Alex was exhausted and dejected from a mission that had gone south, resulting in the loss of two agents. The thought of going to her empty apartment held little appeal but it was too late to bother Kara who had gone home as soon as she could escape, choosing to deal with the loss of her colleagues in her own way.

Knowing it would probably go unanswered she fired off a quick text to Maggie asking if she could come over. She figured with the late hour Maggie would already be long asleep. She had just put her phone in her pocket when her text tone went off. It was Maggie saying of course and that the door was unlocked and to just let herself in.

After finishing up a few things at the DEO and the trip across town it was almost an hour later when she walked into Maggie's apartment. There was a small lamp burning on the table beside the door, but Maggie was obviously already in bed. Locking up behind her Alex made her way into the bedroom.

Slipping off her boots she crossed the apartment as quietly as she could and let herself into the bedroom. She could just make out the form on the bed in the light coming through the window. The sight drew her in and still completely clothed she gently lifted the covers and slid in the bed until she was tucked up against Maggie's back. Alex draped and arm over Maggie her arm resting against the bare skin of Maggie's stomach.

"You're hands cold," Maggie's groggy voice filled the air. Despite she words Maggie grabbed the offending hand intertwining their fingers and holding the hand against her. "I'm glad you're here."

Alex smiled and kissed Maggie's shoulder. Soon she was drifting off to sleep, more relaxed than she had been all day.


Alex was usually a light sleeper but Maggie had managed to wake up and turn over without Alex stirring at all. She took the rare moment to take in the woman beside her. Despite the short four months they had been together, Maggie was more invested in this relationship than she had ever been. There was something about the DEO agent that called to Maggie's heart.

Looking at the peacefully sleeping woman now she couldn't help but smile. While they had stumbled a few times, and she was sure there would be more, she was the happiest she could remember being.

Instinctually knowing it was nearing the time for the alarm to go off, Maggie decided to be selfish and wake Alex before they had to officially greet the day. She ran a finger along Alex's cheek and chuckled when her hand was swatted away. Not to be deterred she ran a finger along Alex's nose and laughed out right when Alex frowned and swatted at her hand again. The sound of her laughter caused Alex's eyes too flutter open. She smiled immediately upon seeing Maggie and Maggie swooned slightly at the reaction.

"Hey," Alex's voice was gruff with sleep, "What time is it?"

"The alarm is going to go off any minute now," Maggie caressed Alex's cheek again, this time rewarded with Alex leaning into her hand. "I wanted a couple of minutes with you before we are rushing around."

Alex smiled, scooting a little closer to Maggie, meeting her lips in their first kiss of the day. She had learned very early that kissing Alex was something that should be done at every available opportunity. Soon the kiss deepened and she was pushed to her back as Alex lay over her. In all of Maggie's other relationships she had always been the more dominant partner when it came to sex. And had expected that to be the case with Alex given her newness to sex with another woman. Not only had Alex instigated their first time together she had taken the lead and essentially rocked Maggie's world. When confronted, she had simply said she had "studied". Alex was also perfectly comfortable with Maggie taking the reins, which was even hotter now since Maggie had seen her in action at the DEO. Having a woman, you know can take down an eight-foot fire breathing alien, writhing under you at -your touch is an empowering moment.

Maggie jerked when she felt Alex bite roughly on her shoulder, "Where did you go?" Alex asked and Maggie realized she had been drifting.

"Sorry," Maggie said guiltily running her hands under Alex's shirt. "I got lost in thought."

A look of concern flashed across Alex's face as she asked, "What were you thinking about?"

Maggie felt herself blushing, which she never does, she looked away when Alex quirked an eyebrow at her, "I may have been thinking of having sex with you," she said quickly.

Alex's eyebrow quirked again, "Let me get this straight, you're distracted from my attempts to seduce you, because you're thinking of times I already seduced you?"

Maggie laughed, meeting Alex's gaze, "Yeah."

"I'm not sure how to take that," Alex shook her head, leaning down and kissing Maggie deeply.

"You should take it as a compliment," Maggie counters breathlessly, pulling Alex back down against her.

They are late for work.


Alex is busy running samples through the computer when Kara sidles up beside her, "So why were you late today?" she asks casually.

Alex can't help but smile, "Overslept."

"Uh-huh, sure," Kara chuckles, "And those marks on your neck are from the curling iron, right?"

Alex reaches toward her neck, but scowls as Kara laughs. Alex knew there were no marks and still fell for it, "Shut up."

Kara only laughs harder, "Well at least we know what you were up to this morning." Alex rolls her eyes and pushes Kara as she turned back to her computer.

Kara was in the middle of telling her about a bank robbery she stopped that morning when Winn rushed into the room, "The NCPD was just put on lockdown."

Alex stood from her chair panic gripping her heart, "Why?" she questioned already heading out the door, Kara right behind them.

