So this is my first story and I need criticism. I claim all mistakes. And I could use some advice on writing dialogue so if anyone has any I could use it thanks!
Enjoy.
Their Rock
It was only Monday when Lena was at her apartment, her and Kara hand in hand. Them and Maggie laughing because Alex had snorted. Three days ago when Lena was kidnapped. On Tuesday a picture was sent to the DEO, of Lena who looked like she went through hell, staring defiantly at the person behind the camera. On the back of the picture was terms for Lex Luthor's release and in return the release Lena.
They found the compound within hours of the picture arriving.
Thursday morning had the sun shining and looking like a beautiful. The warehouse that Lena was held in looked like it was haunted. Alex and Vasquez were running through the warehouse searching for Lena. Alex, who has been swearing retribution and looking none stop for her. Vasquez who became one of Lena's best friends. They finally found Lena, strapped on a gurney, surrounded by blood. Lena's blood, her mind rages as she races to Lena. Vasquez spoke quickly into her comm unit, giving a quick layout for Supergirl.
"Lena listen to me you're going to be fine. You're going to be just fine. We'll go find to that place with the Kale smoothie you like and Kara and I will choke it down if you want. You and Maggie can even video it and post it on something."
The blatant lie grabs Lena's attention, though she doesn't acknowledge which lie that does. She groans while the pain overwhelms her senses. Alex cannot even fathom what she is feeling. Alex scans the room quickly. She sees Vasquez examining the shelf of torture devices in the corner of the room. She immediately throws it out of her mind at the moment.
The room is dark and filthy, Alex can almost hear Lena screaming in pain, can nearly taste the iron, and feels the moisture from one torture attempt. Lena Luthor is tied to a gurney and bleeding to death. Supergirl is on the other end of the building. Alex is panicking, sawing through the straps keeping Lena from moving. The straps have cut into Lena's wrists and ankles, Alex focuses on not cutting them. Lena moans with every slight movement of the strap, blood gurgling in the back of her throat. Alex finished the second strap.
"Lena Luthor, if you die, I will bring you back to life and kill you again. I am a scientist Lena I can find a way don't doubt me."
A series of hacking coughs then a wet chuckle. One more strap to go. Lena barely has the strength to move her arm into a more comfortable position. Blood smears on the gurney while her arm makes the trip. Alex finishes the last strap and mourns that she can't pull Lena's frail body to hers. Right now she can only offer words of comfort and stop the bleeding.
"Lena I'm going to cut your shirt off, alright?"
She doesn't even need the knife to cut the shirt, it was already tattered enough from what her captors did. Her ragged athletic shorts were in better condition, as was her sports bra. Lena's blood is coating everything. The sight of so much fucking blood sends Alex to a fury she has never known. The biggest source was a jagged diagonal cut across Lena's abdomen. There's another cut across her shoulder, and a one cut above her brow that stretches down the side of her face and ends just under her jawline. Lena whimpers and tosses her head towards Alex, trying to find warmth and comfort. Alex bends over her awkwardly keeping her hands and Lena's shirt on the wound. The shorts ride up with the movement and she spies another cut across Lena's thigh.
"Ally, it hurts. It hurts really bad."
Lena words are slurred, weak and she subtly tries to writhe away from Alex's hands. Alex keeps the pressure and presses a kiss to Lena's hairline. Alex is nearly dazed by the strong metallic scent on Lena but Lena needed her comfort. If she can help it, Alex isn't losing a little sister tonight.
Alex nearly flinches at that thought. She keeps still, knowing if she didn't Lena would hurt more. She never considered her feelings for Lena. The deep unconditional love she feels for Kara is present when she sees Lena. It disgusts her that it took so long to figure this out, she was ashamed that it took finding Lena bleeding out, writhing in pain, and so, so, so terrified for her life. Alex mentally curses herself, vows that if no when Lena makes it out of this Alex will make it up to her. Alex won't give up on her.
Lena chokes, coughing blood onto Alex's gear. Alex cringes on the inside, Lena just coughed up a lot of blood.
"I did-didn't m-mean… 'm sorry"
Alex just shushes her before she could choke again. Her mind is racing, and trying to keep track of Lena's injuries is making her sicker each moment. None are good but all treatable. Lena needs to keep fighting for her life. Lena needs to stay with them. Lena needs to live.
Lena is shivering and her breathing is shallow. Glazed green eyes are focused on Alex's face, as if she was memorizing it. Alex motions Vasquez over to take her place, heart breaking at the wail Lena makes when her wound is jostled. Alex moves higher towards Lena's head, wiping the blood from her cheek but avoiding the cut. She leaned down to press a kiss to Lena's forehead.
"I know it hurts sweetie but hold on a little longer. Please Lena hold on. Please."
"I want K-Kara."
"I know, she's coming ok? Just a little longer, please."
It makes Alex sick knowing who did this. Lena's family. Lex Luthor. Lex Luthor used Lena to negotiate his release. His own family, beaten, tortured, and who knows what else, used as a bargaining chip. No, Lena is not his family any more. Lena is now part of hers. MY family, she's mine, Alex mentally claims. Because Lena is family. She's been to Midvale for holidays, she's at the apartment all the time. She drinks beers with Maggie and calls Eliza all the time. She calls Alex when she's sick and Kara is a clueless puppy. Hell, Alex has her on speed dial. Lex Luthor is going to pay. Alex doesn't even care who does it so long as it happens.
"Ally, please I'm scared, I wanna go home."
Lena's voice quivered and Alex doesn't think her heart can take any more heart break. Alex looks up towards the door. There are shouts getting closer and closer. She readies for another fight and then the door is thrown off the hinges as Kara blurs to Lena.
