Disclaimer: I do not own Supergirl or the characters.
"You okay?" Winn asked.
"Just enjoying another day on the bench." Kara said looking into Cat's office where her boss was having a discussion with Siobhan.
"Cat will thaw eventually." Winn said not sounding confident.
"I appreciate your optimism, but I'm okay. Besides I have bigger things to worry about."
"Like your crazy uncle?"
"Partly, but Alex as well."
"What's wrong with Alex?"
"I don't know, she's just being really distant. Something is bothering her and she won't talk. Then she's drinking more than normal."
"I'm sorry, if there is anything I can do let me know okay?"
"I will." Kara said as her phone rang.
"I'll leave you to it." Winn said backing away as Kara handled the call.
When she had finished she wrote a note before hearing a familiar voice.
"Miss Danvers." Max smiled as he stood next to her desk.
"What are you doing here?" Kara asked looking around in panic.
"Relax, I am not here to reveal your secret. I am here for a meeting with your boss. Try not to look so nervous." He said, the smile locked in position.
"Um, is she expecting you?"
"I doubt I really need an appointment to see her." He said as he waved to Cat through the glass wall. "I admit there is another reason to me being here."
"What?" Kara said suspiciously.
"You were instrumental in my release so I thought I should probably thank you."
"You saved my life so we are probably even." Kara said.
"Maybe, but I am trying to embrace a new relationship between us. So I have brought you a present." He said handing her a tablet.
"What is it?" Kara asked.
"It is a video. No one has it, apart from me."
"Why give it to me?"
"Because you deserve to know the truth."
"What truth?"
"The truth behind why your sister is drinking, isn't sleeping and looks so haunted all the time. I've seen how much you care for each other so I thought the least I could do is show you why she is acting like she is."
"I don't get it." Kara said looking suspiciously at the tablet.
"It is security footage recorded from the roof where your aunt died. It is most informative. I suggest you watch it." Seeing she was still hesitating Max leaned over and pressed play just as Cat emerged from her office.
"Max, what are you doing here and Kira why have you not shown him into my office?"
"I am here to see you." Max smiled. "I wanted to thank you for your uncharacteristic concern."
"It was not concern for you." Cat assured him. "But if you would like to give me an exclusive as to why your phones are so bad assistant number one can schedule you an appointment."
"When would you like it for?" Siobhan asked.
"This afternoon should do." Cat said.
"There will be no interview." Max said looking back to Kara who's face was a picture of anguish.
"It looks like my work here is done." Max said taking the tablet of Kara and walking away smiling.
"Kira the office is not for sharing holiday videos." Cat said dismissively. "So I can only assume that you managed to get some useful information off Max." When Kira just stared into the distance Cat picked up a heavy book and dropped it on Kara's desk as she shouted. "KIRA!"
Looking up at Cat Kara struggled to process what she had just seen.
"What?" She managed to ask.
"Do you actually want to work here?" Cat asked. "Your employment here is not meant as a charitable act."
"I quit." Kara said standing.
"Pardon?" Cat asked surprised.
"I quit." Kara repeated almost shouting. "I have had enough of your attitude towards me. I'm sorry I broke up with Adam, but he is so much better off without me and I'm sorry that I missed work and I'm sorry that my aunt dying got in the way of me coming in here to be bullied. But I can't change any of that. What I can change is what I do moving on. You clearly aren't happy with our relationship and neither am I. So I quit." She said walking off leaving everyone in the office stunned.
"I'm sure she didn't mean that." Winn said before calling. "Kara." As he hurried after her.
Cat merely turned back to her office calling. "Come along Shannon we have work to do."
"That's Siobhan." The new assistant tried to correct as she followed Cat.
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"What was that about?" Winn asked as he jumped in the elevator with Kara. "What did Max do?"
"Showed me the truth." Kara said.
"About what?"
"Alex. She lied. She murdered Astra. Stabbed her in the back. Then lied to me about it."
"Alex killed Astra?" Winn asked confused.
"Murdered her." Kara said her voice low and angry.
"If she did I am sure she only did it if she thought there wasn't another way." Winn suggested.
"I saw it. All of it. There was another way." Kara said as she stepped out into the lobby.
"Where are you going?" Winn asked.
"I'm leaving."
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"So what have we got?" Hank questioned as he entered the control room.
"Another alien who apparently just dropped dead for no reason." Alex said. "Preliminary autopsy found no cause of death."
"That sounds unlikely." Hank said as Alex's phone buzzed. Seeing Alex pale as she read it Hank asked. "What's wrong."
"That was from Winn, he said Kara knows."
"How?" Hank asked.
"I don't know."
"Come with me." Hank said as he directed Alex to a training room.
"I should have told her." Alex said. "This is going to break her."
"Which is exactly why I didn't want her knowing." Hank said as the door opened.
"Kara." Alex said when her sister stormed into the room.
"You lied to me." Kara said shouting. "You murdered my aunt, then you lied to me about it. I thought the working at the DEO lie was a one off, but I was wrong. You say you are my sister, but sisters don't lie to each other, not about things this big." She continued to shout as the tears started to roll. "You killed her. You stabbed her in the back. Don't say there was another way. I saw it. I saw what you did. You could have stabbed her in the leg, taken her in. I would have got through to her. Is that why you did it? You were jealous? You were afraid I would return to my real family?"
"Kara-" Alex started, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Don't speak to me. There is nothing you can do to make this right. I will never forgive you for this. I never want to see you again." With that she left the room.
"Kara." Alex called as she started after her only for Hank to pull her back.
"She needs space." He warned.
"I have lost her." Alex said her voice breaking.
Knowing there was nothing he could say he pulled Alex into his chest and held her while she cried.
-TBC