Hello Everyone!
I got to say Ep 19 of season 2 was probably one of my favorites of the series. However I have to admit I would have liked more of the aftermath of the tank. But I know that you can only do so much in an hour of TV time. So with that said we can always use our stories to fill in the blanks :)
This piece picks up right after Alex is freed from the tank and before she wakes in the med bay to eventually declare her love for Maggie.
Further notes at the end… Happy Reading!
"You held one." Kara smiled as she squeezed Alex's hand.
"I held on." Alex replied still trying to catch her breath as Maggie tightened her embrace around Alex.
"Alex you're OK, you're OK." Maggie chanted as she pulled Alex higher into her lap.
"I...I..knnnnew..yoooou woooould cooome." Alex body was suddenly shaking uncontrollably.
"Alex you're freezing." Maggie gasped as she noticed just how ice cold Alex's skin was. "Kara you need to get her to the DEO."
"I can't she will freeze even more if I try and fly her there when she's like this." Kara replied as she pulled off her cape and started to wrap it around Alex. "I can hear the sirens the DEO team should be here any minute. We just have to try and keep her warm."
"Kkkkara's rrrright." Alex said through chattering teeth. "Jjjjuuust hoooolld meeee."
Maggie kissed Alex on the head and then lifted Alex up slightly from her lap and positioned herself so that Alex was between her legs and pulled tight up against her chest and tucked Alex's head under her chin. Kara re tucked her cape around Alex and began rubbing her hands up and down Alex's body hoping the friction would offer some warmth.
Kara's head perked up a bit as her super hearing kicked in and she heard the DEO team arriving and entering the building. "Over here." Kara yelled.
J'onn came running in with Agent Ashley Whitz the DEO's top field medic right beside him. J'onn had all his top Agents on standby for when the call came in that Alex was found. Knowing that once Alex was found that she was probably going to need medical assistance he made sure Agent Whitz was ready and had her top team ready to assist.
"Alex!" J'onn exclaimed seeing that Alex was indeed alive.
"JJJJJ'ooooonnn" Alex smiled through her chattering teeth.
"Danvers." Ashley said as she dropped to her knees in front of Alex letting her trauma bag slide off her shoulder.
Alex smiled when she realized that it was Ashley who would be taking care of her. J'onn had recruited Ashley just after Alex so they took most of their basic training together and given they both had medical backgrounds and similar competitive natures they hit it off from day one. Alex hated looking "weak" in front of anyone but it was a bit easier if it was Ashley.
"How you feeling, Alex?" Ashley asked as she pulled out her stethoscope from her around her neck.
"Cccccoooold" Alex stuttered.
"Yeah I bet." Ashley smiled "Ladies what was she like when you found her?" Ashley asked looking up to Kara and Maggie.
Maggie just looked over to Kara hoping that she would explain as she was sure the minute she tried to talk that she would lose all control of her emotions. "She was floating in the tank. I smashed the glass and as soon as she was free she started to gasp for breath." Kara explained.
"OK, great." Ashley said as she turned back to Alex and put her stethoscope in her ears and pulled Supergirl's cape down slightly so that she could check Alex's lung sounds. As switched to listen to the other side her partner Agent Tim Smit came in with stretcher in tow. "Alex we are going to get you on the stretcher and get you to the unit, OK?" Ashley explained nodding at her team to get the gear off the stretcher so they could get Alex on it.
"Wwwwalk" Alex replied.
"Babe." Maggie broke her silence.
"No chance Danvers. We are getting you on that stretcher and then to the rig so I can finish evaluating you. You know as well as I do the possible problems with near drowning. I'm not going to argue with you it's just what's happening." Ashley stated as she glanced up at Maggie who had a big grin on her face. Not many people were able to shut Alex down the way she just did. "OK let's get you loaded so we can get you warm." Ashley nodded to Tim to come give her a hand lifting Alex up onto the stretcher.
"It's OK I got it." J'onn stepped forward and scoped Alex up into his arms and moved her over to the stretcher however before releasing his grip on her he leaned into ear and said "Thank you for holding on." and placed a kiss on her temple.
Ashley reached down offering a Maggie a hand up from the ground. "Thank you." Maggie replied as she got to her feet.
"Come on let's get you and your girl warm." Ashley said as she noticed Maggie's hand was like ice too as she her clothes were wet as well.
