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Kara looked at the paper on the board in front of her.

Wanted: Luthor Family

She looked at the crimes and who all was wanted. Two men, by the name of Lex and Lionel and two women by the name of Lillian and Lena. Funny. It wasn’t very often whole families were on the wanted board, but here they were. It looks like this ‘Lex’ was the one who committed most of the crimes. She tore the paper off the wall and nodded to J’onn, the sheriff, on her way out. She wasn’t anywhere special, mostly in the middle of nowhere. That was the Wild West for you. Kara put her fingers to her mouth and whistled. Soon a horse came clopping up.

She stroked the horse’s muzzle. “Hey, you ready to go?” She got a snort in response from the horse. She smiled and hopped on the steed. She started towards the town’s exit.

“Hey!” A familiar voice called from behind her.

She turned her horse to face the person. “What do you need, Alex?”

The auburn-haired woman walked up to her. “I just wanted to know when you will be back. You were gone for a week last time; you know how we worry about you.”

She let out a small laugh. “I don’t know how long I will be out this time. I am hunting a family. It might take a month or so.”

Alex nodded. “Ok. Just, be careful.”

Kara beamed at her sister. “I will try.” She left the town with those words.

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    She has been on the road for about two days now, it was a whole lot of nothing. Kara usually would have at least have a lead by now, if not actually capturing them. She cringed as a thought crossed her mind. I’m trying to catch four people at once. She knows that she is good, but maybe not that good. She rode up to a small town, one which she has been multiple times. She has quite a few sources here. After tethering up her horse, she pushed through the doors of the saloon. All conversations stopped when she walked it. They all knew who she was.

She looked around to see if there was any familiar faces. There were none of interest. “Get back to it.” She said with a wave of her hand. With her permission, the saloon erupted into conversations and laughter again.

“Hey super hunter!”

Kara whipped around to see a familiar face at the bar. Leslie. “Hey, I thought you were locked up.” She sat across from where Leslie was standing behind the bar.

The white-haired woman grinned. “You mean after you threw me in there?” Leslie shrugged while shining a glass. “Time off for good behavior.”

“Sure. Look, I need information.”

The once felon looked at Kara with interest. “What’s in it for me?”

“I’ll pretend like I believe that you got out legally and won’t come after you for a while.” Kara said nonchalantly, playing with a coin that was left on the counter.

The bartender seemed to consider this offer. “Fine, it’s a deal. What do ya need?”

“Well, to start, I would like a water.”

Leslie rolled her eyes. “Is that all?”

Kara smiled at the tease. “Nope. I am out on a bounty.”

The other woman fake-gasped. “Really? You? I never would have guessed. It’s not like this is where you come every time you need information.” Leslie slid her a water.

“Ok, enough.” Kara’s expression turned serious after taking a sip of her water. “I’m looking for the Luthors. Do you have any tips?”

Leslie tapped her fingers on the counter, clearly wracking her brain for any information. “Would you happen to be referring to a family of four, two men, bald, and two women?” She took Kara’s nod as an invitation to keep talking. “Yeah, they came through here a few days back. The younger woman didn’t seem to be very happy.”

“No offense Les, but I don’t really care about their emotions. I have a job to do.” Kara said, rolling her eyes the whole time.

“Damn, you seem a lot meaner than I last saw you.” Leslie said, making a face. “That’s all I got.”

“First off, I am just upset that it took me two days to get here.” She took a sip of her water. “Second off, do you at least know what direction they went in?”

“Oh! Yeah, they went due south. They definitely were equipped enough to be on the road for at least a month before needing to restock.”

Kara nodded. “So essentially, they’re slow.”

“If that’s what you got from that, sure.”

She drank the rest of her water in one go. “Ok, well I’ll see you around Leslie, thanks.”

“Ok, bye super hunter!” Leslie called after her as she pushed through the doors of the saloon.

Kara rolled her eyes at the nickname and mounted her steed. “Ok, south. Let’s go.”