CADMUS BASE
It was dark. Rain could be heard dropping out of the sky and landing on the metal roof. The woman sat in silence. A bag covered her head, while her hands were tied behind her back. Wrists stung from friction. The woman had no idea how long she had been there. Time wasn't an issue, it was more of a weird void.
She had probably been here for a few weeks and within that time she was beaten up, kicked and spat at. All the while, she didn't see the face of her captors. The silence was gruelling. Only white noise of rainfall invaded her senses and the irony smell and taste of her own blood. Some fresh from an earlier beating and some dried from the previous day.
The woman held onto hope. That's the only thing she had to hold on to as it seemed no one was coming to rescue her, not even a certain caped crusader in red and blue whose own symbol stood for just that.
A door opened. It sounded large and heavy. Then followed the echoing of what sounded like heeled shoes, walking on the concrete. She looked up towards the sound was coming from, but quickly found herself squinting against the harsh light that greeted her eyes as the bag that was once over her head was now taken off.
"Mother." The woman said dryly. Lena was the one in this unfortunate situation. She should have expected it and deep down, she knew exactly who took her.
Lilian, the elder Luthor stood in front of her daughter. Her arms crossed. A crooked smile crossed her face, "I've been thinking of ways to make you see that what you have done is stupid Lena."
Lena frowned. She cleared her throat as she tried to think of what she did wrong. Then she remembered. A smile took over her face, she knew why her mother might be pissed, "I married a woman. That's what it is. So, you don't just hate aliens, you are also homophobic too."
"You really don't know what you've gotten into, do you?" Lilian asked Lena. She took a deep breath before circling Lena. She walked around the chair that Lena was sat in and began to explain, "Kara Danvers isn't really who you think she is and considering you both got married on the understanding of love and trust...She didn't tell you her deepest secret did she?"
Anger swelled in Lena's chest, "Just keep Kara out of your schemes. She is a human like the rest of us."
Lilian scoffed, "Human, being her day-to-day nosey reporter self. Have you ever wondered about Supergirl and her? Have you not once questioned why she kept running out on you at dinner? Why she has never had proper intimacy with you yet?"
"It's her religion. She is allowed to have one." Lena growled. Something then occurred to her, "You kidnapped me on our wedding night. We were going to consummate our marriage that night. She told me she had something really important to tell me and now I won't hear it from her...Instead I'll her what she had to say from...You." Lena then tried to adjust herself more comfortably, "And I have a feeling I'm not going to like what you tell me, but what ever it is, it is her secret to-"
"Kara Danvers." Lilian interrupted, "Is Kryptonian. Yes Lena." She smirked as Lena suddenly fell silent, "Your wife is Supergirl."
Lena went quiet for a moment. Her stony expression convinced Lilian that she had made Lena hate Kara. Instead, Lena just started laughing, "That, really? Hey, I'm happy that I married her. I love every single part of her. If she is Kara, if she is Supergirl, I don't care. She has saved my life so many times and she is the most selfless person that I know. Mother, I married a Super and doesn't that make your blood boil?"
There was a moment of silence where Lilian had no idea what to do next. She watched her daughter's face turn back to a more neutral state. Coldness once again seeped in to Lena's features, "You tried to make me hate her..." Lena said in a low voice, "But I love her. I don't care how long you've had me locked up here because she will find me. And when she does, she will learn that you have hurt me. She is Supergirl and she will get you back ten times harder."
Lilian shifted uncomfortably, "Well, if she is coming...Let's see if we have more time to punish you." A smirk then crossed her face, "Back when the suffragettes were fighting for their rights, they went on a hunger strike."
Lena frowned, "What does this have to do with anything? As much as I like history, Supergirl, my wife is still coming."
The older Luthor nodded at her guards and suddenly, Lena's head was yanked back. She hissed in pain as one of the men held her hair roughly in his hand. Lilian walked over, and she now had a long pipe in hand. She continued her rant, "In that hunger strike, many of them went days without food and so drastic action was taken. You see Lena." Lilian stopped walking and was standing next to her daughter, looking down on her, "You haven't been here for a day or two. You've been here for almost three weeks and I wanted you to suffer."