Ashley grabbed one of the blankets that Tim had put on the stretcher and replaced Supergirl's cape with a warmed blanket. "See Danvers I was even nice enough to heat the blankets for ya." Ashley smiled as she gave Supergirl back her cape.
"Doon't expect mmmee to gooo easy on you next sssparring ssesssion." Alex replied with a smirk.
Ashley chuckled "Wouldn't think of it Danvers." She then grabbed her trauma bag and they headed out to the awaiting ambulance.
Tim helped load the stretcher into the back of the rig and Ashley gave him the OK to start heading to the DEO. Both Maggie and Kara had hopped into the back with Alex and J'onn hopped up front so that there would be room to work.
"OK Alex let's get you out of this wet shirt so I can get a 12 lead going." Ashley grabbed her trauma shears from her cargo pocket and pulled back the blanket off Alex causing Alex to gasp at the lost of the warmth. "Sorry, Alex I will be quick." Ashley skillfully made quick work of Alex's long sleeve shirt leaving her in her black bra. "Maggie can you grab me another blanket from the compartment on your right." Maggie did as she was asked and pulled out another warmed blanket from the compartment. "Perfect, now Alex lean forward and we will get this wrapped around you." Ashley directed as she helped pull Alex forward so that Maggie could put the blanket around her girlfriend. "Really Danvers!" Ashley suddenly exclaimed as she was the cut on Alex's left shoulder where her tracker had been. "Did you use a rusty nail!" She asked somewhat jokingly but could tell by the jagged edges that it was an improvised object of some sort.
"Credit ccard actually." Alex replied deadpanned.
"Why am I not surprised?" Ashley smirked as she quickly places some gauze pads over the cut and leaned Alex back onto the warmed blanket.
Maggie just tightened her grasp on Alex's hand, the thought of her girlfriend cutting into her own skin with a credit card to get at her tracker made her stomach flip.
Ashley quickly went to work getting Alex hooked up to 12 lead ECG to make sure her heart was doing what it was suppose to as well as an O2 monitor and temperature. After taking a look at all the readings Ashley decided on a course of treatment. "Alex your body temp is 95 degrees and your O2 stats are a bit low so I'm going to put you on some warmed oxygen. That should get you warmed up in a hurry OK?"
"K" Alex replied sluggishly her eyelids starting to close.
"Alex you OK?" Maggie asked her voice laced with concern.
"Maggie it's OK, she is doing well." Ashley replied as she placed the oxygen mask over Alex's face. "The adrenaline is wearing off, her body has been through quite a trauma but everything considered she is doing well." Ashley reached across Alex and gave Maggie a reassuring shoulder squeeze.
"Thank you." Maggie replied placing her hand on Ashley's returning the squeeze.
"Ash we are 5 minutes out." Tim had said over the speaker.
"Got it, thanks" Ashley replied hitting the intercom button. She turned to Kara and said."Come on up here you can take my spot I need to call in to Doc to let her know so she's ready when we get there." Kara smiled and slide to sit opposite of Maggie and reached under the blanket to grab Alex's other hand.
"We gotcha now Al." Kara said as she tucked a stray piece of hair behind Alex's ear.
Ashley had moved to the seat at the head of the stretcher and placed headset on and switch the send button to on. "Medic Alpha 1 is 7 minutes out. Patient was conscious and breathing on her our on arrival. Currently pulse 75, resps 16, O2 97 on 15L's, body temp 95.4 up from 95 on initial. BP 110 on 75. Currently decreased LOC but is responding to questions when asked. Patient also has a 2 inch superficial laceration to her left shoulder but will require stitches.
"Maggie I'm sorry." Kara said softly looking across to Alex. "I should have listened to you."
Maggie looked up her deep brown eyes glistening from the tears she had been trying to hold back. "I'm sorry for taking my frustration out on you." Maggie replied. "We were both only doing what we thought was right."
"You too are getting along now, right." Alex asked groggily.
"You eavesdropping Danvers?" Maggie chuckled as a couple tears escaping her control and sliding down her cheeks.
"You getting soft on me Sawyer?" Alex countered as she saw the tears.
"No." Maggie blushed as she swiped at the stray tears.
Ashley got up from her seat at the radio and Kara slide over a bit to give her some room to sit at Alex's side. "Hey Alex how are you doing?" Ashley asked as she looked over all the monitors for any changes.
