Chapitre 76: Chapter 76
It's nearing three in the morning and Kara's full of nervous energy. She tries to keep her nervous bouncing to a minimum, but it's still noticeable enough for her to get some odd looks from the people around her. But they most seem understanding, giving off nervous energy themselves as they check and recheck their weapons.
Kara hears a cough coming from somewhere in J'onn's voice and takes a deep breath. That's the signal they agreed on. It works because it's subtle and quiet, and since he's with Alex's group, every group can tell pretty much at the same time.
Kara raises her fist in the air, the signal for her group and Lena's archer group that J'onn has signaled. Kara's troop straightens their backs and pulls out their weapons. They slowly stalk forward, keeping their movements silent. Because Kara's okay but not great at walking silently in the woods, she floats a little bit above the ground so she doesn't make any noise. She can hear the soft rustling of the archers moving through the trees behind her.
Kara takes a deep breath and moves towards the front of the group. Depending on what's ahead of them, if the giant front door to the castle is closed, that kind of thing, they may need in front to break through. Her group breaks through the tree line, which is still a good hundred yards or so from the entrance. Which is smart on Cadmus' part, so they can see whoever's coming.
Kara trains her ears on the castle, focusing her attention on the entrance and front gate. There's absolutely no indication that anyone has seen them. It seems like their plan, Lena's idea, worked. The guards are snoring or slumped against the wall and yawning, according to her X-ray vision.
Kara focuses on the front door's mechanism that keeps it locked and shut. The group stops a few feet back, giving her time to study it and space to open it, as well as time for everyone to catch up. The mechanism is relatively simple, which she didn't expect. But maybe they weren't expecting a Kryptonian with super strength to try to break in. Kara floats up a bit higher.
She doesn't think she can yank it open without the people inside the entrance noticing. She wants surprise on their side. Kara looks down to the people below her and signs to them.
"I'm going to kick the door in. Ready?"
A ripple goes through the crowd of gathered knights as the message is passed on so no one's surprised. Eventually, the person who's been named their group leader gives Kara thumbs up.
Kara nods to herself and winds up the way Alex taught her. She kicks hard and the door practically flies open, the sound of splintering wood echoing loudly. The hinges creak and groan under the unexpected strain of the door being kicked open. Kara wishes there was a quieter way to break in, but this works.
The dozing Cadmus agents inside snap up, eyes wide and terrified. Kara uses her heat vision to heat up their swords. They try to draw them and yelp, practically throwing their sweltering hot swords away. They're in an entry way of some sort, with the real entrance to the castle behind the guards.
Kara has no doubt that a group of Cadmus people have already gathered. Lena has often said that Lillian likes to prepare for anything, and that probably includes running drills for a similar scenario to this. She uses her X-ray vision and sure enough, there's already a good thirty agents just inside and more rushing to come to them. Kara signs that to the others and they nod.
The Cadmus agents near them are terrified and backing away from the force in front of them. There's only five of them, and a lot more DEO agents and knights. They take them down easily and the leader of the unit signals up to Kara that they're ready to continue. He isn't using sign language, but Kara learned long ago how to decipher the weird hand movements that the DEO uses (Alex taught her).
This door is easier, with two large door knockers halfway up the huge wooden doors. They're definitely more for the aesthetic than practicality because there's no way a human could actually use the giant knockers without a ladder.
Kara takes the knockers in her hands and pulls. She can hear the bolts that keep them attached to the door creak but they hold. The door groans as it opens. Cadmus agents filter in as soon as the opening is big enough for people. They want to push us out, Kara notes. Probably because they have archers out there on top of the castle to pick us off.
"Push forward!" Kara yells to the DEO people below her. There's no use being silent now.
Kara uses her superspeed to knock down (and sometimes knock out) Cadmus people when she can. When she's not doing that, she's keeping an eye on the battle and stopping a few blows on DEO people that would have been fatal has she not blocked them.
More Cadmus agents rush in and join the fight. With growing horror, Kara notices that they're actually succeeding in pushing the DEO people back. Little by little. There's just too many Cadmus people. Kara just hopes that means they're doing a good job distracting them from Alex's teams.
Kara perks up at a familiar voice behind them. A few seconds later, arrows and crossbow bolts rain into the entryway and hit Cadmus people. And only Cadmus people. Kara can't help being impressed, they've been moving around and struggling. It's amazing they didn't hit a DEO agent.
Cadmus agents fall to the ground, wounded or even killed by the archers. The uninjured ones fight twice as hard against the DEO agents. The archers continue shooting when they have a clear shot and some more Cadmus reinforcements rush in.
Kara sighs and pulls out the sword Alex had especially made for her a while ago. She hasn't had much of a chance to use it, but now seems like the perfect time. She floats down onto the ground and joins the fight, her sword clashing against a nearby Cadmus person's.
Kara hasn't fought with a sword in a while, but Alex drilled her training into her head so it feels like no time has passed at all. She's not the greatest swordswoman in the kingdom, but her superspeed and super strength make her a formidable opponent.
Kara tries to knock people out when she can, wounds them when she can't. Eventually, all of the Cadmus people are either unconscious or in too much pain to try to fight anymore. The DEO agents pause, and the leader of the group sends some people back to the reinforcements that have gotten injured enough for it to be difficult for them to continue.
Lena and some of her archers join the group a couple minutes later. Kara practically runs over to her and hugs her tightly.
Lena laughs softly and kisses the side of Kara's head. "You were amazing, darling."
"What are you doing here? Are you coming with us?" Kara pulls back enough so that she can see Lena's face, her hands still on her girlfriend's waist.
"Yes, I am. I figured you could use some archers. The others will stay back. And I want to help take down Lillian." Lena says.
Kara nods and kisses her lips softly. "Okay."
"We need to get moving." The leader of the group says. "You two, I want you in front. You lead now, you know the way better than anyone. Remember, our mission is to take out Lillian and as many Cadmus agents as possible."
Lena nods. "Then I think we should split up. You lead the group against the Cadmus agents, Kara and I will lead a small group against Lillian."
The leader nods. "Sounds good to me." He starts dividing people up and they go their separate ways.
"Kara, can you scan the castle, see where she might be?" Lena asks.
Kara uses her X-ray vision and frowns. "There's a room that wasn't lined with lead that's now lined with lead. I'm pretty sure it was the throne room. It's pretty big."
Lena nods. "Alright then we should probably head there."
Kara agrees and their small group of ten people starts moving, with Kara and Lena in the front.
They move quickly, not wanting Lillian to have time to flee. They come across a few Cadmus agents here and there, and Lena and Kara take them down easily. Kara with her heat vision, Lena with her bow. They reach the tall arched wooden door and Kara steps in front of Lena.
"Let me go first just in case. If they do anything, it'll bounce off of me." Kara says.
Lena isn't exactly happy with thay, but knows it's the most logical thing to do so she agrees.
I kept on wondering whether to use agents or people so I just alternated between them... Anywho! Angst coming up ;) the first installment, at least. But I think I'll go to Sanvers next chapter, then the one after that will be Supercorp! Alternating chapters in a way! We'll see! And I have a crazy couple of weeks coming up. This week is jam packed with me packing and hanging out with friends and getting my face drilled into right before I hang out with my friends (yay cavities, I like to think I'm just too sweet). And then next week is going to college and moving in and all that stuff! Then the week after THAT I start classes so... Whoo! I don't know how college is going to affect my writing, I'm hoping it won't, but just in case, I'm letting you guys know! I'll try to keep you updated if life gets crazy and I don't have time to write/post! But I should be good (I hope). Anyway! Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!
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