Note: This occurs after the Falling episode of Supergirl. She is in trouble with the law for what damage she did why under the influence of the Red Kryptonite. But because she's an alien it's the DEO's responsibility to arrest and detain her. I made a slight change to what happened in the tv show - Hank didn't have to change into his true Martian self as right after Alex dropped the antidote gun, Hank picked it up and hit Kara with a perfect shot right before she could kill Alex with her heat vision. Hank Henshaw appears to be out of character, being so harsh on Supergirl and Alex, but he's trying to appear unbiased as an agent and the Director of the DEO. Alex and Kara know of his true identity, but won't expose him...yet. It was also suggested in a review that Supergirl had apologized to Cat Grant and she had accepted it, NCPD and the DA are the ones pressing all of the charges, with a hidden, but soon to be revealed agenda. Thanks for the insights jcat30! Really helpful stuff.

I don't own any of the characters, they all belong to Supergirl!

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Kara hadn't meant to do any of the things that happened while she was under the powerful influence of the Red Kryptonite, but, she knew that she was responsible for doing them anyways.

She knew she was responsible for the damage done to the bar at Noonan's while she flicked peanuts at an alarming and even dangerous rate of speed at the liquor bottles. She knew she was responsible for the damage done to the police car she exploded with her head vision. She knew she was responsible for the destruction of the CatCo Media sign she had burst through while Cat Grant was warning the people of National City that she was dangerous and should be avoided. She knew she was responsible for the damage done to the DEO vehicles while Hank and Alex had tried to use the antidote provided by Max Lord on her. What had troubled her the most was her assault upon Ms. Grant when she threw her off her balcony and watched as she plummeted nearly 40 stories before she swooped in to save her at the last minute.

Guilt plagued her as she lay upon her bed. She was in her Supergirl outfit, fingers slowly tracing over the "S", the symbol for the honourable house of El, wondering if she'd destroyed that image for forever, wanting to get out and show the people of National City that she wasn't a threat to their safety, but was so overcome with the fear of being rejected by them that she lay curled up on her bed refusing to go to work, or answer the multitude of texts and calls from Alex. Little did she know that a simple apology to the people of National City wasn't going to be sufficient to wipe away the damage she'd done.

Diving into her third pizza in less than an hour…stress always made her super hungry…there was a knock on her apartment door. Using her x-ray vision she could see that it was Alex, and Director Henshaw, and several other armed DEO agents. She wasn't in any mood to chase, fight and capture rogue aliens today, they'd have to wait for her help until she had time to process what had happened. "Go away!" Kara yelled at the repeated knocking by Alex and the DEO. "I'm not chasing anyone today!" To her shock Hank kicked the door open and strode in past Alex with a dozen heavily armed DEO agents, all of whom had their weapons aimed squarely at her. "Did they forget that bullets bounce off of me?" Kara wondered.

"Whoa! Just what do you think you're doing barging into my apartment like this?!" yelling at the agents. "Supergirl," Hank ordered, "put your hands above your head, now!" "What? Why?" Kara asked in shock and confusion, as she stared past the DEO agents and Hank, and glared directly at Alex, who had her weapon in her hands, but wasn't pointing it at Kara. "Do it now!" Hank commanded as he slowly began to approach her. Alex begged, "Kara, please, do what they ask, the guns they're carrying are loaded with kryptonite bullets and I don't want you to get hurt!" "Put your hands over your head and get down on your knees right now, this is your final warning!" Hank bellowed from behind his gun. The other DEO agents had spread out and had Kara trapped in their sights. "Please do as he says Kara!" Alex pleaded.

Confused as to what was going on Kara put her hands on her head, interlaced her fingers and got down on both knees, staring at Alex and Hank with eyes filled with rage, confusion and even a little fear, as two DEO agents came over and put her wrists into the kryptonite infused handcuffs.

Immediately Kara felt her body get weaker as the kryptonite began to sap the life from her. The agents yanked her to her feet as each held onto an arm…arms that once were filled with strength and power, now weak and helpless. She could feel the power of their grip and even winced in pain as they tightened their strong hands around her tiny arms. Alex seeing that they were being too rough with her ordered the men to ease up, but they ignored her and looked to Hank for their orders, he nodded and they lessened their hold, but by Kara's estimation, not very much.

Hank lowered his weapon and walked over to Kara, "Supergirl, you're under arrest for resisting arrest, destroying a police car, assault on NCPD and DEO officers, property damage to Noonan's Bar and for the attempted murder of Ms. Cat Grant. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be used against you. You have the right to speak with an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you at no cost. Do you understand the rights I've just read to you?" Silence filled the room, Kara just stared at the floor, not answering Hank. "Do you understand the rights I've just read to you," Hank asked again. "Yes," Kara's voice was barely audible. "Ok, let's get her to a holding cell at the DEO," Hank ordered. With very little care, she was hustled out of her apartment and into a waiting DEO prisoner van outside her building. When she sat down on a bench she was immediately shackled to the seat, and her feet were bound with chains. Just before the doors closed, Alex jumped into the van and took a seat across from Kara. "Agent Danvers, get out of the vehicle," Hank ordered. Alex merely shook her head, not looking away from Kara. "I'm riding in with her, or I quit," Alex's voice was firm and unwavering, Hank relented, knowing that it was pointless to argue with his stubborn agent when she was like this, and had two other agents join them for the ride to the DEO.