"Tired but warmer." Alex replied through the oxygen mask.
"Everything is look good let's take another listen to your chest." Ashley said as she placed the stethoscope in her ears and had Alex take some deep breaths as she checked all 4 quadrants front and back.
"She's still doing OK." Maggie asked.
Ashley pulled her stethoscope out of her ears and took another look at all the monitors again. "Yes she is doing well." Ashley smiled. "Now let's get you warmed up too." Ashley reached over the stretcher to retrieve another warmed blanket from the compartment and draped it over Maggie's shoulders. "Danvers will kick my ass if you end up sick from the cold."
"Yeah I will." Alex smiled from under the O2 mask.
"Thanks." Maggie smiled at Ashley as further wrapped the blanket around herself. .
"1 minutes out Ash." Tim came over the speaker again.
"Alright Danvers we are almost there now so no hard ass stuff with Hamilton or she will give me shit for not sedating you before arrival." Ashley instructed as she started to prep Alex for arrival causing Kara and Maggie to chuckle.
Ashley had grabbed the last warmed blanket from the compartment and swiftly switched out the one currently on Alex with the warmed one. "Don't give me that who me look Danvers." Ashley smirked giving Alex a squeeze on the shoulder.
As the ambulance pulled into the DEO vehicle bay Ashley quickly disconnected the 02 lead from the unit tank and placed it on the portable and ensured all the leads and Alex's arms were tucked safely in under the blanket. The backdoors to the unit opened up to reveal the top DEO medical team lead by Dr. Hamilton. Maggie and Supergirl quickly jumped out of the unit to give the medical team room to get Alex out and up to the medical ward.
"What do we have?" Dr. Hamilton question as Tim grabbed the foot of the stretcher pulling it out as Ashley assisted from the head.
"Pulse 72, resps 18, O2 98 on 15L's, lung sounds clear except slight wheezing on lower left, body temp 96, BP 115 on 75. No loss of consciousness on transport but she is getting pretty groggy. She did say she would be a good patient though didn't you Agent Danvers?" Ashley patted Alex on the shoulder as they quickly made their way to the Medical Ward, Supergirl, Maggie, and Jonn following the team down the hallways.
"Ok let's get her to over to the bed and get another set of vitals and then chest x-ray to check for fluid." The team slide the stretcher up against the med bed. Everyone grabbed a piece of the sheet Alex was currently on so that they could make the transfer. "On my three." Hamilton ordered. "1, 2, 3" and with that Alex was quickly and smoothly transferred to the med bed.
Once the transfer was complete Tim pulled the stretcher away and Ashley reached under the blanket taking Alex's hand and then leaned down to Alex's ear and whispered, "I'm glad your OK, if you want to talk I'm here."
Exhaustion fully starting to envelope Alex now but she managed to squeeze Ashley's hand and softly reply, "Thanks Ash." before her eyelids fell closed.
With Dr. Hamilton's team in full swing evaluating Alex, Tim and Ashley headed out of the med bay past Supergirl, Maggie, and Jonn who were standing just at the entrance of the bay so that the team had room to work. Supergirl approached Ashley and wrapped her in a giant Supergirl hug catching Ashley slightly off guard. "Thank you so much, Ashley.!"
"Too tight." Ashley wheezed out.
"Oh sorry." Supergirl quickly released Ashley.
"Just doing my job." Ashley smiled sheepishly.
"Thanks, Ashley." Maggie also spoke up.
Ashley smiled and nodded in acknowledgement as she and Tim headed out. However Ashley paused as she past them and then turned back. "Just make sure she takes the time she needs to heal and I don't just mean physically." Maggie was caught off guard by the sadness in Ashley's voice but before she could reply Ashley turned and left.
Maggie looked at Jonn confusion etched on her face.
Jonn just smiled and replied. "Agent Whitz knows what Alex went through but that's a story for another day."
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I did introduce a new Character that I think will help Alex overcome some of the trauma of a near drowning. As someone who had a near drowning experience as a child I know that it is not something that you can "just get over". It is a process and I think this character can help facilitate that healing.
Now don't panic! I'm fully in support of #Sanvers so don't worry that this character is looking to interfere with that.
So what do you think should I go explore this?
Thanks so much for taking the time to read!