"Shhhh, Lena it's me Kara."
Alex doesn't even speak before Kara collects Lena and flies off. Alex wearily exchanges a look with Vasquez, then takes one look at Lena's blood soaking both their uniforms and hands, and throws up. Once she's done, she goes to the torture devices, something is telling her there's something important there. Alex shivers the closer she gets. Vasquez points to a particular device with a note on it, the handwriting is vaguely familiar as she picks it up and examines it.
"With regards, Lillian Luthor."
Oh they were going to fucking pay. She would make sure no one would hurt Lena ever again.
/
Kara falls asleep with her head on Alex's lap about 5 hours into Lena's surgery. Once Kara had gotten to the DEO, she cried in Alex's arms for 3 hours before laying on Alex's lap with shaky breaths and empty eyes. She curled her arms around her stomach as if she was sick. James and Winn brought food, Kara had slowly reached out and nibbled on one while they sat in uneasy silence. There has been no news, no anything and Lena's blood was still drenching her.
She had to escape. She calls Maggie, who's probably more worried than Alex is. Maggie who's working a double shift, and knows Lena is very hurt, and has been texting Alex for updates constantly. Alex eases Kara off her lap, nodding to James when he hands her his sweatshirt for Kara. Kara shifts one of her hands off her stomach to under the sweatshirt. Alex walks off into an adjacent hallway, where she can't see the medbay doors. Her hands are shaking as she searches for Maggie's number before remembering it's saved on speed dial.
Right before Lena's.
Alex shakes off the feelings she gets from this little revelations and hits call.
"Alex? What's wrong? Is it Lena, do I need to come, do you need anything?
"I just needed to hear y-your voice."
Lena's blood on her hands bother her, the past image of a smiling Lena is overlapped by the terrified Lena she found in the compound. Alex's voice cracks as she goes to answer and then she's sobbing incoherently into the phone, her knees buckling, sending her crashing to the floor.
"Maggie there was s-so m-much b-blood and now it's all over me, L-Lena is- she might- "
"I'm coming to the DEO. And we are going to shower, put some clothes on and take a nap."
"No! I can't leave her and Kara- "
"Darling, did you forget that at the super-secret place you have a shower room."
"…Yeah I did."
"I'll be there as soon as I can. And listen Lena is strong, stronger than all of us put together."
/
Maggie cringes as the water turns to a reddish pink color. Her hands softly washing Alex's hair, twisting strands and massaging her scalp. Alex hasn't moved from where she's seated on the shower floor and hasn't talked since Maggie arrived.
Alex opens her mouth, a strangled sob coming out instead of the words she planned to say. She's turning into Maggie's chest, falling into pieces as the hot water washes over them.
"Shhhh, shhh, I'm here."
When Maggie arrived Lena had still been in surgery, no updates other than the extent of her injuries. Maggie is reticent to say Lena would be alright, but her wounds were many and severe. The blood loss alone might kill her. As Alex weeps into her bust, she can only hope and pray.
At some point, Maggie joins her.
/
Once they dragged themselves out of the shower and changed, Alex is thrown to the nearest bunk, where she passes out immediately. Maggie leans down and presses a kiss to Alex's head, unaware she is mirroring Alex and Lena's position.
Kara is awake when she returns, still in her bloodstained suit, staring blankly at the medbay doors and arms still wrapped around her middle. Winn is pacing and chewing on his nails, J'onn looking nervously at the door and the phone in his hand. Mon-el clenching and unclenching his fists, staring into space. Maggie notes that the sandwiches are now half-eaten and waters drained to her satisfaction.
She crouches in front of Kara with a grunt, the scent of iron still smothers her. First Alex, now Kara.
"Come on Little Danvers, there's a shower with your name on it."
Kara looks at the medbay doors, then looks back at Maggie defiantly. Before Maggie can say anything, Kara's face shifts into exhaustion and something else but nods. Maggie could only mentally cheer because she really wasn't wanting to fight her.
"I'll sit in the bathroom so you're not alone alright?"
When Kara walks closer and wraps her arm around Maggie's waist, she knows she made the right conclusion in thinking of Kara's needs. Maggie wraps her arm around Kara, a bit difficult with Kara's towering height and leads her to the shower room.
Kara showers quickly, coming out fully dressed with her hair in a bun. Maggie nearly swears at herself when she notices the sweatshirt is an MIT one. Kara notices her alarmed face but Kara just breathes in, wrapping her arms around her stomach. As if to hold herself together and in one piece.
"N-No please I want to wear this, it smells like her."
Maggie holds her while she sobs. She wants to ask something but knows that now isn't the time.
It's three hours later when Alex wakes from her nap, an hour later Lucy Lane is tearing through the DEO, and another two when the infirmary doors slam open. Kara and Alex are in front of the nurse so fast, it makes Maggie question if Alex has powers.
The tension could be cut with a knife in the brief seconds before the nurse talks.
"She made it through surgery. You can see her one at a time, Miss Luthor is not awake. She is under sedation and intubated. Hopefully we'll be able to take it out soon. She lost a lot of blood but other than the punctured lung, there was no organ damage. Frankly, she was lucky in that respect. She should make a full recovery. You all may follow me but remember, only one at a time in the room. If you all would follow me."
They all released a breath nearly in sync. They follow the doctor to a glass room. A fracture appears in each of their hearts at the sight of Lena. Lena who always looked like she owned the world, now looked small and fragile entwined in wires. Wires that connected to machines that were keeping her alive at the moment.
Their rock was alive.
They would make sure she stayed that way.
They would protect her.
