"They are under water." Kara realizes. Of course, even a cloaking device cannot disguise a missile. Or the trail of smoke that will be left behind as it makes its way to its' destination. Kara flies upwards and stops about 200 feet above the water. Focus Kara, Focus. She closes her eyes and listens. At first all she hears is the bustle of the city, the sirens, the motors, and the screams of terror below. She focuses harder, focuses on the water. She hears the waves first. The relaxing sound of the water meeting the land seemingly out of place in the current state of panic. She then hears the fish swimming below the surface, she focuses more on the reaching the bottom of the water. Then she hears it. Faint, but there is no mistaking the sound of a human heart beat. Especially one that is beating wildly from the adrenaline of the attack.
She dives straight towards the water, her only goal; to stop the attack. To save the countless innocent lives on the water front. Not to mention the fact that the people she loves are up there. Alex, Maggie, and Lena are all in harm's way. There is nothing else that matters right now. This is what Alex—well, all her other friends too—don't understand. When she is Supergirl she has one goal. To save lives, to protect the city. Everything else… fades into the background when she in wearing the cape. It's a sweet reprieve from the memories of Mon-El, from remembering his words before he was sent away into the endless darkness of space. Sent away by her. Like she told Alex, why would she ever choose to be the sad girl that lost her boyfriend, if she can choose to be the hero that saved the city?
"She can't breathe underwater." She hears Alex say through the coms, more to herself than anyone else.
Thanks for the reminder sis. Kara thinks as she mentally rolls her eyes. But Alex isn't wrong. While she can hold her breath longer than the average human she still cannot survive under water for more than five minutes. It's the reason she has always hated the water. Other than losing her powers, it's one of the only times she feels vulnerable. It's funny really, she can stop bullets, lift buildings from the ground, but water scares her.
She is brought back to the present when she spots her target. Well, she doesn't so much see the target as much as she sees how the water seems to shimmer near the bottom. She strains against the water as she meets the side of the submarine and pushes with all her strength. Even though it only knocks the submarine to the side she can hear the yells and the crashes from the inside as items are thrown from their shelves. However, before she can think of her next move the mechanical doors that house the missiles open and another one starts propelling itself toward the water front.
Making the decision to leave the submarine behind, she swims after the missile. Come on, come on, almost there. But as she is just about to reach the propeller of the missile it detonates. Even underwater she is engulfed in a blast of flames and the shockwave knocks her unconscious for a moment. When she comes to she knows she hasn't been out for long. Her ears ring and her lungs are starting to ache. The shock wave had knocked some precious air out of her lungs.
"Oh no. Supergirl?" She hears Alex say into the coms desperately hoping for an answer. "Supergirl! Kara answer me!"
Kara knows she needs air soon, knows that Alex is worried. That her sister deserves an answer. But she can't right now, she needs to finish this. Her strength is dwindling as her lungs start to scream for air. But air will have to wait. As she regains her composure, Kara swims up toward the submarine that is now looming over her. She makes it to the submarine just in time to stop the third missile from exiting and heading for more destruction. She fights against the force of the missile and forces it back into the door way it came from. Her strength is deteriorating fast and she knows there is only one thing she can do. Please forgive me Alex. She closes her eyes and thinks of Mon-El, she hopes she will see him soon. She opens her eyes and with one last thought of Alex she uses her heat vision on the missile. The submarine is torn apart from the inside out as the missile detonates and sets off all the others on the vessel. Kara looks up at the surface and sees the sun above the water. She sees Mon-El smiling and holding his hand out to her, inviting her. She smiles back and reaches for his hand, then everything goes black.
