Meanwhile, at Lex Corp

“Lex, there’s someone here to see you,” said Mercy Graves, popping her head into her bosses office.

“I told you I’m not to be disturbed.”

“I’m afraid Miss Lane is quite insistent,” said Mercy. From across the room Lex couldn’t see the blue spark in his beautiful assistant’s eyes.

“Miss Lane? Ok, I’ll see her,” said Lex, fixing his tie. It was a rare occurrence, the delectable Miss Lane coming to him unbidden. When she stepped in the room Lex took a deep breath. She was dressed in a pale blue business suit. The jacket was buttoned low round her midriff and she appeared to have nothing on underneath it. The skirt was just about within the limits of what could be called decent. On her feet were a pair of shiny black leather boots that came up to her knees and were holding her up on a pair of six inch stiletto heels. Lois looked stunning, a perfect mix of powerful and sultry. Behind her entered a beautiful blonde woman in a matching suit, but this time in bright red. Both women were wearing reflective sunglasses that made seeing their eyes impossible.

“What can I do for my favorite reporter?” asked Lex.

Lois sauntered over to him and took his lapel between two fingers.

“Kara and I need a small favour,” she purred.

Kara, thought Lex. He looked at the blonde again. Was that Supergirl? He took hold of her fingers and moved to push them away. They didn’t budge. It was almost like she was strong, Superman strong! Something strange was happening. Supergirl was just watching with an amused sneer on her face. What had happened to these two? More importantly how could Lex take advantage?

“Of course, anything for you Miss Lane. What is it you want?”

“I need your subterranean scanner. Now.”

Lex puzzled. The subterranean scanner was an old piece of kit he’d invented to search for buried kryptonite. He hadn’t used it for years after he’d found the last of the buried meteor rock. What could Lois want with it?

“And what do I get in return,” he said, looking down at the generous cleavage hovering under his gaze.

“What do you get? How about I don’t kill you right here and now? Is that enough?” said Supergirl.

Lois lowered her sunglasses to reveal her eyes, glowing blue and sparking with energy. “Yeah, what she said,” smiling then flicking her tongue at Lex, sending a painful spark flying towards his face.

“Miss Lane you forget. I know you two. You wouldn’t kill me.”

“I think you’re mistaken. You knew Lois Lane. She’s just a shell for me now. I’m something new, something that’s your worst nightmare. Call me Livewire. And by the way, I won’t have to kill you, I’ll get your assistant to do it for me.”

Lois’ eyebrows twitched and Mercy entered the room, holding out a gun.

“Mercy, thank god. Call for help, call the Justice League, anyone, even damned Superman, I don’t care,” yelled Lex.

“Why would I do that boss? I’m Livewire’s now. She’s calling the shots. And speaking of which…”

Mercy fired the gun, hitting Lex in the shoulder. He screamed in pain and fell to his knees.

“You won’t win. I’m stronger than you think,” he growled.

“I’m bored of this. I’m just going to take what I need,” said Lois, placing her hand on Lex’s forehead. He screamed again as her power entered his mind and took the information she required. After a few seconds she stopped and pulled her hand away. Lex’s eyes were unfocussed and staring off into the distance.

“Mercy, you’ll stay here. I think you’ll find Lex very willing to hand over the entire company to you. You can keep him if you like, he might be a useful lapdog.”

“Thank you Livewire, thank you so much. How can I repay you?”

“Oh, I can think of a few ways,” said Lois, unbuttoning her jacket and pulling Mercy towards her.

Half an hour later the phone rang. Mercy sashayed over to the desk and picked it up.

“Hello?” she said. “Oh, ok. Thank you. Yes, you have done well, I’m sure she will be grateful. Send the data through Mr. White.”

She leant over the desk, proudly showing her pert naked behind to Lois, and picked up a tablet. With a couple of swipes she’d accessed the data.

“He’s found the rough area. Now we can use the scanner to pinpoint the location of the energy source.”