"We weren't able to get a lot of information, but there were reports of an explosion and gunfire," Winn offered.

"I'll fly ahead," Kara said laying a reassuring hand on Alex's shoulder. "It'll be OK," and then she was gone.

Alex tried to stay calm as she geared up with the rest of the team. She was shaking with impatience as they drove to the NCPD building. There was a large hole in the side of the building, most of the windows had been blown out, the street below was chaos as civilians ran, Supergirl in the middle of the chaos directing them. Alex ran up to the hero, Kara immediately explained, "There's a team in there. They have heavy artillery and something that affects me. I can't breathe in there," Kara looked down, "I'm sorry."

Alex squeezed her arm, "How many are there? Did you see any officers?"

Alex checked her weapons as Kara answered, "There was six people in masks that I could see. They have several officers tied up, they're against the west wall. I didn't see Maggie."

Alex nodded and turned back to her team, "Mask up guys, they're organized enough to have something to prevent Supergirl from entering." After giving a rundown of the plan, they all lined up behind Alex and made their way forward. Taking a deep breath to center herself, Alex pulled down her mask and gave the signal to breach.

Upon entering the building, Alex couldn't see anyone. Usually this part of the building would be bustling with people at this time of day. They moved through, checking rooms and escorting out any stragglers they found. The further up they moved in the building the harder it became to see, as the rooms were filled with a deep smoke from the explosion.

As Alex peeked around the corner she came face to face with a man holding, an alien weapon, he wore a mask and a hazmat style suit, he had barely raised his weapon when Alex fired her gun taking him down. There was shouts from the room near them and the door started to open, Alex gave the signal for the team to fall back and they instantly complied. As the door opened a crack an arm appeared and a contraption was tossed out, "Get down!" Alex yelled just before a deafening blast echoed through the hallway.

The air was hot and her ears were ringing. She could barely catch her breath as she pulled herself off the agent she had thrown herself on when she saw the device. She was relieved that the agent seemed OK, already moving to help the injured. Trying to get her bearings she peeked around the corner again, the area was destroyed from the blast, but somehow the door and room the suspects were in is unharmed.

After getting the injured agents out, the remainder of the team grouped back together. They quietly planned, scanning the area for any more threats. Alex sent two agents passed the room protecting the suspects and their hostages and when they came back declaring the building secure of civilians they set about a plan to breach the room.

"Hey!" Alex yelled trying to get the attention of the suspects. "I'm agent Danvers with the FBI, how about you come out here and talk to us?" Negotiations weren't Alex's strong suit, but they had little options at this point. The suspects had proven they were well armed and willing to take lives.

Several tense minutes passed before the door creaked open again and a voice called out, "We have fifteen cops in here, all attached to their own little device," a man shouted. "We are willing to kill them all if our demands aren't met."

Alex closed her eyes, she had no doubt Maggie was in there, "What are your demands?" she called back, trying to push her fear down and use her rage to get the officers out of there safe.

"The NCPD did a bust last week on a warehouse on Drucker Street," the man started. "They arrested some of our buddies. We need them to be released."

Alex nearly rolled her eyes. It was always the same thing when it came to hostage situations.

"We want them released and we want a safe passage out of here. You have 20 minutes to give us some news or we kill our first cop," with that the door was closed.

"Did you get that Winn?" Alex asked, she had a special device in her vest that allowed everyone at the DEO headquarters and the agents outside the building to hear what was happening. She had flipped it on after the explosion, mostly so Kara wouldn't try to come up after the explosion. They had tested the air and it was filled with toxins that would be lethal to most aliens, leading Alex to believe they may be dealing with aliens and humans working together. How else would they know how to keep Supergirl away.

"I got it, give me a minute," Winn answered.

"Are you OK Alex?" Kara's worried voice broke in over the line.

"A little singed," Alex answered honestly, able to feel several burns on her back and arms, "But I'm OK."

Winn broke back in and relayed all the information he found on the warehouse raid and the people arrested. Alex wasn't surprised that they were dealing with one of the biggest criminal organizations of National City.

Alex listened intently as J'onn told her how to handle the situation, "I got your information," Alex yelled, getting the guys attention.

It didn't take long for the door to open, "We're listening."

Alex named off the list of people arrested that night, "These are the ones you want freed?" Alex asked.

"We want them freed and taken to the airport. And we want our own SUV so we can get there too," the man explained.

"OK," Alex responded, "Can I get some information on the people in there? I just want to make sure no one else gets hurt."

"After a little tough love everyone started to be on their best behavior," the guy chuckled. Alex clenched her teeth in anger.

There was a rustling sound and then another voice broke the air, "You got thirty minutes to come to us with a plan," the new man shouted. "Don't make us wait."

It was always the same thing in these situations. Alex didn't understand how they could assume they were going to get away with this when every cop and news agency was on the scene. But they would go along with it.