Lena tried to resist the man's grip as a cold sweat crept up her back. She knew what was coming, but at this point she wasn't begging for it not to happen. She tried to keep a strong, determined face.
"You haven't eaten in about two weeks, partly because we have kept you sedated so time wasn't an issue." Lilian was smiling maniacally, "And now I can really hurt you. You need to learn a lesson."
The youngest Luthor was now heaving out breaths as Lilian came closer with the pipe that she had in her hand. Another guard walked over and kept Lena's head still so Lilian could insert the pipe up the other woman's nostril.
At this point, Lena began begging, "Lilian please. Don't do this. Please!" She began crying now, as she tried in vein to fight the two guards off, only hurting herself more in the process.
"PLEASE DON'T!" Lena screamed, at this point it was pointless to fight back as the pipe crept it's way up her nose and down the back of her throat. She wanted to be sick. She found herself almost gagging as she felt the pipe trail down her neck and even further. Lena was in utter agony as the tube travelled further down.
Screaming, kicking and crying did no good, but she just wanted it to stop. Once the tube stopped travelling down, Lilian was passed a jug of liquid which Lena knew was going to be deposited in her stomach through this vile way.
Tears streamed down Lena's cheeks and she stared up at her mother. Lilian had no mercy. She smiled throughout the whole thing. For what seemed to last for a lifetime eventually stopped and the pipe was pulled out.
Lena tried not to throw up. She knew that if she did, Lilian would probably make her go through that again. It was safe to say, she didn't want that.
The guards released their grip and one by one everyone began to leave. That was until Supergirl burst through the roof.
She landed on the ground with such a force that the concrete almost shattered upon impact. Lena smiled at her wife weakly as she saw the golden ring on her finger shine.
Kara seemed horrified by how pale and beaten Lena was. Her heat vision was activated in an instant, as she looked for Lilian.
Lilian stepped out of the shadows and found herself standing in front of Lena, "It's nice to know that someone married my daughter, it was a pity it had to be you. Don't worry Kara, she knows your secret." She hissed, "And it seems she is okay with your lying and excuses." She snarled that part.
Kara felt small in that moment. She caught Lena smiling though which reassured her. Her eyes then cast back to Lilian, "I take it you punished her for being in love?"
"If she were gay, I wouldn't care. She married you, and yes, she deserved to be punished." Lilian sneered, "Good luck getting her back in a perfect bill of health." She all but laughed at that part, making Kara pissed.
"What did you do to her Lilian?" Kara sneered.
"Apart from the obvious?" Lilian smirked, "I used old methods of punishment...Force-feeding, the old fashioned way. Sedating her so often that she doesn't know the day of the week or how long she has really been away."
"You're coming with me Lilian." Kara said to her, before Lilian turned to Lena.
"While I am flattered, I think you really need Lena, don't you?" Lilian remarked, "Well, you can only have one of us and it looks like you're going to get back the crazy one."
"Lena is not crazy." Kara snapped.
"She will be Supergirl. Go on, take her."
Kara glared at Lilian for a little longer before moving to where Lena was. She pulled off the ropes that were on her hands with no effort and gently lifted Lena into her arms. She felt a gasp leave her when she felt how bony Lena actually was, "I've got you." Kara spoke softly to Lena, "You're safe now."
Lena was so weak from fighting, that her head just lolled back into Kara's arm.
As Kara walked past Lilian, Lilian said to her, "Maybe next time, Supergirl."
Kara sighed heavily before leaping into the sky. As she was on her way to the DEO, she was fighting back tears. The Super blamed herself for not being able to find her wife sooner. As far as she was aware, she was to blame for this.
Gently, Kara touched down in the DEO and carried Lena into the medical bay. Alex rushed over to Lena. She stopped beside her bed and took in the woman's figure. She was thinner, covered in dried blood, bruises and cuts.
Alex put her hand on Kara's shoulder as she stood next to Lena, "Hey, we will help her...She is safe now."
Kara kissed the back of her wife's hand and spoke a prayer in Kryptonian, finishing it with, "I'm sorry."
Alex looked up as she finished putting an I.V line in place. The last few weeks had been horrible. In one day so much happened and none of them expected it to end in Kara's heartbreak.