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'stay with me, Kara. Stay with me…' Alex whispered as she intubated Kara. Her hands shook as she struggled to get the tube in. Carl, the other medic with her, was quick to notice and gently slid the ET tube down Kara's throat.

'She's still crashing, agent Danvers.' Came a worried voice from her left. Jolene.

'Uh...I…' Alex couldn't think. All she could see was her little sister lying there, covered in blood, still as night.

'Agent Danvers?' Carl grabbed Alex's arm, shaking her and breaking her out of her reverie. No, she couldn't do this right now. Kara needed her.

'Make sure the oxygen is on high flow, where is my defib?' Alex blinked through the tears, trying to push her panicked thoughts away. She was trained for this. And she couldn't let her emotions get the better of her. Not now. Not. Now.

'Kara?!' came a familiar cry. Winn.

Alex looked up to see his face, contorted in grief and terror.

'Winn, go get the sunbed ready. GO. NOW!' Alex ordered. She knew asking him to stand and do nothing would be futile.

Winn nodded, still numb, and took off towards the sun room. On his way, he pushed past Mon-El and Imra and couldn't help but wonder…if only he hadn't returned.

'Keep ventilating her, Carl. Steady breathes, okay?' Alex looked at her colleague. He nodded, Agent Danvers was back.

'We need to get some drugs into her, her blood pressure and heart rate is still dropping.' Exclaimed Jolene.

'Right, get me some…' Alex stopped. Oh no. Kara's skin was invulnerable. How would they get the drugs into her? The needles would break!

Suddenly, two glowing green needles were thrust in front of her. Kryptonite. Alex looked up, confused. Mon-El.

'What the hell is this?' she demanded, anger rising in her.

'It's the only way to break her skin and get drugs into her.' He replied, his voice confident despite Alex's threatening tone.

'Kryptonite will kill her.'

'No, it won't. It's just the needle that's laced with it. The rest of the cannula is just reinforced plastic. It won't last long, but it'll be enough to get what you need into her. Please, Alex, trust me.' Mon-El stepped closer, grabbing Alex's arm.

'If anything happens to…' Alex was cut off by a blaring alarm from the monitors.

'Agent Danvers, we have to do something, now'

Out of pure desperation and against every instinct, Alex grabbed the kryptonite laced cannulas and proceeded to administer the drugs.

Mon-El slowly backed away, thankful Alex had paid heed to his words.

'What did you do?' Came a frustrated voice from behind him. Imra. Mon-El bit his lips, knowing what she was about to say.

'Mon-El, you know we can't…'

'And I can't watch her die!' he whispered angrily, whipping around to face her.

Imra grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out.

She looked at him, annoyed. 'I told you, she's going to be okay. It isn't her time yet!'

'it doesn't change anything, Imra. You telling me that is the only reason I didn't help her today and look where that got her.' Mon-El could feel the rage building inside him. The confidence in her voice, her calm demeanour. It was all making sense. She knew. She knew. That was why she had stopped him earlier today.

'We have to get her to the sun bed, these drugs aren't going to stay in her system for long. Her cells need to regenerate, heal.' Alex looked at the monitors which weren't going wild anymore.

'It's ready!' Winn was back, J'onn and James by his side.

'Okay, let's get her there.' Alex instructed, gathering all the equipment.

J'onn changed form and grabbed on to the stretcher, ready to whisk Kara off at the highest possible speed he could gather.

'J'onn wait.' Alex stopped him. 'we can't take her there without oxygen and the ET tube. We're going to have to do this human speed.'

He nodded, understanding. Oh how he wished with all his heart everyone else was a martian too.

Without missing a beat, all of Alex's colleagues grabbed on to whatever they could and raced off the fastest they could towards the sun room.

In the sunroom, Lena had already begun her preparations. The sunbed obviously needed a little booting up before it got to full power. And it didn't help it was currently 4am, a whole 3 hours before sunrise. Winn had been trying to get through to the stored solar energy so he could boot the sun bed at maximum power, but he had been such a nervous wreck, he could barely even hold his hands still. Lena tried to get some instructions out of him, but his words were a jumble, and his mind nothing but a panic room. Lena decided it would be more effective for Winn to get Supergirl here while she figured it out instead of having her wait. It didn't take long at all and just as Supergirl was wheeled in, the sun bed roared to life.

Lena did a double take as she took in the people who entered the room. There was…Alex, Hank, a few other DEO agents, Winn and, of course, James. But there was one person missing. Where was Kara?

'We have to get her onto it, on the count of three.' Alex ordered and everyone got into position. Alex stayed at Kara's head, gently wrapping her fingers around the back of her head and holding the ET tube in place.

'Be gentle everyone. One. Two. Three.' Everyone lifted in perfect sync and gently lay Kara's motionless body onto the sunbed. Just as they finished laying her down, one of Kara's hands dropped to the side and off the bed, completely limp.

'WATCH IT!' came a shout from the other side of the room. In the blink of an eye, Mon-El appeared by her side, gently grasping her hand in his. He could feel his heart skip a beat as soon as his hands touched hers. They were so, so cold...Tenderly, he placed it by her side, his eyes stinging as tears formed in them.

Alex clenched her teeth, the rage building up inside her again. But she couldn't let that take over. Not yet.

'Alright, let's get her back on the monitors. Jolene, get the leads and sats on, Carl, you get the oxygen and ventilator set up please. Everyone else, leave. She needs her rest.' Alex commanded, trying to control the anger inside.

Silently, everyone trickled out, their eyes fixed on Kara as they left. Mon-El gave Kara a long hard look before running off, as fast as he had come in.

James, Winn and Lena were among the last few to be left in the room.

'Alex…' James started, but Alex raised her hand, stopping him.

'Not now, James. Please.' She didn't know what he wanted, but whatever it was, it would have to wait. She couldn't process anything right now. James nodded and motioned to Lena and Winn to leave. Giving Kara another last look, the trio left.

James walked out into the corridor, his heart racing. What had he done. How could he have let this happen. He looked down at his empty wrist and squeezed his eyes shut. 'How.' He whispered, turning around to punch the wall. Lena jumped at his sudden outburst.

'James?' she called out to him, worried.

His eyes flew open. Lena. He had been so distracted that for the first time since Clark handed him that watch, he had forgotten to put it on. For the first time, he had let not only his best friend down, but also his family.

James clenched his fists, the guilt turning into rage inside. If only he had been more focused. If only he had paid attention. He would have been there for Kara like she had always been there for him. He would have been able to call Clark, he would have been able to save her. If only he hadn't been distracted by something as menial as lust, his best friend would not have been in this position.

'James are you…' Lena reached out to touch him and James recoiled in disgust.

'Don't, Lena.' He said through gritted teeth.

Confused, Lena stepped closer. She had thought they had connected tonight…so what was wrong?

'James I…'

'I said don't.' James walked away, not giving her a chance to explain or understand. Hurt, Lena stood alone in the corridor, wondering whether to go after her new-found romance or stay for her friend who was at the brink of death.