Kara's head was spinning from the kryptonite handcuffs, she felt sick, and the rocking of the van as it maneuvered it's way to the DEO wasn't making it easier for her to hold it together. Her head was hung low, she would not look up at Alex who was seated directly across from her, but she could feel the gaze of her sister upon her dejected form. "Kara," Alex's voice finally breaking the silence, "Kara, please look at me." Nothing. "I know you're hurt and confused and likely very angry at all of this, but please, just look at me," Alex begged her sister. Still no movement from Kara. "I'm sorry we had to do this," Alex said with obvious pain in her voice. "When the arrest warrants came in we had to be the ones to apprehend you as you're an alien, not a human, so we have to take you to the DEO, not a regular jail. So I told Hank that I was going, case closed." Still no movement or sound from Kara. Alex took a deep breath, "We had no choice after all the damage you did, and the attempt on Cat's life. No one is above the law, Kara." Kara just continued to sit there, head hung in shame and a little fear as to what was going to happen to her. After all, Alex was right, she wasn't human, she was an alien and she wondered what kind of justice or punishment was waiting for her as a result of what she'd done.

The prisoner van arrived at the DEO, Kara was unshackled from her seat and hauled out of the prisoner van. The kryptonite handcuffs had taken a toll on her body, weakening it even further during the ride and she stumbled and fell to the ground as she tried to step out of the van. On her way down she hit her head against one of the doors of the van and screamed out in pain, falling to the dirt, knocking her unconscious and leaving her with blood gushing from a deep gash to her forehead. "Kara!" Alex screamed as she rushed to her side to try to tend to her fallen hero. "Get a gurney, now!" Hank ordered the DEO agents, who rushed inside for help. Alex sat down on the ground next to Kara, cradling her head on her lap while they waited for the medical help to arrive, trying to put pressure on the wound and get the bleeding to stop. "These damn kryptonite handcuffs are making her so weak!" Alex growled at her boss.

Once on the gurney they rushed Supergirl to the medical bay inside the DEO, where the physicians who cared for the wounded agents tried to care for the injured superhero. Alex just stood by while they hooked her up to machines, started iv's, and patched up the wound to her head. Still unconscious, Kara lay upon the cold hard gurney, kryptonite handcuffs firmly in place. "You have to let them remove the kryptonite handcuffs, Director Henshaw," Alex pleaded with her boss, "or they won't be able to help her." Hank Henshaw knew that Alex was right but he also knew the sheer power that Supergirl possessed without the kryptonite. Yet, he also knew Kara and that she was an honourable person who had surrendered to them without incident, so he gave permission for the handcuffs to be removed and for Kara to be placed in the specially constructed solar bed that the DEO had created for her to help recharge Supergirl when she got drained.

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"Where am I?" Supergirl's eyes slowly began to open. The solar bed was familiar, she'd used in several times after battling some powerful aliens who drained her of her powers temporarily. "Alex, where are you?" Kara begged from under the solar lamps, still feeling very weak from the kryptonite. "Right here," Alex said as she came closer to Kara. I never left while you were recovering." "What happened," Kara asked, "I had this terrible dream that you and Hank came to my apartment with some DEO agents armed with kryptonite bullets in their guns and arrested me for the stuff I did while under the Red Kryptonite." Alex's expression and her hung head told Kara that it wasn't a dream. "You were arrested earlier today for the stuff that you did while you weren't yourself." Alex stated as best she could, trying not to let the sadness in her voice break through. In a swift moment it all flooded back to Kara, the knock at her door, the guns pointed at her, the arrest, her sister standing there with a gun, the ride to the DEO, and then…blank. "How did I end up in here?" Kara asked, looking up to her big sister for answers and maybe even a little help. "By the time we got to the DEO you were very weak as a result of the kryptonite handcuffs and when you stepped out the prisoner van you fell, hit your head and went unconscious." Alex said, filling in Kara's blank memory spaces.

Closing her eyes, Kara tried to recall the events but she had no memory of them. Then a deep voice from the corner of the room spoke up, "You're free of the kryptonite handcuffs and are on a solar bed to help you heal. But if you try to escape, there are guards armed with kryptonite bullets just outside your door with orders to shoot, so if I were you I'd just lay still and recover while you can." It was Hank Henshaw. He took a few steps closer to the bed to look at Kara while he issued his warning, the look on his face said he was both serious and sorry all at the same time. Kara simply glared at him for a few seconds and then turned her head away from him, "I won't try to escape, you have my word on that." "Good, I'd hate to have to use anymore kryptonite on you, I know what it does to you." Hank said as he left the room. "Agent Danvers," Hank addressed her formally, "I need to speak with you, outside." "Yes sir, be right there." Alex replied, wondering what was going to happen next.

While she was gone, Kara began to sob softly while she lay on the solar bed. How had everything that had started out so good, gone so bad so quickly? How will I ever handle being locked up for what I've done? My life is ruined before it even really gets started!" Kara just couldn't get a grasp on what might lay next and before she knew it, she had cried herself to sleep.

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"Agent Danvers," Hank began as he looked with concern at Alex. "You may have to face some difficult choices and possibilities regarding your sister about all of this. She may very well end up being locked in one of the holding cells here at the DEO if she's found guilty of the charges. Are you prepared for that?" Alex looked at her boss with steely determination in her eyes, "That's not going to happen, sir. You know that she wasn't herself when she did any of those things, how can she be expected to serve time in prison for it? And on top of it, look at all the lives she's saved, the people she's helped while she was Supergirl? Surely that has to count for something, doesn't it?" Hank took a deep breath and slowly let it out, "I don't know, I hope so. For her sake and yours." Hank walked away leaving Alex looking back into the med bay at her sister sleeping on the solar bed, trying to recover from her injuries. A lone tear made its way down her face as she imagined her sweet little sister locked up in a small cell in the basement of the DEO for who knows how long. "Get a grip Danvers!" Alex said under her breath. "It's not over yet, time to fight again kiddo, and I'm going to be right by your side."