lois and she actually manages to hurt him, but she cannot stop him.
Right when it looks like he's going to murder to Kara and Chris, Thara transforms into Flamebird and crushes Reactron like a bug, yanking the Gold Kryptonite from the chest of Reactron and disintegrating it.
As soon as he is helpless, Reactron sings like a canary, explaining all is General Lane fault as Kara, Lois and Chris look on. Flamebird wants to kill him right there, but Supergirl talks her out of it, saying her father Zor-El wants justice, not vengeance. Chris then kisses Flamebird, which turns her back into Thara.
Reactron is srunk and imprisoned in a crystal which Kara intends to take to New Krypton.
Before leaving, though, Kara and Thara have a heart-to-heart talk where they forgive each other and restart their friendship. Kara apologizes for not believing Thara was Flamebird. She also thinks if Flamebird is real, so is Rao, and it means their father may be "in a better place".
Thara then says she has to tell Kara something about Lana. Lana walks in to a distraught looking Kara. Lana asks if everything's okay, and Kara says it is, though the look on her face is one of mistrust or suspicion.
Thara leaves and Kara says she has to go to New Krypton , but will return to talk to Lana about what she's been hiding from her.
- As the three young heroes fight for their lives, Cat Grant and Morgan Edge talk about how Supergirl, Nightwing and Flamebird are menaces. Then they cut to Paris where Kara, Thara and Chris are fighting with Squad K, and Cat states the daughter of the "Queen of New Krypton" is "without a doubt a threat to every man, woman, and child on this planet". While Cat pours the hatred on, though, the trio of heroes manages to escape Squad K.
After the broadcast, a very angry Lois confronts Cat, dressing her down and calling her a hate-mongering propaganda tool with zero ethics. Lois storms off, and Cat and Morgan write her outburst off as jealousy.
In her apartment Lana -who is still suffering from nosebleeds- discovers Kara's back and has brought Nightwing and Flamebird with her. They decide to try to get Lois' help in clearing their name and perhaps getting a confession from Reactron. Lana and Chris leave to go find Lois.
- Meanwhile, General Lane -who has just revealed they set up Kara, Chris and Thara by framing them for Mon-El's death and ruining Metropolis' water supply- is sending Reactron out to finish cleaning up the mess before their names can be cleared. First thing he does is force Squad K's Colonel Hazard to take Reactron in to hunt for Lois Lane. Hazard doesn't want to include an obvious sociopath into his group, but he is outranked and overruled by General Lane.
Chris and Lana meet Lois to tell her everything that has happened. Chris tells his foster mother about Reactron and Metallo's involvement with the destruction of Metropolis' water supply. After hearhing their story, Lois senses the mind games and military involvement hint at her father being behind everything.
In Lana's apartment, Kara and Thara are trying to patch things up. Previously, Thara warned Kara was corrupting Lana. Kara stormed off silently as Thara tried to explain she didn't mean their hostess was becoming evil or anything of the sort. Now, Kara asks her friend what she meant with it. But Thara is sick of fighting with her friend and asks her to forget she said anything. Then Kara shows her friend the blood bloom petal from their visit to the Fire Falls,and tells Thara that the petal was the only thing that made the trip to Earth with her.
Lois is still talking to Chris when the Squad K arrives. Chris takes off to intercept Squad K in mid-air, intending to draw them away to save his mother and Lana. Kara and Thara then arrive to confront the threat together.
While the Kryptonian trio engage the Squad K and Hazard tells Guardian his and Science Police's assistance is not need or wanted, Reactron holds back because his suit lacks flight capabilities at the present time. So he takes to the streets and begins destroying things indiscriminately until Hazard warns him to stop.
Kara, Thara and Chris race into the demolished sewer system, chased by the army. When the young Kryptonians pause as they see the destruction they are being blamed for, Squad K catches up with them. However, Chris has a plan.
He tells Supergirl and Thara to stand down and be taken into custody. They are immediately cuffed in "Red Sun shackles" which depower them and led away by Squad K when Reactron arrives. He slaps a powerless Kara to the ground and receives another stern lecture from Hazard. Then Thara and Chris explain to Hazard their side of the story and tell him Reactron isn't there to support Squad K but to tie up the loose ends permanently. Just as Hazard realizes they've been tricked by Reactron and General Lane... Reactron executes Hazard and Squad K.
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