Twenty minutes later, Alex was relaying the plan that J'onn had come up with, with the help of the mayor. They would "release" the prisoners, to draw out the men with the hostages and then take them down at the airport.

"We have something to add to that," the man said, after Alex had told them the version of the plan that would make them think they would get away.

"What?" Alex asked irritated.

"You're going to come with us," was the man's answer.

Alex couldn't see the man, but she could almost hear the smirk on his face, "Why would I do that?"

"Because you don't want the cops to end up in pieces on the floor in here," the man called back is voice sinister.

Alex grimaced. She could hear the protests of Winn and Kara in her earpiece, J'onn as well, telling her to stand down. She ran the many scenarios in her head. Making an executive decision, she took off all her weapons handing them to the agent beside her, and then stepped around the corner with her hands raised, "OK, you have a deal," she could see the man through the crack of the open door.

He opened it wider and gestured for someone in the room to, "Search her."

He took off her vest, which meant her team outside wouldn't be able to hear what was happening any longer, but he didn't find her ear piece meaning she could hear them and communicate with them if she got the chance. Kara was telling her now that they would be with her the whole way.

She was pushed roughly into the room with the hostages, and had to fight not to react to the sight of Maggie against the wall, her face bruised and her nose bloodied. At the sight of Alex, she sat up straighter and her eyes widened, but she held it together. They had the hostages bound at the hands and ankles, with silver devices across their chest. The device looked vaguely familiar but she couldn't immediately place it.

"Don't worry honey," a decidedly female voice said, "We have a special toy for you," the woman roughly strapped a cold metal square against Alex's neck, it was almost too tight, but Alex didn't give the woman the pleasure of seeing her discomfort. She then strapped another contraption around Alex just below her breast. She could hear a faint buzzing coming from the device. Her wrists were then shackled with heavy duty cuffs, that made it nearly impossible to lift her arms. Alex was thankful when they didn't put anything on her ankles, glad she at least had a small amount of mobility.

A hand shoved her to her knees from behind, and she saw Maggie nearly react out of the corner of her eye. She was relieved when Maggie managed to control herself. The woman started to move down the line of the hostages and pulling them to their feet and removing their devices, "You try anything and the FBI chick gets it," she warned as she moved to the next person. After all the devices were removed from the hostages, they were directed to leave and once again warned that if they tried anything Alex would pay. She met Maggie's eyes, before Maggie left the room, they were filled with fear.

Alex was now alone in the room with the hostage takers. There was six of them like Kara had said, they were all standing in a group talking quietly. At the sound of Kara saying, "Maggie is safe," she felt a calmness overcome her.

Soon she heard her second in command yelling outside the room to get the groups attention, "Your ride is here."

"We're coming out. Make sure your people know that if I see one alien, or anything that I'm not happy with, your little buddy here gets it. The device she has on her will take out her and everything in 30 blocks," he warned.

"Understood," the agent outside the door responded.

Alex was roughly jerked to her feet and pushed toward the door. She was pushed along in front of the group acting as a human shield for the rest of them. She was temporarily blinded by the sun as she was pushed outside. She discreetly looked toward where Kara and the others had been standing before she went in and she saw that they were still standing there worriedly looking on. She wanted to reassure them somehow, but was afraid to chance it.

"If you follow us Supergirl, she gets it," one of the men threatened again, pushing Alex to her knees again. Alex looked toward Kara and could see J'onn grasping her arm keeping her in place.

Alex was jerked up again and tossed roughly into the large black SUV parked in front of them.

"Hang in there Alex. We're here with you," Kara was saying in her ear piece as they drove away.

Alex tried to keep herself calm, but the constant humming from the device on her chest made it difficult. The group was talking around her, but they were talking in a code of some sort she couldn't understand. She tried to distract herself by studying the group. It was blatantly apparent that they were a well-trained team and everyone knew their role. Everyone did what was needed without being told.

They were almost to the airport and Alex knew that once there they would pretend to be handing over the men they had asked to free, but would instead take down the suspects. That was the plan at least. Alex could see the airport out the window and began to mentally prepare herself for what was about to happen.

There was only one plane on the tarmac and a group of cars parked close by. There was four hand cuffed men, being held by Supergirl and J'onn. Once the SUV stopped, Alex was pulled out and held in front of the group much like she had been earlier.

Supergirl started to step forward, but one of the masked men stopped her by jerking Alex back into him, "No, no," he taunted shaking a finger at the her. "You didn't really think we were dumb enough not to come prepared, did you?"

Before Supergirl could even reply three of the masked members threw canisters of fog toward the waiting cops, most of them dropping instantly clutching at their faces. Alex tried to rush forward when Supergirl and J'onn both went to the ground as well, their strength seemingly zapped from their bodies. The handcuffed men and the crew with Alex all ran for the plane. Alex fought against the man pulling her along, but his strength was too much and she was pulled onto the plane with them.