Won't Let You Down (Book Two of The Unmatched Records)

Chapter Two

"Undesirable number one," Slade narrowed his eye.

"And since she's a very close friend of mine, my mother has not been releasing any information about Cadmus's whereabouts to me," Lena nodded. "The good news, however, is that while the D.E.O. has been working on their end to try and dig into Cadmus, identify who's holding Kara, I've been working on my end here at L-Corp. While my mother and I don't see eye to eye, she is still a Luthor."

"You said you had a location?" Oliver asked.

"I do," Lena nodded, clicking a few keys on her keyboard. A screen on the opposite wall lit up, and the four vigilantes turned to see the blueprints Lena pulled up. "I can't tell you anything about who my mother has hired, and I can't tell you what kind of security they may have. What I can tell you is that she has more than enough Kryptonite to possibly kill Kara."

Oliver nodded curtly and turned to Lena. "Would it be possible for us to get directions to the compound?" he asked. "Or to get us close enough that we could get in, rescue Kara, do some damage, and get out?"

Lena raised an eyebrow. "All four of you?"

"I owe Kara for saving my entire family," Oliver nodded. "It's because of Kara that these three have second chances in their lives. None of us are leaving until we know for a fact that Kara is safe from Cadmus."

Lena nodded slowly, then started tapping more keys. "I can give you directions, and I can also give you a drive that when put in a computer, will fry their systems. Everything will feed back here to me."

"To you?" Malcolm repeated.

"Kara's my friend," Lena nodded determinedly. "And tech support never hurts."

"No, it doesn't," Oliver agreed. "We would also prefer to do this as soon as possible."

"Agreed," Lena nodded. "Come back tonight, after dark. I'll have the drive ready for you then."

"We'll be here," Oliver nodded. "Oh . . . and keep your balcony doors open."

"Why?" Lena blinked, looking behind her towards her balcony.

"That'll be how we come in," Oliver smirked, standing up. "Nice to meet you, Lena."

"And you," Lena nodded, watching the four leave. As she watched them leave, she turned to look at her balcony in surprise.

How would they arrive that she needed to keep her balcony open?

***

"Does this seem a bit easy to you?" Malcolm asked Oliver as they walked down the street back to the warehouse they had arrived in.

"A bit," Oliver admitted. "If Lena's lying, she's a good one, I'll give her that. But she's also a CEO, that means she has resources. And if she's telling the truth, those resources can help us get Kara out, quickly."

"We'll need everything we've got, kid," Slade eyed the sky and the setting sun. "It'll be dark soon."

Oliver reached where they had hid their bags and found his, unzipping it and pulling out one of the arrows, checking the tip. "Then we'd best be ready."

***

Lena finished working on the flash drive she would be sending with the four, pulling it out and twirling it between her fingers. The sky had turned black only a few minutes ago, and she turned to her computer, looking at the systems running. She was fully prepared to hack Cadmus once the drive had taken over their security. She just needed to wait for -

She heard four thuds behind her, and she spun around, eyes wide, to see Oliver, Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel land on the balcony in perfect crouches before standing. "Wow," she stared as they walked in, Oliver and Malcolm with their bows in hand, Slade's sword on his back, Laurel with a few knives strapped to her legs. "That's . . . impressive."

"Oh, wait until we show Cadmus," Malcolm smirked.

"Here's the drive," Lena handed it to Oliver. "I have at least the basic diagrams of the complex on my computer, so I can direct you to where the main security hub is. Just hook that up to one of their monitors, and I'm in."

"Will do," Oliver nodded, taking the Bluetooth devices Lena handed out. "Once we get Kara, it'll be a scramble to get out."

"There's an L-Corp warehouse that's closed down for the night about twenty minutes from the complex," Lena told him, pulling up a map. "If you can get Kara there, I can give you the code to get inside. Once you're there, I can send a message to Alex telling her you've got her sister."

"Only with people she trusts," Oliver added.

"She'll more than likely bring her fiancée, Maggie, and possibly J'onn," Lena nodded. "And once you get to the D.E.O., they can handle helping Kara recover."

"Good," Oliver nodded in satisfaction. "One more thing. We'll be using our code names while we're there. The less Cadmus knows about us, the better."

"OK," Lena nodded. "What are they? I'll use those when speaking to you."

"Green Arrow," Oliver answered.

"Dark Archer," Malcolm supplied his.

"Deathstroke," Slade told her.

"Black Siren," Laurel finished.

"All right," Lena nodded, making a mental note of that. "What, does that mean I need a name as well?"

"It wouldn't hurt," Oliver looked at her.

Lena nodded slowly, thinking it over, when she saw the Luthor chessboard by the couch. She walked over and picked up the white queen, turning it over in her hand, then smirked. "Checkmate," she put the queen back and made a show of flicking it over.

Oliver smirked and nodded. "Got it."

Lena frowned as they headed back to the balcony. "Do you need a vehicle?" she asked.

"We're covered," Malcolm smirked as Oliver pulled up the hood of his suit, Slade putting his mask on.

Lena raised an eyebrow, then nodded as the four vigilantes left. She sat down in her chair and fixed her Bluetooth to her ear, clicking a few keys and watching the diagram of the complex appear. "Hang on, Kara," she tapped her fingers on her desk.

***

I really do like Lena. I hope she doesn't end up a villain.

Next up, it's Green Arrow, Deathstroke, the Dark Archer, Black Siren, and Checkmate vs. Cadmus!