Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl or the characters. This is written purely for fun.

A/N: This is based on a prompt from danverssisters where Alex takes a bullet for Kara. This is set in Season 4 after the memory wipe. It will only be short and will be angsty (although perhaps not as angsty as some of my recent stories).


As Alex sat in her apartment watching the video clips she went from confusion to clarity to confusion. Shutting her laptop lid she sat staring at the wall trying to think about what she had seen and what it meant and how it could have happened.

Realising she couldn't figure out everything by herself she picked up her phone before pausing. As much as she knew she needed help she wasn't sure where to go. Putting her phone down again she opened her laptop and replayed some of the videos as her mind continued to piece together an explanation of sorts. As she did so she knew there were only two people she could trust and once again picked her phone up before writing a text to both J'onn and Kara asking them to meet her. However, before she sent it she tried to figure out where best to meet. Suddenly feeling paranoid she decided maybe her apartment wasn't the best place and instead suggested the park. Just as she was about to hit send she paused and questioned if she really wanted to bring J'onn and Kara into this. But she knew they had to know so hit the button.

As she waited for them to reply she returned her focus to her laptop once more and rewatched some of the videos she had found, shaking her head as she did so. Before the first video ended her phone buzzed and she saw Kara had replied saying she was in her way.

Smiling at her sister's dependency she shut her laptop lid once more before she grabbed her jacket and left her apartment.

-00-

"Alex asked you to come here too?" Kara guessed when she saw J'onn in the park.

"She did." J'onn agreed.

"Did she say why?" Kara asked.

"No. I'm guessing she didn't give you an explanation either?" J'onn replied.

"No, just a text asking to meet. I hope she is okay." Kara said frowning slightly.

"You have reason to think she's not?"

"She's been a bit distant over the last few days." Kara explained.

"Working with Haley and the President can't be easy." J'onn pointed out.

"I know. But I can still worry about her."

"How are you holding up?" J'onn asked.

"Me? I'm fine."

"You sure?" J'onn asked. "You've been throwing yourself into your work recently. And I mean both jobs."

"Well I want to stop the hate. Supergirl isn't strong enough to do that so I need to use my work at CatCo as much as possible." Seeing J'onn frown she added. "It's not like I am doing either job alone."

"I know, just don't push yourself too hard." J'onn warned.

"Something tells me you need that lecture more than I do." Kara said earning a small smile from J'onn. "I take it you are still being haunted by Manchester?"

"That's a good a way as any to put it." J'onn said.

"We will stop him and if we can bring him back from the darkness we'll do that too." Kara assured him.

"I just hope we do that before he makes me lose myself in my own darkness." He said sounding like he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

"You are not getting lost. We'll be there to make sure you don't." Kara promised him.

-00-

As Alex walked across the park she got an uneasy feeling and started to look at her surroundings in more detail. Not seeing anything out of the ordinary she picked up her pace but kept looking round. When she saw J'onn and Kara waiting at the meeting point in deep conversation she found herself starting to relax only for a glint to catch her eye.

Turning her head towards where she thought the glint had come from she saw nothing so continued to walk towards her sister and mentor. But when she was a few steps away there was another glint. This time she turned towards it fast enough to see a sniper sitting in window of an overlooking building. Extrapolating their target to be Kara she acted without thinking. Sprinting the last few steps she jumped between Kara and the sniper.

As she leapt in front of her sister a bullet ripped through her sending her backwards into Kara who was oblivious to the danger.

Feeling Alex collide with her before falling to the ground Kara immediately bent down panicking.

"Alex? What's wrong?" She asked before she saw the blood pooling on her sister's body.

"Alex!" Kara cried as she placed her hands on the would trying to stop the blood.

"Down." Alex gasped. "Aft...you." She added before passing out.

"I've got her." J'onn said moving in front of Alex. "I'll take her to the hospital." Seeing Kara hesitate he added. "You can't. There are too many people here."

"Look after her." She said backing away as he lifted Alex into his arms.

"I will." He nodded before taking off.

As he flew off with Alex Kara looked at her bloodstained hands and recalled events as a crowd of people gathered round. As she did so a sickening feeling hit as she realised that once again she had failed Alex.

-TBC...


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