Capítulo 38: The battle

On a random road, a construction truck was traveling at a high speed towards the city.

" Do you have eyes on the target? ", asked Hank.

Kara landed in front of the truck and said, " I got him." She threw a punch at the moving truck. destroying the front portion of the truck and causing the driver who revealed to be Vartox and his ax to fly out of the truck which was on fire. She walked slowly towards Vartox who immediately got up. She stopped and stared at him, behind her the truck exploded.

Vartox said to Kara, " You should have never come back for more! "

Kara lunged forward towards Vartox and attempted to punch him. Vartox dodged it easily, leading to Kara passing him in mid-air and caught her left leg. Despite getting caught, Kara used her free leg to kick Vartox's face and freed herself.

Vartox shrugged off the pain and sped towards Kara to return the favor. The latter flew up and kneed the former on the chin, causing the former to stagger a bit. Kara flew back on the ground and landed a solid hit on Vartox's back.

Kara and Vartox kept exchanging hits on each other. As the fight got prolonged, the balance of the fight was slowly tilted towards Vartox's favor whom he had already equipped himself with his ax and was more experienced in fighting than Kara.

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Meanwhile, in the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, Hank said to Alexa and Alex, " She's not strong enough."

Alex replied to Hank, " Why? Because she's a just newbie and looked down by Vartox? It's exactly what we were counting on."

Alexa said to them in the room, " I analyzed the metal on the ax. It's powered by a self-generating atomic charge reaching the temperature of 2500 degrees. "

Hank raised his right eyebrow while looking at Alexa. He then asked, " How does that help? "

If it gets any hotter than that, it's gonna explode. She just has to get close enough to do her thing. "

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Back to the battle...

Kara was getting handled by Vartox as he threw Kara to the ground and straight away landed a punch on Kara. That hit caused some serious injury to Kara as she was still on the ground.

Kara pleaded Vartox, " Stop! I give up. I don't wanna die. "

Ignoring her plea, Vartox raised his ax and swung it down and towards Kara while saying to her, " Give your mother my regards."

Kara caught the ax and Alexa said to Kara in the comms, " Kara, do it now. " Kara immediately started to utilize her heat vision on the ax she caught. It started to heat up, but it was slowly heading towards Kara as she was losing in the competition of strength towards Vartox. Kara replied, " It's not working. I can't do it. " as her will was starting to waver.

Alexa encouraged Kara by saying, " It's why you were sent here. I believe that now, you have to believe it too." Kara regained her strength in her will and put in more strength in her heat vision. Soon, the temperature of the ax reached 2500 degree and the ax was at its limit.

'BOOOOM!' The ax exploded and Kara turned her head just in time. She knew she won the battle and got up, sighing a relief.

Kara saw Vartox lying on the ground with several wounds and bruises and said to him, " It's over."

Vartox said, " You think I'm the threat." while panting. He continued, "You have no idea what's coming. " and immediately grabbed a remnant of his ax and stabbed his heart with it, killing him in an instant.

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Back to DEO...

Everyone was cheering as they obtain victory.

Alexa said to Hank, " She followed your orders. She won. " Hank replied to her, " Yeah. This time."

Alexa asked Hank, " Director Hankshaw. I wasn't only recruited because of my sister, was I? "

Hank answered her, " Yeah, she's why you got in. You are why you get to stay."

As Alexa heard what Hank has said, she was proud of herself.

Meanwhile, Alex was amazed by the relationship between Alexa and Kara. When Kara was losing her confidence in herself, he was going to step in and help, Alexa stepped in and encouraged Kara, giving her strength in a way.

Alex said to Kara in comms, " Congrats, Kara! "